Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-17328

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4620 by Susan Deacon on 7 March 2000, what the average number of patients per general practitioner is in (a) urban areas, (b) rural areas and (c) island communities.

Average Number of Patients per General Practitioner¹ in Scotland by Type of Area: as at 1 October 2004

	Average Number of Patients per GP¹ by:
	Headcount	WTE²
Urban Areas³	1,449	1,556
Rural Areas³	1,094	1,190
Island Communities⁴	775	866

Source: General Medical Practitioner Database: ISD Scotland.

General Register Office for Scotland.

Notes:

1. Vacated posts for GP Performers (formally Principals) and the patients attached to these posts have been included in the calculations.

2. Whole-time equivalent.

3. Excluding “Island Communities”. Data for “Urban Areas” and “Rural Areas” are based upon urban/rural indicators, at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.

4. Data for “Island Communities” are based upon “Island” indicators in both rural and urban areas at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.

In order for a comparison to be made between 2004 and 1998 data, we are able to update information previously supplied in question S1W-4620 answered on 7 March 2000. This is due to more robust rural/urban information being available, using data derived from the General Register for Scotland 2001 Census. Using the more robust definitions the comparable figures for 1998 would have been:

Average Number of Patients Per General Practitioner in Scotland by Type of Area: as at 1 October 1998

	Average number of patients per GP¹ by:
Headcount	WTE²
Urban Areas³	1,510	1,590
Rural Areas³	1,139	1,198
Island Communities⁴	871	919

Source: General Medical Practitioner Database: ISD Scotland.

General Register Office for Scotland.

Notes:

1. Vacated posts for GP Principals and the patients attached to these posts have been included in the calculations.

2. Whole-time equivalent.

3. Excluding “Island Communities. Data for “Urban Areas” and “Rural Areas” are based upon urban/rural indicators, at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.

4. Data for “Island Communities” are based upon “Island” indicators in both rural and urban areas at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-17133

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 23 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) railway and (b) aircraft accidents were attended by the fire service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Full statistics relating to railway and aircraft incidents attended by the Fire and Rescue Service are only available for the years 1999-2000 to 2003-04 and are as set out in the following tables.

Total Fires

	Railways				Aircraft
Year	Trains	Buildings	Other	Total	Aircraft
2003-04	6	11	1	18	4
2002-03	19	14	1	34	4
2001-02	6	15	0	21	7
2000-01	16	16	0	32	3
1999-2000	9	13	0	22	3

Total Special Service (i.e. Non-Fire)Incidents

	Incidents
Year	Rail	Aircraft
2003-04	8	8
2002-03	6	6
2001-02	8	6
2000-01	12	3
1999-2000	6	9

Aircraft totals excludeoccasions when the Fire and Rescue Service was called to an airfield but didnot require to take any action, for instance if an aircraft reported technicalproblems in the air but was able to land safely.

Question reference: S2W-17272

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9902 by Sarah Boyack on 5 October 2000, how many claims for compensation for damage to vehicles and injuries to passengers and pedestrians caused by dangerous and/or poorly maintained trunk roads and motorways there have been in each of the last four years and what the total value was of such claims.

The number and volume ofclaims for compensation for damage to vehicles and injuries to passengers andpedestrians on trunk roads and motorways in each of the last four years is asfollows:

Financial Year	No of Claims	No of Compensation Payments Made	Total Value
2000-01	198	55	£89,504
2001-02	350	61	£648,077
2002-03	317	120	£368,555
2003-04	298	122	£190,465

The 3,200 kilometre trunkand motorway road network is inspected regularly and is well maintained.

Question reference: S2W-17365

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 22 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes there have been in each council tax band, broken down by year, since the introduction of the council tax.

The following table shows, for each year from 1993 to 2004, the number of dwellings on the Council Tax Valuation List, broken down by council tax band.

