Questions and answers

Question reference: S3F-01846

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Salmond on 3 September 2009

To ask the First Minister what impact short sentences have on reconviction rates.

Question reference: S3W-26184

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether homicide figures are split into deprivation quintiles.

The annual data collection of homicide information from police forces in Scotland provides information at local authority area level. It is therefore not possible to allocate Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) ranks on the basis of the homicide information provided in this return.

Police forces have also provided homicide information specifically for the purposes of developing SIMD 2009. However, this information cannot be used for any further analyses. Although individual crime level geo-referenced homicide information was provided, the crimes of homicide are analysed as part of a larger group of crimes of violence, in the development of SIMD 2009. Therefore, although the data could be split into deprivation quintiles, any such analyses would require an additional approach being made to police forces.

Question reference: S3W-26113

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 20 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what provisions are in place to ensure that children entitled to free school meals are encouraged to take them.

Question reference: S3W-26098

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many live, single, premature babies have been born in each deprivation quintile in each year since 2001, broken down by NHS board and also expressed as a percentage of all births in that area.

The following table shows the information requested for financial years 2000-01 to 2006-07. It has been necessary to group individual years'' data into three year rolling aggregates due to the small numbers involved.

Live, single, premature births 1,2,3 (number and percentage of all births) by NHS Board of Residence and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile 4; by three year rolling aggregates 2001-02 “ 2003-04 to 2004-05 “ 2006-07:

	2001-02 “ 2003-04 Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Births
Scotland⁶	1,302	1,451	1,559	1,969	2,791	9,142
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	67	79	98	220	233	697
NHS Borders	*	48	55	18	*	150
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	17	54	76	45	37	229
NHS Fife	64	111	123	127	172	597
NHS Forth Valley	74	99	94	160	126	553
NHS Grampian	265	212	188	141	118	924
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	295	231	273	391	1,228	2,418
NHS Highland	24	92	144	97	50	407
NHS Lanarkshire	70	113	177	255	318	933
NHS Lothian	318	214	207	347	297	1,383
NHS Tayside	88	183	90	143	200	704
Islands⁷	*	15	34	25	*	77
Percentage of all Births
Scotland⁶	4.5	5.2	5.5	6.4	7.3	5.9
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	4.4	5.8	6.5	6.8	7.6	6.5
NHS Borders	*	4.1	6.1	5.8	*	5.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	6.2	6.0	5.5	5.8	7.4	6.0
NHS Fife	3.7	5.3	5.8	5.8	6.8	5.6
NHS Forth Valley	4.8	5.5	6.4	7.2	8.1	6.5
NHS Grampian	5.3	5.5	5.7	7.1	8.5	6.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4.5	4.9	5.8	6.4	7.8	6.4
NHS Highland	3.7	4.8	5.0	5.7	4.9	5.0
NHS Lanarkshire	3.3	5.0	4.7	5.6	6.1	5.2
NHS Lothian	4.2	4.8	5.7	7.3	7.4	5.7
NHS Tayside	5.2	5.8	5.2	6.8	7.0	6.1
Islands⁷	*	4.0	4.1	4.5	*	4.2

	2002-03 “ 2004-05 Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Births
Scotland⁶	1,391	1,509	1,598	1,983	2,902	9,460
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	76	90	92	221	265	744
NHS Borders	20	47	53	18	*	149
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	42	79	46	36	218
NHS Fife	69	112	125	135	156	597
NHS Forth Valley	70	96	94	152	118	530
NHS Grampian	261	231	205	158	127	982
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	324	245	269	401	1,283	2,522
NHS Highland	36	101	144	114	58	453
NHS Lanarkshire	84	109	205	260	308	966
NHS Lothian	342	249	206	326	324	1,447
NHS Tayside	91	169	86	125	216	687
Islands⁷	*	18	40	27	*	88
Percentage of all Births
Scotland⁶	4.8	5.3	5.5	6.4	7.5	6.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	5.1	6.3	6.0	6.9	8.6	6.9
NHS Borders	5.2	3.9	5.9	5.4	*	5.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	4.7	5.3	5.8	6.7	5.4
NHS Fife	3.9	5.3	5.6	6.1	6.2	5.5
NHS Forth Valley	4.4	5.0	5.9	6.7	7.5	5.9
NHS Grampian	5.2	5.8	6.2	7.7	9.3	6.2
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	5.0	5.0	5.6	6.3	7.9	6.5
NHS Highland	5.2	5.2	4.9	6.7	5.6	5.4
NHS Lanarkshire	3.9	4.8	5.2	5.6	5.9	5.3
NHS Lothian	4.5	5.5	5.7	6.6	8.0	5.9
NHS Tayside	5.4	5.4	5.1	6.0	7.7	6.0
Islands⁷	*	4.8	4.6	4.8	*	4.6

