Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-29081

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Royal Mail blue transfer pouches were used for inter-prison records transfer in the last 12 months for which the information is available.

Question reference: S2W-29079

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the General Practice Administration System for Scotland (GPASS) is available to the contractor under Contract No. 00487 for the provision of enhanced addiction casework services to the Scottish Prison Service.

Question reference: S2W-29080

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many case management files relating to individuals’ addictions are currently open in each prison.

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

The number open is given in thefollowing table:

Aberdeen	72
Barlinnie	196
Cornton Vale	115
Dumfries	30
Edinburgh	170
Glenochil	130
Greenock	69
Inverness	27
Low Moss	110
Open Estate	101
Perth	52
Polmont	191
Shotts	125

Question reference: S2W-29077

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive for how many prisoners (a) who were considered to have literacy and/or numeracy difficulties or (b) for whom English was considered to be a second language national harm reduction awareness sessions were delivered in a suitable format and style in the last 12 months for which the information is available.

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

The information is not available.The specific needs of individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds or for thosefor whom English may be a second language, will be met by the Enhanced AddictionCasework Service. Appropriate specialist support will be made available. Harm reductionawareness sessions can be delivered on an individual basis if required. Harm ReductionAwareness documentation is also available in Braille and large print.

Question reference: S2W-29082

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Royal Mail blue transfer pouches, used for inter-prison records transfer, have been lost in transit in the last 12 months for which the information is available.

Question reference: S2W-29078

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals were made to the Throughcare Addiction Service by (a) the Scottish Prison Service or (b) prisoners themselves in the last 12 months for which the information is available.

Question reference: S2W-29076

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average and median times are after reception by the Scottish Prison Service before eligible prisoners, other than those who refuse to do so, attend national harm reduction awareness sessions in each prison.

Question reference: S2W-29073

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of eligible prisoners currently fail to attend national harm reduction awareness sessions in each prison.

Question reference: S2W-29074

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of eligible prisoners who initially refuse to attend national harm reduction awareness sessions in each prison subsequently ask to attend.

Question reference: S2W-28970

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the mortality rate amongst (a) men and (b) women has been in each year since 1980, broken down by (i) socio-economic group and (ii) local area.

The following tables give mortalityrates by local authority since 1981 (comparable information is not available for1980). There is no readily available information on mortality rates by socio-economicgroup. However, a major research project on this complex topic, commissioned bythe Scottish Executive, has recently been completed. A comprehensive report on thisresearch will be published during the winter. It will contain detailed analysesof patterns and trends in mortality, and other aspects of health, according to socialclass and area-based deprivation measures.

Health Inequalities in Scotland:Decennial Report on Socioeconomic and Spatial Variations in Health around the 1991and 2001 Censuses

(a) Male Mortality Rates byCouncil Area, 1981-2005 (Crude Death Rates per 1,000 population)

