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Number of Non-Sexual Crimes ofViolence Recorded by the Police, 1990 to 2004, by Police Force Area

Such information is not availablein respect of remand and sentenced prisoners. The average annual cost per prisonerplace is detailed in the SPS’s Annual Report and Accounts for each of the last 10years which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, Bib. numbers39629, 39630, 34446, 4045, 7929, 18239, 22587, 28640, 34075 and 37154.

Limited information is availablecentrally on the number of in-patient/day case episodes where operations/procedureswere not carried out following admission. However, it is not possible to identifyon what day the operation was cancelled.

Information on the number ofin-patient and day case episodes where operations/procedures were cancelled followingadmission for years 1996-2005, and the number of patients who were not subsequentlyadmitted to hospital for an operation within 30 days of discharge by NHS board oftreatment and hospital respectively is given in a document which has been placedin the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 40118).

Operations can be cancelled dueto various unforeseen pressures. Some examples of these are: an influx of emergencyadmissions, widespread staff sickness, theatre equipment failure or infection inwards.

On occasions, some patients maybe sent home, following admission, when a planned procedure/operation has not beencarried out. Some reasons for this include; patient being unfit for treatment dueto illness (e.g. chest infection), having omitted to fast before admission, failingto follow pre-admission advice on medication or where theatre time is unavailabledue to unexpected complications arising in earlier theatre cases.

In setting out my initial responseto David Kerr’s report on the future shape of the NHS in Scotland, I madeit clear that I supported his proposals that we should stream planned care, separatingit, where possible, from emergency care. I have asked the Regional Planning Groupsto develop arrangements for streaming planned care that will reduce cancellations,increase predictability and workflow and reduce waiting times.

Rates for staff supplied byPertemps are the same for all Scottish Executive Departments, and depend on thegrade of the post being covered. Table 1 shows the mean average rate paid toPertemps for staff at administrative and clerical grades for each year since1999.

Table 1: Pertemps – Average(Mean) Hourly Rate Paid to Pertemps for Agency Workers Covering A1 to A4 Posts

Note: Calculated for eachyear by summing the agreed hourly rates for each of the administrative andclerical grades, including typists and personal secretaries and security staff,covered by the contract and dividing by the number of grades to give an averagerate. Where a rate or rates has/have changed during the year, an average of thetwo rates has been used.

Rates for staff supplied byHays will vary depending on the skills and specialist expertise required forthe particular role. A mean average hourly rate paid to Hays for staff is shownby department in table 2. The average rate will depend on the usage of thecontract by the department and the types of roles being covered. Because somecandidates are highly specialised they may command a very high rate, althoughusually only for a relatively short period of time. This will have distortedthe rates for some departments.

Table 2: Hays – Average(Mean) Hourly Rate Paid to Hays for All Agency Workers by Department

Note: Calculated for each departmentby summing the hourly rate for each interim manager supplied by Hays to that departmentand dividing by the number of managers supplied to that department.

On occasion individual departmentsbring in temporary staff from employment agencies outwith these two maincontracts, for example where specific professional skills have been required,or in outlying areas, but this information is not held centrally.

New Build Completionsby Local Authority Area: 1999-2005

Source: Newbuild returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development DepartmentAnalytical Services Division (Housing Statistics). Housing association data providedby Communities Scotland.

Note: *Data supplied by the Scottish Ambulance Service.

The information requestedbetween 1997-98 and 2004-05 has already been provided in the answer to questionS2W-18263, answered on 9 September 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at:

The number of fires inschools (both primary and secondary) is shown in the following table by fireand rescue service area.

Source: ODPM.

Notes:

1. Excluding incidents notrecorded during periods of industrial action in November 2002 and Jan/Feb 2003.

2. Parts may not add up tototals due to rounding.