	2003-04 “ 2005-06 Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Births
Scotland⁶	1,383	1,561	1,668	2,009	3,002	9,690
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	80	102	100	238	261	781
NHS Borders	14	49	46	20	*	138
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	50	88	38	52	240
NHS Fife	79	93	124	124	169	589
NHS Forth Valley	68	85	92	143	112	500
NHS Grampian	245	239	206	152	125	967
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	324	257	299	415	1,313	2,608
NHS Highland	46	112	153	110	68	489
NHS Lanarkshire	91	113	227	275	330	1,036
NHS Lothian	336	269	201	334	345	1,485
NHS Tayside	85	170	89	132	218	694
Islands⁷	*	22	43	28	*	96
Percentage of all Births
Scotland⁶	4.8	5.3	5.7	6.3	7.6	6.1
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	5.5	6.8	6.4	7.2	8.3	7.1
NHS Borders	3.7	4.0	5.3	6.1	*	4.6
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	5.6	5.7	4.8	8.7	5.9
NHS Fife	4.2	4.5	5.3	5.4	6.6	5.3
NHS Forth Valley	4.1	4.3	5.5	6.1	6.9	5.4
NHS Grampian	5.0	5.7	6.2	7.3	9.0	6.1
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	5.1	5.3	6.2	6.4	7.9	6.7
NHS Highland	6.6	5.6	5.0	6.5	6.4	5.8
NHS Lanarkshire	4.5	5.0	5.8	5.9	6.3	5.7
NHS Lothian	4.5	5.7	5.5	6.5	8.1	5.9
NHS Tayside	5.3	5.4	5.3	6.4	7.7	6.1
Islands⁷	*	5.9	4.9	5.1	*	5.1

	2004-05 “ 2006-07 Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Births
Scotland⁶	1,359	1,518	1,663	1,954	3,014	9,587
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	71	88	113	242	281	795
NHS Borders	12	59	36	18	*	132
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	46	94	57	56	264
NHS Fife	82	89	129	104	171	576
NHS Forth Valley	74	74	81	133	116	478
NHS Grampian	251	254	208	170	121	1,004
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	292	248	279	387	1,299	2,507
NHS Highland	55	112	149	109	78	504
NHS Lanarkshire	81	114	227	250	349	1,021
NHS Lothian	345	260	209	317	335	1,466
NHS Tayside	82	155	93	129	201	660
Islands⁷	*	19	45	38	*	105
Percentage of all Births
Scotland⁶	4.8	5.1	5.6	6.0	7.5	5.9
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	5.1	5.6	7.2	7.2	8.7	7.1
NHS Borders	3.3	4.5	4.1	5.2	*	4.3
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	4.9	6.0	6.9	9.0	6.2
NHS Fife	4.3	4.3	5.3	4.4	6.6	5.1
NHS Forth Valley	4.4	3.7	4.6	5.5	6.9	5.0
NHS Grampian	5.0	5.8	5.9	7.8	8.3	6.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4.8	5.1	5.8	5.7	7.7	6.4
NHS Highland	7.4	5.5	5.0	6.7	7.4	6.0
NHS Lanarkshire	4.2	5.0	5.6	5.3	6.5	5.6
NHS Lothian	4.6	5.4	5.6	6.0	7.8	5.7
NHS Tayside	5.6	5.2	5.5	6.4	7.4	6.1
Islands⁷	*	4.6	4.9	6.5	*	5.2

Source: SMR02, ISD Scotland, Ref: IR2009-01810 (S3W-26098).

Notes:

*Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure.

1. These data are derived from the SMR02 (maternity hospital discharge summary). It is estimated that an SMR02 has not been submitted for approximately 2% of births in Scotland.

2. Excludes home births and births at non-NHS hospitals.

3. Where four or more babies are involved in a pregnancy, birth details are recorded only for the first three babies delivered.

4. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. 1 = Least Deprived, 5 = Most Deprived. The SIMD has six domains (income, employment, education, housing, health and geographical access) at datazone level, which have been combined into an overall index.

5. It has not been possible to derive a SIMD quintile for a small number of cases, due to missing/invalid postcodes. These cases have been included in the totals.

6. Includes births where NHS board of residence is unknown or outside Scotland.

7. Includes Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles NHS board areas.

Question reference: S3W-26112

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to ensure that there is as smooth a transition as possible for all involved with the new school exam system.

The Scottish Government and Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) are committed to working with all partners to ensure that the transition into the new qualifications is smooth and straightforward. Several measures are already in place to ensure this happens.

On 31 October 2008, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning accepted the recommendation of the Curriculum for Excellence management board and announced an additional implementation year for Curriculum for Excellence. The new National 4 and National 5 qualifications will therefore be available from 2013-14. This additional year will ensure that schools, colleges and other providers will have sufficient time to engage with the details of the new and revised qualifications and prepare for their introduction.

SQA have already begun planning for implementation, including work on business support systems. They will be working closely with other partners, including local authorities, Learning and Teaching Scotland, Scotland''s Colleges and HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE), to ensure a robust and realistic qualifications development programme. This will be overseen by the management board, representing all the key implementation bodies.

Dual running of some qualifications in 2013-14 and 2014-15 will also help to ease the transition. This approach will ensure that candidates have the opportunity to progress to the next level within the qualifications system that best fits with the curriculum they have experienced, therefore ensuring they have a coherent educational experience.

