Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-06460

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dentists worked in East Dunbartonshire in each year from 1997 to 2007.

The number of NHSdentists who provide general dental services (GDS) in East Dunbartonshire local authority in each year from 1997 to 2007 is shownin the following table.

Numberof NHS Dentists^1,2,3 Providing General Dental Services in the Years Ending31 March 1997-2007

Local Authority Area⁴	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
East Dunbartonshire	47	46	52	53	52	54	58	63	66	70	68

Source: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental AccountingSystem).

Notes:

1. Includes non-salariedand salaried GDS dentists, assistants and vocational dental practitioners. Excludesdentists working in NHS hospitals and the Community Dental Service in Scotland.

2. An NHS generaldental practitioner may have more than one arrangement with an NHS board if he/shehas more than one practice, or an arrangement with more than one NHS board if he/shepractises in more than one NHS board area.

3. The number of dentistsin post, not the whole-time equivalent figure, as information on the working hoursof each dentist is not collected.

4. Based on locationof dental practice.

Question reference: S3W-06461

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many salaried NHS dentists worked in East Dunbartonshire in each year from 1997 to 2007.

Question reference: S3W-06465

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many salaried NHS dentists worked in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency in each year from 1997 to 2007.

The number ofsalaried dentists working in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency in eachyear from 1997 to 2007 is shown in the following table.

Numberof Salaried NHS Dentists^1,2 Providing General Dental Services in theYears Ending 31 March 1997-2007

Parliamentary Constituency³	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Dumbarton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2

Source: MIDAS (Management Information and DentalAccounting System).

Notes:

1. Excludesdentists working in NHS hospitals and the Community Dental Service in Scotland.

2. The number ofsalaried dentists in post, not the whole-time equivalent figure, as informationon the working hours of each salaried dentist is not collected.

3. Based onlocation of dental practice.

Question reference: S3W-06466

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many salaried NHS dentists worked in the Clydebank and Milngavie parliamentary constituency in each year from 1997 to 2007.

Question reference: S3W-06462

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dentists worked in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency in each year from 1997 to 2007.

The number of NHSdentists who provide general dental services (GDS) in the Dumbartonparliamentary constituency in each year from 1997 to 2007 is shown in the followingtable.

Number of NHS Dentists^1,2,3Providing General Dental Services in the Years Ending 31 March 1997-2007

Parliamentary Constituency⁴	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Dumbarton	37	41	37	37	34	33	32	31	32	37	38

Source: MIDAS (Management Information and DentalAccounting System).

Notes:

1. Includesnon-salaried and salaried GDS dentists, assistants and vocational dentalpractitioners. Excludes dentists working in NHS hospitals and the CommunityDental Service in Scotland.

2. An NHS generaldental practitioner may have more than one arrangement with an NHS board ifhe/she has more than one practice, or an arrangement with more than one NHSboard if he/she practises in more than one NHS board area.

3. The number ofdentists in post, not the whole-time equivalent figure, as information on theworking hours of each dentist in not collected.

4. Based onlocation of dental practice.

Question reference: S3W-06459

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many salaried NHS dentists worked in West Dunbartonshire in each year from 1997 to 2007.

The number of salarieddentists working in West Dunbartonshire local authority in each year from 1997 to2007 is shown in the following table.

Number ofSalaried NHS Dentists^1,2Providing General Dental Services in theYears Ending 31 March 1997-2007

Local Authority Area³	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2

Source: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental AccountingSystem).

Notes:

1. Excludes dentists working in NHS hospitals and the CommunityDental Service in Scotland.

2. The number of salarieddentists in post, not the whole-time equivalent figure, as information on the workinghours of each salaried dentist is not collected.

3. Based on locationof dental practice.

Question reference: S3W-06463

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dentists worked in the Clydebank and Milngavie parliamentary constituency in each year from 1997 to 2007.

The number of NHSdentists who provide General Dental Services in the Clydebank and Milngavie parliamentary constituency in each year from 1997 to 2007is shown in the following table.

Numberof NHS Dentists^1,2,3 Providing General Dental Services in the YearsEnding 31 March 1997-2007

Parliamentary Constituency⁴	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Clydebank and Milngavie	28	29	30	30	30	30	31	29	30	32	32

Source: MIDAS (Management Information and DentalAccounting System).

Notes:

1. Includesnon-salaried and salaried GDS dentists, assistants and vocational dentalpractitioners. Excludes dentists working in NHS hospitals and the CommunityDental Service in Scotland.

2. An NHS generaldental practitioner may have more than one arrangement with an NHS board ifhe/she has more than one practice, or an arrangement with more than one NHSboard if he/she practises in more than one NHS board area.

3. The number ofdentists in post, not the whole-time equivalent figure, as information on theworking hours of each dentist is not collected.

4. Based onlocation of dental practice.

Question reference: S3W-06458

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dentists worked in West Dunbartonshire in each year from 1997 to 2007.

The number of NHSdentists who provide general dental services (GDS) in West Dunbartonshire local authority in each year from 1997 to 2007 is shownin the following table.

Number of NHSDentists^1,2,3 Providing General Dental Services in the Years Ending31 March 1997-2007

Local Authority Area³	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
West Dunbartonshire	40	46	43	40	37	37	35	36	36	39	41

Source: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental AccountingSystem).

Notes:

1. Includes non-salariedand salaried GDS dentists, assistants and vocational dental practitioners. Excludesdentists working in NHS hospitals and the Community Dental Service in Scotland.

2. An NHS generaldental practitioner may have more than one arrangement with an NHS board if he/shehas more than one practice, or an arrangement with more than one NHS board if he/shepractises in more than one NHS board area.

3. The number of dentistsin post, not the whole-time equivalent figure, as information on the working hoursof each dentist is not collected.

4. Based on locationof dental practice.

Question reference: S3O-00989

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to evaluate how children who are alleged to be abused are treated by the court system.

Question reference: S3W-04644

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many non-harassment orders under the Protection from Harrassment Act 1997 were applied for in the civil courts in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 and how many were granted.

The number of civilnon-harassment orders applied for and granted in the sheriff courts under the Protectionfrom Harassment Act 1997, 2003-04 to 2005-06, is provided in the following table.

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Applications lodged	66	41	29
Applications granted	10	10	16

Notes:

1. The data are managementinformation statistics which have not been subjected to the same quality assurancestandards as statistics produced by the Government Statistical Service. In addition,there are general concerns surrounding the accuracy of some of the civil judicialstatistics collected by the Scottish Government. Therefore, the data should be usedwith caution and it should be appreciated that firm conclusions cannot be drawnfrom the data provided.

2. Applications grantedin one year may have been lodged in a preceding year.

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