Total Number of Dwellings on Valuation List¹

Year	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	Band H	Total
1993	592,236	562,540	337,836	237,343	235,361	115,134	79,729	9,937	2,170,116
1994	606,685	564,285	338,250	241,463	239,759	114,079	78,672	9,744	2,192,937
1995	608,099	569,387	338,770	246,728	243,701	117,522	79,441	9,646	2,213,294
1996	606,313	572,369	342,732	251,768	248,421	119,502	80,757	9,658	2,231,520
1997	605,432	574,643	347,179	256,738	253,525	122,097	82,412	9,776	2,251,802
1998	602,706	576,350	350,532	261,919	259,102	124,829	84,026	9,914	2,269,378
1999	600,808	576,854	353,302	266,645	264,479	128,134	85,820	10,059	2,286,101
2000	595,562	578,387	356,883	271,631	270,628	132,118	88,298	10,265	2,303,772
2001	591,245	580,115	360,837	276,668	276,551	136,176	90,760	10,492	2,322,844
2002	586,274	581,366	364,875	281,318	282,355	140,567	93,109	10,682	2,340,546
2003	581,665	582,367	368,453	285,679	287,804	145,657	95,886	10,904	2,358,415
2004	578,020	583,154	371,705	290,100	294,383	151,155	98,957	11,129	2,378,603

Source: CTAXBASE returns fromlocal authorities to the Scottish Executive in September of each year.

Note: 1. Excluding free standinglock-ups.

Question reference: S2W-17326

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27324 by Dr Richard Simpson on 6 August 2002, how many CCTV schemes have now been evaluated and how many of these evaluations show (a) an increase and (b) a decrease in crime in the area covered.

Question reference: S2W-17275

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes of (a) abuse, (b) disorderly conduct, (c) theft, and (d) murder were reported to have taken place in licensed premises in the last five years.

The recorded crime statisticsavailable centrally do not distinguish thecircumstances of the crime, such as the location.

However, information is availableon incidents of domestic abuse occurring in licensed premises. Information for 2001,2002, and 2003 is published in table 12 of the bulletins for the respective years:Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 1 January-31 December 2001(Bib. number 32747), Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 1 January-31December 2002 (Bib. number 30075), and Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Policein Scotland, 1 January-31 December 2003 (Bib. number 35405). The published informationon incidents of domestic abuse occurring in licensed premises was not given on acomparable basis for years before 2001. The following table gives the availableinformation in a form comparable to the published data for 2001 to 2003.

Incidents of Domestic Abuse inLicensed Premises¹Recorded by the Police, 1 April to 31 December 1999² and 1 January to 31 December 2000

Crimes and Offences	1999	2000
Non-sexual crimes of violence	4	4
Crimes of indecency	0	0
Crimes of dishonesty	0	0
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	2	4
Other crimes	6	6
Miscellaneous offences	54	88
Behaviour not amounting to a crime	46	71
Total	112	173

Notes:

1. The figures exclude domesticabuse incidents in Central police force area, as Central police could not distinguishthe location of incidents at this level of detail.

2. Information for 1999 coversthe period from April to December only.

Information is also availableon homicides occurring in licensed premises. This information is given in the followingtable.

Number of Homicide Victims wherethe Location of the Homicide was a Licensed Premise, 1999-2003

Year	Victims
1999	3
2000	4
2001	2
2002	1
2003	3

Question reference: S2W-17274

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of medical malpractice have been filed in the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-17222

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the (a) numbers and (b) unemployment rates of claimants in each ward of (i) Glasgow City Council and (ii) Aberdeenshire Council in each year since 1999, using claimant count as the basis for such calculations.

The claimant count unemployment numbers and rates for each ward in Glasgow City Council and Aberdeenshire Council are provided in the following four tables.

Claimant count figures are available on a monthly basis; May 2005 is the latest data available. The tables show the claimant count unemployment numbers and rates for May in each year from 1999 to 2005.