To support teachers in working with these new qualifications, they will receive continuing professional development (CPD) and other support to ensure that they understand the standards to apply. In addition to five days'' annual CPD entitlement, teachers will have an additional day for each of the next two years to help with training for Curriculum for Excellence, including the Senior Phase and qualifications.

Question reference: S3W-26115

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 20 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that healthy school meals are taken by children entitled to them.

The Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 places a legislative duty on local authorities to promote the availability of and encourage consumption of healthy school meals, and, in particular, free school meals.

Guidance to accompany the act was published in 2008 and can be found on the Scottish Government website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/HLivi/foodnutrition.

Question reference: S3W-26183

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the population of each deprivation quintile is in each NHS board area, expressed also as a percentage of the total board area population.

The population in each deprivation quintile split by NHS board area is shown in table 1. Table 2 expresses this as a percentage of the total board area population. The figures are based on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2006 and Small Area Population Estimates for 2007.

2007 Population estimates by NHS board area and SIMD quintile (SIMD Quintile 1 = most deprived, 5 = least deprived):

Table 1: Numbers

NHS Board Area	SIMD Quintile
NHS Board Area	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Ayrshire and Arran	80,906	107,902	61,432	55,442	61,338	367,020
Borders	4,294	10,263	32,796	48,336	15,741	111,430
Dumfries and Galloway	12,019	26,710	54,191	44,580	10,800	148,300
Fife	60,581	72,116	77,343	79,961	70,499	360,500
Forth Valley	40,337	73,314	52,233	61,444	61,482	288,810
Grampian	33,434	64,152	122,071	147,104	168,529	535,290
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	445,062	204,821	156,729	164,969	220,675	1,192,256
Highland	23,862	54,108	117,382	83,308	30,130	308,790
Lanarkshire	139,834	148,371	126,417	79,077	66,045	559,744
Lothian	96,129	161,355	128,527	151,420	272,359	809,790
Orkney	0	969	7,531	9,517	1,843	19,860
Shetland	0	1,945	12,625	6,649	731	21,950
Tayside	66,011	67,689	66,655	125,679	68,126	394,160
Western Isles	0	17,114	8,390	796	0	26,300
Scotland	1,002,469	1,010,829	1,024,322	1,058,282	1,048,298	5,144,200

Source: 2007 Small Area Population Estimates and SIMD 2006.

Table 2: Percentages

NHS Board Area	SIMD Quintile
NHS Board Area	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Ayrshire and Arran	22.0	29.4	16.7	15.1	16.7	100.0
Borders	3.9	9.2	29.4	43.4	14.1	100.0
Dumfries and Galloway	8.1	18.0	36.5	30.1	7.3	100.0
Fife	16.8	20.0	21.5	22.2	19.6	100.0
Forth Valley	14.0	25.4	18.1	21.3	21.3	100.0
Grampian	6.2	12.0	22.8	27.5	31.5	100.0
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	37.3	17.2	13.1	13.8	18.5	100.0
Highland	7.7	17.5	38.0	27.0	9.8	100.0
Lanarkshire	25.0	26.5	22.6	14.1	11.8	100.0
Lothian	11.9	19.9	15.9	18.7	33.6	100.0
Orkney	0.0	4.9	37.9	47.9	9.3	100.0
Shetland	0.0	8.9	57.5	30.3	3.3	100.0
Tayside	16.7	17.2	16.9	31.9	17.3	100.0
Western Isles	0.0	65.1	31.9	3.0	0.0	100.0
Scotland	19.5	19.6	19.9	20.6	20.4	100.0

Source: 2007 Small Area Population Estimates and SIMD 2006.

Question reference: S3W-26102

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of babies in each deprivation quintile discharged in each year since 2001 had an ICD10 code of (a) P04.4 (foetus and newborn affected by maternal use of drugs of addiction) or (b) P96.1 (neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drug addiction), broken down by NHS board.

Babies discharged from neonatal units¹ with diagnoses recording maternal drug misuse² by NHS board of residence and Scottish index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile³; aggregated financial years 2001-05 to 2003-07:

	2001-05
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁴
Number of Babies
Scotland⁵	46	88	148	328	884	1,494
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	*	*	8	39	68	122
NHS Borders	-	-	-	*	*	*
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	-	7	14	19	25	65
NHS Fife	*	*	7	17	29	62
NHS Forth Valley	*	*	7	17	21	52
NHS Grampian	25	38	53	103	150	369
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	*	*	21	45	359	435
NHS Highland	*	*	12	5	16	37
NHS Lanarkshire	*	*	9	36	65	116
NHS Lothian	*	11	*	30	72	123
NHS Tayside	*	*	7	15	78	108
NHS Islands⁶	-	-	*	*	*	*
Rate per 1,000 Live Births
Scotland⁵	0.9	1.9	3.1	6.4	13.8	5.8
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	*	*	3.1	7.3	13.2	6.8
NHS Borders	-	-	-	*	*	*
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	-	4.7	5.9	14.7	28.2	10
NHS Fife	*	*	1.9	4.6	6.9	3.5
NHS Forth Valley	*	*	2.8	4.6	8	3.6
NHS Grampian	3	5.8	9.6	30.8	64.7	14.2
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	*	*	2.7	4.3	13.5	6.8
NHS Highland	*	*	2.4	1.7	9.2	2.7
NHS Lanarkshire	*	*	1.4	4.8	7.4	3.9
NHS Lothian	*	1.5	*	3.7	10.6	3
NHS Tayside	*	*	2.4	4.3	16.7	5.7
NHS Islands⁶	-	-	*	*	*	*

