- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) females and (b) males aged (i) under 16, (ii) 16 to 18 and (iii) 19 to 21 were identified as having a sexually transmitted infection in (1) total and (2) each NHS board area in each of the last five years, showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Answer
The full range of information requested is not held centrally. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are treated in a number of locations, including genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics, family planning clinics and primary care settings. Data from these locations are incomplete.
The information which is available from GUM clinic attendances is given in Table 1 – Patients aged 21 and under diagnosed with an STI in Scottish GUM clinics by NHS Board of residence, gender, year and age group; 2000-2004, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38635).
In addition, laboratory data on the four main STIs is routinely collected by Health Protection Scotland. The number of positive laboratory reports are very similar to diagnoses recorded at GUM clinics although chlamydia, which is the most frequent single diagnosis in this age group, is more likely to be diagnosed in other settings. The data in Table 2 - Laboratory reports of Chlamydia among persons aged 21 years and under by NHS Board of diagnosis, gender, year and age group; Scotland 2000-2004, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38636) contains the available data from laboratory reports, broken down by NHS board area.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prescriptions for anti-depressants have been dispensed in each NHS board area in each of the last five years, showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Answer
The information requested is provided in the following tables. The data given refer to prescriptions dispensed by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors, but do not take into account medicines dispensed by hospitals and hospital-based clinics.
Antidepressants Prescribed in Scotland - Financial Years 2000-01 to 2004-05
Number of Prescribed Items and Percentage Change (Year-on-Year)
| NHS Board | 2000-01 | 2000-01* | 2001-02 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2002-03 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 221,504 | 7.14% | 243,336 | 9.86% | 257,624 | 5.87% |
| Borders | 53,443 | 11.15% | 60,232 | 12.70% | 65,614 | 8.94% |
| Argyll and Clyde | 271,526 | 8.56% | 298,310 | 9.86% | 322,404 | 8.08% |
| Fife | 188,377 | 10.92% | 206,229 | 9.48% | 221,354 | 7.33% |
| Greater Glasgow | 539,972 | 9.34% | 589,782 | 9.22% | 639,060 | 8.36% |
| Highland | 101,523 | 10.20% | 110,881 | 9.22% | 117,976 | 6.40% |
| Lanarkshire | 322,447 | 9.75% | 355,414 | 10.22% | 387,851 | 9.13% |
| Grampian | 218,036 | 7.05% | 236,928 | 8.66% | 251,199 | 6.02% |
| Orkney | 8,362 | 5.98% | 9,031 | 8.00% | 9,780 | 8.29% |
| Lothian | 353,180 | 8.82% | 383,564 | 8.60% | 409,371 | 6.73% |
| Tayside | 209,570 | 9.04% | 227,574 | 8.59% | 239,351 | 5.18% |
| Forth Valley | 159,954 | 8.29% | 176,243 | 10.18% | 190,525 | 8.10% |
| Western Isles | 13,221 | 6.47% | 13,921 | 5.29% | 14,739 | 5.88% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 93,064 | 12.55% | 104,406 | 12.19% | 110,857 | 6.18% |
| Shetland | 11,085 | 3.37% | 11,050 | -0.32% | 11,178 | 1.16% |
| Scotland | 2,765,264 | 9.02% | 3,026,901 | 9.46% | 3,248,883 | 7.33% |
Notes: *Change from 1999-2000.
| NHS Board | 2003-04 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2004-05 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 270,635 | 5.05% | 273,690 | 1.13% |
| Borders | 71,920 | 9.61% | 77,163 | 7.29% |
| Argyll and Clyde | 335,175 | 3.96% | 344,166 | 2.68% |
| Fife | 226,317 | 2.24% | 229,122 | 1.24% |
| Greater Glasgow | 672,772 | 5.28% | 684,455 | 1.74% |
| Highland | 124,837 | 5.82% | 129,138 | 3.45% |
| Lanarkshire | 407,986 | 5.19% | 416,223 | 2.02% |
| Grampian | 267,534 | 6.50% | 277,851 | 3.86% |
| Orkney | 10,610 | 8.49% | 10,920 | 2.92% |
| Lothian | 423,442 | 3.44% | 428,340 | 1.16% |
| Tayside | 251,243 | 4.97% | 258,496 | 2.89% |
| Forth Valley | 197,125 | 3.46% | 201,302 | 2.12% |
| Western Isles | 15,658 | 6.24% | 16,512 | 5.45% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 115,347 | 4.05% | 117,937 | 2.25% |
| Shetland | 11,344 | 1.49% | 12,050 | 6.22% |
| Scotland | 3,401,945 | 4.71% | 3,477,365 | 2.22% |
Source: ISD.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been for the supply of alcohol to under-age customers in each of the last five years, broken down by police board area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Answer
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database records details of the charges against each accused in terms of the specific common law or statutory offence that is alleged to have been committed. The following table shows the total number of charges reported in the last three financial years where procurators fiscal commenced court proceedings for contraventions of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976, Section 68(1)&(7) which relate to a licensee or agent or employee selling alcohol to a person under 18 years.
