Chamber and committees

The following table details the numbers of staff employed as meat hygiene inspectors and senior meat hygiene inspectors in Scotland in each of the last three years as at 1 April

Post	1 April 2003	1 April 2004	1 April 2005
Meat Hygiene Inspectors	121	123	125
Senior Meat Hygiene Inspectors	23	24	23
Total	144	147	148

This information is not held centrally.

Cancer Scenarios Scottish Executive 2001 (updated in 2004)) projected that cancer incidence will continue to increase, due partly to an ageing population. However, as a result of raised awareness, earlier detection and improved treatment fewer people are dying from the disease.

The following tables show the incidence of male testicular cancer in health board areas from 1990-2001 and the crude rates per 100,000 population for Scotland. Adult cancer rates are conventionally presented per 100,000 population.

Male testicular cancer (ICD-10 C62), Scotland

Table (a) Number of Registrations by Health Board Area of Residence from 1990-2001

Health Board Area	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Argyll and Clyde	7	16	11	11	14	11	14	17	18	14	25	13
Ayrshire and Arran	12	12	11	11	12	11	14	12	11	15	21	13
Borders	2	1	2	3	0	5	2	4	3	2	5	3
Dumfries and Galloway	2	4	4	5	5	11	8	6	12	8	11	7
Fife	12	11	12	10	15	9	13	10	14	7	10	16
Forth Valley	5	2	3	10	16	6	13	13	7	14	8	10
Grampian	24	27	26	17	24	32	24	21	24	14	21	22
Greater Glasgow	29	37	22	33	33	23	23	29	34	33	29	40
Highland	11	10	7	11	10	5	8	13	17	6	6	15
Lanarkshire	28	20	23	13	14	18	22	21	19	19	19	26
Lothian	17	30	23	28	33	27	20	31	31	35	40	35
Orkney Islands	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2
Shetland Islands	2	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	2	3	2	1
Tayside	12	5	13	14	15	7	8	9	16	18	17	14
Western Isles	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1

 

Table (b) Crude Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population for Scotland

Year of Diagnosis	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Scotland1	165	176	159	167	196	171	170	189	209	189	216	221
- crude rates per 100,000 population	6.8	7.2	6.5	6.8	8.0	7.0	6.9	7.7	8.6	7.8	8.9	9.1

Note: 1. Includes cases where the health board of residence was not known.  Source: Scottish Cancer Registry, ISD.

Cancer Scenarios (Scottish Executive 2001 (updated in 2004)) projected that cancer incidence will continue to increase, due partly to an ageing population. However, as a result of raised awareness, earlier detection and improved treatment fewer people are dying from the disease.

The following tables show the incidence of female breast cancer in health board areas from 1990-2001 and the crude rates per 100,000 population for Scotland.  Adult cancer rates are conventionally presented per 100,000 population.

Female breast cancer (ICD-10 C50), Scotland

Table (a) Number of Registrations by Health Board Area of Residence from 1990-2001

Health Board Area	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Argyll and Clyde	238	320	276	301	253	297	287	300	275	300	336	293
Ayrshire and Arran	217	260	261	242	242	260	271	252	318	260	260	300
Borders	92	47	63	89	63	55	101	69	68	134	70	79
Dumfries and Galloway	91	89	102	127	79	90	100	116	107	112	128	127
Fife	192	279	206	192	257	207	194	283	196	214	326	188
Forth Valley	127	155	208	170	154	217	154	145	235	203	158	222
Grampian	308	333	310	288	297	319	313	318	317	390	367	343
Greater Glasgow	577	556	601	535	592	598	615	622	651	604	672	554
Highland	122	134	178	141	160	140	128	164	167	149	164	156
Lanarkshire	285	316	333	323	324	315	340	380	375	422	373	368
Lothian	483	459	489	475	457	537	489	498	549	549	498	559
Orkney Islands	11	19	12	8	19	9	12	15	4	15	21	7
Shetland Islands	13	10	14	11	14	16	10	10	26	8	7	20
Tayside	234	239	240	271	252	299	321	251	298	285	286	310
Western Isles	21	5	12	42	24	22	27	24	14	27	13	21

 

Table (b) Crude Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population for Scotland

Year of diagnosis	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Scotland1	3011	3222	3305	3217	3189	3387	3365	3447	3600	3672	3690	3570
- crude rates per 100,000 population	114.2	122.1	125.2	121.7	120.4	127.8	127.2	130.5	136.5	139.3	140.3	135.7

Source: Scottish Cancer Registry, ISD.

Note: 1. Includes cases where the health board of residence was not known. 

The information requested is not held centrally.

Occupied Crown property is liable for council tax with the exception of dwellings owned by the Ministry of Defence for armed forces accommodation. In those cases, the Ministry of Defence make a payment in lieu of council tax.

Honours are awarded by HerMajesty the Queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. All Government departmentsare invited to assist the Prime Minister in this process by submitting recommendationsfor consideration. Details of this process are confidential.

Those Government Department officialswho received an Honour in Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday Honours are listed ina table contained in the answer to Westminster Parliamentary question 5125, whichcan be found in Hansard. A copy of the table has been placed in the Scottish  ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 36984).

The Scottish Executive does not currently have any specific measures to recruit dentists from Greece, Portugal, Germany, Spain or India as responsibilityfor recruitment is a matter for NHS boards and independent dental practitionerswho own dental practices.

There is a general understandingthat some boards and indeed some dental practitioners have advertised vacanciesand recruited from abroad. Candidates from the EU would be entitled to apply forposts that they are qualified for but specific information is not held centrallyby the Scottish Executive.

There has been a high-level ofinterest from Indian dentists wishing to work in Scotland. However, before beingconsidered fit to practice in the UK by the General Dental Council, applicants fromoutwith the EU are required to sit an English language proficiency exam and a clinicalcompetence exam known as the IQE (International Qualifying Exam) and this processcan be quite lengthy.This latter issue is reserved and the General Dental Counciland the Department of
Health (England ) are ensuring that the process is as efficient as possible.

Since 1999, in all PPP/PFIprocurements in Scotland competitively priced funding arrangements have beenproposed by bidders. There has been no separate funding competition instigatedby the public sector.

The Scottish Executive keepsprocurement mechanisms such as funding competitions under review whenconsidering appropriate delivery arrangements. Currently there is healthycompetition in Scotland in the PPP funding market, with several bondproviders adding to bank lenders and equity players. The cost of PPP fundinghas come down since early projects. A separate funding competition organised bythe client public sector authority could add considerably to the time and costinvolved in the procurement.