- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the absenteeism from work due to illness was in each year since 1999 expressed as days per employee per year, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
The World Health Organization European health for all database uses a variety of sources. For the United Kingdom, figures for days of sickness absence are drawn from a survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The survey is a UK-wide survey, and although each year a figure is given for Scotland it is based on approximately thirty respondents, so annual changes should be treated with caution. Table 1 shows the CBI figures for recent years. More robust information on this subject can be provided by the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and is shown in Table 2.
Table 1. Average Number of Working Days Lost Through Absence Per Employee in Scotland, Based on CBI Survey
| Days Lost Per Employee |
| 1999 | 8.1 |
| 2000 | Not available |
| 2001 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 7.4 |
| 2003 | 5.6 |
Source: CBI.
Table 2. Days of Sickness Absence Per Employee Based on the Labour Force Survey
| | Scotland | UK |
| 20011 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 2002 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 2003 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
Source: Labour Force Survey, spring.
Note:1. Changes in the design of the LFS mean that figures for earlier years are not directly comparable.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence of tuberculosis was per 100,000 head of population in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-10305 answered on 22 September 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the viral hepatitis incidence was per 100,000 head of population in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-10305 answered on 22 September 2004. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the hepatitis C incidence was per 100,000 head of population in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-10305 answered on 22 September 2004. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S2W-9872 by John Scott on 3 September 2004, what the scientific basis was for determining that the ventilation rate of the smoking room was to be 15 air changes per hour.
Answer
The ventilation rate for thesmoking room was based on guidance published by the Chartered Institute of BuildingServices Engineers (CIBSE). Section B2, Table B2.2 of the CIBSE Guide, Volume Bprovides recommendations for ventilation rates per occupant and the project ServicesEngineers, RMJM Scotland, advise that 15 air changes per hour in the smoking roomis in line with that guidance.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of new tuberculosis cases was in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-10305 answered on 22 September 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the viral hepatitis A incidence was per 100,000 head of population in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-10305 answered on 22 September 2004. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of new viral hepatitis cases was in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-10305 answered on 22 September 2004. All answers to written are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual percentage average rate of inflation was in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
There are currently no measures of inflation produced for Scotland.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 17 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage literacy rate was for people aged 15 or over in each year since 1999, calculated on the same basis as the World Health Organization’s European health for all database.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
