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Questions and Answers Date answered: 26 April 2000

S1W-04613

Cancer is one of the top clinical priorities for the NHS in Scotland.One aspect of this strategic priority is to improve information about cancer and its treatment within the NHS in Scotland. Therefore, since 1 January 1997 the Scottish Cancer Registry has recorded details of all patients registered since that time who receive radiotherapy treatment within ...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 31 March 2000

S1W-04876

This exercise involved both trunking and detrunking of existing trunk roads to create a network which would:provide the road user with a coherent and continuous system of routes which serve destinations of importance to industry, commerce, agriculture and tourism;define nationally important routes which will be developed in line with strategic national transport demands; andensure that those roads which are of a predominantly local importance are managed locally.A list of roads which were trunked and their length in miles is given in the table below.New Route NumberFormer Route NumberSections of RoadLength in MilesA9A895Latheron to Roadside19A82A82A82 to A9 (Kenneth St/Friars Bridge/ Longman Road2A95A95Keith to the A9, North of Aviemore49A90A952Peterhead Bypass2A87A850Kyleakin to Borve38A87A856Borve to Uig11A887A887A87 to the A8216A86A86A82 to the A9, North of Kingussie40A889A889A86 to A99A90A92Aberdeen Peripheral Route (Anderson Dr and the Parkway)10A83A83Lochgilphead to Kennacraig22A85A85Perth to Lochearnhead35A92A972A92 to the A901A92A92/A991Tay Bridge to the A9722A92A92Tay Bridge to the Forgan Roundabout1A92A914A91 to Forgan Roundabout13A8/A78A8/A78Port Glasgow to Greenock5M8M8Glasgow Urban Motorway15M80M80M8 to Glasgow City Boundary3M77M77Ayr Road Route8A720A720Edinburgh City Bypass14A702A702Edinburgh City Boundary to Edinburgh City Bypass-A737/738A737/738St James Interchange to Kilwinning21A725A725Coatbridge to East Kilbride11A726A726East Kilbride to B7665A6091A6091A7 to Newton St Boswells6A751A751A77 to the A75, East of Stranraer2Total360The criteria to be taken into account to decide whether a road should become a trunk road is set out in section 5(2) of the Roads (Scotland...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 22 June 2006

S2W-26699

All the available information is given in the following tables.Convictions resulting in a policesentence have been understood to refer to convictions resulting in a custodial sentence.Personswith a Charge Proved for Selected Offences Involving Knives or Guns1,by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2004-052 Police Force Area Possession of an Offensive Weapon3 Firearms Offences Having in a Public Place an Article With a Blade or a Point Total Central 1999-2000 26 4 20 50 2000-01 37 9 30 76 2001-02 35 8 26 69 2002-03 41 8 28 77 2003-04 46 10 37 93 2004-05 55 8 40 103 Dumfries and Galloway 1999-2000 26 9 10 45 2000-01 28 3 16 47 2001-02 15 11 17 43 2002-03 31 5 25 61 2003-04 19 4 17 40 2004-05 20 10 28 58 Fife 1999-2000 31 3 19 53 2000-01 22 5 23 50 2001-02 43 6 24 73 2002-03 29 5 32 66 2003-04 23 1 28 52 2004-05 21 4 23 48 Grampian 1999-2000 40 13 27 80 2000-01 38 12 30 80 2001-02 68 10 47 125 2002-03 54 9 49 112 2003-04 64 7 54 125 2004-05 86 7 59 152 Lothian and Borders 1999-2000 91 18 108 217 2000-01 114 24 120 258 2001-02 149 13 121 283 2002-03 149 22 171 342 2003-04 117 24 173 314 2004-05 140 24 201 365 Northern 1999-2000 22 13 12 47 2000-01 19 8 14 41 2001-02 27 9 17 53 2002-03 25 12 28 65 2003-04 20 13 27 60 2004-05 34 7 22 63 Strathclyde 1999-2000 793 61 773 1,627 2000-01 874 62 845 1,781 2001-02 967 62 933 1,962 2002-03 1,004 53 960 2,017 2003-04 1,097 39 1,022 2,158 2004-05 1,294 55 1,256 2,605 Tayside 1999-2000 74 11 46 131 2000-01 76 18 54 148 2001-02 81 9 62 152 2002-03 72 15 72 159 2003-04 82 14 46 142 2004-05 90 8 74 172 Scotland...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 7 November 2005

S2W-19662

These figures are derivedfrom data collected on discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatrichospitals (SMR01) in Scotland.2. The basic unit of analysisfor these figures is a continuous stay in hospital.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 21 January 2005

