Chamber and committees

The Executive does notmanage the care of people with myasthenia gravis directly. We would expect NHS boardsto provide treatment and, with local authorities, support services based ontheir assessment of local needs.

The treatment given for myasthenia gravis or anyother any illness is a matter for clinical judgement based on the individualcircumstances of each case. There is nocure for myasthenia gravis but the effects may be alleviated by drug treatments,and it is possible in some cases for the condition to be improved by surgicaltreatment. Treatment by plasma exchange or an infusion of intravenousimmunoglobulin, both of which would require admission to hospital, may be givenwhen the effects of the condition have become life-threatening.

The National ResearchRegister (NRR) records three ongoing studies and 28 completed studies onmyasthenia gravis in the UK. Details of these projects are available from theNRR, a copy of which is in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number17404).

The Scottish Law Commission’sseventh programme of law reform, which will run from 2005-09, was published on 21 February 2005 andincludes a project on the law of inheritance, including heritable succession. Iattach a link to the seventh programme on the Scottish Law Commission’s websitehttp://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/html/law_reform.html.

Work has begun on the projectand a discussion paper will be published around the end of the year. A report willbe published well before the end of the programme. We will consider the report carefullywhen it is available.

Local authorities have notifiedthe Scottish Executive of their Provisional Contributable Amounts of Non-DomesticRate Income for 2005‑06 as shown in the following table. These estimated figureswill remain provisional until they are audited by local authority auditors and thefinal amounts are notified to the Executive in February 2007.

Local Authority	Provisional Contributable Amount of Non-Domestic Rate Income 2005-06 (£ million)
Aberdeen City	131.167
Aberdeenshire	51.514
Angus	21.760
Argyll and Bute	26.319
Clackmannanshire	11.717
Dumfries and Galloway	32.854
Dundee City	59.153
East Ayrshire	26.579
East Dunbartonshire	19.355
East Lothian	14.828
East Renfrewshire	11.908
Edinburgh, City of	272.649
Eilean Siar	5.398
Falkirk	54.098
Fife	115.499
Glasgow City	287.954
Highland	76.075
Inverclyde	19.872
Midlothian	18.807
Moray	24.659
North Ayrshire	32.321
North Lanarkshire	94.781
Orkney	6.596
Perth and Kinross	43.231
Renfrewshire	71.307
Scottish Borders	22.290
Shetland	11.105
South Ayrshire	34.578
South Lanarkshire	93.853
Stirling	34.474
West Dunbartonshire	59.205
West Lothian	58.006
Scotland	1,843.912

Notes:

1. Figures have been roundedto the nearest thousand.

2. The figures given do notinclude income for all the electricity utilities in Scotlandwhich, under the designated assessors regime, will be billed and collected bySouth Lanarkshire Council. This is because the valuations are still in theprocess of being finalised. This income will be picked up in future returns aspart of the normal running of the non-domestic rates pool.

Perth was invited to participate in the Safe City Centres Initiative alongside Scotland’s six cities because it already had key elements in place such as CCTV, Radiolink and centre management structures, which could best support the model being piloted. Hugh Henry announced on 7 June 2005 that the Initiative is now operating in another eleven urban areas throughout Scotland (Falkirk, Paisley, East Kilbride, Invergordon, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Fraserburgh, Musselburgh, Tranent, Glenrothes and Peterhead). I refer the member to the question S2W-16516 answered on 23 May 2005 for the reasons why the Cities Growth Fund was allocated to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Stirling and Inverness. 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.

My answer referred to the expected annual output of electricity, after accounting for load factor.

Table 1 shows the number of employee jobs in the manufacturing sector in each year from 1990 to 2004.

These estimates are sourced from the quarterly employee jobs series. The table shows data for December each year to ensure comparability.

Table 1 Manufacturing¹ Employee Jobs, Scotland

Year	Employee Jobs
Dec 1990	378,500
Dec 1991	354,400
Dec 1992	326,700
Dec 1993	320,100
Dec 1994	320,500
Dec 1995	321,100
Dec 1996	305,300
Dec 1997	335,100
Dec 1998	326,600
Dec 1999	314,200
Dec 2000	303,100
Dec 2001	284,900
Dec 2002	262,900
Dec 2003	241,400
Dec 2004	236,700

Source: Quarterly Employee Jobs, Office for National Statistics

Notes:

1. Manufacturing is defined as Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes 15 to 37.

2. The data are rounded to the nearest hundred.

3. The data are not seasonally adjusted.

In 2004-05, the Parliament recycled approximately five tonnes of paper permonth increasing from just less than four tonnes per month in 2003-04. Paperincludes office paper, newspaper, magazines and pamphlets. Reliable data priorto this date is unavailable.

The following table details the value and percentage share of manufacturing sector gross value added (GVA) (also referred to as gross domestic product at basic prices) between 1990 and 2002.

Table 1: Scottish Manufacturing Sector GVA: 1990-2002

Year	Cash (£ millions)	Percentage Share
1990	9,651	22.5%
1991	9,378	20.7%
1992	9,559	20.1%
1993	10,073	20.2%
1994	11,112	21.0%
1995	12,045	21.7%
1996	12,665	21.8%
1997	13,310	21.9%
1998	13,191	20.8%
1999	13,027	19.9%
2000	12,711	18.8%
2001	12,359	17.5%
2002	11,937	16.1%

Source: Office for National Statistics: Regional Accounts.

The Executive is supporting improvements to Perth Station under the First ScotRail Franchise Agreement. This includes funding approximately £155,000 for CCTV and Help Points, a new interchange shelter and station clocks. There is also additional funding of £100,000 for train crew facilities.

The cost of producing the Omnibus Survey of Small Businesses in Scotland 2002: Rural Analysis was £3,000.