Table 1 Claimant Count Unemployment Number for Wards¹ in Aberdeenshire Council

Ward	May 1999	May 2000	May 2001	May 2002	May 2003	May 2004	May 2005
Macduff-Gardenstown	63	60	34	48	56	69	49
Aberchirder-King Edward	65	73	45	42	52	57	54
Banff-Hilton	80	78	66	59	74	82	76
Fordyce-Boyndie	43	48	30	37	32	39	25
Turriff	45	56	40	32	45	41	33
Upper Ythan	62	57	40	35	42	53	40
Central Buchan	47	39	32	26	36	43	41
Deer	56	63	49	31	42	46	32
Meethill-Glendaveny	94	95	80	45	69	61	52
Clerkhill	86	75	51	50	46	46	36
Kirktown-Roanheads	176	165	121	115	122	128	127
Buchanhaven-Catto	95	94	78	64	71	56	86
Fraserburgh East	74	45	47	48	52	48	50
Fraserburgh West	107	91	68	53	69	66	59
Buchan North East	34	38	22	34	20	10	28
Buchan North	74	80	43	52	46	46	48
Cruden-Boddam	79	96	60	46	64	37	34
Longside-Rattray	48	38	28	47	43	32	31
Huntly	95	98	81	67	57	54	41
Strathbogie	71	67	49	47	48	48	41
Upper Donside	48	54	44	32	36	22	27
Lower Donside	59	76	46	55	44	53	38
Echt and Skene	33	30	23	21	24	32	18
Westhill	31	34	14	12	16	17	19
Newmachar and Kinellar	34	45	28	18	22	30	21
Kintore	30	42	24	31	44	36	22
South Inverurie	55	60	36	29	37	39	27
North Inverurie	48	43	35	24	35	32	30
West Garioch	53	61	40	28	35	40	31
East Garioch	54	57	42	21	34	41	33
Ythan	52	65	35	18	41	60	35
Ellon	45	42	24	23	18	33	17
North Formartine	53	50	24	29	39	45	29
South Formartine	35	32	26	19	17	26	12
Upper Deeside	25	21	15	20	16	14	13
Mid Deeside	20	22	15	22	17	17	17
Aboyne and Cromar	28	37	33	15	19	28	17
Banchory	29	33	27	12	17	19	16
Feughdee	29	37	17	17	19	17	14
Lower Deeside	85	71	36	34	38	41	49
Newtonbervie	60	88	47	50	40	38	34
Inverbervie and Johnshaven	54	65	45	42	46	46	26
Mearns South and St Cyrus	68	68	43	36	46	45	46
Mearns West and Marykirk	65	78	73	41	47	47	43
Stonehaven North	50	51	24	28	46	40	40
Kinneff and Stonehaven South	64	57	35	44	40	38	27

Source: Office for National Statistics.

Note: 1. 1991 frozen wards.

Table 2 Claimant Count Unemployment Number for Wards¹ in Glasgow City Council

Ward	May 1999	May 2000	May 2001	May 2002	May 2003	May 2004	May 2005
Drumry	388	354	302	318	343	324	271
Summerhill	432	310	249	210	231	214	191
Blairdardie	267	249	212	211	200	197	144
Knightscliffe	298	256	249	253	291	235	225
Yoker	364	361	312	307	338	363	278
Knightswood	345	307	270	273	298	264	265
Scotstoun	366	338	330	374	369	369	325
Broomhill	249	270	243	258	281	230	202
Kelvindale	150	154	132	136	113	112	122
Kelvinside	211	179	165	155	161	136	114
Summerston	390	347	283	289	377	325	321
Maryhill	471	421	371	334	388	371	360
Milton	422	380	339	311	306	286	270
Ruchill	481	369	313	284	290	278	265
North Kelvin	490	400	383	341	389	356	351
Woodlands	414	334	301	278	264	253	222
Partick	420	384	333	334	314	308	276
Anderston	561	548	461	449	426	416	397
Springburn	365	324	307	293	286	279	265
Robroyston	506	463	410	345	338	309	301
Keppochhill	659	527	420	410	471	441	398
Cowlairs	566	558	481	400	433	366	387
Alexandra Park	469	458	391	334	318	338	329
Dennistoun	416	424	379	328	315	303	302
Central	506	474	399	408	440	397	384
Calton	434	409	361	342	366	336	294
Belvidere	435	355	316	288	262	212	164
Carntyne	320	324	289	265	253	270	224
Parkhead	403	387	363	358	362	311	293
Shettleston	361	332	307	322	323	298	267
Lethamhill	482	463	393	374	319	313	307
Riddrie	181	181	171	167	174	164	132
Queenslie	329	327	261	216	231	227	209
Barlanark	424	382	343	320	303	292	308
Mount Vernon	354	308	300	257	268	242	224
Baillieston	280	252	247	257	215	195	182
Gartloch	394	320	287	222	226	190	179
Easterhouse	483	431	385	301	292	284	252
Drumoyne	332	250	214	220	224	221	222
Govan	636	531	452	463	445	458	480
Penilee	335	287	248	261	249	203	207
Cardonald	271	222	192	195	188	166	204
Mosspark	280	224	203	198	180	173	153
Bellahouston	377	358	265	234	287	206	231
Pollock	426	383	338	289	325	252	266
Cowglen	381	350	260	287	231	198	206
South Nitshill	275	240	194	199	193	179	185
Arden	600	564	485	458	430	361	355
Pollokshields	316	265	232	202	239	206	199
Shawlands	221	201	180	162	166	145	129
Kingston	508	449	402	374	345	356	343
Hutchesontown	572	538	427	336	364	370	326
Queen's Park	384	358	303	273	262	237	226
Crosshill	578	513	379	353	330	312	297
Pollokshaws	387	378	328	296	295	289	295
Newlands	190	204	150	167	184	136	137
King's Park	308	270	254	235	229	221	194
Aikenhead	124	98	100	120	120	89	96
Toryglen	429	408	293	318	296	282	303
Linn Park	189	204	155	150	142	172	151
Castlemilk	200	207	178	155	148	168	141
Glenwood	308	283	250	241	193	200	189

Source: Office for National Statistics.

