Chamber and committees

Scottish smoke-freelegislation, already one of the most comprehensive in the world, has only been inplace for 18 months. Although the Scottish government remains committed to reducingthe impact of tobacco on Scotland’s health, there are currently no plans tointroduce further restrictions to the legislation.

I understand thatthe NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee is currently finalising its reportand will be submitting it to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing overthe next few weeks. No decisions have yet been made on publication.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

In addition to thefive measures listed, households can also qualify for pipe lagging and draught proofing.All dwellings benefiting from the Warm Deal programme received one of the availablemeasures plus energy advice and low energy light bulbs, as a minimum.

Information is notheld centrally on that part of the programme managed by local authorities. In thatpart of the programme managed by the Managing Agent, the number of dwellings receivingall measures is not recorded separately. However, the following table shows thenumber of dwellings, improved by the Managing Agent, that received energy advice,low energy light bulbs and more than one of the other measures.

Year	Dwellings Improved by the Managing Agent	Dwellings Receiving  > Minimum Measures
1999-20001	24,767	1,249
2000-01	26,555	2,126
2001-02	22,328	1,779
2002-03	21,755	1,167
2003-04	21,600	1,104
2004-05	14,953	1,025
2005-06	15,500	152
2006-07 (estimate)	3,177	(not yet available)2
Total	150,635	8,602

 Notes:

1. This figure includesdwellings improved under The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme and The New Energy EfficiencyDeal for Scotland scheme which were still operational in 1999-2000.

2. Final outturn figurefor 2006-07 not yet available.

Local road authoritieshave a duty under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to manage and maintain public roadsin their area. To carry out this duty, they also have powers under the Road TrafficRegulation Act 1984 to promote Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTRO) to closeroads to carry out repair, maintenance or resurfacing work. The restrictions imposedby the TTRO is entirely a matter for the local road authority and Scottishministers have no powers to intervene.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

The maximum Warm Dealgrant available to eligible householders in each year since its inception in 1999-2000is £500.

The value of the maximumWarm Deal grant in real terms, using 1999-2000 as the base year, is shown in thefollowing table.

Year	Warm Deal Grant Real Terms (£)
1999-2000	500
2000-01	493
2001-02	481
2002-03	467
2003-04	454
2004-05	442
2005-06	433
2006-07	421

Notes:

1. Figures calculatedusing GDP deflators as at 28 June 2007.

2. Figures roundedto the nearest £.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

Information is notheld by local authority area. Information showing the total number of Warm Dealinstallations across all sectors is shown in the following table:

Year	Total
1999-20001	47,085
2000-01	49,215
2001-02	40,877
2002-03	29,992
2003-04	27,520
2004-05	19,013
2005-06	15,500
2006-07 (estimate)2	23,865
Total	253,067

Notes:

1. This figure includesdwellings improved under The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme and The New Energy EfficiencyDeal for Scotland scheme which were still operational in 1999-2000.

2. Final outturn figurefor 2006-07 not yet available.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

Information is notheld by local authority area. Information showing the total number of central heatinginstallations across all sectors is shown in the following table:

Year	Total
2001-02	8,508
2002-03	11,220
2003-04	16,788
2004-05	15,207
2005-06	16,002
2006-07 (estimate)1	14,425
Total	82,150

Note: 1. Final outturnfigure for 2006-07 not yet available.

I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

The information requested isavailable from 2001. The information from 2001 is shown in the following table.

	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Aberdeen	47	59	39	20	69	79
Barlinnie	111	122	80	88	98	147
Castle Huntly	2	0	8	2	1	2
Cornton Vale	28	26	21	29	55	55
Dumfries	15	17	19	16	36	27
Edinburgh	72	103	83	105	192	168
Glenochil	23	20	24	27	25	25
Glenochil YOI	11	17	0	0	0	0
Greenock	18	24	33	45	35	54
Inverness	3	2	14	5	38	40
Kilmarnock	96	164	117	87	116	102
Low Moss	25	33	19	32	27	23
Noranside	1	1	1	1	3	0
Perth	21	52	94	104	93	73
Peterhead	18	25	13	5	12	15
Polmont	56	82	153	320	389	349
Shotts	27	37	42	28	40	33

 

These figures, and comparisonsbetween year and between establishments, should be treated with caution. “Violentincident” may refer to a minor scuffle between two prisoners, through to a seriousassault. Establishments’ functions and numbers of inmates have also changed significantlyin the period.”

The majority of Scotssupport the Scottish Government’s view that nuclear weapons have no place in amodern Scotland. We plan to bring together key stakeholders fromacross Scottish civic life in an alliance of people who are opposed to thedeployment of nuclear weapons in Scotland. We will reflect on how the UK Government’s plans toreplace Trident impact on devolved areas and will consider what we can do, withinour devolved responsibilities, to persuade the UK Government to change itsposition on these matters.

The deceased organ donorrate per million population in each of the last five years, by nation ofdonation is set out in the following table. The figures are based on the location of the donating hospitaland include heartbeating and non-heartbeating donors.

Area	2002 - 2003		2003 - 2004		2004 - 2005		2005 - 2006		2006 - 2007
	Number	pmp	Number	pmp	Number	pmp	Number	pmp	Number	pmp
Scotland	58	11.5	46	9.1	61	12.1	48	9.5	50	9.9
England	654	13.0	650	12.9	613	12.2	654	13.0	657	13.0
Wales	33	11.2	44	15.0	47	16.0	42	14.3	51	17.3
N Ireland	32	18.0	30	17.2	30	17.2	20	11.5	35	20.1
Total	777	12.9	770	13.0	751	12.5	764	13.7	793	13.2