- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 25 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) it and (b) non-departmental public bodies spent on advertising in 2004-05, broken down by media type.
Answer
Information on Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) is not held centrally by the Executive. NDPBs are responsible for the management and monitoring of their own budgets and spending on advertising is an operational matter for them to manage within their overall budget provision.
The advertising spend for the Scottish Executive by media type for 2004-05 is listed in the following table.
Media | TV | £1,834,251.05 |
Radio | £1,142,097.57 |
Cinema | £137,351.33 |
Press | £1,398,721.96 |
Outdoor/Ambient | £1,361,067.95 |
Online | £79,889.65 |
Total | £5,953,379.51 |
Research | Total | £443,803.80 |
Agency Fees | Total | £623,327.29 |
Production | Total | £2,524,401.44 |
Advertising Total | £9,544,912.05 |
The following is a corrected answer (published on 25 July 2005); see below.
Mr Tom McCabe: Information on Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) is not held centrally by the Executive. NDPBs are responsible for the management and monitoring of their own budgets and spending on advertising is an operational matter for them to manage within their overall budget provision.
The advertising spend for the Scottish Executive by media type for 2004-05 is listed in the following table.
Media | TV | £1,834,251.05 |
Radio | £1,142,097.57 |
Cinema | £137,351.33 |
Press | £1,398,721.96 |
Outdoor/Ambient | £1,361,067.95 |
Online | £79,889.65 |
Total | £5,953,379.51 |
Research | Total | £443,803.80 |
Agency Fees | Total | £623,327.29 |
Production | Total | £2,524,401.44 |
Advertising Total | £9,544,912.05 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the gross domestic product per head of population was in (a) Aberdeen, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Dundee, (d) Glasgow and (e) Scotland in (i) the most recent year for which figures are available, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 1997.
Answer
The following table providesthe gross value added (GVA) per head between 1997 and 2002. Gross Domestic Product(GDP) at basic prices is commonly referred to as GVA. The most recent year for whichfigures are available is 2002.
Table 1: Gross Value Added (GVA)1Per Head by NUTS3 Area at Current Basic Prices 1997 to 2002 (£ Per Head)
| 1997 | 2001 | 2002 |
Scotland | 11,980 | 13,909 | 14,651 |
Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and North East Moray | 16,603 | 19,438 | 20,234 |
Angus and Dundee City | 11,190 | 12,250 | 12,737 |
Edinburgh, City of | 18,301 | 22,283 | 24,016 |
Glasgow City | 15,398 | 19,454 | 20,575 |
Source: Office for National Statistics:Regional Accounts.
Note: 1. Estimates are on a workplacebasis. Estimates of workplace based GVA allocate income to the region in which commuterswork.
These figures are from the RegionalAccounts produced by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are available downto NUTS3 area – for Aberdeen and Dundee, this area is wider than the local authority boundaries.GVA per head for other Scottish NUTS3 areasis available on the Office for National Statistics website
www.statistics.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 25 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many valuations of PFI/PPP assets where transfer of ownership to the public sector will take place on conclusion of the contract have been undertaken and what the total value was in each case.
Answer
None.
The improved or new assets constructedas a result of PPP projects will usually be accounted for on the contractor’s balancesheet. Valuations and accounting treatment during the contract are the responsibilityof the PPP contractor. When the asset is eventually transferred to the public sectorclient at the end of the contract, the asset will take its place on the public sectorbalance sheet and be valued and maintained accordingly.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 25 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the drop-out rates for modern apprenticeships were in each year from 1994 to 2004.
Answer
1. The drop-out rate for modernapprentices (MAs) is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands andIslands Enterprise. This information is not held centrally.
2. However, the Executive didcommission research in 2003 which looked at MA completion rates. The completionrates were as follows:
2000–01: 48%
2001–02: 51%
2002–03: 48%
3. The research pointed out thatalthough the completion rate at that time (2003) was 48%, many apprentices who leftthe programme went into further or higher education, found or remained in full-timeemployment or changed their vocational qualification.