Note: 1. 1991 frozen wards.

Table 3 Claimant Count Unemployment Rate¹ for Wards² in Aberdeenshire Council

Ward	May 1999	May 2000	May 2001	May 2002	May 2003	May 2004	May 2005
Macduff-Gardenstown	2.8%	2.6%	1.5%	2.0%	2.4%	3.0%	2.1%
Aberchirder-King Edward	2.5%	2.8%	1.7%	1.6%	2.0%	2.2%	2.1%
Banff-Hilton	3.5%	3.3%	2.8%	2.5%	3.2%	3.5%	3.3%
Fordyce-Boyndie	2.1%	2.4%	1.5%	1.8%	1.6%	1.9%	1.2%
Turriff	1.6%	2.0%	1.4%	1.1%	1.6%	1.4%	1.2%
Upper Ythan	2.7%	2.4%	1.7%	1.5%	1.7%	2.2%	1.7%
Central Buchan	2.1%	1.7%	1.4%	1.1%	1.5%	1.8%	1.8%
Deer	2.0%	2.3%	1.7%	1.1%	1.4%	1.6%	1.1%
Meethill-Glendaveny	2.9%	2.9%	2.4%	1.3%	2.0%	1.7%	1.5%
Clerkhill	3.7%	3.2%	2.1%	2.1%	2.0%	1.9%	1.5%
Kirktown-Roanheads	8.5%	7.9%	5.8%	5.4%	5.7%	6.0%	6.0%
Buchanhaven-Catto	4.3%	4.2%	3.5%	2.8%	3.2%	2.5%	3.8%
Fraserburgh East	3.4%	2.0%	2.1%	2.1%	2.4%	2.2%	2.3%
Fraserburgh West	6.0%	5.0%	3.7%	2.9%	3.7%	3.5%	3.1%
Buchan North East	1.4%	1.6%	0.9%	1.4%	0.8%	0.4%	1.2%
Buchan North	2.3%	2.4%	1.3%	1.6%	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%
Cruden-Boddam	3.0%	3.6%	2.3%	1.7%	2.3%	1.3%	1.2%
Longside-Rattray	2.3%	1.8%	1.3%	2.1%	2.0%	1.5%	1.4%
Huntly	4.4%	4.5%	3.7%	3.0%	2.7%	2.5%	1.9%
Strathbogie	3.7%	3.5%	2.5%	2.4%	2.5%	2.5%	2.1%
Upper Donside	2.0%	2.2%	1.8%	1.3%	1.5%	0.9%	1.1%
Lower Donside	2.2%	2.8%	1.7%	2.0%	1.5%	1.8%	1.3%
Echt and Skene	1.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	1.0%	0.6%
Westhill	1.3%	1.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%
Newmachar and Kinellar	1.5%	1.9%	1.2%	0.8%	0.9%	1.2%	0.9%
Kintore	1.3%	1.8%	1.0%	1.3%	1.8%	1.5%	0.9%
South Inverurie	2.6%	2.8%	1.7%	1.3%	1.7%	1.8%	1.3%
North Inverurie	1.9%	1.7%	1.4%	0.9%	1.3%	1.2%	1.1%
West Garioch	1.8%	2.0%	1.3%	0.9%	1.1%	1.3%	1.0%
East Garioch	2.0%	2.1%	1.5%	0.8%	1.2%	1.4%	1.2%
Ythan	1.8%	2.2%	1.2%	0.6%	1.3%	1.9%	1.1%
Ellon	2.0%	1.9%	1.1%	1.0%	0.7%	1.4%	0.7%
North Formartine	2.0%	1.9%	0.9%	1.1%	1.4%	1.6%	1.0%
South Formartine	2.0%	1.8%	1.5%	1.0%	0.9%	1.4%	0.6%
Upper Deeside	1.8%	1.5%	1.0%	1.4%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%
Mid Deeside	1.2%	1.3%	0.9%	1.2%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%
Aboyne and Cromar	1.4%	1.9%	1.7%	0.8%	1.0%	1.5%	0.9%
Banchory	1.2%	1.3%	1.1%	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
Feughdee	1.2%	1.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%
Lower Deeside	2.6%	2.1%	1.1%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.4%
Newtonbervie	1.8%	2.6%	1.4%	1.4%	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%
Inverbervie and Johnshaven	3.3%	3.9%	2.7%	2.5%	2.7%	2.7%	1.5%
Mearns South and St Cyrus	4.1%	4.0%	2.5%	2.1%	2.7%	2.6%	2.7%
Mearns West and Marykirk	3.4%	4.0%	3.7%	2.1%	2.3%	2.3%	2.1%
Stonehaven North	1.9%	1.9%	0.9%	1.0%	1.7%	1.4%	1.5%
Kinneff and Stonehaven South	2.3%	2.0%	1.2%	1.5%	1.4%	1.3%	0.9%

