Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-26114

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 18 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to increase the number of schools that have an anonymised system of payment for school meals.

Question reference: S3W-26097

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 17 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many stillborn babies have been delivered 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 stillbirth number and rates, by NHS board and deprivation quintile, for calendar years 2001 to 2007. It has been necessary to group individual years'' data into five year rolling aggregates due to the variation in numbers from year to year and also the small numbers involved.

Stillbirths¹ (number and rates of all births²) by NHS Board of Residence and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile³; by Five Year Rolling Aggregates 2001-05 to 2003-07

	2001-2005
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁴
Number of Stillbirths
Scotland⁵	199	216	250	346	458	1484
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	9	13	20	31	26	99
NHS Borders	*	5	8	*	-	19
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	5	11	6	6	31
NHS Fife	10	14	19	28	23	94
NHS Forth Valley	12	12	17	26	16	83
NHS Grampian	23	34	30	27	17	131
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	49	41	47	78	225	440
NHS Highland	6	16	22	16	10	70
Islands⁶	*	5	5	7	-	18
NHS Lanarkshire	14	17	39	49	60	179
NHS Lothian	60	35	19	57	51	222
NHS Tayside	9	19	13	18	24	83
Rate per 1,000 Total Births
Scotland⁵	4.1	4.6	5.2	6.7	7.1	5.7
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	3.6	5.5	7.9	5.7	5.0	5.5
NHS Borders	*	2.5	5.5	*	-	3.8
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	3.3	4.5	4.6	6.5	4.7
NHS Fife	3.4	4.0	5.1	7.6	5.4	5.2
NHS Forth Valley	4.5	3.9	6.5	6.9	6.0	5.6
NHS Grampian	2.8	5.1	5.4	7.9	7.3	5.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4.6	5.2	6.0	7.4	8.4	6.9
NHS Highland	5.3	4.9	4.4	5.6	5.7	5.0
Islands⁶	*	8.1	3.5	7.5	-	5.8
NHS Lanarkshire	4.0	4.5	6.1	6.4	6.9	6.0
NHS Lothian	4.8	4.6	3.2	7.0	7.4	5.4
NHS Tayside	3.3	3.7	4.5	5.2	5.1	4.4

	2002-2006
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁴
Number of Stillbirths
Scotland⁵	199	220	261	340	444	1479
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	9	10	22	28	26	95
NHS Borders	*	6	10	*	-	21
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	5	8	*	6	26
NHS Fife	11	12	24	33	20	100
NHS Forth Valley	12	11	19	29	16	87
NHS Grampian	21	29	34	25	20	129
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	51	48	46	73	210	428
NHS Highland	6	18	23	14	10	71
Islands⁶	*	*	7	6	-	16
NHS Lanarkshire	15	16	34	48	66	179
NHS Lothian	60	40	22	54	50	226
NHS Tayside	8	23	12	23	20	86
Rate per 1,000 Total Births
Scotland⁵	4.2	4.6	5.4	6.5	6.8	5.6
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	3.7	4.1	8.6	5.1	5.0	5.2
NHS Borders	*	3.0	6.8	*	-	4.2
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	3.3	3.1	*	6.2	3.8
NHS Fife	3.6	3.5	6.2	8.7	4.7	5.4
NHS Forth Valley	4.4	3.5	7.0	7.5	6.0	5.7
NHS Grampian	2.5	4.2	6.0	7.2	8.4	4.8
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4.9	6.0	5.8	6.8	7.7	6.6
NHS Highland	5.2	5.4	4.7	5.0	5.7	5.1
Islands⁶	*	*	4.7	6.3	-	4.9
NHS Lanarkshire	4.4	4.3	5.2	6.2	7.5	5.9
NHS Lothian	4.8	5.2	3.6	6.4	7.3	5.4
NHS Tayside	3.1	4.5	4.3	6.9	4.3	4.6