	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Scotland	12.7	12.8	12.6	12.4	12.6	12.6	12.4	12.4	12.7
Aberdeen City	11.7	12.5	12.2	11.3	11.8	11.7	11.2	11.5	11.6
Aberdeenshire	11.1	10.6	10.4	10.5	10.9	10.6	9.7	10.2	10.2
Angus	12.2	12.3	12.0	11.4	12.6	11.9	12.8	12.4	12.8
Argyll and Bute	13.4	13.1	13.2	13.0	12.4	13.0	13.1	12.0	12.8
Clackmannanshire	10.6	11.0	10.5	9.7	12.8	10.7	11.7	12.4	11.5
Dumfries and Galloway	13.8	13.6	13.4	12.8	13.4	13.1	14.1	13.0	13.8
Dundee City	11.9	12.9	12.9	13.7	13.2	13.6	12.5	13.5	13.7
East Ayrshire	13.5	13.5	13.9	12.8	12.2	12.7	12.0	12.1	13.5
East Dunbartonshire	9.2	8.3	8.9	8.5	8.3	8.2	9.6	8.8	9.4
East Lothian	12.2	13.0	12.3	12.6	13.6	12.8	12.7	12.8	13.1
East Renfrewshire	9.8	10.0	9.9	10.4	9.9	10.5	9.4	9.2	10.1
Edinburgh, City of	12.5	13.1	12.7	12.7	12.9	12.4	12.4	12.6	12.0
Eilean Siar	16.6	15.2	16.0	16.5	15.9	15.5	15.3	15.5	17.3
Falkirk	11.8	12.8	13.1	12.0	12.0	12.6	12.8	12.9	12.7
Fife	12.7	12.2	12.0	11.9	12.1	11.9	11.7	12.0	12.0
Glasgow City	15.8	15.5	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.5	15.1	15.2	15.6
Highland	13.0	13.1	13.0	12.1	12.1	12.7	12.3	11.4	12.3
Inverclyde	13.3	13.5	12.5	13.2	13.7	13.9	13.7	12.5	14.4
Midlothian	10.6	10.0	10.0	10.4	10.7	10.6	10.8	10.6	9.6
Moray	11.9	10.9	11.6	12.1	12.2	12.2	10.6	12.1	11.0
North Ayrshire	11.9	13.7	11.6	12.7	12.2	12.3	12.7	11.5	12.1
North Lanarkshire	11.6	11.6	10.8	11.0	11.8	11.3	11.1	10.7	11.9
Orkney Islands	13.5	12.1	14.7	13.3	14.5	13.8	13.7	15.1	16.0
Perth and Kinross	13.7	14.0	14.2	13.3	13.0	14.1	13.8	12.7	14.5
Renfrewshire	12.1	12.0	12.5	12.6	12.2	12.3	11.8	11.6	11.7
Scottish Borders	14.5	14.7	13.7	12.9	13.8	13.1	12.7	12.8	13.8
Shetland Islands	8.2	10.2	12.4	9.9	11.2	10.9	11.4	10.8	10.9
South Ayrshire	13.7	13.8	14.3	13.1	13.2	14.1	13.5	12.7	13.4
South Lanarkshire	10.7	11.1	10.9	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.6	10.7	11.1
Stirling	12.1	11.2	11.3	11.9	11.8	12.2	11.0	12.7	10.9
West Dunbartonshire	12.5	11.7	12.4	11.6	13.1	13.6	12.8	12.6	13.7
West Lothian	9.6	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.7	9.8	9.8	10.0	10.1

(a) continued	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Scotland	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.5	11.6	11.7	11.9	11.6
Aberdeen City	10.8	10.7	10.5	10.4	10.0	10.7	10.8	9.9
Aberdeenshire	9.7	9.2	9.8	10.1	9.1	9.4	9.0	8.9
Angus	11.7	11.9	12.3	12.2	11.7	11.9	12.8	10.8
Argyll and Bute	12.4	11.5	12.8	14.0	13.6	13.0	12.3	12.8
Clackmannanshire	10.6	10.7	11.6	10.5	10.1	10.4	11.4	11.4
Dumfries and Galloway	12.4	12.8	12.7	13.1	12.3	12.6	12.5	12.3
Dundee City	13.3	12.5	13.0	13.4	12.3	12.3	13.0	12.7
East Ayrshire	13.0	11.4	11.7	12.7	12.1	12.2	11.1	13.0
East Dunbartonshire	10.0	9.0	9.2	9.2	8.5	8.5	9.8	9.1
East Lothian	11.7	13.0	12.1	13.1	11.6	12.0	12.4	12.0
East Renfrewshire	8.2	9.1	9.5	9.5	8.9	9.1	8.7	9.0
Edinburgh, City of	12.2	12.1	11.9	12.1	10.9	11.0	11.6	10.8
Eilean Siar	15.0	15.1	15.1	14.8	14.3	15.2	15.6	15.1
Falkirk	12.6	11.6	11.8	12.6	11.9	11.1	12.3	11.2
Fife	11.1	11.8	11.4	12.0	11.2	11.2	11.5	11.0
Glasgow City	14.7	14.8	14.6	15.4	14.4	15.2	14.9	14.0
Highland	11.8	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.6	11.3	11.8	11.4
Inverclyde	14.4	13.3	13.9	14.9	14.0	14.1	15.5	13.6
Midlothian	10.5	10.1	10.5	11.5	9.7	11.0	10.6	10.6
Moray	11.3	11.7	11.0	11.9	10.7	11.0	10.7	9.8
North Ayrshire	11.1	12.1	12.0	12.9	11.8	11.6	12.4	12.4
North Lanarkshire	11.2	11.4	11.2	12.1	11.5	10.9	11.4	11.5
Orkney Islands	12.8	12.5	13.1	12.0	12.3	12.9	12.1	12.4
Perth and Kinross	13.4	14.0	12.5	13.9	12.8	12.6	12.0	12.4
Renfrewshire	11.9	12.4	12.7	12.0	11.9	11.3	12.0	12.1
Scottish Borders	13.8	13.7	13.0	13.1	12.0	12.7	12.2	12.4
Shetland Islands	11.1	10.9	10.7	13.4	11.8	10.4	10.9	10.8
South Ayrshire	13.0	13.3	11.7	14.7	11.9	12.8	12.5	13.3
South Lanarkshire	10.7	10.5	11.3	11.8	10.8	11.5	11.1	11.1
Stirling	10.9	12.1	11.8	11.7	11.1	10.5	11.5	10.6
West Dunbartonshire	12.6	13.1	14.5	12.4	11.7	11.8	13.7	13.7
West Lothian	9.6	9.2	9.6	10.0	9.1	9.2	9.8	9.7

