Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-15839

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15621 by Sarah Boyack on 17 May 2001, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the total with the data in the table.

Question reference: S2W-15834

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 5 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3285 by Tavish Scott on 9 December 2003, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

The following table gives, for each council tax band, the estimated percentage of households in each household income band. For example, an estimated 25% of households occupying a Band A dwelling have a gross household income of £150 or less per week, excluding any Council Tax Benefit income. These figures are based upon survey data from 2002-03 and 2003-04.

The Council Tax Band occupied by a household, however, does not equate directly to the Council Tax bill. Many households with low incomes will qualify for Council Tax Benefit, and will therefore pay little or no council tax from their gross income.

	Gross household income excluding Council Tax Benefit (£ per week)
Council Tax Band	Up to 150	150 to 300	300 to 450	450 to 600	600 to 750	Over 750	TOTAL
Band A	25	40	16	9	5	5	100
Band B	15	34	19	14	10	9	100
Band C	10	26	20	18	11	15	100
Band D	7	20	17	17	14	24	100
Band E	5	13	15	15	14	38	100
Band F	15		12	11	11	51	100
Band G & H	11		14		9	66	100

Note: The percentage of households in each cell has been estimated using data from the Family Resources Survey aggregated over two years. Where the sample size is insufficient to allow confident estimation, cells have been merged. The incomefigures reported are gross household income from all sources less any income received as Council Tax Benefit. Percentages are reported to the nearest whole number and may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Question reference: S2W-15830

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7400 by Henry McLeish on 14 June 2000, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

The Scotland totals in the table of the answer to question S1W-7400 are accurate. However, the table should have been issued with a footnote explaining why the Scotland totals did not match the sum of the figures in all the Scottish Local Enterprise Company (LEC) areas.

The Scotland totals are the published figures for the Scotland Jobcentre Plus region. However, the sum of all the Scottish LEC areas does not match the Scottish regional totals. This is because clients may have incomplete postcodes so cannot be allocated to a LEC area but are included in the Scottish total.

The Table is reissued below with the footnotes that were omitted in the answer to question S1W-7400.

Table 1: Participation and Cumulative Starts for Over 50 Year Olds on New Deal 25 plus by LEC area at end-March 2000.

LEC Area	Aged 50+ Participation	Aged 50+ Cumulative Starts
Ayrshire	262	909
Borders	39	92
Dunbartonshire	157	470
Dumfries and Galloway	148	377
Fife	123	475
Forth Valley	31	83
Glasgow	485	1,259
Grampian	69	260
Lanarkshire	208	727
Lothian and Edinburgh	234	726
Renfrewshire	174	557
Tayside	220	753
Argyll and Bute	64	188
Caithness and Sutherland	66	176
Inverness and Nairn	38	116
Lochaber	12	30
Moray and Badenoch	34	122
Orkney	20	58
Ross and Cromarty	29	96
Shetland	5	29
Skye and Lochalsh	14	35
Western Isles	9	27
Scotland	2,506	7,667

Source: New Deal Evaluation Database, Department for Work and Pensions

Note: The Scotland totals are the published figures for the Scotland Jobcentre Plus region. However, the sum of all the Scottish LEC areas does not match the Scottish regional totals. This is because clients may have incomplete postcodes so cannot be allocated to a LEC area but are included in the Scottish total.

Question reference: S2W-15824

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 3 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13423 by Ross Finnie on 25 January 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

Question reference: S2W-15823

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-6233 by Ms Margaret Curran on 30 March 2004, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the tables.

The updated information is set out in the following tables. Allocations are determined on an annual basis taking into account the outturn in previous years. The figures for 2004-05 underspend are provisional.