Source: Office for National Statistics.

Notes:

1. Rates for wards are calculated using the claimant count unemployment level as the numerator, and a measure of economically active residents as the denominator.

2. 1991 frozen wards.

Table 4 Claimant Count Unemployment Rate¹ for Wards² in Glasgow City Council

Ward	May 1999	May 2000	May 2001	May 2002	May 2003	May 2004	May 2005
Drumry	14.6%	13.1%	11.0%	11.6%	12.3%	11.8%	9.9%
Summerhill	13.8%	9.7%	7.6%	6.4%	6.9%	6.5%	5.8%
Blairdardie	6.8%	6.2%	5.2%	5.2%	4.9%	4.9%	3.6%
Knightscliffe	5.9%	5.0%	4.8%	4.8%	5.7%	4.6%	4.4%
Yoker	7.8%	7.6%	6.4%	6.3%	6.9%	7.4%	5.7%
Knightswood	8.2%	7.2%	6.2%	6.2%	7.0%	6.3%	6.3%
Scotstoun	6.9%	6.3%	6.0%	6.8%	6.6%	6.6%	5.9%
Broomhill	4.3%	4.5%	4.0%	4.2%	4.5%	3.7%	3.3%
Kelvindale	2.3%	2.3%	2.0%	2.0%	1.6%	1.6%	1.8%
Kelvinside	3.8%	3.2%	2.9%	2.7%	2.6%	2.2%	1.9%
Summerston	6.0%	5.2%	4.2%	4.3%	5.5%	4.7%	4.7%
Maryhill	11.2%	9.8%	8.5%	7.7%	8.9%	8.6%	8.4%
Milton	8.9%	7.9%	6.9%	6.3%	6.2%	5.9%	5.6%
Ruchill	10.7%	8.1%	6.7%	6.1%	6.3%	6.1%	5.8%
North Kelvin	8.7%	7.0%	6.5%	5.8%	6.4%	6.0%	5.9%
Woodlands	10.0%	7.9%	6.9%	6.5%	5.9%	5.7%	5.0%
Partick	7.6%	6.8%	5.8%	5.8%	5.2%	5.2%	4.7%
Anderston	10.2%	9.8%	8.0%	7.8%	7.3%	7.2%	6.9%
Springburn	8.2%	7.2%	6.7%	6.3%	6.3%	6.2%	5.9%
Robroyston	8.4%	7.6%	6.6%	5.5%	5.4%	5.0%	4.9%
Keppochhill	15.0%	11.8%	9.2%	8.9%	10.2%	9.7%	8.8%
Cowlairs	13.8%	13.3%	11.2%	9.3%	10.0%	8.5%	9.1%
Alexandra Park	11.5%	11.0%	9.2%	7.9%	7.5%	8.0%	7.9%
Dennistoun	7.1%	7.1%	6.2%	5.4%	5.1%	5.0%	5.0%
Central	11.3%	10.4%	8.5%	8.7%	9.6%	8.8%	8.5%
Calton	10.0%	9.3%	8.0%	7.6%	8.2%	7.6%	6.7%
Belvidere	15.0%	12.1%	10.5%	9.6%	8.8%	7.2%	5.6%
Carntyne	7.5%	7.5%	6.5%	6.0%	5.9%	6.3%	5.2%
Parkhead	9.1%	8.6%	7.9%	7.7%	7.8%	6.7%	6.4%
Shettleston	7.5%	6.8%	6.2%	6.4%	6.5%	6.0%	5.4%
Lethamhill	9.7%	9.2%	7.6%	7.2%	6.1%	6.1%	6.0%
Riddrie	4.6%	4.6%	4.2%	4.1%	4.4%	4.2%	3.4%
Queenslie	9.2%	9.0%	7.0%	5.8%	6.2%	6.2%	5.7%
Barlanark	12.4%	11.0%	9.7%	9.0%	8.3%	8.1%	8.6%
Mount Vernon	4.1%	3.5%	3.3%	2.8%	2.9%	2.7%	2.5%
Baillieston	3.8%	3.4%	3.3%	3.4%	2.8%	2.5%	2.4%
Gartloch	12.3%	9.8%	8.6%	6.7%	6.6%	5.6%	5.3%
Easterhouse	12.4%	10.9%	9.5%	7.5%	7.0%	6.9%	6.1%
Drumoyne	7.7%	5.7%	4.7%	4.9%	5.0%	4.9%	5.0%
Govan	12.2%	10.0%	8.3%	8.5%	8.2%	8.5%	9.0%
Penilee	6.4%	5.4%	4.6%	4.8%	4.6%	3.8%	3.9%
Cardonald	4.9%	3.9%	3.3%	3.4%	3.2%	2.8%	3.5%
Mosspark	6.8%	5.3%	4.7%	4.6%	4.2%	4.1%	3.6%
Bellahouston	8.8%	8.2%	5.9%	5.2%	6.4%	4.6%	5.2%