(a) continued	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Scotland	11.5	11.7	11.3	11.2	11.4	11.4	10.9	10.8
Aberdeen City	9.6	10.5	10.0	10.4	10.6	9.8	10.1	10.3
Aberdeenshire	9.1	8.8	9.1	9.1	8.8	9.1	9.0	8.3
Angus	11.5	11.7	11.5	11.8	11.8	11.3	11.6	12.3
Argyll and Bute	13.1	13.3	11.6	12.2	11.9	12.0	12.6	11.4
Clackmannanshire	10.1	11.4	10.8	10.6	11.0	10.4	10.9	11.0
Dumfries and Galloway	12.2	12.3	12.1	12.1	12.0	13.0	12.0	12.3
Dundee City	12.7	13.3	12.6	12.9	13.0	13.3	12.7	12.2
East Ayrshire	11.7	12.5	11.5	12.3	11.7	12.5	10.5	11.6
East Dunbartonshire	9.3	8.4	9.7	8.5	9.1	8.8	9.2	8.9
East Lothian	12.0	11.7	10.6	10.3	11.3	11.0	10.8	11.1
East Renfrewshire	9.2	8.5	9.8	9.2	9.2	10.2	8.9	9.1
Edinburgh, City of	10.2	10.9	10.2	10.4	9.7	10.0	9.5	9.6
Eilean Siar	15.0	16.0	15.3	13.8	15.9	16.8	14.5	15.0
Falkirk	11.1	11.4	11.3	10.6	11.9	11.1	10.6	10.6
Fife	11.3	11.1	10.8	10.8	11.3	10.8	10.8	10.1
Glasgow City	14.8	14.9	13.9	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.0	12.1
Highland	11.5	12.0	11.7	11.4	11.3	11.5	11.5	10.6
Inverclyde	13.9	14.2	13.4	13.5	14.6	14.5	13.3	12.4
Midlothian	11.8	10.1	10.9	10.2	11.2	10.2	10.1	10.0
Moray	10.4	10.5	10.7	10.5	11.2	10.9	9.4	10.6
North Ayrshire	11.7	11.4	12.1	12.1	12.3	12.1	11.8	11.9
North Lanarkshire	10.8	11.6	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.2	10.4	10.7
Orkney Islands	13.0	12.6	10.9	12.0	10.2	10.2	11.3	11.9
Perth and Kinross	11.4	12.2	11.4	10.8	11.0	11.2	11.4	10.7
Renfrewshire	11.8	12.6	12.0	11.5	12.5	12.8	11.7	12.1
Scottish Borders	11.8	11.7	12.1	11.5	12.5	12.9	11.1	11.4
Shetland Islands	10.6	10.3	7.7	9.6	9.4	10.2	8.5	7.8
South Ayrshire	12.7	12.4	12.2	12.5	13.3	13.1	12.1	12.2
South Lanarkshire	11.3	11.5	10.8	10.3	11.0	10.8	11.1	10.6
Stirling	10.8	10.8	9.9	10.1	10.4	10.0	10.1	9.7
West Dunbartonshire	12.1	12.8	12.2	12.1	12.6	13.1	12.2	12.4
West Lothian	10.0	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.0	9.5	8.2	9.0

(b) Female Mortality Ratesby Council Area, 1981-2005 (Crude Death Rates Per 1,000 Population)