4. Since the research, a numberof recommendations have been implemented and the completion rates now stand at 55%.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 22 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many carers were recorded by the 2001 Census, broken down into those (a) aged under 18, (b) aged 18 to 64, (c) aged 65 to 74, (d) aged 75 and over and (e) whose age was not known in each local authority area.
Answer
The information requested isin the following table.There are no people in category (e) because an age was imputedif no date of birth was supplied on the census form.
Council | All Carers | Aged Under 18 | Aged 18 to 64 | Aged 65 to 74 | Aged 75 and Over |
Scotland | 481,579 | 16,842 | 393,459 | 49,834 | 21,444 |
Aberdeen City | 16,758 | 455 | 13,537 | 1,908 | 858 |
Aberdeenshire | 17,009 | 596 | 14,030 | 1,692 | 691 |
Angus | 9,492 | 291 | 7,673 | 1,067 | 461 |
Argyll and Bute | 8,509 | 271 | 6,681 | 1,028 | 529 |
Clackmannanshire | 4,812 | 182 | 3,983 | 456 | 191 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 14,043 | 454 | 11,042 | 1,776 | 771 |
Dundee City | 13,942 | 457 | 11,162 | 1,529 | 794 |
East Ayrshire | 12,454 | 495 | 10,216 | 1,205 | 538 |
East Dunbartonshire | 11,656 | 415 | 9,553 | 1,202 | 486 |
East Lothian | 8,830 | 255 | 7,191 | 922 | 462 |
East Renfrewshire | 9,206 | 289 | 7,547 | 954 | 416 |
Edinburgh, City of | 38,876 | 1,162 | 31,291 | 4,192 | 2,231 |
Eilean Siar | 2,813 | 103 | 2,278 | 284 | 148 |
Falkirk | 14,914 | 527 | 12,375 | 1,440 | 572 |
Fife | 33,808 | 1,142 | 27,505 | 3,570 | 1,591 |
Glasgow City | 56,611 | 2,308 | 46,700 | 5,353 | 2,250 |
Highland | 18,505 | 724 | 14,915 | 2,031 | 835 |
Inverclyde | 8,167 | 243 | 6,679 | 885 | 360 |
Midlothian | 8,187 | 285 | 6,791 | 804 | 307 |
Moray | 6,835 | 311 | 5,457 | 769 | 298 |
North Ayrshire | 13,486 | 535 | 10,969 | 1,431 | 551 |
North Lanarkshire | 33,219 | 1,205 | 27,903 | 3,074 | 1,037 |
Orkney Islands | 1,706 | 71 | 1,382 | 179 | 74 |
Perth and Kinross | 12,134 | 390 | 9,628 | 1,415 | 701 |
Renfrewshire | 18,031 | 623 | 14,920 | 1,824 | 664 |
Scottish Borders | 9,172 | 286 | 7,264 | 1,072 | 550 |
Shetland Islands | 1,968 | 86 | 1,631 | 173 | 78 |
South Ayrshire | 11,385 | 342 | 9,029 | 1,352 | 662 |
South Lanarkshire | 31,896 | 1,115 | 26,475 | 3,146 | 1,160 |
Stirling | 8,129 | 266 | 6,644 | 857 | 362 |
West Dunbartonshire | 9,879 | 410 | 8,101 | 961 | 407 |
West Lothian | 15,147 | 548 | 12,907 | 1,283 | 409 |
Source: 2001 Census of Population.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 22 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths have been recorded where (a) clostridium difficile-associated disease, (b) MRSA, (c) vancomycin-resistant enterococci, (d) multi-resistant acinetobacter spp and (e) penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae was mentioned on the death certificate and in how many cases it was also the underlying cause of death in each year since 2001.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in the following table.
Deaths Associatedwith Certain Causes Mentioned on Death Certificates
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
(a) clostridium difficile-associated disease | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 139 | 137 | 157 | 206 |
- of which, underlying cause | 57 | 70 | 75 | 98 |
(b) MRSA | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 136 | 155 | 170 | 188 |
- of which, underlying cause | 36 | 46 | 39 | 42 |
(c) vancomycin-resistant enterococci | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- of which, underlying cause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(d) mult-resistant acinetobacter spp | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- of which, underlying cause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(e) penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- of which, underlying cause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The following is a correctedanswer (published on 29 August 2005); see below.
