Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-29856

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each of its departments and non-departmental public bodies have spent on consultants in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-29858

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) forecast and (b) out-turn figures have been for admissions to each accident and emergency department in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-29697

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many people have been in receipt of incapacity benefit for (a) up to one year, (b) one to two years, (c) two to five years and (d) over five years, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

The following table shows thenumber of beneficiaries of incapacity benefit by the duration of the current claimfor February 2006.

February 2006	Number of Beneficiaries of Incapacity Benefit by Duration of Current Claim
Scottish Parliamentary Constituency of claimant	(a) Up to 1 Year	(b) 1 year up to 2 years	(c) 2 years up to 5 years	(d) 5 years and over
Aberdeen Central	330	230	550	1,210
Aberdeen North	330	220	540	1,050
Aberdeen South	270	170	470	850
Airdrie and Shotts	550	360	850	2,630
Angus	310	210	510	1,020
Argyll and Bute	280	160	380	970
Ayr	300	160	450	1,300
Banff and Buchan	380	270	630	1,350
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	230	160	380	870
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	470	270	740	1,910
Central Fife	410	260	810	1,660
Clydebank and Milngavie	320	200	470	1,320
Clydesdale	500	310	700	2,070
Coatbridge and Chryston	530	270	720	2,180
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	360	230	600	1,460
Cunninghame North	310	200	480	1,380
Cunninghame South	370	220	620	1,620
Dumbarton	400	240	530	1,470
Dumfries	340	240	510	1,300
Dundee East	390	270	680	1,550
Dundee West	360	220	690	1,440
Dunfermline East	350	280	720	1,650
Dunfermline West	320	210	580	1,180
East Kilbride	400	260	550	1,440
East Lothian	330	240	540	1,160
Eastwood	320	190	460	1,200
Edinburgh Central	230	170	430	960
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	340	240	570	1,290
Edinburgh North and Leith	290	190	480	1,120
Edinburgh Pentlands	280	150	400	820
Edinburgh South	200	160	370	880
Edinburgh West	240	160	390	730
Falkirk East	350	230	610	1,520
Falkirk West	320	280	630	1,620
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	280	200	470	1,220
Glasgow Anniesland	340	220	570	1,780
Glasgow Baillieston	430	270	730	2,150
Glasgow Cathcart	330	230	530	1,750
Glasgow Govan	300	180	550	1,430
Glasgow Kelvin	260	180	410	1,420
Glasgow Maryhill	400	220	660	1,970
Glasgow Pollok	350	260	550	1,860
Glasgow Rutherglen	440	250	630	1,930
Glasgow Shettleston	460	270	800	2,480
Glasgow Springburn	490	260	700	2,170
Gordon	300	160	420	730
Greenock and Inverclyde	400	290	560	1,620
Hamilton North and Bellshill	420	240	670	2,040
Hamilton South	440	230	600	1,940
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	340	250	540	1,120
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	400	230	570	1,310
Kirkcaldy	280	190	560	1,070
Linlithgow	380	290	730	1,510
Livingston	520	350	750	1,600
Midlothian	300	230	500	1,200
Moray	330	210	480	900
Motherwell and Wishaw	470	320	630	2,000
North East Fife	260	150	410	740
North Tayside	310	190	410	920
Ochil	380	230	590	1,660
Orkney Islands	70	40	90	240
Paisley North	390	250	630	1,510
Paisley South	360	220	580	1,550
Perth	300	180	460	940
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	320	190	490	1,140
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	250	140	340	770
Shetland Islands	100	50	150	190
Stirling	230	160	400	1,080
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	300	200	450	1,190
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	240	150	410	700
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	220	140	340	600
West Renfrewshire	360	180	510	1,450
Western Isles	140	80	210	400

Source: DWP Information Directorate:Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

Question reference: S2W-29696

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people registered on the National DNA Database were subsequently (a) convicted, (b) charged but not convicted and (c) not convicted in Scotland in relation to the events leading to the DNA sample being taken, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) age group and (iii) ethnicity.

On 10 November 2006, therewere 204,141 criminal justice profiles obtained from arrested people registeredon the Scottish DNA database, of which:

(i) 99,770 profiles related toindividuals who are known to have been convicted of an offence as the profile is being held as a result of that conviction,and

(ii) 104,371 profiles relatedto individuals for whom criminal proceedings are still on-going in relation tothe events leading to their DNA being taken. Therefore, they have not at this time been convicted nor found innocentof the offence associated with those events.

There are also 8,658 unmatchedprofiles developed from crime scene material.

