Chamber and committees

This information is not held centrally and is a matter for the Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders police.I understand that the force has invited the member to a meeting to discuss thisand other issues.

This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write to themember with the information that they have available.

This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write to themember with the information that they have available.

In 2004 sportscotland published a research report on curling participation.The research was undertaken in 2003 by MORI, on behalf of sportscotland,following the success at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. This report can be accessedat:http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/Resource+Library/Publications/Curling+Success+and+its+Impact+on+Participation.htm.

I have arranged for a copy of the report to be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number39530).

This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write to themember with the information that they have available.

To date, the Executive has nottargeted either Bulgaria or Romania, in its activities to promote Fresh Talent overseas. However, we do promote Scotland internationallythrough our website www.scotlandistheplace.com,together with the services of the Relocation Advisory Service, which are accessibleworldwide.

The number of visitors fromthe United States of America, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and the EU accession states in each year since 1999is shown in the following table:

Country(ies)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
United States of America	451	416	421	390	414	405
Canada	119	145	93	118	88	150
Germany	196	179	155	134	175	198
Italy	105	70	62	56	16	75
France	132	79	61	121	87	109
The Netherlands	78	70	95	66	34	78
Belgium/Luxembourg	45	61	34	34	24	27
Australia	112	98	86	100	107	119
New Zealand	37	27	19	21	19	24
EU accession states	68	105	114	97	119	230

Source: InternationalPassenger Survey.

Note: Numbers are inthousands.

Data relating to theaccession states has been sourced from the International Passenger Surveyfigures for Cyprus/Malta/Gibraltar, former Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland,former USSR and Eastern Europe.

The number of visitors fromoverseas continues to recover from a decline which culminated in 2001-02, whentourism was significantly affected by Foot and Mouth Disease, September 11, andSARS.

The estimated number ofvisitors for 2005 is not available yet.

The Craigmillar Partnership receivedindirect Scottish Executive funding from the Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP)Fund from 2001-2 to 2004-5 and from the Community Regeneration Fund (CRF) in 2005-6.

Communities Scotland has made funding available to the Craigmillar Partnership to contribute to its corecosts from 2001-2 to 2005-6.

The City of Edinburgh Council, as grant recipient and accountable body, accepts the resources allocatedto the Craigmillar Partnership.

Direct funding from the ScottishExecutive was also made available in 2001–02 for CCTV.

	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	£ Million
SIP Fund Allocation	1.916	1.970	1.972	2.087
CRF Allocation					1.898
Communities Scotland partnership support fund	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012
CCTV	0.096
Total	2.024	1.982	1.984	2.099	1.910

 

Centrally held informationon fireworks injuries is based on attendances requiring treatment at accidentand emergency departments and burns/plastic surgery units. The table detailsthe number of cases of fireworks related injuries treated at hospitals withinthe Edinburgh City Council area between 11 October and 8 November in the years2001-04, and from 11 October to 12 November 2005.

Year	Cases
2001	1
2002	5
2003	6
2004	5
2005	7

Source: ISD FireworksInjuries Survey 2001 to 2005.

Advice on distribution and marketingis included in generic business support provided by the Scottish Enterprise networkto individual companies within the digital media and creative industries. The mainchannels for delivery of this type of support are the Account Management and ClientManagement services within each Local Enterprise Company, together with the BusinessGateways and Cultural Enterprise Offices who offer advice and appropriate servicesto general business enquirers. In respect of creative media businesses, the workof the Cultural Enterprise Offices, now rolled out in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen, isparticularly relevant. Equally important to distribution and marketing are overseaslinks and in this respect the Business Gateway International network provides appropriateservices and links to UK-wide services to assist export marketing.

In addition, Scottish Screen provides a wide range of adviceand support to the screen industries in Scotland, includingsupport for distribution, exhibition and market development.