Table 1: Allocation of NHP Resources

Council	NHP Final Allocations in 1998-99	NHP Final Allocations in 1999-2000	NHP Final Allocations in 2000-01	NHP Final Allocations in 2001-02	NHP Final Allocations in 2002-03	NHP Final Allocations in 2003-04	NHP Final Allocations in 2004-05
Aberdeen City	330,000	302,000	390,020	446,208	0	0	0
Aberdeenshire	65,000	1,028,490	2,105,021	3,412,410	0	0	323,768
Argyll and Bute	0	95,000	71,250	100,000	150,000	582,500	1,037,927
Clackmannanshire	780,000	100,000	21,000	13,750	0	0	0
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	56,000	116,000	167,000	134,600	566,750	717,461	571,642
Dumfries and Galloway	100,000	350,000	1,125,425	2,576,048	799,300	118,097	0
Dundee City	3,275,000	7,081,000	8,288,250	12,448,349	2,615,242	1,093,680	903,822
East Ayrshire	1,260,967	0	0	0	0	0	60,000
East Dunbartonshire	319,000	534,000	828,000	427,100	792,152	469,382	1,044,000
East Lothian	2,945,000	2,149,000	2,702,850	2,720,000	1,800,000	1,213,925	223,925
East Renfrewshire	25,000	100,000	100,000	0	0	0	0
City of Edinburgh	7,718,000	8,958,042	13,556,930	8,551,520	4,873,156	4,674,760	4,331,484
Falkirk	200,000	200,000	0	0	0	0	0
Fife	125,000	319,000	0	573,000	475,419	14,300	0
Glasgow City	8,915,000	8,215,000	14,954,289	22,988,000	27,466,504	2,360,000	912,000
Highland	993,000	1,468,450	3,133,108	2,780,927	524,394	0	0
Inverclyde	33,000	129,000	98,333	210,000	194,493	14,856	308,000
Midlothian	0	31,000	154,000	15,000	0	0	0
Moray	20,000	912,640	937,000	1,629,336	9,201,382	0	0
North Ayrshire	82,000	639,000	542,056	1,817,553	809,060	41,507	41,507
North Lanarkshire	4,752,000	4,581,630	2,250,000	1,261,400	46,000	0	0
Orkney Islands	0	99,500	0	67,046	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	187,000	113,000	47,000	275,000	310,693	0	23,394
Renfrewshire	93,000	999,000	629,000	984,336	1,016,318	110,845	83,856
Scottish Borders	105,000	369,298	767,000	3,608,894	650,343	55,949	0
Shetland	200,000	451,000	219,000	442,000	230,828	0	0
South Ayrshire	0	140,000	75,886	0	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	750,000	1,706,000	2,465,000	4,280,000	2,180,672	0	0
Stirling	310,000	1,751,000	3,236,780	1,411,091	1,547,141	1,127,249	0
W. Dunbartonshire	15,000	0	70,000	30,000	0	0	56,050
West Lothian	2,630,000	2,393,000	1,849,040	2,487,037	1,834,989	1,093,595	109,739
Total	36,283,967	45,331,050	60,783,238	75,690,605	58,084,836	13,688,106	10,031,114

Table 2: Underspend Against Allocation of NHP Resources

Council	Underspend in 1998-99	Underspend in 1999-00	Underspend in 2000-01	Underspend in 2001-02	Underspend in 2002-03	Underspend in 2003-04	Underspend in 2004-05
Aberdeen City	187,000	100,000	0	0	0	0	0
Aberdeenshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	323,768
Argyll and Bute	0	0	71,250	100,000	42,327	389,900	538,675
Clackmannanshire	0	20,975	13,776	0	0	0	0
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	35,000	63,595	44,750	0	191,563	118,261	0
Dumfries and Galloway	0	6	0	85,048	0	0	0
Dundee City	2,563,000	5,272,685	371,718	80,000	90,000	25,858	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,800
East Dunbartonshire	1,000	361,751	448,413	0	95,982	101,681	485,000
East Lothian	1,025,241	887,822	919,000	0	0	223,925	223,925
East Renfrewshire	0	100,000	20,000	0	0	0	0
City of Edinburgh	1,669,468	658,000	589,332	345,950	259,249	0	593,796
Falkirk	200,000	10,000	0	0	0	0	0
Fife	29,000	185,420	0	139,669	66,463	0	0
Glasgow City	1,932,680	126,465	3,497,097	4,762,152	3,061,350	912,000	662,000
Highland	77,000	120,460	139,050	524,394	0	0	0
Inverclyde	33,000	85,100	24,133	170,360	97,988	0	0
Midlothian	0	31,000	15,000	0	0	0	0
Moray	12,000	7,000	98,293	0	30	0	0
North Ayrshire	4,000	187,455	536,611	740,076	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	226,571	86,000	11,625	0	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	113,000	47,000	41,128	43,290	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	0	979,543	103,733	7,182	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	22,000	0	0	619,294	0	0	0
Shetland	0	346,208	71,749	743	250	0	0
South Ayrshire	0	18,887	0	0	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	-75,000	69,300	1,138,888	1,332,103	0	0	0
Stirling	306,000	178,788	601,319	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	4,000	0	0	30,000	0	0	18,857
West Lothian	543,000	250,000	263,362	0	0	0	0
Total	8,907,960	10,193,460	9,020,227	8,980,261	3,905,202	1,771,625	2,850,821