As regards the 99,770 individualsknown to have been convicted of an offence, it is not possible to distinguish between(i) those who were registered and subsequently convicted and (ii) those who wereconvicted and subsequently registered.

No individuals have been registeredand subsequently charged as charging precedes registration in all cases. Of the104,371 individuals for whom criminal proceedings are still on-going in relation to the events leading to their DNA being taken, the information available is as follows:

	No. of Profiles for which Criminal Proceedings are On-Going
Male, 16 and over	86,055
Female, 16 and over	16,068
Male, under 16	1809
Female, under 16	439
Total	104,371

On the issue of ethnicity, Irefer the member to the answer to question S2W-22738 on 6 February 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Under current legislation, theprofiles of individuals who have not been and cannot be convicted (i.e. becausethey have been acquitted or absolutely discharged or have been subject to a decisionthat criminal proceedings will not be pursued) are removed from the database andno relevant records are kept.

Question reference: S2W-29661

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the drop-out rate among junior doctors has been in each year since 1999.

Junior doctor in this contextis taken to mean those in pre-registration house officer (PRHO), foundationtraining year 1 and 2, senior house officer (SHO) and specialist registrar (SpR)posts.

Informationis not held centrally on drop out rates for all junior doctors. However, attrition rates for specialist registrars (SpRs)are held and are shown in the following table. Attrition rates refer to those whopermanently leave an SpR post in Scotland without achieving a Certificate of Completionof Training.

Table 1: SpR Attrition Rate 1999-2000 to 2004-05 for all Medical Specialties

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
All Medical Specialties	3.5%	3.0%	2.2%	2.7%	2.9%	3.5%

Within the National WorkforcePlanning Framework, medical training numbers are established to ensure there issufficient supply to meet the future demands of NHSScotland for trained doctors.Posts that become vacant are re-filled on a rolling basis.

Question reference: S2W-29669

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has about what percentage of people on the National DNA database have been convicted of a crime.

On 10 November 2006, therewere 204,141 criminal justice profiles obtained from arrested people registeredon the Scottish DNA database. Of these, 99,770 (48.9%) are known to have been convictedof an offence as the profile is being held as a result of that conviction.

The remainder of profiles areheld while current criminal proceedings are still on-going. Under current legislation,the profiles of these individuals will be removed from the database, and no recordskept, if a decision is subsequently taken not to pursue the criminal proceedings,or the proceedings conclude with the individual not being convicted. Data on whetherthese individuals have previous convictions is not recorded when they are enteredon the database.

Question reference: S2W-29660

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many electronic tagging devices have been tampered with by prisoners in each year of operation of electronic monitoring and what the procedures and timescales are for companies that monitor such devices to report to the appropriate authorities.

Since the introduction of HomeDetention Curfew for prisoners on 3 July 2006 there have been 149 instances of equipmenttampers recorded at the electronic monitoring centre. Of these, seven were concludedto have been intentional tampers and reports were sent to the relevant prison. Reportson intentional equipment tampers must be sent to the prison within 24 hours of thetamper being notified. Details of the processes to be followed by the electronicmonitoring company can be found in the statement of service requirements to theelectronic monitoring contract at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/01/12142705/0.

Question reference: S2W-29670

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many people who had not been convicted of a criminal offence at the time their records were placed on the National DNA database have subsequently been convicted of a crime.

Question reference: S2W-29665

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 17 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive which secondary schools have (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1990.

I refer the member to thequestion S2W-18439 on 13 September 2005 which included a list of secondaryschool openings and closings, both local authority and independent, for thecalendar years 1995 to part way through 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

As indicated in that answer,the information is derived from data collected annually by the ScottishExecutive Education Department on the opening and closing of schools. Systematicinformation on the opening and closing of schools was not collected before June1995.

The tables which followsupplement the information on secondary schools provided in the earlier answerwith details for the whole of 2005 and for 2006 to date.

The provision of schoolaccommodation is a dynamic process, reflecting the decisions of localauthorities across Scotland in response to a wide range of factors, and schoolopenings and closings need to be considered in that context. For example, anumber of the closures listed represent schools which have merged to form newschools, often in new buildings, or which are moving site.