S2W-13405

The information is contained in the following tables.Table 1 Number of Properties on the Valuation List on 6 September 2004 Total number of Dwellings Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Total Scotland 578,020 583,154 371,705 290,100 294,383 151,155 98,957 11,129 2,378,603 Aberdeen City 21,858 27,906 17,447 11,932 12,866 7,404 6,603 738 106,754 Aberdeenshire 20,840 15,540 13,133 15,360 17,587 11,327 7,132 438 101,357 Angus 15,468 12,241 6,534 7,337 6,374 2,283 1,167 146 51,550 Argyll and Bute 8,076 9,528 9,201 5,574 6,760 3,510 2,375 222 45,246 Clackmannanshire 6,466 7,065 1,773 2,219 2,672 1,209 631 41 22,076 Dumfries and Galloway 11,484 22,552 10,756 8,995 9,311 4,044 1,949 151 69,242 Dundee City 31,877 16,541 7,621 7,817 5,640 1,882 790 42 72,210 East Ayrshire 27,001 9,391 4,159 5,208 5,116 2,282 482 38 53,677 East Dunbartonshire 1,314 3,785 7,956 6,961 10,751 6,323 5,575 475 43,140 East Lothian 1,176 9,226 13,570 4,902 5,037 3,511 3,033 502 40,957 East Renfrewshire 1,498 5,267 3,836 5,945 7,979 5,798 5,684 664 36,671 Edinburgh, City of 24,431 45,441 40,690 32,683 35,037 21,530 18,466 3,258 221,536 Eilean Siar 4,945 3,672 2,662 1,443 803 123 30 4 13,682 Falkirk 22,701 18,844 5,838 7,585 7,365 3,597 1,466 48 67,444 Fife 41,968 47,796 19,840 17,014 19,785 9,824 5,073 394 161,694 Glasgow City 80,530 74,961 61,818 36,293 24,234 9,356 5,231 652 293,075 Highland 20,262 22,700 20,426 15,671 15,077 6,626 3,093 314 104,169 Inverclyde 22,899 4,986 2,828 2,815 3,118 1,614 1,221 178 39,659 Midlothian 1,005 11,827 9,711 3,830 3,903 1,937 1,309 147 33,669 Moray 11,940 9,915 5,798 5,419 4,599 1,484 513 106 39,774 North Ayrshire 21,956 18,327 5,952 5,855 7,918 2,609 1,037 43 63,697 North Lanarkshire 54,524 36,501 16,907 13,451 12,742 4,788 1,854 97 140,864 Orkney Islands 2,600 2,616 1,869 1,407 866 171 17 2 9,548 Perth and Kinross 9,248 14,589 10,732 8,940 10,425 6,084 4,430 573 65,021 Renfrewshire 15,183 25,742 12,169 9,462 9,585 5,247 2,991 200 80,579 Scottish Borders 16,538 12,482 6,193 5,139 5,428 3,680 3,004 369 52,833 Shetland Islands 3,210 1,767 2,489 1,484 959 172 37 2 10,120 South Ayrshire 7,411 12,452 8,234 7,663 9,039 4,332 2,689 227 52,047 South Lanarkshire 37,474 29,552 22,667 16,977 15,867 8,306 4,334 311 135,488 Stirling 6,498 8,342 3,949 3,856 5,703 4,621 4,272 574 37,815 West Dunbartonshire 8,132 17,424 7,255 4,365 4,396 1,417 486 30 43,505 West Lothian 17,507 24,176 