- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 25 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women have been charged with soliciting in each of the last five years, broken down by police board area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Answer
The available information is givenin the following table.
FemalesProceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Offences Related to Prostitution1,2,1999-2000 2004-05
| Police Force | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| | Number |
| Grampian | 11 | - | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| Lothian and Borders | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| Strathclyde | 176 | 122 | 93 | 105 | 208 |
| Tayside | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Scotland | 192 | 130 | 105 | 134 | 232 |
| | Percentage change on previous year |
| Grampian | -31 | -100 | na | 150 | 20 |
| Lothian and Borders | -33 | 0 | 50 | 133 | -57 |
| Strathclyde | -36 | -31 | -24 | 13 | 98 |
| Tayside | 0 | 300 | -50 | 150 | 20 |
| Scotland | -35 | -32 | -19 | 28 | 73 |
Notes:
1. Where main offence.
2. Includes loitering, soliciting and importuning.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the increase in aggregate external finance allocated to each local authority in 2007-08 will be provided through specific grants.
Answer
Subject to the approval of theLocal Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2007 by the Scottish Parliament, the informationrequested for 2007-08 is shown in the following table.
| Council | Percentage Increase Between 2006-07 and 2007-08 |
| Aberdeen City | 29.3% |
| Aberdeenshire | 20.5% |
| Angus | 16.2% |
| Argyll and Bute | 18.8% |
| Clackmannanshire | 19.1% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 18.3% |
| Dundee City | 21.7% |
| East Ayrshire | 19.6% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 20.0% |
| East Lothian | 17.1% |
| East Renfrewshire | 16.9% |
| Edinburgh, City of | 21.4% |
| Eilean Siar | 17.7% |
| Falkirk | 18.8% |
| Fife | 21.7% |
| Glasgow City | 21.1% |
| Highland | 19.9% |
| Inverclyde | 19.0% |
| Midlothian | 18.8% |
| Moray | 20.9% |
| North Ayrshire | 17.5% |
| North Lanarkshire | 17.4% |
| Orkney | 16.4% |
| Perth and Kinross | 15.1% |
| Renfrewshire | 17.6% |
| Scottish Borders | 17.5% |
| Shetland | 16.1% |
| South Ayrshire | 16.5% |
| South Lanarkshire | 17.0% |
| Stirling | 19.9% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 21.6% |
| West Lothian | 18.9% |
| Scotland | 19.5% |
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding per capita each local authority will receive in aggregate external finance in 2007-08.
Answer
Subject to the approval of theLocal Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2007 by the Scottish Parliament, the informationrequested for 2007-08 is shown in the following table.
| Council | Aggregate External Finance Per Capita (£) |
| Aberdeen City | 1,500 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1,532 |
| Angus | 1,670 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2,008 |
| Clackmannanshire | 1,607 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,770 |
| Dundee City | 1,854 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,692 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,501 |
| East Lothian | 1,547 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1,610 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 1,438 |
| Eilean Siar | 3,803 |
| Falkirk | 1,593 |
| Fife | 1,586 |
| Glasgow City | 2,046 |
| Highland | 1,917 |
| Inverclyde | 1,856 |
| Midlothian | 1,692 |
| Moray | 1,647 |
| North Ayrshire | 1,716 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1,667 |
| Orkney | 3,118 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1,570 |
| Renfrewshire | 1,681 |
| Scottish Borders | 1,745 |
| Shetland | 3,768 |
| South Ayrshire | 1,580 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1,595 |
| Stirling | 1,679 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1,869 |
| West Lothian | 1,570 |
| Scotland | 1,711 |
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of aggregate external finance allocated to each local authority is provided through specific grants.
Answer
Subject to the approval of theLocal Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2007 by the Scottish Parliament, the informationrequested for 2007-08 is shown in the following table.
| Council | Specific Grants as a Percentage of 2007-08 Aggregate External Finance |
| Aberdeen City | 11.7% |
| Aberdeenshire | 8.9% |
| Angus | 9.1% |
| Argyll and Bute | 8.8% |
| Clackmannanshire | 9.1% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 9.3% |
| Dundee City | 10.6% |
| East Ayrshire | 9.6% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 9.0% |
| East Lothian | 9.5% |
| East Renfrewshire | 8.0% |
| Edinburgh, City of | 11.7% |
| Eilean Siar | 6.1% |
| Falkirk | 9.3% |
| Fife | 9.6% |
| Glasgow City | 11.3% |
| Highland | 9.3% |
| Inverclyde | 10.0% |
| Midlothian | 9.5% |
| Moray | 9.2% |
| North Ayrshire | 9.3% |
| North Lanarkshire | 9.7% |
| Orkney | 5.8% |
| Perth and Kinross | 9.1% |
| Renfrewshire | 10.1% |
| Scottish Borders | 9.7% |
| Shetland | 5.3% |
| South Ayrshire | 9.8% |
| South Lanarkshire | 9.3% |
| Stirling | 9.5% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 11.6% |
| West Lothian | 9.6% |
| Scotland | 9.9% |
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board has spent on care for people with motor neurone disease since 1999 and, in particular, on the motor neurone care team service which operates with support from the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Answer
This informationis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to increase spending to meet the needs of the motor neurone care team service, in light of the commitment by the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association to meet 50% of the costs.
Answer
The Scottish Motor NeuroneDisease Association has had discussions with officials in the Health Departmentabout developing a national Managed Clinical Network for Motor Neurone Disease.NHS Quality Improvement Scotland is developing standards for neurologicalservices, and that process offers an opportunity to consider issues relating tothe way in which services are provided, and by whom.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of motor neurone disease there have been in each NHS board area since 1999.
Answer
The number of patientstreated in Scottish hospitals with a main diagnosis of motor neurone disease ineach financial year since 1999-2000 is shown in the following table:
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| 192 | 220 | 204 | 196 | 205 | 190 | 199 |
Source: Scottish MorbidityRecord SMR01 – in-patient/day case discharge summaries. Due to the smallnumbers of patients involved, a break down by NHS board of residence would riskcompromising patient confidentiality.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to collect figures on Crohn’s disease by NHS board and, if so, when such plans will be implemented and, if not, whether it will consider introducing such plans in order that accurate figures can be collected about Crohn’s disease sufferers.
Answer
The Information Services Division(ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland collects figures on Crohn’s disease by NHSboard, broken down by age and gender. The data relate to people who have been diagnosedwith Crohn’s disease. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30091 on4 December 2006 which gives such information from 1999 onwards.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on the treatment of Crohn’s disease and colitis in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information requestedis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many families with children under the age of 16 have been evicted from their homes in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