	2002-06
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁴
Number of Babies
Scotland⁵	40	75	155	331	876	1,477
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	*	*	9	36	63	117
NHS Borders	-	*	-	*	*	*
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	-	7	12	20	26	65
NHS Fife	*	*	11	24	29	72
NHS Forth Valley	*	*	*	15	21	46
NHS Grampian	18	23	49	96	142	328
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	*	*	20	37	338	406
NHS Highland	*	*	12	6	16	36
NHS Lanarkshire	*	*	10	39	73	128
NHS Lothian	*	*	14	39	76	146
NHS Tayside	*	*	12	18	91	128
NHS Islands⁶	-	-	*	*	*	*
Rate per 1,000 Live Births
Scotland⁵	0.8	1.6	3.3	6.4	13.6	5.7
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	*	*	3.6	6.7	12.1	6.5
NHS Borders	-	*	-	*	*	*
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	-	4.7	5	15.4	28.2	9.9
NHS Fife	*	*	2.9	6.5	6.9	4
NHS Forth Valley	*	*	*	4	7.9	3.1
NHS Grampian	2.2	3.5	8.8	28.4	61.9	12.5
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	*	*	2.6	3.5	12.6	6.4
NHS Highland	*	*	2.4	2.1	9.2	2.6
NHS Lanarkshire	*	*	1.6	5.1	8.4	4.3
NHS Lothian	*	*	2.3	4.8	11.1	3.6
NHS Tayside	*	*	4.3	5.2	19.6	6.8
NHS Islands⁶	-	-	*	*	*	*

	2003-07
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁴
Number of Babies
Scotland⁵	37	81	176	349	911	1,554
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	*	*	9	36	62	114
NHS Borders	-	*	*	*	-	*
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	-	6	13	21	23	63
NHS Fife	*	*	14	23	38	80
NHS Forth Valley	*	*	*	15	21	45
NHS Grampian	15	28	52	83	123	301
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	5	8	28	50	361	452
NHS Highland	*	*	10	6	22	41
NHS Lanarkshire	*	*	11	40	75	132
NHS Lothian	*	*	17	46	75	156
NHS Tayside	*	*	16	28	111	165
NHS Islands⁶	-	-	*	*	-	*
Rate per 1,000 Live Births
Scotland⁵	0.8	1.7	3.6	6.6	14	5.9
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	*	*	3.5	6.6	11.8	6.3
NHS Borders	-	*	*	*	-	*
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	-	3.9	5.1	15.6	23.9	9.2
NHS Fife	*	*	3.7	6.1	8.9	4.3
NHS Forth Valley	*	*	*	3.9	7.8	2.9
NHS Grampian	1.8	4	9.2	23.7	52.1	11.2
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	0.5	1	3.5	4.6	13.2	7
NHS Highland	*	*	2	2.2	12.7	3
NHS Lanarkshire	*	*	1.7	5.1	8.6	4.4
NHS Lothian	*	*	2.8	5.4	10.8	3.7
NHS Tayside	*	*	5.7	8.3	23.9	8.9
NHS Islands⁶	-	-	*	*	-	*

Source: SBR & SMR11, ISD Scotland, Ref: IR2009-01814 (S3W-26102).

Notes:

*Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure.

1. Care should be taken when interpreting these data as recording practice of drug misuse diagnosis may vary between hospitals. In addition, the Scottish Birth Record, which replaced SMR11, has been implemented incrementally throughout Scotland and therefore data should be treated with caution. We are also aware that some outstanding clinical coding has been entered on the SBR and figures for recent years have increased and differ from those previously published.

2. Drug misuse is defined using the following International Classification of Disease (10th Revision) codes: P04.4, P96.1.

3. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. 1 = Least Deprived, 5 = Most Deprived. The SIMD has six domains (income, employment, education, housing, health and geographical access) at datazone level, which have been combined into an overall index.

4. It has not been possible to derive a SIMD quintile for a small number of cases, due to missing/invalid postcodes. These cases have been included in the totals.

5. Includes births where NHS board of residence is unknown or outside Scotland.

6. Includes Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles NHS boards.

Question reference: S3W-26101

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of women in each deprivation quintile were recorded as smokers at maternity booking in each year since 2001, broken down by NHS board.

The requested information for financial years 2001-02 to 2006-07 is shown on the following table.