Court Proceedings Commenced: Contraventions of Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976, Section 68(1)&(7)
| Police Force Area | Financial Year 2002-03 | Financial Year 2003-04 | Financial Year 2004-05 | % Change 2002-03 to 2003-04 | % Change 2003-04 to 2004-05 |
| Central Scotland Police | 6 | 17 | 13 | +183% | -24% |
| Dumfries and Galloway Police | 2 | 5 | 11 | +150% | +120% |
| Fife Constabulary | 25 | 4 | 4 | -84% | 0% |
| Grampian Police | 14 | 1 | 2 | -93% | +100% |
| Lothian and Borders Police | 16 | 14 | 21 | -13% | +50% |
| Northern Constabulary | 0 | 4 | 11 | N/a | +175% |
| Strathclyde Police | 46 | 70 | 81 | +52% | +16% |
| Tayside Police | 6 | 7 | 3 | +17% | -57% |
Notes:
1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. The database is charge-based. The figures quoted therefore relate to the number of charges rather than the number of individuals charged or the number of incidents that gave rise to such charges.
2. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service completed an upgrade of its electronic case management system in April 2002. Only case records created after that date contain complete data which is capable of electronic analysis.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born with a drug dependency in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area, showing year-on-year percentage changes and expressed also as a percentage of all births.
Answer
The information requested can be accessed via the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38634).
This table includes analyses for the five year period up to 2002-03, the latest year for which data is available. ISD Scotland are currently collating the data for 2003-04 and these will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre in due course.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14332 by Peter Peacock on 2 March 2005, how many schools the Minister and Deputy Minister for Education and Young People have visited in (a) Aberdeen and (b) Aberdeenshire since 25 August 2004, detailing each school visited and the date of, and reasons for, each visit.
Answer
The Minister and Deputy Minister for Education and Young People have made the following visits to schools in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire since 25 August 2004.
| Date | Minister | Authority | School | Reason |
| 25-02-005 | Minister | Aberdeen City | Torry Academy | Meet staff and pupils. Discuss Ambitious Excellent Schools. |
| 18-08-005 | Minister | Aberdeenshire | Kellands School, Inverurie | Presentation of the John Muir award |
| 20-01-006 | Deputy | Aberdeen City | St Machar Primary | General Visit |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister or Deputy Minister for Education and Young People has any plans to visit schools in (a) Aberdeen and (b) Aberdeenshire and, if so, whether it will give details of the schools to be visited and the reasons for each visit.
Answer
The Minister and Deputy Minister for Education and Young People have no immediate plans to visit schools in Aberdeen or Aberdeenshire. As recently as 20 January 2006, the Deputy Minister paid a general visit to St Machar Primary in Aberdeen.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on drug-driving testing kits in each of the last five years, including 2006, broken down by police force area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students sat exams at (a) standard, (b) higher and (c) advanced higher grade in (i) biology, (ii) chemistry, (iii) physics, (iv) French, (v) German and (vi) Spanish in each local authority area in each of the last six years, showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Answer
A table showing the number of entries and year-on-year percentage change for National Qualifications courses in biology, chemistry, physics, French, German and Spanish in each local authority area from 2000-05 has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38630).
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for rural home ownership grants were made in each local authority area in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05, showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
The number of applications for rural home ownership grants (RHOGs) that have been made by local authority area in the period (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05, showing year-on-year percentage changes are as follows:
Number of RHOG Applications Received by Unitary Authority (2002-03 to 2004-05)
| | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| | Applications | Applications | % Change | Applications | % Change |
| Aberdeenshire | 1 | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
| Argyll and Bute | 1 | 12 | 1,100% | 10 | -17% |
| Highland | 32 | 39 | 22% | 45 | 15% |
| North Ayrshire | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| Orkney Islands | 26 | 29 | 12% | 39 | 34% |
| Perth and Kinross | 8 | 1 | -88% | 25 | 2400% |
| Shetland Islands | 3 | 4 | 33% | 4 | 0% |
| The Scottish Borders | 2 | 3 | 50% | 6 | 100% |
| Western Isles | 3 | 5 | 67% | 3 | -40%” |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many rural home ownership grants have been awarded in each local authority area in each year since the scheme was created.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
Information in the form requested is only available since 1996-97. The number of rural home ownership grants (RHOGs) that have been awarded by local authority area in the period 1996-97 to 2004-05 is as follows:
Number of RHOG Approvals by Unitary Authority (1996-97 to 2004-05)
| | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| Aberdeenshire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Angus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| Highland | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 27 | 36 | 42 |
| Moray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands | 12 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 38 |
| Perth and Kinross | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Shetland Islands | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Stirling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Scottish Borders | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Western Isles | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