	2003-2007
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁴
Number of Stillbirths
Scotland⁵	202	226	260	359	468	1,528
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	12	12	20	28	31	103
NHS Borders	*	6	9	*	-	20
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	10	5	5	26
NHS Fife	9	13	24	34	24	104
NHS Forth Valley	11	11	20	32	18	92
NHS Grampian	27	28	34	25	21	135
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	52	49	48	76	214	439
NHS Highland	7	19	17	19	10	72
Islands⁶	*	*	7	6	-	16
NHS Lanarkshire	14	19	34	45	70	182
NHS Lothian	54	44	21	60	55	234
NHS Tayside	11	19	16	26	20	92
Rate per 1,000 Total Births
Scotland⁵	4.3	4.6	5.2	6.7	7.1	5.7
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	5.0	4.7	7.6	5.0	5.8	5.6
NHS Borders	*	2.8	6.1	5.2	-	3.9
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	3.9	*	5.2	3.7
NHS Fife	2.8	3.8	6.0	8.7	5.5	5.5
NHS Forth Valley	4.0	3.3	6.9	8.0	6.5	5.8
NHS Grampian	3.2	3.9	5.8	6.9	8.4	4.9
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	5.1	6.2	6.0	6.9	7.7	6.8
NHS Highland	5.9	5.7	3.4	6.8	5.8	5.1
Islands⁶	*	*	4.6	6.2	-	4.8
NHS Lanarkshire	4.3	5.0	5.1	5.7	7.9	6.0
NHS Lothian	4.3	5.5	3.3	6.8	7.7	5.4
NHS Tayside	4.5	3.9	5.9	8.0	4.5	5.2

Source: SSBID, SMR02, ISD Scotland, Ref: IR2009-01809 (S3W-26097).

Notes:

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

1. A baby delivered with no signs of life after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy.

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

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 postcode. 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 board areas.

Question reference: S3W-26104

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 17 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive at what points in a child’s development foetal alcohol syndrome may be diagnosed and what the statistics are for each such point in each deprivation quintile in each year since 2001, broken down by NHS board.

The research base for diagnosing foetal alcohol syndrome is still being developed but current evidence indicated a number of different points in a child''s development at which foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) can be diagnosed, up to the age of 12. Although FAS diagnosis can be made at birth, it can be easily missed if the clinical team is not alerted to look out for the diagnosis of alcohol exposed pregnancies.

National data on babies born with congenital anomalies are collected centrally in Scotland using a range of administrative NHS and GRO databases. Data are published routinely on a number of individual anomalies such as Neural Tube Defects and Down''s syndrome, with recording considered to be sufficiently robust for reporting statistics comparable to those produced by other UK and European Congenital Anomaly Registries.

Foetal alcohol syndrome, although recorded as a condition on the central databases, does not form a category that is routinely reported in Scotland. There will be an unknown level of under-reporting on the current system as, although foetal alcohol syndrome is present at birth, it may not be ascertained until later and may not be recorded unless the baby requires admission to hospital subsequent to the birth episode.

Available information on singleton babies born in Scotland with foetal alcohol syndrome for the years 2001 to 2006 (most recent available) is shown in the following table. It has not been possible to provide a breakdown by deprivation quintile and NHS board due to the very small numbers. Further background information is also attached.

Singletons born in Scotland and detected^1,2,3 with foetal alcohol syndrome^4,5at birth or during infancy: numbers and rates per 1,000 births by year of birth: 2001-06

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006^p
Number	5	4	2	10	3	5
Rate per 1000	0.09	0.07	0.03	0.17	0.05	0.09

Source: Linked Maternity Catalog and SMR Linked Catalog. Ref: IR2009-01815 (data produced October 2008).

Notes:

1. The information given relates to each year of birth ending 31 December and is based on babies born between January 1997 and December 2005.

The data for 2006 should be considered provisional at this time.

2. Anomalies have been located from the diagnostic summaries contained within the linked source data comprising profiles of neonatal and inpatient hospital discharge records, stillbirth notifications and death registrations.

3. All infants followed up from birth for a period of one year to allow detection of anomalies from hospital inpatient records or General Register Office death registrations.

4. Using diagnosis code Q86.0 from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems “ Tenth Revision (ICD-10).

Question reference: S3W-26116

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 17 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a review similar to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report into social housing allocation and immigrant communities in order to dispel negative perceptions with regard to asylum seekers and social housing allotment.

The Scottish Government will continue to celebrate diversity and challenge negative racist attitudes through its One Scotland campaign, but currently has no plans to undertake research into social housing allocations and immigrant communities. A recently published report, Recent Migration into Scotland: The Evidence Base, found that migrants, particularly those from the eight Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in May 2004 (A8 nationals), are largely housed in the private rented sector. The report is available on the Scottish Government''s website at the following link:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/02/23154109/0.