7,692 6,498 7,441 4,064 1,983 143 69,504 Source: As reported by local authorities on statistical return CTAX Base 2004.Table 2 Number of Properties on the Valuation List on 6 September 2004 Percentage of Total Dwellings by band Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Scotland 24.3% 24.5% 15.6% 12.2% 12.4% 6.4% 4.2% 0.5% Aberdeen City 20.5% 26.1% 16.3% 11.2% 12.1% 6.9% 6.2% 0.7% Aberdeenshire 20.6% 15.3% 13.0% 15.2% 17.4% 11.2% 7.0% 0.4% Angus 30.0% 23.7% 12.7% 14.2% 12.4% 4.4% 2.3% 0.3% Argyll and Bute 17.8% 21.1% 20.3% 12.3% 14.9% 7.8% 5.2% 0.5% Clackmannanshire 29.3% 32.0% 8.0% 10.1% 12.1% 5.5% 2.9% 0.2% Dumfries and Galloway 16.6% 32.6% 15.5% 13.0% 13.4% 5.8% 2.8% 0.2% Dundee City 44.1% 22.9% 10.6% 10.8% 7.8% 2.6% 1.1% 0.1% East Ayrshire 50.3% 17.5% 7.7% 9.7% 9.5% 4.3% 0.9% 0.1% East Dunbartonshire 3.0% 8.8% 18.4% 16.1% 24.9% 14.7% 12.9% 1.1% East Lothian 2.9% 22.5% 33.1% 12.0% 12.3% 8.6% 7.4% 1.2% East Renfrewshire 4.1% 14.4% 10.5% 16.2% 21.8% 15.8% 15.5% 1.8% Edinburgh, City of 11.0% 20.5% 18.4% 14.8% 15.8% 9.7% 8.3% 1.5% Eilean Siar 36.1% 26.8% 19.5% 10.5% 5.9% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% Falkirk 33.7% 27.9% 8.7% 11.2% 10.9% 5.3% 2.2% 0.1% Fife 26.0% 29.6% 12.3% 10.5% 12.2% 6.1% 3.1% 0.2% Glasgow City 27.5% 25.6% 21.1% 12.4% 8.3% 3.2% 1.8% 0.2% Highland 19.5% 21.8% 19.6% 15.0% 14.5% 6.4% 3.0% 0.3% Inverclyde 57.7% 12.6% 7.1% 7.1% 7.9% 4.1% 3.1% 0.4% Midlothian 3.0% 35.1% 28.8% 11.4% 11.6% 5.8% 3.9% 0.4% Moray 30.0% 24.9% 14.6% 13.6% 11.6% 3.7% 1.3% 0.3% North Ayrshire 34.5% 28.8% 9.3% 9.2% 12.4% 4.1% 1.6% 0.1% North Lanarkshire 38.7% 25.9% 12.0% 9.5% 9.0% 3.4% 1.3% 0.1% Orkney Islands 27.2% 27.4% 19.6% 14.7% 9.1% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% Perth and Kinross 14.2% 22.4% 16.5% 13.7% 16.0% 9.4% 6.8% 0.9% Renfrewshire 18.8% 31.9% 15.1% 11.7% 11.9% 6.5% 3.7% 0.2% Scottish Borders 31.3% 23.6% 11.7% 9.7% 10.3% 7.0% 5.7% 0.7% Shetland Islands 31.7% 17.5% 24.6% 14.7% 9.5% 1.7% 0.4% 0.0% South Ayrshire 14.2% 23.9% 15.8% 14.7% 17.4% 8.3% 5.2% 0.4% South Lanarkshire 27.7% 21.8% 16.7% 12.5% 11.7% 6.1% 3.2% 0.2% Stirling 17.2% 22.1% 10.4% 10.2% 15.1% 12.2% 11.3% 1.5% West Dunbartonshire 18.7% 40.1% 16.7% 10.0% 10.1% 3.3% 1.1% 0.1% West Lothian 25.2% 34.8% 11.1% 9.3% 10.7% 5.8% 2.9% 0.2% Source: As reported by local authorities on statistical return CTAX Base 2004.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 13 September 2000