Smoking at booking (number of current smokers and percentage of all mothers) by NHS board of residence and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile¹; Financial years 2001-02 to 2006-07:

	2001-02
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Number of Current Smokers
Scotland³	815	1,346	2,070	3,091	5,399	12,759
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	45	67	134	341	472	1,059
NHS Borders	13	75	76	30	48	242
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	16	49	87	92	58	302
NHS Fife	51	112	198	240	383	984
NHS Forth Valley	50	96	125	245	257	773
NHS Grampian	152	200	284	235	222	1,093
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	221	197	350	575	2,223	3,566
NHS Highland	30	120	187	199	162	698
NHS Lanarkshire	59	125	258	456	774	1,672
NHS Lothian	112	125	183	348	382	1,150
NHS Tayside	64	173	145	298	418	1,098
Islands⁴	2	7	43	32	-	84
Percentage of All Mothers
Scotland³	8.7	15	22.8	31	43.1	25.5
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	9.2	15.4	27.7	31.8	44.9	30
NHS Borders	9.5	18.1	26.3	29.4	60.8	23.7
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	19.3	16.7	21.3	36.4	38.9	25.4
NHS Fife	9.4	16.5	28.3	34.2	45.3	28.4
NHS Forth Valley	10.5	17.7	27.2	34.1	50.1	28.5
NHS Grampian	9.5	16.5	26.3	37	47.8	21.9
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	10.4	13.2	23.1	28.6	43.6	29.2
NHS Highland	14.4	18.8	19.9	34.9	50.5	26.1
NHS Lanarkshire	8.5	16.8	21.7	31.1	44	28.6
NHS Lothian	4.5	8.9	15.4	22.9	28.4	14.5
NHS Tayside	12.2	17.5	24.5	41.4	46.9	29.6
Islands⁴	9.1	5.6	16.9	17	-	14.3

	2002-03
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Number of Current Smokers
Scotland³	825	1,363	2,081	3,086	5,327	12,712
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	45	62	115	331	461	1,014
NHS Borders	19	74	75	43	35	246
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	15	49	121	87	89	361
NHS Fife	42	119	172	273	403	1,009
NHS Forth Valley	48	96	117	261	233	755
NHS Grampian	213	231	305	274	239	1,262
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	160	204	294	472	2,067	3,197
NHS Highland	35	85	191	182	162	655
NHS Lanarkshire	51	124	260	449	729	1,613
NHS Lothian	139	165	227	417	459	1,407
NHS Tayside	56	141	148	257	450	1,052
Islands⁴	2	13	56	40	-	111
Percentage of All Mothers
Scotland³	8.6	15.2	22.8	31.2	42.8	25.3
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	9.2	15.1	24	32.6	46.1	29.9
NHS Borders	15.7	19.6	25.3	43.9	57.4	25.8
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	14.9	16.3	26.1	34.4	52	28
NHS Fife	7.8	16.7	25	39.7	49.1	29.3
NHS Forth Valley	9.6	16.7	24.7	35.6	45.2	27
NHS Grampian	12.3	18.5	27.6	40.2	53.2	24.2
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	7.6	13.7	19.8	23.5	39.9	26
NHS Highland	16.2	13.8	20.6	33.6	46.7	24.8
NHS Lanarkshire	7.2	16.8	21.1	30	43.2	27.5
NHS Lothian	5.6	11.7	19.4	27.2	36.1	17.9
NHS Tayside	9.9	14.3	28	38.8	48.5	28.7
Islands⁴	7.7	10.6	19.5	21.4	-	17.8

	2003-04
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Number of Current Smokers
Scotland³	790	1,393	1,997	3,084	5,080	12,377
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	48	62	117	361	431	1,019
NHS Borders	22	75	70	35	41	243
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	9	44	99	65	69	286
NHS Fife	49	109	194	287	354	993
NHS Forth Valley	44	89	131	249	234	747
NHS Grampian	189	252	287	254	235	1,217
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	164	202	279	470	1,978	3,093
NHS Highland	26	100	169	180	161	636
NHS Lanarkshire	39	101	242	426	656	1,464
NHS Lothian	135	173	232	473	448	1,461
NHS Tayside	62	179	135	259	473	1,108
Islands⁴	3	7	42	25	-	77
Percentage of All Mothers
Scotland³	8.2	14.5	21	30	39.7	23.8
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	9.4	13.1	22.7	33.4	43.5	28.5
NHS Borders	17.1	20.4	23.5	32.4	53.2	24.8
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	11	14.8	19.6	26.1	39.9	21.9
NHS Fife	7.9	16.1	27.8	37.5	42.5	27.7
NHS Forth Valley	8.3	13.9	25.3	33.3	45.3	25.3
NHS Grampian	11.9	18.8	27.3	39.1	51.1	23.9
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	7.8	12.3	17.4	23.3	37.1	24.3
NHS Highland	12.1	15.6	17	31	47.4	23
NHS Lanarkshire	5.5	13.9	18.9	27.7	38.5	24.5
NHS Lothian	5.4	11.2	19.1	28.6	33	17.7
NHS Tayside	10.7	16.1	23.5	36.8	47.5	28
Islands⁴	10.7	5.6	14.8	13.7	-	12.4