	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Scotland	12.0	12.4	12.1	11.9	12.3	12.2	12.0	12.1	12.9
Aberdeen City	12.0	12.8	12.8	11.9	12.4	12.3	11.5	11.5	13.2
Aberdeenshire	10.1	10.4	10.0	9.8	10.6	9.8	9.6	9.2	10.0
Angus	11.3	12.8	12.4	12.2	13.3	13.0	14.5	13.8	13.1
Argyll and Bute	14.0	15.3	14.7	13.7	13.8	14.5	13.8	13.8	15.3
Clackmannanshire	10.1	11.0	10.1	10.5	12.0	11.2	11.0	9.8	11.5
Dumfries and Galloway	13.0	11.7	12.9	12.7	13.3	12.3	12.9	12.4	13.8
Dundee City	11.9	13.9	13.6	13.6	14.4	14.1	13.2	13.4	13.6
East Ayrshire	11.8	12.4	11.8	10.9	11.8	12.1	11.5	11.1	12.3
East Dunbartonshire	9.0	8.8	8.9	9.4	8.3	8.8	8.4	8.7	9.3
East Lothian	12.3	11.6	11.4	11.4	11.6	13.3	13.0	12.5	12.8
East Renfrewshire	10.0	10.4	9.8	10.6	10.2	9.7	10.2	10.4	10.8
Edinburgh, City of	13.1	13.1	13.2	12.8	13.4	13.4	12.7	13.1	14.2
Eilean Siar	14.9	14.8	14.6	14.0	13.0	16.0	14.0	16.1	14.5
Falkirk	10.4	10.5	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.7	10.8	11.1	12.1
Fife	11.2	11.8	11.6	11.0	11.9	11.5	11.2	11.7	12.6
Glasgow City	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.4	14.4	14.9	14.5	14.6	15.8
Highland	11.6	11.5	11.2	11.7	11.9	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.8
Inverclyde	13.1	13.3	11.5	11.0	12.3	13.2	11.6	13.5	13.1
Midlothian	8.7	9.5	8.9	9.4	10.2	9.9	9.9	10.8	9.9
Moray	11.3	11.0	11.1	10.7	12.0	10.7	11.0	12.2	11.9
North Ayrshire	11.5	12.5	11.0	11.8	12.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	12.4
North Lanarkshire	10.0	10.6	10.3	10.2	10.6	10.2	10.5	10.1	11.0
Orkney Islands	12.7	12.8	11.7	10.8	11.6	11.9	11.6	15.1	12.0
Perth and Kinross	12.7	14.5	13.3	13.2	13.3	13.3	12.5	12.8	13.8
Renfrewshire	11.4	12.3	11.0	11.3	11.8	12.0	11.8	11.4	11.8
Scottish Borders	14.0	15.9	14.7	13.6	15.4	13.5	13.9	14.0	14.2
Shetland Islands	11.4	11.8	11.9	12.2	10.2	11.1	10.5	11.9	10.6
South Ayrshire	13.7	14.6	14.2	13.3	13.9	13.5	12.4	12.5	13.5
South Lanarkshire	10.1	10.7	10.5	10.3	10.7	10.1	10.4	10.2	11.6
Stirling	11.2	11.0	10.6	10.1	11.5	11.6	11.0	11.7	11.7
West Dunbartonshire	11.0	11.7	11.2	10.3	11.7	10.5	11.2	10.6	12.3
West Lothian	8.9	9.1	8.3	8.7	8.0	8.9	8.5	9.0	9.4

(b) continued	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Scotland	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.7	11.7	12.0	11.9	11.8
Aberdeen City	11.7	11.0	11.0	12.7	11.0	11.0	10.8	10.8
Aberdeenshire	9.8	10.0	9.8	10.5	9.5	9.4	8.6	9.2
Angus	13.4	13.9	13.8	14.5	13.7	13.8	13.6	13.0
Argyll and Bute	14.5	14.2	13.2	15.9	13.6	14.5	14.9	14.2
Clackmannanshire	9.6	9.6	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.9	11.4	10.2
Dumfries and Galloway	12.6	13.4	13.4	13.4	12.4	11.2	12.8	12.3
Dundee City	12.5	12.1	12.8	13.2	11.5	12.3	12.9	12.2
East Ayrshire	12.0	12.3	11.6	12.1	12.3	11.6	12.2	13.4
East Dunbartonshire	8.9	8.6	9.3	9.6	9.3	8.8	8.8	9.9
East Lothian	12.6	12.4	11.9	13.2	12.4	12.9	13.1	13.0
East Renfrewshire	9.8	10.0	9.9	10.3	9.7	10.9	10.4	10.2
Edinburgh, City of	13.2	13.1	12.9	13.1	12.3	12.0	12.0	11.7
Eilean Siar	14.9	14.9	13.3	16.6	14.9	14.6	14.6	14.8
Falkirk	11.7	11.6	12.2	13.1	12.2	11.8	11.2	11.1
Fife	11.5	12.1	11.9	11.7	11.0	11.5	11.5	11.4
Glasgow City	14.2	14.1	14.4	15.0	13.6	14.2	14.1	13.8
Highland	11.3	11.2	10.5	11.3	11.0	12.0	11.1	11.5
Inverclyde	13.0	13.9	12.4	14.9	12.9	13.7	13.5	12.9
Midlothian	10.2	11.2	9.3	10.4	10.0	10.8	11.0	10.1
Moray	11.7	10.8	11.6	11.7	10.6	11.4	10.0	10.4
North Ayrshire	12.4	11.5	11.4	13.1	11.9	12.2	11.5	11.8
North Lanarkshire	10.8	11.0	10.9	11.8	10.5	11.5	11.2	10.8
Orkney Islands	14.4	11.1	12.6	14.4	11.5	11.0	11.0	11.8
Perth and Kinross	13.9	12.6	14.1	14.6	13.3	13.1	13.0	12.5
Renfrewshire	11.5	10.9	11.7	12.5	11.1	11.4	11.5	11.4
Scottish Borders	14.3	13.9	13.0	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.4	13.4
Shetland Islands	11.4	9.9	11.7	11.8	11.5	9.9	11.1	10.6
South Ayrshire	13.4	13.4	13.5	14.6	13.2	14.4	13.2	13.4
South Lanarkshire	10.3	10.7	10.8	11.8	10.7	11.0	11.6	11.7
Stirling	10.6	11.7	11.4	11.5	11.7	11.0	12.0	11.3
West Dunbartonshire	11.1	11.8	11.2	11.9	12.0	12.1	11.8	12.9
West Lothian	8.0	9.3	8.5	9.4	7.8	9.2	9.2	9.4

