The information requested is not held centrally.

Information on the number of employees and the full-time establishment for nursing in each NHS trust is available in table E17 on the ISD website:http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/NHSiS_resource/Workforce/workforce_statistics.htmThe information requested on the full-time establishment for ancillary staff is not available centrally.

The following tables show the general revenue grant settlement allocations, with percentage increases, for all councils since 1996-97.

Councils	1996-97(£ Million)	1997-98(£ Million)	Change(%)	1998-99(£ Million)	Change(%)	1999-2000(£ Million)	Change(%)
Aberdeen City	196.10	190.33	-2.9	185.89	-2.3	192.48	3.5
Aberdeenshire	200.21	202.76	1.3	205.39	1.3	213.11	3.8
Angus	99.68	101.92	2.2	104.52	2.5	108.76	4.1
Argyll and Bute	110.05	108.04	-1.8	107.73	-0.3	110.88	2.9
Clackmannanshire	46.93	46.51	-0.9	46.66	0.3	48.43	3.8
Dumfries and Galloway	151.82	151.51	-0.2	152.47	0.6	159.72	4.8
Dundee City	169.96	168.56	-0.8	167.50	-0.6	174.02	3.9
East Ayrshire	123.76	118.54	-4.2	122.86	3.6	126.16	2.7
East Dunbartonshire	93.19	88.14	-5.4	90.69	2.9	97.12	7.1
East Lothian	78.76	79.66	1.1	79.00	-0.8	83.32	5.5
East Renfrewshire	71.42	69.37	-2.9	71.51	3.1	77.57	8.5
Edinburgh, City of	400.84	408.48	1.9	408.89	0.1	426.16	4.2
Eilean Siar	67.13	66.89	-0.4	68.58	2.5	70.42	2.7
Falkirk	130.82	130.68	-0.1	133.23	2.0	136.31	2.3
Fife	333.81	330.02	-1.1	328.92	-0.3	344.53	4.7
Glasgow City	829.58	781.38	-5.8	788.62	0.9	813.29	3.1
Highland	242.38	238.55	-1.6	238.29	-0.1	249.88	4.9
Inverclyde	101.85	96.80	-5.0	96.50	-0.3	98.39	2.0
Midlothian	78.28	76.00	-2.9	77.39	1.8	80.53	4.1
Moray	86.08	85.80	-0.3	85.05	-0.9	89.04	4.7
North Ayrshire	138.45	134.96	-2.5	137.02	1.5	143.56	4.8
North Lanarkshire	334.01	314.54	-5.8	319.86	1.7	333.93	4.4
Orkney	37.98	38.21	0.6	39.51	3.4	40.42	2.3
Perth and Kinross	115.38	116.30	0.8	121.35	4.3	126.93	4.6
Renfrewshire	175.95	166.49	-5.4	168.18	1.0	177.33	5.4
Scottish Borders	110.14	109.45	-0.6	109.65	0.2	115.01	4.9
Shetland	48.23	55.86	15.8	55.98	0.2	57.13	2.0
South Ayrshire	107.16	104.91	-2.1	105.60	0.7	112.25	6.3
South Lanarkshire	302.25	286.34	-5.3	286.19	-0.1	302.87	5.8
Stirling	84.20	85.67	1.7	83.79	-2.2	88.86	6.0
West Dunbartonshire	114.89	106.07	-7.7	105.61	-0.4	110.15	4.3
West Lothian	147.62	147.25	-0.3	149.30	1.4	156.25	4.7
Scotland	5,328.91	5,205.97	-2.3	5,241.71	0.7	5,464.85	4.3

Note:As well as changes in base distribution data, such as population shares, council's relative grant allocations between years also reflect transfers of responsibility between central and local government; for example the transfer outwith general revenue grant of responsibility for £105 million of grant support for the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority from 1997-98, £57.6 million for the Urban Programme in 2000-01, and the agreed phasing out of transitional arrangements following local government reorganisation in 1996-97.

