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Statistics are available on the General Register Office for Scotland website:http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/03reference-tables/03reference-table6.html.Many of these deaths involve prescription drugs, sometimes in combination with non-prescription drugs, but the ICD10 classification does not categorise such deaths separately.Deaths Caused by the Adverse Effects of Drugs and Medicaments in Therapeutic Use Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 Number 26...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail by health board area the incidence of burkholdaria cepacia from 1991 to 1995 including details of the number of fatalities and the age groups of those affected. Between 1991-95, 26 cases of this infection were reported to the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health.
You are right that a number of policy documents have expressed that desire. The cycling action plan includes an aspiration that there should be a 10 per cent modal share for cycling by 2020.
The available information is given in the table.Persons with No Previous Convictions1 with a Charge Proved for Selected Offences, by Type of Sentence, 1998-2002 Type of Offence2 Total Number with a Charge Proved=100% % Sentenced to: Average Length of Custodial Sentence Days5 Custody Community Sentence Monetary Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence 1998 497 30 37 22 11 860 1999 547 29 35 23 13 939 2000 467 31 37 18 14 976 2001 493 28 41 18 12 945 20023 571 27 40 23 10 865 Serious Assault 1998 281 24 43 27 6 862 1999 324 24 38 29 8 642 2000 270 28 40 26...
Recording delays mean that offences which were not proved may be under-stated in the totals for offences proceeded against.Offences of Driving while Disqualified with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts, by Court, 1998-2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Sheriff courts: Aberdeen 218 232 247 264 259 Airdrie 76 89 74 79 91 Alloa 17 17 26...
However, even the Executive's own advisers in Scottish Natural Heritage have expressed concerns about the high degree of competition for sites and a first-past-the-post race to book grid capacity and secure planning permission.