Question reference: S3W-26099

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 17 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many live, single, full-term babies with a birth weight of under 2.5 kg 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, full-term births^{1, 2, 3} with birth weight less than 2.5kg (number and percentage of all births) by NHS board of residence and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile⁴; 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	393	425	550	770	1,335	3,489
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	22	13	22	59	95	211
NHS Borders	*	24	12	8	*	63
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	6	6	23	16	19	70
NHS Fife	30	26	33	60	73	222
NHS Forth Valley	18	22	33	49	55	177
NHS Grampian	69	70	78	39	57	313
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	87	78	112	175	609	1,061
NHS Highland	18	22	57	41	34	172
NHS Lanarkshire	26	39	72	124	154	415
NHS Lothian	92	81	68	136	135	512
NHS Tayside	16	39	29	54	92	230
Islands⁷	*	5	11	9	*	27
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	1.4	1.5	2	2.5	3.5	2.3
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	1.5	1	1.5	1.8	3.1	2
NHS Borders	*	2	1.3	2.6	*	2.1
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	2.2	0.7	1.6	2.1	3.8	1.8
NHS Fife	1.7	1.2	1.6	2.7	2.9	2.1
NHS Forth Valley	1.2	1.2	2.3	2.2	3.5	2.1
NHS Grampian	1.4	1.8	2.4	2	4.1	2
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1.3	1.7	2.4	2.9	3.8	2.8
NHS Highland	2.8	1.1	2	2.4	3.3	2.1
NHS Lanarkshire	1.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	2.9	2.3
NHS Lothian	1.2	1.8	1.9	2.8	3.4	2.1
NHS Tayside	0.9	1.2	1.7	2.5	3.2	2
Islands⁷	*	1.3	1.3	1.6	*	1.5

	2002-03 to 2004-05
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Births
Scotland⁶	386	432	587	765	1,299	3,481
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	16	13	22	53	84	188
NHS Borders	9	25	14	8	*	64
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	25	13	16	69
NHS Fife	33	30	49	59	84	255
NHS Forth Valley	17	34	35	54	50	190
NHS Grampian	70	57	72	46	54	299
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	82	82	108	181	603	1,056
NHS Highland	16	30	67	40	39	192
NHS Lanarkshire	25	26	74	125	155	405
NHS Lothian	90	81	80	126	129	506
NHS Tayside	19	44	27	51	77	218
Islands⁷	*	*	14	9	*	27
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	1.3	1.5	2	2.5	3.4	2.2
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.7	2.7	1.8
NHS Borders	2.3	2.1	1.6	2.4	*	2.1
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	1.7	1.6	3	1.7
NHS Fife	1.8	1.4	2.2	2.7	3.3	2.3
NHS Forth Valley	1.1	1.8	2.2	2.4	3.2	2.1
NHS Grampian	1.4	1.4	2.2	2.2	4	1.9
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1.3	1.7	2.3	2.9	3.7	2.7
NHS Highland	2.3	1.5	2.3	2.3	3.8	2.3
NHS Lanarkshire	1.2	1.1	1.9	2.7	3	2.2
NHS Lothian	1.2	1.8	2.2	2.6	3.2	2
NHS Tayside	1.1	1.4	1.6	2.5	2.7	1.9
Islands⁷	*	*	1.6	1.6	*	1.4

	2003-04 “ 2005-06
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Births
Scotland⁶	371	461	610	795	1,346	3,593
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	11	19	27	60	77	194
NHS Borders	11	25	15	11	*	67
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	33	16	18	80
NHS Fife	25	28	56	62	93	264
NHS Forth Valley	24	43	39	64	52	222
NHS Grampian	61	63	78	59	59	320
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	87	92	106	180	626	1,091
NHS Highland	12	28	65	35	40	180
NHS Lanarkshire	19	29	72	114	156	390
NHS Lothian	94	77	81	130	143	525
NHS Tayside	23	46	22	58	77	226
Islands⁷	*	*	16	6	*	24
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	1.3	1.6	2.1	2.5	3.4	2.3
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	0.8	1.3	1.7	1.8	2.5	1.8
NHS Borders	2.9	2.1	1.7	3.3	*	2.2
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	2.1	2	3	2
NHS Fife	1.3	1.4	2.4	2.7	3.7	2.4
NHS Forth Valley	1.4	2.2	2.3	2.7	3.2	2.4
NHS Grampian	1.2	1.5	2.3	2.9	4.2	2
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1.4	1.9	2.2	2.8	3.8	2.8
NHS Highland	1.7	1.4	2.1	2.1	3.8	2.1
NHS Lanarkshire	0.9	1.3	1.8	2.5	3	2.2
NHS Lothian	1.3	1.6	2.2	2.5	3.4	2.1
NHS Tayside	1.4	1.5	1.3	2.8	2.7	2
Islands⁷	*	*	1.8	1.1	*	1.3