Question reference: S2W-15811

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14008 by Mr Andy Kerr on 23 February 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

An amended version of the answer provided for question S2W-14008 is as follows.

Information based on all admissions to general acute hospitals during 2003-04 is shown in the table.

Complete data on psychiatric admissions is not available for 2002-03 or 2003-04. In 2001-02 there were 3,918 such admissions in Scotland for alcohol related conditions; 1,458 for drug abuse and two for obesity.

Scottish General Acute Hospital^1,2 Discharge Records With An Explicit Diagnosis of Alcohol Related Conditions, Drug Misuse or Obesity: 2003-04^P

Area of Residence	Diagnosis³
	Alcohol Related Conditions	Drug Misuse	Obesity
Argyll and Clyde	4,033	464	420
Ayrshire and Arran	4,149	642	461
Borders	650	43	99
Dumfries and Galloway	1,082	90	205
Fife	2,094	315	490
Forth Valley	1,624	145	212
Grampian	4,285	524	626
Greater Glasgow	10,961	1,664	1,036
Highland	2,846	67	406
Lanark	4,755	257	384
Lothian	6,327	748	931
Tayside	2,510	160	247
Islands⁴	858	26	75
Scotland	46,174	5,145	5,592
Other (Non-Scotland Residents)	598	81	45

Source: SMR01 (valid records only).

^PProvisional.

Notes:

1. Includes acute hospitals (excludes maternity hospitals, mental illness hospitals and psychiatric units).

2. Information on hospital discharges relates to episodes of inpatient or day case care rather than individual patients. The same patient may account for several hospital admissions during the course of a year (or across years) and will be counted each time in the attached table. Transfer cases have been included.

3. Diagnostic information is defined by using the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10). Alcohol related conditions: F10, R780, Y90, Y91, Z637, Z811, Z864, Z714, Z502, T506, Y573, T510, T519, X45, X65, Y15, O354, Q860, P043, Z721, Z133, G621, G721, K860, I426, K70, K292, G312, E52. Drug Misuse: F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F18, F19. Obesity: E66.

4. Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles.

Question reference: S2W-15821

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22518 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 13 February 2002, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the total with the data in the table.

Yes. The revised table is as follows:

Funding Type	Applicant Group	HIE Funding Approved
Project Officer	Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust	£30,000
Project Officer	The Laggan Forest Trust Forestry Company Ltd	£24,391
Project Officer	The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust	£20,839
Project Officer	Fernaig Community Trust	£24,520
Project Officer	Kinlochleven Land Development Trust	£17,333
Project Officer	Colonsay Community Development Company	£29,680
Total		£146,763

Question reference: S2W-15835

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 3 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30891 by Dr Richard Simpson on 20 November 2002, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

The following table updates the information to 2003-04. As in the previous answer, all numbers have been rounded to the nearest ten. Because of this, the individual figures may not sum precisely to the totals for Scotland.