	2004-05
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Number of Current Smokers
Scotland³	690	1,282	1,975	2,900	4,944	11,851
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	36	68	112	366	482	1,064
NHS Borders	25	94	74	48	37	278
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	9	38	116	94	89	346
NHS Fife	41	115	218	255	393	1,022
NHS Forth Valley	32	78	122	256	231	719
NHS Grampian	170	234	279	245	195	1,123
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	148	192	310	507	1,971	3,128
NHS Highland	29	104	168	163	147	611
NHS Lanarkshire	57	104	263	403	713	1,540
NHS Lothian	94	123	160	302	353	1,032
NHS Tayside	48	118	110	226	333	835
Islands⁴	1	14	43	35	-	93
Percentage of All Mothers
Scotland³	7.2	13.3	20.3	27.6	38.3	22.5
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	7.7	13.2	21.7	34.7	46.2	29.6
NHS Borders	19.4	21.8	26.7	40.3	72.5	27.6
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	8.5	13.4	22.9	33.8	46.4	25.3
NHS Fife	6.7	16.9	26.9	34.3	46.3	27.7
NHS Forth Valley	5.8	11.6	20.6	33.3	44.5	23.2
NHS Grampian	10.2	17.3	25.1	34.5	44.5	21.3
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	7	11.7	19.4	23.2	36.2	24.1
NHS Highland	11.5	15.7	17.1	28.6	44.4	21.8
NHS Lanarkshire	8.5	13.6	19.7	26	40.4	25.3
NHS Lothian	3.9	8.1	13.9	18	25.3	12.6
NHS Tayside	9.2	12.2	19.7	33.5	38.2	23.2
Islands⁴	2.7	11.9	15	19.1	-	14.9

	2005-06
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Number of Current Smokers
Scotland³	712	1,266	1,905	2,747	4,670	11,333
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	43	68	105	340	468	1,024
NHS Borders	24	87	91	35	39	276
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	8	54	124	97	109	392
NHS Fife	40	93	205	249	363	950
NHS Forth Valley	37	91	121	245	235	729
NHS Grampian	164	242	258	263	234	1,161
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	184	165	236	477	1,773	2,835
NHS Highland	36	107	217	145	175	680
NHS Lanarkshire	43	94	219	354	635	1,345
NHS Lothian	91	123	170	340	364	1,088
NHS Tayside	40	130	111	176	275	732
Islands⁴	2	12	48	26	-	88
Percentage of All Mothers
Scotland³	7.8	13.2	19.7	26.3	35.3	21.7
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	9.6	14.2	21	30.7	43.9	28.4
NHS Borders	20.5	22.1	32.7	36.8	53.4	28.9
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	11.4	17.4	24.2	39	47.6	28.6
NHS Fife	6.4	13.8	25.3	32.8	43.6	25.6
NHS Forth Valley	6.6	14	21.7	31.5	42.3	23.5
NHS Grampian	10.3	17.3	22.7	38.2	48.8	21.9
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	9.5	10.9	15.6	21.5	32	22.3
NHS Highland	16	16.4	20.9	28	46.7	24.2
NHS Lanarkshire	6.8	12.6	17.5	24	38	23.3
NHS Lothian	3.8	7.7	13.9	19.9	25.1	13
NHS Tayside	8.5	12.5	20.1	26.9	29.2	20
Islands⁴	8	9.5	16.2	14.8	-	14.1

	2006-07
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Number of Current Smokers
Scotland³	697	1,257	1,944	2,864	4,464	11,265
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	41	65	101	360	474	1,041
NHS Borders	22	80	82	40	24	248
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	10	44	113	82	83	332
NHS Fife	40	95	193	270	371	970
NHS Forth Valley	48	81	113	256	254	752
NHS Grampian	168	245	308	237	215	1,173
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	123	130	217	422	1,479	2,372
NHS Highland	30	105	197	173	139	645
NHS Lanarkshire	42	81	232	339	639	1,333
NHS Lothian	132	194	246	480	502	1,554
NHS Tayside	39	115	104	178	284	720
Islands⁴	2	22	38	27	-	89
Percentage of All Mothers
Scotland³	7.5	12.7	19.2	25.8	33.3	20.8
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	9.5	12.2	18.8	30.7	43.3	27.6
NHS Borders	19.8	17.8	27.3	33.1	42.1	23.9
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	11.5	13.5	21.3	27.6	43.9	23.2
NHS Fife	6.2	13.7	24.2	33.2	42.3	25.3
NHS Forth Valley	8.8	12.7	19.3	30.9	43.8	23.7
NHS Grampian	9.8	15.5	25.2	32	40.7	20.3
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	6.5	8.3	13.4	18.8	26.4	18.3
NHS Highland	11.9	15.2	21	33.2	41.9	23.6
NHS Lanarkshire	6.8	11.5	16.4	20.4	34.8	21.4
NHS Lothian	5.3	12.2	19.1	26.7	35.3	18.1
NHS Tayside	8.7	12.2	18.5	26.4	31.4	20.4
Islands⁴	5.3	13.4	11.6	12.9	-	12

Source: SMR02, ISD Scotland, Ref: IR2009-01813 (S3W-26101).