Table 1:Secondary Schools Opened, By Year

Education Authority Area	School
2005
Fife	Osborne House School *
Highland	Moray Firth School *
Highland	Scoraig School (Secondary Department)
South Lanarkshire	St Andrew's and St Bride's High School
2006 (to date)
East Dunbartonshire	Bishopbriggs Academy
North Lanarkshire	St Andrew’s High School
Renfrewshire	St Benedict’s High School

Note: *Denotes Independent School

Table 2:Secondary Schools Closed, By Year

Education Authority Area	School
2005
Fife	New Park School *
South Lanarkshire	Ballerup High School
South Lanarkshire	St Bride's High School
South Lanarkshire	St Andrew's High School
2006 (to date)
Dumfries and Galloway	Cademuir International School
Dundee City	Imam Muhammed Zakariya School *
East Dunbartonshire	Bishopbriggs High School
East Dunbartonshire	Thomas Muir High School
North Lanarkshire	Coatbridge High School
North Lanarkshire	Columba High School
North Lanarkshire	St Patrick’s High School
Renfrewshire	St Cuthbert’s High School
Renfrewshire	St Brendan’s High School
West Dunbartonshire	Braidfield High School

Note: *DenotesIndependent School.

Question reference: S2W-29664

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 17 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive which primary schools have (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1990.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-18439 on 13 September 2005 which included a list of primaryschool openings and closings, both local authority and independent, for the calendaryears 1995 to part way through 2005. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website,the search facility for which can be found at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

As indicated in that answer,the information is derived from data collected annually by the Scottish ExecutiveEducation Department on the opening and closing of schools. Systematic informationon the opening and closing of schools was not collected before June 1995.

The tables which follow supplementthe information on primary schools provided in the earlier answer with details forthe whole of 2005 and for 2006 to date.

The provision of school accommodationis a dynamic process, reflecting the decisions of local authorities across Scotlandin response to a wide range of factors, and school openings and closings need tobe considered in that context. For example, a number of the closures listed representschools which have merged to form new schools, often in new buildings, or whichare moving site.

Table 1: PrimarySchools Opened, by Year

Education Authority Area	School
2005 (entire)
Dundee City	Claypotts Castle Primary School
Edinburgh City	Currie Primary School
Edinburgh City	Canal View Primary School
Edinburgh City	Pentland Primary School
Fife	Sathya Sai School*
West Lothian	Cawburn Community Primary School
2006 (to date)
Aberdeenshire	Hill of Banchory Primary School
Glasgow	Ardsgoil Glasgow Gaelic School
Glasgow	Camstradden Primary School
North Lanarkshire	John Paul II Primary School

Note: * Denotes Independent School.

Table 2: Primary Schools Closed, by Year

Education Authority Area	School
2005 (entire)
Aberdeenshire	Cairnorrie Primary School
Aberdeenshire	Braeside School
Aberdeenshire	New Byth School
Angus	Dun Primary School
Angus	Pitkennedy Primary School
Dumfries and Galloway	Wamphray School
Dumfries and Galloway	Eskdalemuir Primary School
Dundee City	Douglas Primary School
Dundee City	Powrie Primary School
Edinburgh City	Comiston Primary School
Edinburgh City	Dumbryden Primary School
Edinburgh City	Hailesland Primary School
Edinburgh City	Hunter’s Tryst Primary School
Edinburgh City	Curriehill Primary School
Edinburgh City	Riccarton Primary School
Eilean Siar	Berneray Primary School
Fife	Kemback Primary School
Fife	Blacklaw Primary School
Fife	Seaview Private School*
Fife	New Park School*
Glasgow City	Holmlea Primary School
Glasgow City	St Margaret Mary’s Primary School
Glasgow City	Simshill Primary School
Glasgow City	St Martin’s Primary School
Glasgow City	Tormusk Primary School
Glasgow City	Dairsie House School *
Highland	Soay Primary School
Inverclyde	King’s Glen Primary School
North Lanarkshire	St James’ Primary School
Scottish Borders	Glen Douglas Primary School
Scottish Borders	Burnmouth Primary School
Scottish Borders	Hutton Primary School
West Lothian	Pumpherston Primary School
West Lothian	Uphall Station Infant School

2006 (to date)
Aberdeen City	Braeside Nursery and Infant School
Fife	Creich Primary School
Glasgow City	Barlanark Primary School
Glasgow City	Maryhill Primary School
Glasgow City	Ogilvie Primary School
Glasgow City	Pinewood Primary School
Glasgow City	St Jerome’s Primary School
Glasgow City	St John’s Primary School
Glasgow City	St Robert’s Primary School
Glasgow City	Summerhill Primary School
Glasgow City	St Edmund’s Primary School
North Lanarkshire	Albert Primary School
North Lanarkshire	Burnhead Primary School
North Lanarkshire	St Columba’s Primary School
North Lanarkshire	St Gabriel’s Primary School

Note: *Denotes Independent School.

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