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Over 170,000 clients received housing support services in 2004-05 in various types of accommodation including mainstream housing, sheltered housing, special housing and supported accommodation. The following table gives figures for those in supported accommodation, but they only go back to 2003-04.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the net change in the number of employee jobs in each Glasgow parliamentary constituency has been in each year since 1999. The following table shows the net change in the number of employee jobs in each Glasgow parliamentary constituency from 1999 to the latest year for which data is available (2004).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 February 2006
Depending on the outcome it is likely that Scotland will follow their recommendations for purposes of comparability.The ICD10 codes that are normally used to answer questions about alcohol-related deaths cover key causes of death that are known to be associated with alcohol and comprise:F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of alcohol.I42.6: ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 January 2006
The information requested is not centrally available for all years or all areas within Scotland. However, the following table details, for those 10 NHS board areas available, the number and recorded rates of plagiocephaly for children born between 1995 and 2004 I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-22262 on 27 January 2006.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 January 2006
We agreed to use these resources to support initiativesbenefiting business and local authorities and have allocated the resources asfollows: Initiative Purpose of initiative 2005-06 (£ million) 2006-07 (£ million) 2007-08 (£ million) Waste and Resources Action Programme To develop markets for recycled products and to work on household waste prevention. 2.8 5.2 3.5 Envirowise To provide advice to business on waste prevention 1.5 1.6 2.3 Energy Efficiency To promote energy efficiency 1.5 2.5 1.5 Strategic Waste Fund To support local authorities prevent waste arsing; recycle and compost waste and divert waste away from landfill 9.5 Local government finance settlement See separate table below. 2.2 5.7 1.2 Local authority contaminated land To support local authorities carry out their statutory duties in relation to contaminated land 5.0 Total 8.0 15.0 23.0 The resources allocated tothe core local government finance settlement were intended for the purposesoutlined as follows...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions for underage tobacco sales there have been in each year since 1997 and, of these, how many convictions resulted, broken down by police force area. The following table shows the total number of charges reported in the last three financial years where Procurators Fiscal commenced court proceedings for contr...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 January 2006
The information requested is given in the following table. Deaths Caused by Clostridium Difficile, by NHS Board Area 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Scotland 10 17 19 39 57 70 73 98 Argyll and Clyde - ...
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Date answered:
23 January 2006
The site locations and Annual Average Daily Flows from January 2000 are as follows: Location 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Immediately northwest of A75 19,296 18,923 20,461 23,963 24,169 23,849 Newbridge Diversion 7,476 6,840 5,9...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-10217 by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 September 2004, how the £20 million was allocated to each NHS board; how the allocations were applied, and what impact these had on waiting times for audiology appointments. The following table details the breakdown of the funds allocated to modernise and i...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 January 2006
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows: Information in the form requested is only available since 1996-97.