To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4186 by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 December 2003, what percentage of babies born in each year from 1996-97 to 2001-02 was discharged from neonatal units. Table 1 shows the number oflive births in Scotland, babies discharged from neonatal units1in Scotland and the percentage neonatal discharges from such aunit.Table 1: Births2,3and Percentage of Babies Discharged from Neonatal Units:1996-97 to 2001-02 Scotland4 Live Births Neonatal Discharges % Neonatal Discharges 1996-97 57,959 8,752 15.1 1997-98 58,088 8,348 14.4 1998-99 56,249 8,217 14.6 1999-2000 53,865 8,197 15.2 2000-01 52,233 7,765 14.9 2001-02 50,271 7,059 14.0 Source: SMR02 and SMR11.Notes:1.