	2004-05 “ 2006-07
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Births
Scotland⁶	353	445	588	830	1,315	3,543
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	9	21	24	68	82	204
NHS Borders	12	20	13	15	*	65
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	31	15	19	79
NHS Fife	15	28	62	65	93	263
NHS Forth Valley	25	37	39	59	52	212
NHS Grampian	63	60	74	64	48	309
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	85	84	98	192	593	1,052
NHS Highland	8	34	57	31	36	166
NHS Lanarkshire	15	33	69	117	169	403
NHS Lothian	93	68	86	145	144	536
NHS Tayside	25	48	21	52	74	220
Islands⁷	*	*	14	7	*	22
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	1.2	1.5	2	2.6	3.3	2.2
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	0.6	1.3	1.5	2	2.5	1.8
NHS Borders	3.3	1.5	1.5	4.4	*	2.1
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	2	1.8	3.1	1.9
NHS Fife	0.8	1.4	2.5	2.8	3.6	2.3
NHS Forth Valley	1.5	1.9	2.2	2.4	3.1	2.2
NHS Grampian	1.2	1.4	2.1	3	3.3	1.9
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1.4	1.7	2	2.8	3.5	2.7
NHS Highland	1.1	1.7	1.9	1.9	3.4	2
NHS Lanarkshire	0.8	1.5	1.7	2.5	3.2	2.2
NHS Lothian	1.2	1.4	2.3	2.8	3.3	2.1
NHS Tayside	1.7	1.6	1.2	2.6	2.7	2
Islands⁷	*	*	1.5	1.2	*	1.1

Source: SMR02, ISD Scotland, Ref: IR2009-01811 (PQ S3W-26099).

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-26096

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 17 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many live 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 requested information is shown in the following table for financial years 2001-02 to 2006-07.

Live Births^{1, 2, 3} (Number and Percentage of All Births) by NHS Board of Residence and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile⁴; Financial years 2001-02 to 2006-07

	2001-02
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Live Births
Scotland⁶	9,523	9,061	9,181	10,028	12,628	50,597
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	497	446	497	1,091	1,057	3,588
NHS Borders	136	419	291	103	79	1,028
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	85	295	409	253	153	1,195
NHS Fife	549	681	714	708	849	3,501
NHS Forth Valley	490	550	460	723	520	2,743
NHS Grampian	1,618	1,221	1,083	637	468	5,027
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,172	1,513	1,527	2,020	5,144	12,376
NHS Highland	215	643	952	572	326	2,708
NHS Lanarkshire	702	748	1,195	1,476	1,778	5,899
NHS Lothian	2,505	1,421	1,194	1,533	1,349	8,002
NHS Orkney	11	64	68	6	x	149
NHS Shetland	11	59	118	42	x	230
NHS Tayside	532	1,001	601	726	905	3,765
NHS Western Isles	x	x	72	138	x	210
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	18.8	17.9	18.1	19.8	25.0	100.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	13.9	12.4	13.9	30.4	29.5	100.0
NHS Borders	13.2	40.8	28.3	10.0	7.7	100.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	7.1	24.7	34.2	21.2	12.8	100.0
NHS Fife	15.7	19.5	20.4	20.2	24.3	100.0
NHS Forth Valley	17.9	20.1	16.8	26.4	19.0	100.0
NHS Grampian	32.2	24.3	21.5	12.7	9.3	100.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	17.6	12.2	12.3	16.3	41.6	100.0
NHS Highland	7.9	23.7	35.2	21.1	12.0	100.0
NHS Lanarkshire	11.9	12.7	20.3	25.0	30.1	100.0
NHS Lothian	31.3	17.8	14.9	19.2	16.9	100.0
NHS Orkney	7.4	43.0	45.6	4.0	x	100.0
NHS Shetland	4.8	25.7	51.3	18.3	x	100.0
NHS Tayside	14.1	26.6	16.0	19.3	24.0	100.0
NHS Western Isles	x	x	34.3	65.7	x	100.0

