Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-30802

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were housed (a) with one other person in a cell designated for one and (b) with two other persons in a cell designated for two in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S2W-30796

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions in the last five years the publication dates of statistics that it produces have been changed and, in each case, what the subject matter was, what the original and final date of publication were, what the reasons were for the delay in publication and who took the decision to delay.

In accordance with the NationalStatistics Code of Practice (2002), the Chief Statistician has final responsibilityfor determining, pre-announcing and, if necessary, altering the dates of publicationof National Statistics and other relevant statistics produced by the Executive.

Any decision to change a pre-announcedpublication date will be based on a range of professional considerations.

When dates are changed, detailsare placed on the Executive website and key users are notified.

The Executive has no historicalrecord of the occasions on which a pre-announced publication date was changed inthe last five years. However, we are aware of eight occasions in the 2006 calendaryear. The details are shown in the following table:

Table 1: Changes toPre-Announced Publication Dates, Scottish Executive, 2006

Publication Name	Pre-Announced Date	Publication Date	Reason for Change
People Assisted Through Supporting People Funding 2004-2005	31-01-2006	21-02-2006	Delay in receiving and checking data.
Fire Statistics 2004	28-02-2006	16-02-2006	To coincide with publication of UK statistics bulletin.
Operation of Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: Quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 2005 (temporary accommodation to 31 December 2005)	29-03-2006	28-03-2006	To keep day of the week in line with previous years.
Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture	15-05-2006	17-05-2006	To keep day of the week in line with previous years.
Firearm Certificate Statistics 2005	19-05-2006	25-05-2006	Delay in receiving data.
Bank Advances to Agriculture	01-08-2006	03-08-2006	To keep day of the week in line with previous years.
Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: National & Local Authority Analyses 2005-06	05-09-2006	26-09-2006	Delay in checking data.
Final Results of the June 2006 Agricultural Census	26-10-2006	25-10-2006	To keep day of the week in line with previous years.

Note: Publications released bythe General Register Office for Scotland and ISD NHS National Services Scotland have not beenincluded.

Question reference: S2W-30884

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded convictions there have been for drug trafficking in each of the last five years, broken down by sheriff court.

The available information isgiven in the following table.

Persons with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts for Drug Trafficking^1,2, by Court, 2000-01- 2004-05

Court	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Sheriff Court
Aberdeen	52	47	68	57	88
Airdrie	23	25	31	25	29
Alloa	9	7	17	28	27
Arbroath	5	9	9	12	18
Ayr	27	24	41	40	28
Banff	1	11	7	9	5
Campbeltown	6	4	2	3	2
Cupar	10	10	8	7	8
Dingwall	7	2	6	6	20
Dornoch	-	-	4	1	1
Dumbarton	24	15	23	26	37
Dumfries	16	17	21	6	21
Dundee	32	17	44	27	40
Dunfermline	15	17	23	20	18
Dunoon	4	2	3	5	5
Duns	-	-	2	4	2
Edinburgh	111	103	87	103	189
Elgin	13	10	6	16	15
Falkirk	28	43	43	41	39
Forfar	16	7	7	7	11
Fort William	8	4	8	5	3
Glasgow	253	249	275	327	332
Greenock	38	24	44	43	35
Haddington	2	5	4	7	17
Hamilton	63	74	60	55	83
Inverness	6	28	14	36	41
Jedburgh	4	9	7	9	17
Kilmarnock	42	59	69	103	77
Kirkcaldy	22	23	33	33	43
Kirkcudbright	1	3	1	6	13
Kirkwall	2	4	3	4	4
Lanark	5	9	4	9	4
Lerwick	2	4	7	1	6
Linlithgow	32	14	27	27	56
Lochmaddy	-	1	-	1	1
Oban	10	7	3	5	6
Paisley	30	23	22	25	25
Peebles	5	2	1	2	5
Perth	41	51	52	47	64
Peterhead	5	11	16	13	12
Portree	-	2	3	1	-
Rothesay	1	-	-	-	-
Selkirk	7	3	8	8	10
Stirling	18	29	21	33	30
Stonehaven	3	2	1	-	-
Stornoway	2	2	5	3	5
Stranraer	9	12	22	18	19
Tain	4	7	4	12	10
Wick	4	6	7	3	2
All Sheriff Courts	1,018	1,037	1,173	1,279	1,523
All Courts³	1,331	1,370	1,524	1,623	1,759

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes illegal importation,production and supply of drugs, money laundering and other related offences.