S1W-09426

The information requested is in the attached two tables:Heritage Lottery Funding1997-98(£)1998-99(£)1999-2000(£)National Museums of Scotland1,156,17380,00046,000National Galleries of Scotland467,16041,0007,952,400Industrial Heritage Museums4,250,00015,300-Other Museums3,856,3501,475,0081,389,400 9,729,6831,611,3089,387,800 HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDINGApplicantNational Museums of ScotlandProject TitleDateAmountNational Museums of ScotlandVictoria & Albert Fireclay Statues - Acquisition12 Nov 1999£46,000Royal Museum of ScotlandHeaven & Hell Exhibition, Royal Museum of Scotland26 Jan 1999£80,000Scottish United Services MuseumStewart Silver Hilted Claymore -Acquisition19 Mar 1998£5,000National Museums of ScotlandRoyal Museum Gallery 21 - Phase A refurbishment25 Nov 1997£995,800 Scottish United Services MuseumNorthesk's Trafalgar Sword & Medal - Acquisition07 Oct 1997£136,700 National Museums of ScotlandHowe Tricycle - Acquisition23 Sep 1997£18,673 National Galleries of Scotland...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 5 October 1999

S1W-01436

These provisional allocations will be updated using data from the 1998 and 1999 school census.The allocations for the Classroom Assistants and Reducing Class Sizes Programmes for years 2 and 3 have not yet been agreed as funding for these programmes depends on progress towards meeting the targets.No decisions have been taken about extending Excellence Funding beyond 2001-2002.TABLE 1 Excellence Fund 2000/2001Core Programme AlternativesStudyEarlySupportingSupport forHigherNGfLTotalEducation Authorityto ExclusionSupportInterventionParentsTeachersStillCurrentCapitalScotland£8,000,000£10,000,000£13,000,000£5,000,000£10,100,000£5,000,000£8,400,000£15,000,000£109,600,000Aberdeen City£280,052£349,776£455,556£175,032£356,661£180,748£298,294£532,669£2,628,788Aberdeenshire£401,684£485,208£680,359£251,052£459,842£233,038£410,509£733,051£3,654,744Angus£181,001£230,285£287,532£113,126£235,412£119,302£189,398£338,211£1,694,267Argyll & Bute£149,013£177,181£256,997£93,133£184,857£93,681£149,998£267,854£1,372,714Clackmannanshire£77,330£93,461£130,896£48,331£90,957£46,095£81,317£145,208£713,597Dumfries & Galloway£250,845£303,567£423,955£156,778£327,985£166,216£253,473£452,630£2,335,452Dundee City£220,480£281,744£348,234£137,800£284,682£144,271£235,423£420,398£2,073,032East Ayrshire£202,379£254,386£326,557£126,487£242,954£123,124£214,674£383,347£1,873,907East Dunbartonshire£205,218£272,762£306,932£128,262£255,012£129,235£221,688£395,871£1,914,979East Lothian£134,543£154,346£241,248£84,089£148,640£75,327£137,855£246,170£1,222,219East Renfrewshire£166,602£220,259£251,098£104,126£200,272£101,494£179,863£321,183£1,544,897Edinburgh, City of£511,767£614,599£872,672£319,854£575,000£291,398£547,100£976,964£4,709,354Eilean Siar£61,367£82,435£90,361£38,354£180,589£45,759£51,099£91,249£641,213Falkirk£219,081£270,390£361,665£136,925£274,695£139,210£231,740£413,821£2,047,528Fife£563,849£719,984£891,449£352,406£705,490£357,527£600,010£1,071,447£5,262,162Glasgow City£780,721£914,023£1,369,833£487,950£902,861£457,550£814,709£1,454,838£7,182,486Highland£376,902£466,864£619,437£235,564£516,364£261,682£385,062£687,612£3,549,488Inverclyde£141,087£182,400£219,391£88,180£181,086£91,770£151,232£270,057£1,325,203Midlothian£135,721£170,950£218,424£84,826£167,991£85,134£144,449£257,945£1,265,442Moray£147,169£180,913£244,134£91,981£188,255£95,403£153,408£273,942£1,375,206North Ayrshire£228,470£287,880£367,514£142,794£278,756£141,268£242,230£432,553£2,121,465North Lanarkshire£556,254£725,709£854,225£347,659£706,981£358,283£597,470£1,066,911£5,213,492Orkney Islands£43,154£58,182£63,195£26,971£112,878£28,602£36,635£65,420£435,037Perth & Kinross£200,521£242,177£339,701£125,326£246,020£124,678£205,783£367,470£1,851,676Renfrewshire£287,525£371,315£447,759£179,703£346,674£175,687£308,462£550,825£2,667,950Scottish Borders£171,247£210,486£284,117£107,029£219,624£111,301£176,046£314,368£1,594,217Shetland Islands£51,436£66,280£80,339£32,148£174,041£44,100£43,205£77,151£568,701South Ayrshire£186,729£248,598£278,607£116,706£240,757£122,011£200,058£357,247£1,750,712South Lanarkshire£503,737£647,461£789,489£314,836£615,071£311,705£537,279£959,426£4,679,004Stirling£136,026£177,909£208,165£85,016£176,942£89,670£144,121£257,359£1,275,209West Dunbartonshire£165,521£215,862£254,321£103,451£197,661£100,171£178,957£319,566£1,535,510West Lothian£262,568£322,608£435,834£164,105£304,987£154,561£278,451£497,235£2,420,349Total for Scotland...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 1 February 2007

S2W-31179

Preliminary data and further information onthis return is available on the ISD Scotland website at:http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/collect2.jsp?

Questions and Answers Date answered: 29 September 2006

S2W-28461

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cruise liners have visited Scotland in each year since 1999, broken down by port.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 20 June 2006

S2W-26685

I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:The Better Neighbourhood ServicesFund operated between 2001-02 and 2004-05 when it was merged with the funding providedto Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) to form the Community Regeneration Fund(CRF).In addition to the CRF, CommunitiesScotland a...

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