Pollock	10.1%	8.9%	7.7%	6.6%	7.4%	5.8%	6.2%
Cowglen	6.9%	6.2%	4.5%	5.0%	4.1%	3.5%	3.7%
South Nitshill	6.8%	5.8%	4.6%	4.7%	4.5%	4.2%	4.4%
Arden	11.6%	10.7%	9.1%	8.5%	7.8%	6.6%	6.5%
Pollokshields	5.4%	4.5%	3.8%	3.3%	3.9%	3.3%	3.3%
Shawlands	4.6%	4.1%	3.6%	3.2%	3.2%	2.8%	2.5%
Kingston	13.8%	12.0%	10.5%	9.8%	9.0%	9.4%	9.1%
Hutchesontown	12.2%	11.2%	8.7%	6.9%	7.5%	7.6%	6.8%
Queen's Park	6.0%	5.5%	4.6%	4.1%	3.8%	3.5%	3.3%
Crosshill	10.8%	9.4%	6.8%	6.3%	5.8%	5.6%	5.3%
Pollokshaws	7.7%	7.4%	6.3%	5.6%	5.7%	5.6%	5.8%
Newlands	3.1%	3.3%	2.4%	2.6%	2.8%	2.1%	2.1%
King's Park	4.8%	4.1%	3.8%	3.5%	3.3%	3.2%	2.8%
Aikenhead	2.6%	2.0%	2.0%	2.4%	2.4%	1.8%	1.9%
Toryglen	8.4%	7.9%	5.5%	6.0%	5.6%	5.4%	5.8%
Linn Park	6.8%	7.2%	5.3%	5.2%	4.8%	5.9%	5.2%
Castlemilk	5.6%	5.7%	4.8%	4.2%	3.9%	4.5%	3.8%
Glenwood	11.5%	10.4%	8.9%	8.7%	6.8%	7.1%	6.8%

Source: Office for National Statistics.

Notes:

1. Rates for wards are calculated using the claimant count unemployment level as the numerator, and a measure of economically active residents as the denominator.

2. 1991 frozen wards.

Question reference: S2W-17295

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of illegal fishing were reported in the North Sea in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S2W-17273

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of secondary school graduates (a) enrolled in a university in Scotland, (b) enrolled in a university elsewhere and (c) did not enrol in a university.

This information is not held centrally.

However, information on the percentage of Scottish school leavers entering higher education can be found in the Statistics Publication Notice Destinations of Leavers from Scottish Schools: 2003-04 published by the Scottish Executive on 6 December 2004. Copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 34816). Table 6 of the publication shows for 2003-04 that 29% of leavers entered full time higher education.

Specific data on enrolment at Scottish institutions is not available, however, data from the Statistics Publication Notice Students in Higher Education in Scotland 2003-04 show that 94% of all Scottish domiciled first degree entrants to higher education institutions in the UK began their studies at a Scottish institution. See Table 17 at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/10152247/22483.

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