3. Includes High Court convictions.

Question reference: S2W-30801

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent estimate is of the average cost per year of keeping an offender in (a) an adult prison and (b) a young offenders’ institution, broken down by main budget heading.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

The SPS Annual Report and Accountsfor 2005-2006, copies of which are available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 40385) or via the Scottish Prison Service websiteat www.sps.gov.uk provides information in respectof the expenditure incurred in the Scottish Prison Service. The cost per prisonerplace is not available separately for adult prisons and young offender institutions.

Question reference: S2W-30803

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many suicides there were in prisons classified as overcrowded in each of the last 10 years.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

Electronic information is onlyavailable for the period since 2001.

Prison	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Aberdeen	1	2		6		1
Barlinnie	2			2	5	5
Dumfries				1
Edinburgh	1	1	1			1
Greenock	1	1
Inverness				1		1
Perth	1	1	6	1	2	1
Total	6	5	7	11	7	9

The prisons identified in thetable have had periods where prisoner numbers have exceeded the design capacityfor those particular prisons.

Question reference: S2W-30805

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners were convicted for drug offences in each of the last 10 years.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

The number of direct sentencedreceptions to prison where the main crime was a drugs crime in each of the lastten financial years are given in the following table:

Year	Male	Female	Total
1996-97	933	58	991
1997-98	955	64	1,019
1998-99	876	84	960
1999-2000	809	70	879
2000-01	763	69	832
2001-02	806	81	887
2002-03	864	85	949
2003-04	867	102	969
2004-05	844	126	970
2005-06	880	125	1,005

Question reference: S2W-30886

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it has undertaken, or plans to undertake, to tackle drug misuse in each (a) local authority and (b) NHS board area and how much money has been allocated to each area for this purpose in each year since 1999.

The Scottish Executive providesfunding, through local authorities and health boards, to Alcohol and Drug ActionTeams (ADATs) to tackle drug misuse. It is up to the ADATs to decide how to allocate resourcesaccording to local needs and priorities. Detail of the services and initiativesADATs fund are set out in their annual Corporate Action Plans which are availableat http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/index.htm.

The following table details totalfunding provided, since 1999, to health boards to tackle drug misuse.

NHS Board	1999-2000 (£000)	2000-01 (£000)	2001-02 (£000)	2002-03 (£000)	2003-04 (£000)	2004-05 (£000)	2005-06 (£000)	2006-07 (£000)
Argyll and Clyde	901	984	1,111	1,338	1,388	1,988	2,226	2,226
Ayrshire and Arran	535	609	737	987	987	1,037	1,155	1,155
Borders	96	118	160	162	162	170	189	189
Dumfries and Galloway	96	124	298	258	258	271	482	482
Fife	445	514	698	789	789	829	1,378	1,378
Forth Valley	172	226	462	557	557	585	828	828
Grampian	972	1,085	1,283	1,314	1,314	1,963	2,202	2,202
Greater Glasgow	3,502	3,670	4,387	4,488	4,488	5,488	6,392	6,392
Highland	137	181	300	414	414	435	489	489
Lanarkshire	497	607	862	1,449	1,449	1,522	1,591	1,591
Lothian	2,776	2,922	3,214	3,539	3,539	3,719	4,645	4,645
Orkney	16	20	24	32	32	34	54	54
Shetland	37	42	46	55	55	58	72	72
Tayside	1,151	1,225	1,348	1,483	1,483	1,559	1,965	1,965
Western Isles	20	25	43	87	87	92	101	101
Total	11,352	12,352	14,973	16,952	16,952	19,752	23,769	23,769

The following table details totalfunding provided, since 2001, to local authorities to tackle drug misuse.

