Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-28214

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of patients who received long-term care from the NHS in 2005-06 had to pay towards their care.

Question reference: S2W-28107

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 20 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many local sport strategies it has promoted in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-27896

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 20 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many bookings for outdoor activities have been made through visitscotland.com since its launch (a) in total and (b) broken down by tourist board area.

Visitscotland.com acts as animportant source of information to our many visitors who come to Scotland toparticipate in outdoor activities. It provides information about the outdooractivities on offer, as well as providing a facility for booking accommodationas part of the visit. It also provides and takes bookings for a range ofpre-packaged products such as events-based breaks which include accommodationas well as a ticket for the event. It does not, however, take bookings directlyfor outdoor activities which are not part of these packages, although it willrefer enquirers to the appropriate provider if they wish to make a booking.

Question reference: S2W-28491

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2006
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-27625 by Rhona Brankin on 28 August 2006, when it expects Dr Gemmell to respond.

Question reference: S2W-28108

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 19 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its computer accounts have been hacked into in each year since 1999, broken down by department.

Question reference: S2W-27942

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences involving air guns there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down into those committed by persons aged (a) under 16 and (b) 16 and over, in each police force area.

The number of recorded crimes and offences involving air weapons and unidentified weapons in the last ten years, and the age breakdown of the main accused, where known, by police force area, are given in the following tables.

There have been changes in recording practices which have affected the number of recorded crimes and offences involving air weapons in recent years. In Strathclyde, prior to 2001, and Lothian and Borders, prior to 2002, if a weapon was not seen or seen but not established, an assumption was made about what type of weapon this was. It was usually assumed that it was an air weapon and was recorded as such in the statistical return. However, this recording practice was changed, and if a weapon was not seen or seen but not established, it was recorded as such and no assumption was made about what the weapon was. This had the effect of decreasing the number of incidents involving an air weapon and increasing those involving an unidentified weapon.

In 2003 Lothian and Borders police began recording details of incidents using crime reports from members of the public. The complainants may identify the firearm involved as an air weapon, based on the type of damage caused, even if they have not seen the firearm. This has led to an increase in the alleged use of air weapons and a decrease in the alleged use of unidentified firearms.

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial Year, 1995-96

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified
Central	20	0	23	5	14	0	57	5
Dumfries and Galloway	1	0	8	0	1	0	10	0
Fife	21	0	21	2	3	1	45	3
Grampian	16	0	27	1	65	4	108	5
Lothian and Borders	33	2	30	2	163	48	226	52
Northern	5	0	0	0	4	0	9	0
Strathclyde	65	3	46	71	531	93	642	167
Tayside	15	0	10	0	33	1	58	1
Scotland	176	5	165	81	814	147	1,155	233

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of MainAccused and Financial Year, 1996-97

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified
Central	10	0	11	0	7	0	28	0
Dumfries and Galloway	5	0	10	0	0	0	15	0
Fife	23	0	11	0	5	1	39	1
Grampian	12	0	13	0	34	2	59	2
Lothian and Borders	11	0	19	1	150	4	180	5
Northern	3	0	2	0	0	1	5	1
Strathclyde	72	3	79	25	414	39	565	67
Tayside	38	0	17	18	49	5	104	23
Scotland	174	3	162	44	659	52	995	99

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial Year, 1997-98

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon
Central	5	0	20	0	3	0	28	0
Dumfries and Galloway	2	0	6	0	0	1	8	1
Fife	5	0	17	0	2	0	24	0
Grampian	11	0	19	2	22	1	52	3
Lothian and Borders	14	0	9	4	116	25	139	29
Northern	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Strathclyde	62	0	86	8	265	24	413	32
Tayside	15	4	17	0	17	0	49	4
Scotland	117	4	175	14	425	51	717	69

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial year, 1998-99

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon
Central	14	2	25	2	10	0	49	4
Dumfries and Galloway	6	0	3	0	2	0	11	0
Fife	5	0	20	0	1	0	26	0
Grampian	11	1	9	1	24	3	44	5
Lothian and Borders	18	0	14	1	117	28	149	29
Northern	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
Strathclyde	54	1	63	13	211	36	328	50
Tayside	13	0	11	4	40	1	64	5
Scotland	121	4	149	21	405	68	675	93

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial year, 1999-2000

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon
Central	7	0	10	0	15	0	32	0
Dumfries and Galloway	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Fife	6	0	9	0	8	0	23	0
Grampian	7	0	22	2	25	4	54	6
Lothian and Borders	14	0	21	6	131	37	166	43
Northern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strathclyde	55	2	73	5	175	29	303	36
Tayside	7	0	16	0	22	2	45	2
Scotland	99	2	151	13	376	72	626	87