Councils	2000-01(£ Million)	Change(%)	2001-02(£ Million)	Change(%)	2002-03(£ Million)	Change(%)	2003-04(£ Million)	Change(%)
Aberdeen City	200.27	4.0	213.87	6.8	240.85	12.6	261.42	8.5
Aberdeenshire	216.82	1.7	234.90	8.3	265.48	13.0	290.11	9.3
Angus	110.53	1.6	118.10	6.9	135.17	14.5	147.44	9.1
Argyll and Bute	113.52	2.4	121.88	7.4	136.67	12.1	149.06	9.1
Clackmannanshire	49.43	2.1	53.77	8.8	59.81	11.2	65.45	9.4
Dumfries and Galloway	163.93	2.6	176.68	7.8	197.41	11.7	215.78	9.3
Dundee City	178.76	2.7	191.44	7.1	211.99	10.7	228.60	7.8
East Ayrshire	130.85	3.7	139.25	6.4	155.26	11.5	168.27	8.4
East Dunbartonshire	97.95	0.9	107.47	9.7	120.78	12.4	132.32	9.6
East Lothian	85.58	2.7	91.22	6.6	103.43	13.4	113.66	9.9
East Renfrewshire	80.29	3.5	88.62	10.4	100.96	13.9	109.87	8.8
Edinburgh, City of	431.04	1.1	458.07	6.3	518.23	13.1	564.87	9.0
Eilean Siar	72.05	2.3	76.02	5.5	80.90	6.4	85.98	6.3
Falkirk	145.06	6.4	159.54	10.0	177.59	11.3	193.41	8.9
Fife	352.67	2.4	379.53	7.6	420.99	10.9	462.74	9.9
Glasgow City	830.04	2.1	895.25	7.9	975.33	8.9	1,040.03	6.6
Highland	254.55	1.9	273.99	7.6	309.34	12.9	333.97	8.0
Inverclyde	101.02	2.7	107.37	6.3	119.28	11.1	129.75	8.8
Midlothian	81.80	1.6	90.03	10.1	99.29	10.3	109.91	10.7
Moray	90.23	1.3	97.45	8.0	107.88	10.7	117.97	9.4
North Ayrshire	149.21	3.9	161.06	7.9	179.10	11.2	194.59	8.6
North Lanarkshire	345.87	3.6	374.87	8.4	413.12	10.2	447.68	8.4
Orkney	40.31	-0.3	43.12	7.0	46.21	7.2	49.41	6.9
Perth and Kinross	130.05	2.5	139.11	7.0	159.05	14.3	175.18	10.1
Renfrewshire	185.70	4.7	198.11	6.7	220.04	11.1	241.05	9.5
Scottish Borders	118.49	3.0	126.32	6.6	143.42	13.5	156.64	9.2
Shetland	58.21	1.9	62.22	6.9	66.18	6.4	70.74	6.9
South Ayrshire	112.21	0.0	119.80	6.8	135.64	13.2	147.43	8.7
South Lanarkshire	313.72	3.6	338.60	7.9	377.27	11.4	408.28	8.2
Stirling	89.68	0.9	98.08	9.4	110.85	13.0	120.91	9.1
West Dunbartonshire	112.85	2.5	123.78	9.7	135.50	9.5	146.60	8.2
West Lothian	158.93	1.7	170.50	7.3	189.43	11.1	206.73	9.1
Scotland	5,601.60	2.5	6,030.03	7.6	6,712.46	11.3	7,285.82	8.5

Trade Contractors appointed by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body are required to comply with all relevant statutory requirements, including those contained in the Construction Industry Scheme. The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is not aware that any appointed Trade Contractors are in breach of any of those statutory requirements.

While information on the number of full-time further education students who have been eligible for and have received grants can be provided, the value of those grants and, therefore, the number of students who received full grants, is not held centrally. The number of students who received a further education bursary is detailed in the following table.