Local Authority	2001-02 (£000)	2002-03 (£000)	2003-04 (£000)	2004-05 (£000)
Aberdeen City	282	282	282	282
Aberdeenshire	302	302	302	302
Argyll and Bute	119	119	119	119
Borders	141	141	141	141
Clackmannanshire	65	65	65	65
Dumfries and Galloway	195	195	195	195
East Ayrshire	161	161	161	161
East Dunbartonshire	147	147	147	147
East Lothian	120	120	120	120
East Renfrewshire	119	119	119	119
East Renfrewshire	119	119	119	119
Edinburgh City	600	600	600	600
Falkirk	192	192	192	192
Fife	464	464	464	464
Glasgow City	812	812	812	812
Highland	277	277	277	277
Inverclyde	113	113	113	113
Moray	113	113	113	113
North Ayrshire	185	185	185	185
North Lanarkshire	436	436	436	436
North Lanarkshire	436	436	436	436
Renfrewshire	235	235	235	235
South Ayrshire	152	152	152	152
South Lanarkshire	408	408	408	408
South Lanarkshire	408	408	408	408
Stirling	113	113	113	113
West Dunbartonshire	126	126	126	126
West Dunbartonshire	126	126	126	126
Midlothian	108	108	108	108
West Lothian	205	205	205	205
Orkney	26	26	26	26
Shetland	30	30	30	30
Angus	146	146	146	146
Dundee City	192	192	192	192
Perth and Kinross	178	178	178	178
Western Isles	37	37	37	37
Total	6,800	6,800	6,800	6,800

The following table details fundingprovided to health boards to support the work of ADATs.

NHS Board	1999-2000 (£000)	2000-01 (£000)	2001-02 (£000)	2002-03 (£000)	2003-04 (£000)	2004-05 (£000)	2005-06 (£000)	2006-07 (£000)
Argyll and Clyde	110	110	174	179	179	179	179	179
Ayrshire and Arran	110	110	169	173	173	173	173	173
Borders	80	80	113	115	115	115	115	115
Dumfries and Galloway	80	80	117	120	120	120	120	120
Fife	110	110	167	169	169	169	169	169
Forth Valley	110	110	160	161	161	161	161	161
Grampian	110	110	229	231	231	231	231	231
Greater Glasgow	110	110	221	232	232	232	232	232
Highland	110	110	153	157	157	157	157	157
Lanarkshire	110	110	188	190	190	190	190	190
Lothian	110	110	277	281	281	281	281	281
Orkney	65	65	90	91	91	91	91	91
Shetland	65	65	90	91	91	91	91	91
Tayside	110	110	216	222	222	222	222	222
Western Isles	65	65	90	92	92	92	92	92
Total	1,455	1,455	2,455	2,505	2,505	2,505	2,505	2,505

Question reference: S2W-30602

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many long-term jobs were created in each year since 1999, broken down by local enterprise area.

Question reference: S2W-30485

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 January 2007

Sub-Scotland, regional GrossDomestic Product (GDP) estimates are published by the Office for NationalStatistics. Prior to Local Authority reorganisation in 1996, sub-Scotland GDPestimates were produced for the combined Regional Council areas. Following theintroduction of the European System of Accounts in 1995, sub-Scotland GDPestimates have been estimated for European nomenclature of territorial unitsfor statistics areas (NUTS). It should be noted that the methodological basisfor GDP estimation before and after this change is not consistent.

Table 1 presents GDP for Scotlandbased on factor incomes at current prices for 1979, 1991 and 1993 by RegionalCouncil area. These ONS GDP figures were estimated biennially so there is noestimate for 1992.

