To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4176 by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2003, what the average number of cots available in neonatal units has been in each year since 2001-02, broken down by NHS board area. Table 1: Average available staffed cots in neonatal units; By Health Board Area: Years Ending 31 March 2002-04 NHS Board 2002 2003 2004 Argyll and Clyde 28 27 28 Ayrshire and Arran 25 25 25 Borders 8 8 8 Dumfries and Galloway 12 5 10 Fife 20 20 17 Forth Valley 17 17 20 Greater Glasgow 78 78 80 Grampian 41 38 38 Highland 18 12 12 Lanarkshire 24 20 21 Lothian 59 58 58 Tayside 22 25 29 Scotland 351 332 347 Source: ISD Scotland ISD(S)1.The figures for year ending 31 March 2005 have not yet been verified and published.