	2002-03
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Live Births
Scotland⁶	9,698	9,105	9,228	10,005	12,507	50,759
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	497	419	482	1,024	1,011	3,433
NHS Borders	123	381	304	99	61	968
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	105	302	468	259	174	1,308
NHS Fife	542	722	691	694	834	3,483
NHS Forth Valley	506	587	473	733	518	2,817
NHS Grampian	1,749	1,268	1,123	691	449	5,280
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,127	1,505	1,508	2,050	5,212	12,402
NHS Highland	218	623	928	545	350	2,664
NHS Lanarkshire	725	747	1,244	1,512	1,692	5,920
NHS Lothian	2,503	1,428	1,184	1,544	1,274	7,934
NHS Orkney	15	64	83	3	x	165
NHS Shetland	12	60	117	30	x	219
NHS Tayside	576	999	535	668	932	3,710
NHS Western Isles	x	x	88	153	x	241
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	19.1	17.9	18.2	19.7	24.6	100.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	14.5	12.2	14.0	29.8	29.4	100.0
NHS Borders	12.7	39.4	31.4	10.2	6.3	100.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	8.0	23.1	35.8	19.8	13.3	100.0
NHS Fife	15.6	20.7	19.8	19.9	23.9	100.0
NHS Forth Valley	18.0	20.8	16.8	26.0	18.4	100.0
NHS Grampian	33.1	24.0	21.3	13.1	8.5	100.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	17.2	12.1	12.2	16.5	42.0	100.0
NHS Highland	8.2	23.4	34.8	20.5	13.1	100.0
NHS Lanarkshire	12.2	12.6	21.0	25.5	28.6	100.0
NHS Lothian	31.5	18.0	14.9	19.5	16.1	100.0
NHS Orkney	9.1	38.8	50.3	1.8	x	100.0
NHS Shetland	5.5	27.4	53.4	13.7	x	100.0
NHS Tayside	15.5	26.9	14.4	18.0	25.1	100.0
NHS Western Isles	x	x	36.5	63.5	x	100.0

	2003-04
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Live Births
Scotland⁶	9,720	9,712	9,642	10,343	12,858	52,438
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	514	485	521	1,089	1,000	3,609
NHS Borders	130	372	298	107	77	984
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	83	299	508	255	171	1,316
NHS Fife	620	693	705	771	831	3,620
NHS Forth Valley	537	644	520	751	519	2,971
NHS Grampian	1,598	1,358	1,070	654	459	5,139
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,159	1,655	1,621	2,028	5,368	12,831
NHS Highland	216	648	1,011	583	344	2,802
NHS Lanarkshire	714	738	1,294	1,547	1,723	6,016
NHS Lothian	2,538	1,569	1,230	1,665	1,361	8,363
NHS Orkney	16	53	80	7	x	156
NHS Shetland	11	73	112	32	x	228
NHS Tayside	584	1,125	574	709	1,005	3,997
NHS Western Isles	x	x	98	145	x	243
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	18.5	18.5	18.4	19.7	24.5	100.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	14.2	13.4	14.4	30.2	27.7	100.0
NHS Borders	13.2	37.8	30.3	10.9	7.8	100.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	6.3	22.7	38.6	19.4	13.0	100.0
NHS Fife	17.1	19.1	19.5	21.3	23.0	100.0
NHS Forth Valley	18.1	21.7	17.5	25.3	17.5	100.0
NHS Grampian	31.1	26.4	20.8	12.7	8.9	100.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	16.8	12.9	12.6	15.8	41.8	100.0
NHS Highland	7.7	23.1	36.1	20.8	12.3	100.0
NHS Lanarkshire	11.9	12.3	21.5	25.7	28.6	100.0
NHS Lothian	30.3	18.8	14.7	19.9	16.3	100.0
NHS Orkney	10.3	34.0	51.3	4.5	x	100.0
NHS Shetland	4.8	32.0	49.1	14.0	x	100.0
NHS Tayside	14.6	28.1	14.4	17.7	25.1	100.0
NHS Western Isles	x	x	40.3	59.7	x	100.0