Notes:

1. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. 1 = Least Deprived, 5 = Most Deprived. The SIMD has six domains (income, employment, education, housing, health and geographical access) at datazone level, which have been combined into an overall index.

2. It has not been possible to derive a SIMD quintile for a small number of cases, due to missing/invalid postcodes. These cases have been included in the totals.

3. Includes births where NHS board of residence is unknown or outside Scotland.

4. Includes Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles NHS boards.

Question reference: S3W-26100

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many births of two or more babies there have been in each deprivation quintile in each year since 2001, broken down by NHS board and also expressed as a percentage of all births in that area.

The following table shows multiple pregnancy number and rates, by NHS board and deprivation quintile, for financial years 2000-01 to 2006-07. It has been necessary to group individual years'' data into three-year rolling aggregates due to the small numbers involved.

Multiple pregnancies (number and percentage of all pregnancies) by NHS board of residence and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile¹; by financial year; three-year rolling aggregates 2000-01 - 2002-03 to 2004-05 “ 2006-07:

	2000-01 “ 2002-03
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Multiple Pregnancies
Scotland³	519	432	428	433	472	2,302
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	21	33	32	55	41	182
NHS Borders	5	20	14	4	-	43
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	8	9	11	10	7	45
NHS Fife	27	24	35	34	34	154
NHS Forth Valley	31	24	13	20	20	108
NHS Grampian	77	67	60	27	18	249
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	140	63	79	89	199	570
NHS Highland	15	30	52	28	15	140
NHS Lanarkshire	36	33	50	71	63	253
NHS Lothian	130	74	40	62	40	346
NHS Orkney	1	2	6	-	-	9
NHS Shetland	-	2	1	2	-	5
NHS Tayside	28	51	32	28	35	174
NHS Western Isles	-	-	3	3	-	6
Percentage of All Pregnancies
Scotland³	1.8	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.5
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	1.4	2.5	2.1	1.7	1.3	1.7
NHS Borders	1.3	1.7	1.6	1.3	-	1.5
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	3	1	0.8	1.3	1.4	1.2
NHS Fife	1.7	1.2	1.7	1.6	1.3	1.5
NHS Forth Valley	2	1.4	0.9	0.9	1.3	1.3
NHS Grampian	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.6
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2.2	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.5
NHS Highland	2.2	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.7
NHS Lanarkshire	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.2	1.4
NHS Lothian	1.8	1.7	1.1	1.3	1	1.4
NHS Orkney	2.7	1.1	2.8	-	-	2
NHS Shetland	-	1.1	0.3	1.9	-	0.8
NHS Tayside	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.3	1.3	1.6
NHS Western Isles	-	-	1.2	0.7	-	0.9

	2001-02 “ 2003-04
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Multiple Pregnancies
Scotland³	526	456	431	440	491	2,359
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	22	36	32	54	41	185
NHS Borders	4	14	14	3	-	35
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	9	8	14	15	7	53
NHS Fife	21	35	37	34	30	157
NHS Forth Valley	28	27	12	24	19	110
NHS Grampian	76	68	62	28	13	247
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	149	67	81	99	215	611
NHS Highland	12	29	49	19	16	125
NHS Lanarkshire	32	29	48	65	69	243
NHS Lothian	142	80	41	63	39	365
NHS Orkney	1	2	7	-	-	10
NHS Shetland	-	3	3	-	-	6
NHS Tayside	30	58	28	33	42	191
NHS Western Isles	-	-	3	3	-	6
Percentage of All Pregnancies
Scotland³	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.5
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	1.5	2.7	2.2	1.7	1.3	1.8
NHS Borders	1	1.2	1.6	1	-	1.2
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	3.4	0.9	1	2	1.4	1.4
NHS Fife	1.2	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.2	1.5
NHS Forth Valley	1.9	1.5	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.3
NHS Grampian	1.5	1.8	1.9	1.4	0.9	1.6
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2.4	1.4	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.6
NHS Highland	1.9	1.5	1.7	1.1	1.6	1.5
NHS Lanarkshire	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4
NHS Lothian	1.9	1.8	1.1	1.3	1	1.5
NHS Orkney	2.4	1.1	3.1	-	-	2.1
NHS Shetland	-	1.6	0.9	-	-	0.9
NHS Tayside	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.7
NHS Western Isles	-	-	1.2	0.7	-	0.9