(b) continued	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Scotland	11.8	12.0	11.5	11.4	11.6	11.7	11.2	11.1
Aberdeen City	10.8	11.1	11.4	10.3	10.5	11.3	11.0	10.7
Aberdeenshire	9.4	9.8	9.2	9.1	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.0
Angus	12.8	14.3	13.5	12.8	13.0	13.4	12.8	12.4
Argyll and Bute	15.2	13.7	13.8	12.7	14.2	13.2	12.2	12.4
Clackmannanshire	11.1	9.8	11.4	11.0	10.4	10.4	10.1	11.3
Dumfries and Galloway	12.3	12.5	12.0	12.0	12.3	13.0	13.0	12.6
Dundee City	13.2	12.6	12.4	12.9	12.4	13.0	12.1	12.3
East Ayrshire	12.0	14.0	12.5	12.7	12.2	13.2	12.1	12.9
East Dunbartonshire	8.4	10.1	8.7	8.9	10.3	9.9	9.1	8.9
East Lothian	11.9	11.7	12.9	11.4	11.5	12.7	11.0	11.0
East Renfrewshire	9.9	10.1	9.9	9.1	9.6	10.9	10.4	9.1
Edinburgh, City of	11.6	11.6	11.2	10.6	10.5	10.4	9.8	9.9
Eilean Siar	13.6	13.8	15.4	13.1	14.9	14.8	12.3	14.7
Falkirk	11.4	11.5	11.3	11.1	11.7	11.6	11.4	10.3
Fife	11.7	11.5	11.0	11.5	11.6	11.5	10.9	11.1
Glasgow City	13.8	14.1	13.2	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.2	12.3
Highland	11.5	11.2	11.4	11.6	11.6	11.5	10.8	10.4
Inverclyde	13.4	13.1	14.0	12.9	12.6	12.4	12.8	13.1
Midlothian	10.1	10.4	10.0	10.5	11.5	10.3	9.9	10.9
Moray	10.6	11.8	11.3	11.0	11.1	11.0	11.5	10.8
North Ayrshire	12.1	12.7	12.0	12.0	11.7	12.0	12.0	11.6
North Lanarkshire	10.8	10.8	10.3	10.4	10.8	11.0	10.8	10.3
Orkney Islands	12.0	9.3	9.3	11.8	11.7	11.2	10.9	9.3
Perth and Kinross	13.1	12.8	11.3	12.0	12.5	12.9	12.1	11.7
Renfrewshire	11.6	12.1	11.7	11.8	11.6	11.8	11.9	11.3
Scottish Borders	13.3	13.3	12.5	12.4	13.3	13.3	12.7	12.4
Shetland Islands	10.7	9.3	8.3	10.8	10.1	10.5	10.2	7.2
South Ayrshire	13.2	13.2	14.0	13.5	13.7	13.3	12.9	12.8
South Lanarkshire	10.9	11.9	10.9	11.4	11.4	11.2	11.1	10.8
Stirling	10.6	11.8	10.7	11.6	10.6	11.1	10.0	10.3
West Dunbartonshire	12.3	13.2	12.2	12.8	12.1	12.7	12.0	12.8
West Lothian	9.3	10.2	8.6	8.9	10.1	9.7	8.4	9.1

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