	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
Total Number of Bursaries Paid	26,440	26,873	28,049	32,562	31,587	34,846

Young Scottish students studying full-time HE courses in Scotland from 2001-02 are entitled to have up to £2,050 of their annual loan support replaced by a Young Students' Bursary (YSB). Young Scottish students studying elsewhere in the UK for the first time from 2002-03 onwards are entitled to an annual Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary (YSO) of up to £510, which is provided in addition to their student loan entitlement. Both bursaries are provided as an entitlement based on the level of parental income and eligibility is assessed as part of the overall assessment of eligibility for student support.In academic year 2001-02, there were 13,579 recipients of YSB of whom 4,978 received the maximum award (£2,000 in 2001-02). In the current academic year to date, 21,384 YSB awards and 317 YSO awards have been made with 8,917 and 250 students, respectively, receiving the maximum award. Non-repayable supplementary grants are also available for those students who have additional financial needs, such as students who have dependants or who have a disability. Additional discretionary grants are also available from individual colleges and universities for new mature students with child care costs and for any student who faces particular financial difficulties, which might prevent them from accessing or continuing their course.

Young Scottish students studying full-time higher education courses in Scotland from 2001-02 are entitled to have up to £2,050 of their annual loan support replaced by a bursary. The maximum bursary is available to those students whose parental income is under £10,240 per year, and tapers to £1,263 per year at an income of £15,000 and zero when the parental income is more than £26,300.Young Scottish students studying elsewhere in the UK for the first time from 2002-03 onwards are entitled to an annual Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary of up to £510. The maximum bursary is available to those students whose parental income is under £15,360 per year, and tapers to zero when the parental income is more than £18,400. This bursary is provided in addition to their student loan entitlement. Both bursaries are provided as an entitlement based on the level of income of the parent or parents with whom the student would normally reside. The student's own earned income is not taken account for the assessment of student support.

The Executive's Policy Unit undertook a "snapshot" study in 1999 to estimate public sector expenditure on drug-related activities. The study estimated that around £56 million per annum is spent in Scotland on targeted programmes and interventions specifically aimed at the drugs problem, and a further £85 million per annum is spent on tackling drugs through generic expenditure programmes. A broad breakdown of these figures is as follows:

	£ Million
Enforcement Activities	74
Prevention and Education	18
Treatment and Rehabilitation	29
Supporting Communities	17
Other (Research, Support for Drug Action Teams etc)	3
Total	141

From the 2000 spending review, we allocated an additional £100 million, over three years, to support delivery of our drugs strategy. A breakdown of this expenditure is as follows:

Area of Spend	2001-02(£ Million)	2002-03(£ Million)	2003-04(£ Million)
Treatment	2	4	4
Rehabilitation	6.8	6.8	6.8
Training	0.2	0.2	0.2
Prisons	2	4	4
Training and Employment Bridges	1.5	2.5	2.5
Community Disposals	2	3.5	4
Young People and Families	4	6	8
Schools Education	1	1	1
Youth Crime	0.0	0.5	0.5
Public Awareness Initiatives	2.1	2.1	2.1
Scotland Against Drugs	1.5	1.5	1.5
Social Inclusion Partnerships	-	2	3
Research	0.666	0.666	0.666
Local Structures, Good Practice and Evaluation	0.6	0.6	0.6
Management Information and Systems	0.5	0.5	0.5
Total	24.866	35.866	39.366

A further £28 million, again over three years, was allocated to support the drugs strategy from the 2001 budget consequentials exercise. A breakdown of this investment is as follows:

	2001-02(£ Million)	2002-03(£ Million)	2003-04(£ Million)
Enforcement	1.9	3.90	5.98
Drug Courts and Arrest Referral	0.2	1.30	1.722
Community Safety	-	0.75	0.75
Treatment	0.9	1.3	1.1
Children's Projects	0.5	0.75	0.75
Crown Office	2.0	2.0	2.0
Scottish Communities Against Drugs Initiative	0.5	-	-
Totals	6.0	10.0	12.3

Note: Investment of £0.8 million over two years announced subsequently to Scotland Against Drugs for the education sector initiative.Expenditure on detection and conviction activities are not recorded separately and, apart from resources for drug treatment, the information in the preceding tables is not held at individual NHS board area. Resources allocated specifically for drug treatment are allocated to NHS boards, so it is possible to provide information disaggregated to NHS board level. The breakdown in the following table takes into account the resources incorporated in the preceding table.