Table 1: Scottish GDP byfactor incomes per head (£)
at current prices by Regional Council

	1979 £	1991 £	1993 £
Scotland	2,802	8,269	9,148
Borders	2,684	6,949	7,870
Central	3,054	7,329	7,880
Dumfries and Galloway	2,671	7,513	8,776
Fife	2,836	7,333	7,497
Grampian	3,269	11,952	12,982
Highlands and Islands	2,738	7,529	7,742
Lothian	3,008	9,637	11,367
Strathclyde	2,662	7,549	8,254
Tayside	2,630	7,678	8,781

Source: Office for NationalStatistics, Regional Accounts.

The factor incomes series ofGDP was discontinued following the introduction of the European System ofAccounts in 1995 (based upon the 1993 System of National Accounts) and replacedwith GDP at basic prices (Gross Value Added or GVA).

Table 2 presents Gross ValueAdded for Scotland at current basic prices for 1997 and the latestavailable year (2004) by European level 3 nomenclature of territorial units forstatistics (NUTS3). The principal difference between the two valuations is theinclusion of net taxes on production within basic price estimates.

Table 2: Scottish GVA perhead (£) at current basic prices by NUTS1, 2 and 3 area

	1997 £	2004 £
Scotland	11,932	16,334
North Eastern Scotland	16,604	21,638
Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and North East Moray	16,604	21,638
Eastern Scotland	12,357	16,666
Angus and Dundee City	11,183	14,754
Clackmannanshire and Fife	9,132	11,914
East Lothian and Midlothian	8,073	11,066
Scottish Borders	9,355	11,026
Edinburgh, City of	18,264	27,614
Falkirk	11,944	14,321
Perth and Kinross and Stirling	11,157	14,150
West Lothian	14,355	16,112
South Western Scotland	11,095	15,553
East and West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh and Lomond	7,712	10,674
Dumfries and Galloway	9,311	12,036
East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland	9,361	11,145
Glasgow City	15,323	23,420
Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire	11,885	15,069
North Lanarkshire	8,526	12,835
South Ayrshire	10,849	14,419
South Lanarkshire	9,682	13,402
Highlands and Islands	8,605	12,269
Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty	7,140	10,798
Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey	9,163	14,598
Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands	8,446	10,609
Eilean Siar	7,775	11,508
Orkney Islands	10,624	12,464
Shetland Islands	11,649	14,742

Source: Office for NationalStatistics, Regional Accounts.

Neither the pre 1995 RegionalCouncil, nor the more recent NUTS3 estimates, take account of differences inregional price levels (purchasing power). They are both presented at currentprices and so make no adjustment for the effect of inflation. The impliedgrowth rates will therefore differ from those published in the Quarterly GDPfor Scotland series as these are presented at constant prices toremove the effect of inflation.

Question reference: S2W-30539

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 19 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of newly qualified (a) secondary and (b) primary school teachers who had not taken up full-time teaching posts one year after qualification in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.

Comprehensive data relatingto this question is not held centrally.

The most recent and comprehensiveindication of employment status following induction stems from research in 2005by the General Teaching Council for Scotland among those who completed theirinduction year in 2005, which found that almost 95% of respondents were nowteaching in Scotland, of which 70% were in full-time permanent posts.

Data held by the ScottishExecutive allows comparison of the lists of the GTCS registration numbers ofprobationers on the 2003-04 and 2004-05 induction schemes with the registrationnumbers of teachers recorded in the September 2004 and 2005 teacher censuses. Thisshows the following:

Induction scheme year (sector)	Number of probationers on induction scheme	Number of probationers from induction scheme not recorded in the September teacher census following end of induction as being in a full-time teaching post in a local authority school
2003-04 (secondary)	929	359
2003-04 (primary)	916	392
2004-05 (secondary)	1,009	287
2004-05 (primary)	1,084	381

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