George Lyon: The information requested isgiven in the following table.
Deaths Associatedwith Certain Causes Mentioned on Death Certificates
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
(a) clostridium difficile-associated disease | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 139 | 137 | 157 | 206 |
- of which, underlying cause | 57 | 70 | 75 | 98 |
(b) MRSA | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 136 | 155 | 170 | 188 |
- of which, underlying cause | 36 | 46 | 39 | 42 |
(c) vancomycin-resistant enterococci | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- of which, underlying cause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(d) mult-resistant acinetobacter spp | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- of which, underlying cause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(e) penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae | | | | |
- mentioned on death certificate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- of which, underlying cause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
These data should be treatedwith great caution: detailed information on healthcare associated infections asa cause of death from specific infections can be difficult or impossible to interpretsafely. As at the end of 2004 there was no international code for recording MRSAas a cause of death: the MRSA data above were abstracted from hand-written noteson the original paper certificates, and are not taken from formal national electronicdatasets. In addition, detailed recording of specific healthcare associatedinfections as a cause of death is often influenced by the then current level ofprofessional and public awareness – e.g. in recording clostridium difficile ratherthat the more commonly used generic category, intestinal infection: apparent increasesin cases may therefore not reflect the true underlying picture.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it (a) has had and (b) plans to have with (i) current UK nuclear operators, (ii) overseas nuclear power operators and (iii) investors in respect of conditions which would be necessary for them to consider constructing or financing new nuclear power plants in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has neither had nor planned any discussions with nuclear operators or investors on the construction or financing of new nuclear power plants in Scotland.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) maximum and (b) median number of remand prisoners was in the most recent year for which figures are available, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The information is given in the following table :
2004 | (a) | (b) |
Aberdeen | 98 | 69 |
Barlinnie | 529 | 445 |
Cornton Vale | 115 | 79 |
Dumfries | 45 | 29 |
Edinburgh | 210 | 175 |
Greenock | 123 | 93 |
Inverness | 61 | 44 |
Kilmarnock | 94 | 77 |
Low Moss | 1 | 0 |
Perth | 178 | 150 |
Polmont | 131 | 103 |
Shotts | 1 | 0 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in updating its plans for the prison estate.
Answer
I asked the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to update its Prisons Estates Strategy in the light of the Napier judgement and other developments since the Estates Review was completed in 2002. As part of that work, the SPS will be discussing options for prison services in the north east of Scotland with a range of local and national interests over the coming weeks. The SPS will then report to me. I will thereafter decide on the way forward.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average (a) unsecured debt and (b) annual income per person was in each year since 1997.
Answer
(a) The Executive does not currently collect information on the debt of individuals. A recent report from the Department for Trade and Industry contains some information on debt for Great Britain, however we do not have this information at Scotland level. The report can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics1/pdf1/debtdtionmori.pdf. It is planned that the proposed Office for National Statistics survey on wealth and assets will collect information on household debt. The survey is in its early development stages. If it goes ahead, some data for Scotland should be available from this source.
(b)The following table presents estimates of the median weekly total individual income for Scotland, based on a three year rolling average, from 1996-97 to 2003-04.
Table: Median Total Individual Income1, Scotland, Averages for three rolling years, 1996-97 to 1998-99 to 2001-02 to 2003-04 (£ Per Week, 2003-04 Prices)
Year | All Adults |
1996-97 to 1998-99 | 177 |
1997-98 to 1999-2000 | 181 |
1998-99 to 2000-01 | 184 |
1999-2000 to 2001-02 | 191 |
2000-01 to 2002-03 | 199 |
2001-02 to 2003-04 | 206 |
Source: Family Resource Survey- Individual Incomes Analysis.
Note: 1. Excludes any income which is not accrued directly to the individual in their own right, but also excludes student loans, social fund loans and benefits in kind.
Total income includes all elements of income that are accrued to the individual in their own right. This includes income from earnings, self-employment, occupational pensions, investments, social security benefits and tax credits. Elements of income that are generally accrued by a household rather than an individual are excluded, e.g. housing benefit and council tax benefit, and income from letting/sub-letting.