NHS Board	Allocation 1998-99(£000)	Allocation 1999-2000(£000)	Allocation 2000-01(£000)	Allocation 2001-02(£000)	Allocation 2002-03(£000)
Ayrshire and Clyde	709	901	984	1,111
Ayrshire and Arran	403	535	609	737	987
Borders	68	96	118	160	162
Dumfries and Galloway	61	96	124	298	258
Fife	328	445	514	698	789
Forth Valley	103	172	226	462	557
Grampian	750	972	1,085	1,283	1,313
Greater Glasgow*	2,871	3,502	3,670	4,387*	4,488
Highland	86	137	181	300	414
Lanarkshire	333	497	607	862	1,449
Lothian	1,163	2,776	2,922	3,214	3,539
Orkney	11	16	20	24	32
Shetland	28	37	42	46	55
Tayside	933	1,151	1,225	1,348	1,483
Western Isles	13	20	25	43	87
Total	8,960	11,352	12,352	14,973	16,951

Note:*Funding does not include additional resources of £250,000 allocated to Greater Glasgow NHS Board in 2001-02 or £500,000 in 2002-03 to meet the treatment costs of the Glasgow Drug Court pilot.

We are currently in the process of commissioning a Student Income and Expenditure Survey to cover Scottish domiciled students in further and higher education. This will provide us with information on a wide range of costs incurred by Scottish domiciled students including housing costs.

There were 115,000 people employed in the Scottish construction industry at September 2002. The Scottish Executive has no functions in relation to the numbers of those who are self-employed and have CIS 4 cards.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The data on receptions are held in such a way that it is not possible to provide an answer to each element of the question. However, the following two tables show the number of people detained on 30 June of 2000 and 2001 and the number detained in connection with illegal drugs offences. As the warrants only record the fact that illegal drugs were involved, it is not possible to identify where these offences related to the possession or supply of cannabis. Table 1Total Prison Population by Establishment on 30 June

Establishment	2000	2001
HM Prison Aberdeen	155	215
HM Prison Barlinnie	975	1,061
HM Prison Castle Huntly	141	128
HM Prison and YOI Cornton Vale	187	234
HM Prison and YOI Dumfries	160	127
HM Prison Edinburgh	660	731
HM Prison and YOI Glenochil	603	575
HM Prison Greenock	293	328
HM Prison Inverness	112	138
HM Prison Kilmarnock	497	548
HM Prison Low Moss	313	362
HM Prison Noranside	128	96
HM Prison Perth	426	481
HM Prison Peterhead	289	288
HM YOI Polmont	389	439
HM Prison Shotts	514	509
HM Prison Zeist	2	1
All	5,844	6,261

Table 2Prison Population by Establishment on 30 June Where "Drugs" was the Main Crime/Offence

Establishment	2000	2001
HM Prison Aberdeen	25	42
HM Prison Barlinnie	141	120
HM Prison Castle Huntly	59	50
HM Prison and YOI Cornton Vale	37	55
HM Prison and YOI Dumfries	9	3
HM Prison Edinburgh	65	72
HM Prison and YOI Glenochil	93	94
HM Prison Greenock	19	10
HM Prison Inverness	15	15
HM Prison Kilmarnock	88	87
HM Prison Low Moss	38	51
HM Prison Noranside	46	28
HM Prison Perth	87	92
HM YOI Polmont	20	15
HM Prison Shotts	75	97
All	817	831