	2002-03 “ 2004-05
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Multiple Pregnancies
Scotland³	505	469	434	439	472	2,332
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	30	34	27	43	40	174
NHS Borders	6	17	20	6	2	51
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	11	10	18	15	4	58
NHS Fife	22	39	33	28	31	153
NHS Forth Valley	24	24	15	30	18	111
NHS Grampian	75	67	58	22	14	236
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	128	75	85	108	214	610
NHS Highland	9	28	43	16	13	109
NHS Lanarkshire	41	34	59	65	69	268
NHS Lothian	133	86	49	71	40	379
NHS Orkney	1	4	4	-	-	9
NHS Shetland	-	4	4	1	-	9
NHS Tayside	25	47	17	26	27	142
NHS Western Isles	-	-	2	8	-	10
Percentage of All Pregnancies
Scotland³	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.5
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	2	2.4	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.6
NHS Borders	1.6	1.4	2.3	1.8	1.1	1.7
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	3.8	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.7	1.5
NHS Fife	1.2	1.9	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.4
NHS Forth Valley	1.5	1.3	0.9	1.3	1.2	1.3
NHS Grampian	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.1	1	1.5
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.3	1.6
NHS Highland	1.3	1.5	1.5	0.9	1.3	1.3
NHS Lanarkshire	2	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.5
NHS Lothian	1.8	1.9	1.4	1.5	1	1.6
NHS Orkney	2	2.2	1.6	-	-	1.8
NHS Shetland	-	2.2	1.1	1.1	-	1.3
NHS Tayside	1.5	1.5	1	1.3	1	1.3
NHS Western Isles	-	-	0.8	1.8	-	1.4

	2003-04 “ 2005-06
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Multiple Pregnancies
Scotland³	498	488	436	447	478	2,353
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	34	30	25	46	36	171
NHS Borders	5	21	15	7	4	52
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	6	8	21	13	5	53
NHS Fife	24	38	38	31	30	161
NHS Forth Valley	27	28	23	34	23	135
NHS Grampian	80	71	46	21	14	232
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	135	91	82	104	213	625
NHS Highland	9	32	46	19	14	120
NHS Lanarkshire	32	41	64	63	76	276
NHS Lothian	129	86	53	75	44	387
NHS Orkney	1	3	4	-	-	8
NHS Shetland	-	4	5	1	-	10
NHS Tayside	16	35	12	23	19	105
NHS Western Isles	-	-	2	10	-	12
Percentage of All Pregnancies
Scotland³	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.5
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	2.4	2	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.6
NHS Borders	1.3	1.8	1.8	2.2	2	1.8
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	2.3	0.9	1.4	1.7	0.8	1.3
NHS Fife	1.3	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.5
NHS Forth Valley	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.5
NHS Grampian	1.6	1.7	1.4	1	1	1.5
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2.2	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.3	1.6
NHS Highland	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.4
NHS Lanarkshire	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.5
NHS Lothian	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.5	1	1.6
NHS Orkney	2.1	1.7	1.5	-	-	1.6
NHS Shetland	-	2.1	1.4	1.1	-	1.5
NHS Tayside	1	1.1	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.9
NHS Western Isles	-	-	0.8	2.4	-	1.8

	2004-05 “ 2006-07
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total²
Multiple Pregnancies
Scotland³	484	483	436	470	464	2,350
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	35	30	24	49	34	173
NHS Borders	4	24	17	9	5	59
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	6	15	24	8	10	63
NHS Fife	36	25	36	24	36	157
NHS Forth Valley	26	27	24	37	24	138
NHS Grampian	85	75	33	28	20	241
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	108	98	84	115	203	608
NHS Highland	11	34	38	19	14	116
NHS Lanarkshire	30	46	72	68	68	284
NHS Lothian	130	80	57	81	40	388
NHS Orkney	1	4	-	-	-	5
NHS Shetland	-	3	5	2	-	10
NHS Tayside	12	22	21	18	10	83
NHS Western Isles	-	-	1	12	-	13
Percentage of All Pregnancies
Scotland³	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.5
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	2.6	2	1.5	1.5	1.1	1.6
NHS Borders	1.1	1.9	2	2.7	2.8	2
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	2.3	1.6	1.5	1	1.6	1.5
NHS Fife	1.9	1.2	1.5	1	1.4	1.4
NHS Forth Valley	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.5
NHS Grampian	1.7	1.7	0.9	1.3	1.4	1.5
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1.8	2.1	1.8	1.7	1.2	1.6
NHS Highland	1.5	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.4
NHS Lanarkshire	1.6	2.1	1.8	1.5	1.3	1.6
NHS Lothian	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.6	0.9	1.5
NHS Orkney	1.8	1.9	-	-	-	0.9
NHS Shetland	-	1.5	1.3	2.1	-	1.4
NHS Tayside	0.8	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.8
NHS Western Isles	-	-	0.4	2.7	-	1.8

Source: SMR02, ISD Scotland, Ref: IR2009-01812 (S3W-26100).

Notes:

1. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. 1 = Least Deprived, 5 = Most Deprived. The SIMD has six domains (income, employment, education, housing, health and geographical access) at datazone level, which have been combined into an overall index.

2. It has not been possible to derive a SIMD quintile for a small number of cases, due to missing/invalid postcode. These cases have been included in the totals.

3. Includes births where NHS board of residence is unknown or outside Scotland.

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