Excess Winter Deaths ¹ in Scotland: 1997-98 2003-04

	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04²
Scotland³	2,610	4,750	5,190	2,220	1,840	2,510	2,840
(a) by Health Board Area
Argyll and Clyde	340	290	400	100	180	270	200
Ayrshire and Arran	130	380	380	90	100	170	230
Borders	10	130	120	50	40	40	40
Dumfries and Galloway	30	160	130	70	50	80	30
Fife	120	330	310	280	200	90	150
Forth Valley	160	220	260	150	30	120	180
Grampian	250	520	490	190	160	280	320
Greater Glasgow	520	980	1,040	460	410	570	490
Highland	90	170	130	60	80	70	130
Lanarkshire	340	440	530	250	210	250	400
Lothian	370	620	850	360	220	360	400
Orkney	20	0	20	0	10	10	10
Shetland	10	40	20	10	10	-10	10
Tayside	230	450	450	180	130	210	260
Western Isles	10	30	70	-10	10	-10	0
(b) by Age Group
Under 65	170	380	650	260	80	350	330
65 - 74	730	790	970	370	230	300	510
75 - 84	950	1,660	1,820	820	820	940	840
85+	760	1,920	1,750	760	710	920	1,170
(c) by Gender
Males	1,080	1,970	2,230	910	630	940	1,070
Females	1,530	2,780	2,960	1,310	1,210	1,570	1,770

Notes:

1. Excess Winter Deaths are defined as the difference between the number of deaths in December to March and the average of the preceding and succeeding four month periods. A negative figure occurs when the average non-winter deaths exceed the winter deaths.

2. Figures for 2003-04 are provisional and may be subject to revision.

3. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Consequently, individual figures may not sum to the totals for Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-15822

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14635 by Rhona Brankin on 3 March 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

The information requested is contained in the following table:

Number of Home Care Clients, by Local Authority Area, During Week Ending 31 March 1999 to 2004

Local Authority	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Aberdeen City	4,766	3,602	3,001	2,779	2,514	2,904
Aberdeenshire	2,041	2,052	1,828	1,867	1,874	1,939
Angus	1,867	1,802	1,804	1,740	1,778	1,810
Argyll and Bute	950	973	927	957	965	1,060
Clackmannanshire	601	652	656	648	680	700
Dumfries and Galloway	1,880	1,669	2,015	1,755	2,048	2,050
Dundee City	2,978	2,891	2,445	2,166	1,886	1,870
East Ayrshire	1,398	1,348	1,311	1,361	1,444	1,706
East Dunbartonshire	1,010	1,022	986	1,013	1,029	1,172
East Lothian	1,196	1,287	1,195	1,267	1,128	1,451
East Renfrewshire	820	847	765	939	884	965
Edinburgh, City of	7,261	6,393	5,969	5,958	6,084	5,963
Eilean Siar	870	803	779	768	765	765
Falkirk	2,420	2,287	2,281	2,098	2,010	2,006
Fife	7,491	6,496	5,858	5,629	6,082	6,875
Glasgow City	10,048	9,763	8,802	8,789	9,040	9,102
Highland	2,999	2,915	2,748	2,670	3,055	2,957
Inverclyde	1,311	1,281	1,146	1,255	1,104	1,137
Midlothian	1,253	1,319	1,256	1,113	1,084	1,201
Moray	1,163	1,056	1,063	1,119	1,205	1,360
North Ayrshire	1,696	1,629	1,490	1,301	1,491	1,692
North Lanarkshire	2,999	3,075	2,895	3,408	4,370	4,394
Orkney Islands	492	465	442	516	428	511
Perth and Kinross	1,479	1,463	1,477	1,532	1,618	1,559
Renfrewshire	2,505	2,453	2,542	2,098	2,169	1,814
Scottish Borders 1,724	1,576	1,569	1,491	1,553	1,686	1,724
Shetland Islands	514	659	722	553	545	529
South Ayrshire	1,199	1,358	1,203	1,298	1,471	1,723
South Lanarkshire	2,773	2,629	2,445	2,326	2,568	2,709
Stirling	930	921	881	1,015	848	982
West Dunbartonshire	1,760	1,767	1,558	1,647	1,834	2,065
West Lothian	1,812	1,764	1,552	1,408	1,579	1,319
Scotland	74,058	70,210	65,533	64,546	67,266	70,014

Source: SEHD Analytical Services Division H1 Return.

Question reference: S2W-15840

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15496 by Susan Deacon on 10 July 2001, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with the data in the table.

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