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial year, 2000-01

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon
Central	11	1	19	2	7	0	37	3
Dumfries and Galloway	3	0	6	0	3	0	12	0
Fife	3	0	5	0	4	0	12	0
Grampian	4	0	15	1	30	0	49	1
Lothian and Borders	14	0	14	6	121	45	149	51
Northern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strathclyde	54	0	70	33	149	55	273	88
Tayside	2	0	22	3	12	8	36	11
Scotland	91	1	151	45	326	108	568	154

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial year, 2001-02

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon
Central	3	0	16	2	2	6	21	8
Dumfries and Galloway	18	0	18	0	8	0	44	0
Fife	3	0	16	0	6	0	25	0
Grampian	15	1	21	0	20	0	56	1
Lothian and Borders	20	3	9	0	75	82	104	85
Northern	0	0	4	0	1	0	5	0
Strathclyde	26	14	48	73	19	261	93	348
Tayside	6	0	19	1	44	1	69	2
Scotland	91	18	151	76	175	350	417	444

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial year, 2002-03

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon
Central	0	0	7	0	4	0	11	0
Dumfries and Galloway	3	0	2	0	10	0	15	0
Fife	7	0	14	0	5	0	26	0
Grampian	22	0	21	5	10	2	53	7
Lothian and Borders	14	0	38	6	69	137	121	143
Northern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strathclyde	27	9	38	56	5	266	70	331
Tayside	2	0	8	0	28	3	38	3
Scotland	75	9	128	67	131	408	334	484

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial year, 2003-04

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon
Central	0	0	9	0	4	0	13	0
Dumfries and Galloway	2	0	0	0	12	0	14	0
Fife	0	0	5	0	9	0	14	0
Grampian	0	1	9	5	4	2	13	8
Lothian and Borders	4	0	32	1	227	34	263	35
Northern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strathclyde	21	12	47	84	2	219	70	315
Tayside	6	0	14	2	34	6	54	8
Scotland	33	13	116	92	292	261	441	366

Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police in which an Air Weapon was Alleged to have been used by Age of Main Accused and Financial year, 2004-05¹

Age of Accused	Under 16		16 and Over		No Accused Identified		Total
Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Police Force	Air Weapon	Un-Identified	Air Weapon
Central	5	0	16	2	8	0	29	2
Dumfries and Galloway	5	0	7	0	9	0	21	0
Fife	2	0	0	0	5	4	7	4
Grampian	2	0	15	6	3	2	20	8
Lothian and Borders	5	0	31	6	272	18	308	24
Northern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strathclyde	19	17	45	67	12	283	76	367
Tayside	2	0	15	5	20	10	37	15
Scotland	40	17	129	86	329	317	498	420

Note: 1. Figures revised since publication of 2004-05 to take into account late returns. There is one more incident involving an air weapon with no accused identified.

Question reference: S2W-28216

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people suffering from malnutrition when they were (a) admitted to and (b) discharged from hospital spent (i) up to one week, (ii) from one week to one month, (iii) from one to three months and (iv) more than three months in hospital in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Information is availableon patients where a diagnosis of malnutrition is entered on their hospital recordsat some point during their stay. This does not differentiate between diagnosis atadmission, discharge or during an admission.

The followingtable presents the number of patients discharged from acute hospitals in Scotland during the past financial year whoreceived a diagnosis of malnutrition at some point in their stay, categorised bythe length of stay. These figures are likely to understate the true number of casesbecause malnutrition is often a symptom of illness rather than a cause and, as such,may not always be recorded.

PatientsDischarged from Scottish Hospitals with a Diagnosis of Malnutrition

Length of stay	Financial year ending 31 March 2006
7 days or less	939
8 to 28 days	616
29 to 84 days	214
85 days or more	57
Total patients	1,826

Source: SMR01linked database.

Date: 12th September 2006.

Ref: ISD/HIG/IR2006-02730.

Question reference: S2W-28215

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were (a) admitted to NHS hospitals with malnutrition and (b) treated for malnutrition in NHS hospitals in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by hospital.

Information is availableon patients where a diagnosis of malnutrition is entered on their hospital recordsat some point during their stay. This does not indicate whether patients receivedtreatment for the condition.

A table is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 40371) which presents the number of patients discharged from acutehospitals in Scotland during the past financial year who receiveda diagnosis of malnutrition at some point in their stay, categorised by hospital. Thesefigures are likely to understate the true number of cases because malnutrition isoften a symptom of illness rather than a cause and, as such, may not always be recorded.

Question reference: S2W-27893

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 14 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what VisitScotland’s salary bill has been in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of its total budget for each year.

The VisitScotland salary costsin each year since 1999, also expressed as a percentage of its total budget, areshown in the following table:

Year	Salary Costs (£000)	% of Total Budget
1999-2000	4,687	18.8
2000-01	5,176	17.2
2001-02	5,666	12.8
2002-03	5,767	15.5
2003-04	5,789	14.3
2004-05	7,078	15.8

The comparative figures for 2005-06will not be available until VisitScotland publishes its audited accounts later inthe year.

Question reference: S2W-27835

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S2W-26952 which received a holding reply on 17 July 2006.

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