	2004-05
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Live Births
Scotland⁶	9,708	9,718	9,802	10,597	12,984	53,119
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	486	523	521	1,062	1,050	3,642
NHS Borders	131	437	284	123	53	1,028
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	110	286	514	280	193	1,383
NHS Fife	619	686	818	748	855	3,726
NHS Forth Valley	558	674	591	778	523	3,124
NHS Grampian	1,697	1,363	1,114	705	440	5,319
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2,138	1,666	1,615	2,208	5,483	13,110
NHS Highland	255	668	993	572	333	2,821
NHS Lanarkshire	681	775	1,348	1,568	1,786	6,158
NHS Lothian	2,467	1,550	1,161	1,690	1,398	8,266
NHS Orkney	19	66	87	10	x	182
NHS Shetland	18	56	127	30	x	231
NHS Tayside	529	968	557	675	870	3,599
NHS Western Isles	x	x	72	148	x	220
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	18.3	18.3	18.5	19.9	24.4	100.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	13.3	14.4	14.3	29.2	28.8	100.0
NHS Borders	12.7	42.5	27.6	12.0	5.2	100.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	8.0	20.7	37.2	20.2	14.0	100.0
NHS Fife	16.6	18.4	22.0	20.1	22.9	100.0
NHS Forth Valley	17.9	21.6	18.9	24.9	16.7	100.0
NHS Grampian	31.9	25.6	20.9	13.3	8.3	100.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	16.3	12.7	12.3	16.8	41.8	100.0
NHS Highland	9.0	23.7	35.2	20.3	11.8	100.0
NHS Lanarkshire	11.1	12.6	21.9	25.5	29.0	100.0
NHS Lothian	29.8	18.8	14.0	20.4	16.9	100.0
NHS Orkney	10.4	36.3	47.8	5.5	x	100.0
NHS Shetland	7.8	24.2	55.0	13.0	x	100.0
NHS Tayside	14.7	26.9	15.5	18.8	24.2	100.0
NHS Western Isles	x	x	32.7	67.3	x	100.0

	2005-06
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Live Births
Scotland⁶	9,217	9,700	9,774	10,525	13,296	52,754
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	460	487	501	1,120	1,071	3,639
NHS Borders	118	400	279	96	75	968
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	69	312	521	252	230	1,384
NHS Fife	633	684	815	761	843	3,736
NHS Forth Valley	565	662	561	783	565	3,136
NHS Grampian	1,625	1,422	1,150	696	478	5,371
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,975	1,535	1,531	2,252	5,573	12,866
NHS Highland	226	664	1,051	521	379	2,841
NHS Lanarkshire	639	760	1,270	1,490	1,683	5,842
NHS Lothian	2,410	1,607	1,247	1,723	1,459	8,446
NHS Orkney	13	59	99	10	x	181
NHS Shetland	13	67	116	28	x	224
NHS Tayside	470	1,041	552	654	940	3,657
NHS Western Isles	x	x	81	139	x	220
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	17.5	18.4	18.5	20.0	25.2	100.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	12.6	13.4	13.8	30.8	29.4	100.0
NHS Borders	12.2	41.3	28.8	9.9	7.7	100.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	5.0	22.5	37.6	18.2	16.6	100.0
NHS Fife	16.9	18.3	21.8	20.4	22.6	100.0
NHS Forth Valley	18.0	21.1	17.9	25.0	18.0	100.0
NHS Grampian	30.3	26.5	21.4	13.0	8.9	100.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	15.4	11.9	11.9	17.5	43.3	100.0
NHS Highland	8.0	23.4	37.0	18.3	13.3	100.0
NHS Lanarkshire	10.9	13.0	21.7	25.5	28.8	100.0
NHS Lothian	28.5	19.0	14.8	20.4	17.3	100.0
NHS Orkney	7.2	32.6	54.7	5.5	x	100.0
NHS Shetland	5.8	29.9	51.8	12.5	x	100.0
NHS Tayside	12.9	28.5	15.1	17.9	25.7	100.0
NHS Western Isles	x	x	36.8	63.2	x	100.0

	2006-07
	Deprivation Quintile
	SIMD 1	SIMD 2	SIMD 3	SIMD 4	SIMD 5	Total⁵
Number of Live Births
Scotland⁶	9,402	10,007	10,217	11,185	13,484	54,594
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	434	543	540	1,184	1,101	3,804
NHS Borders	110	457	304	124	58	1,053
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	89	334	538	298	194	1,454
NHS Fife	664	698	801	810	884	3,864
NHS Forth Valley	551	647	592	840	580	3,210
NHS Grampian	1,736	1,602	1,220	750	533	5,841
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,913	1,594	1,634	2,279	5,632	13,061
NHS Highland	256	703	948	525	331	2,766
NHS Lanarkshire	618	718	1,443	1,673	1,844	6,296
NHS Lothian	2,541	1,602	1,302	1,820	1,424	8,693
NHS Orkney	24	88	89	3	x	204
NHS Shetland	14	79	133	39	x	265
NHS Tayside	452	942	567	668	903	3,533
NHS Western Isles	x	x	106	172	x	278
Percentage of All Births
Scotland⁶	17.2	18.3	18.7	20.5	24.7	100.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	11.4	14.3	14.2	31.1	28.9	100.0
NHS Borders	10.4	43.4	28.9	11.8	5.5	100.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	6.1	23.0	37.0	20.5	13.3	100.0
NHS Fife	17.2	18.1	20.7	21.0	22.9	100.0
NHS Forth Valley	17.2	20.2	18.4	26.2	18.1	100.0
NHS Grampian	29.7	27.4	20.9	12.8	9.1	100.0
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	14.6	12.2	12.5	17.4	43.1	100.0
NHS Highland	9.3	25.4	34.3	19.0	12.0	100.0
NHS Lanarkshire	9.8	11.4	22.9	26.6	29.3	100.0
NHS Lothian	29.2	18.4	15.0	20.9	16.4	100.0
NHS Orkney	11.8	43.1	43.6	1.5	x	100.0
NHS Shetland	5.3	29.8	50.2	14.7	x	100.0
NHS Tayside	12.8	26.7	16.0	18.9	25.6	100.0
NHS Western Isles	x	x	38.1	61.9	x	100.0

Source: SMR02, ISD Scotland, Ref: IR2009-01808.

Notes:

x Not applicable

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. Therefore the percentages may not sum to 100%.

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

Question reference: S3W-26075

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to run a public campaign on the importance of hand washing in light of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic.

At the beginning of the current outbreak of influenza A/H1N1, the Scottish Government ran a public information campaign which included messages on the importance of good hygiene practices in reducing the spread of the virus. We are following up on this work by running a further public information campaign called catch it, bin it, kill it which actively promotes good respiratory and hand hygiene practices. This campaign will run throughout the summer months and will include coverage on public transport and in supermarkets. In addition, the Scottish Government is planning to re-run a hand hygiene campaign in schools on their return this week.

Question reference: S3W-26103

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 17 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of babies in each deprivation quintile were discharged in each year since 2001 with a diagnosis of foetal alcohol syndrome, broken down by NHS board.

National data on babies born with congenital anomalies are collected centrally in Scotland using a range of administrative NHS and GRO databases. Data are published routinely on a number of individual anomalies such as Neural Tube Defects and Down''s syndrome, with recording considered to be sufficiently robust for reporting statistics comparable to those produced by other UK and European Congenital Anomaly Registries.

Foetal alcohol syndrome, although recorded as a condition on the central databases, does not form a category that is routinely reported in Scotland. There will be an unknown level of under-reporting on the current system as, although foetal alcohol syndrome is present at birth, it may not be ascertained until later and may not be recorded unless the baby requires admission to hospital subsequent to the birth episode.

Available information on singleton babies born in Scotland with foetal alcohol syndrome for the years 2001 to 2006 (most recent available) is shown in the following table. It has not been possible to provide a breakdown by deprivation quintile and NHS board due to the very small numbers. Further background information is also attached.

Singletons Born in Scotland and Detected^1,2,3 with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome^4,5at Birth or During Infancy: Numbers and Rates per 1,000 Births by Year of Birth: 2001-06

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006^P
Number	5	4	2	10	3	5
Rate per 1,000	0.09	0.07	0.03	0.17	0.05	0.09

Source: Linked Maternity Catalog and SMR Linked Catalog, Ref: IR2009-01815 (data produced October 2008).

P. The data for 2006 should be considered provisional at this time.

Notes:

1. The information given relates to each year of birth ending 31 December, and is based on babies born between January 1997 and December 2005.

2. Anomalies have been located from the diagnostic summaries contained within the linked source data comprising profiles of neonatal and inpatient hospital discharge records, stillbirth notifications and death registrations.

3. All infants followed up from birth for a period of one year to allow detection of anomalies from hospital inpatient records or General Register Office death registrations.

4. Using diagnosis code Q86.0 from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems “ Tenth Revision (ICD-10)

Question reference: S3W-24639

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to consult on the findings of the Burials and Cremations Review Group.

Question reference: S3W-24640

Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to bring forward legislation to amend the law on burials and cremations.

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