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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-03237

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what average number of vehicles per day used the (a) Skye, (b) Erskine, (c) Tay and (d) Forth road bridges in each year since 1980.

Information on thetotal number of crossings each year, and the average number per day, is given inthe following table, in terms of thousands of vehicle crossings. More detailed figuresare available in the annual publication Scottish Transport Statistics, copiesof which may be obtained from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

	Skye Bridge		Erskine Bridge		Tay Road Bridge⁴		Forth Road Bridge⁵
	Full Year	Average Per Day	Full Year	Average Per Day	Full Year	Average Per Day	Full Year	Average Per Day
1980			4,245	12	4,947	14	10,774	29
1981			4,079	11	4,807	13	10,982	30
1982			3,756	10	4,873	13	11,444	31
1983			4,047	11	5,102	14	11,675	32
1984			4,327	12	5,211	14	12,001	33
1985			4,436	12	5,192	14	12,397	34
1986			4,802	13	5,370	15	12,236	34
1987			5,526	15	5,628	15	13,497	37
1988			5,751	16	5,933	16	14,705	40
1989			6,368	17	6,269	17	15,839	43
1990			6,748	18	6,694	18	16,585	45
1991			7,077	19	6,720	18	16,922	46
1992			6,764	18	6,946	19	17,802	49
1993			6,809	19	6,944	19	18,177	50
1994			6,865	19	7,198	20	18,994	52
1995	78	1	7,401	20	7,414	20	19,540	54
1996	612	2	6,622	18	7,534	21	20,374	56
1997	627	2	7,420	20	7,656	21	21,078	58
1998	656	2	7,966	22	7,778	21	20,782	57
1999	665	2	8,230	23	7,920	22	21,868	60
2000	675	2	8,695	24	8,074	22	22,168	61
2001	666	2	8,881	24	8,184	22	22,608	62
2002	718	2	9,480	26	8,414	23	23,374	64
2003	756	2	9,677	27	8,684	24	24,010	66
2004	769	2	10,078	28	8,929	24	23,562	64
2005	1,182	3	10,007	27	8,942	24	23,810	65
2006	1,227	3	11,438	31	8,868	24	23,682	65

Source: Figures aretaken from Scottish Transport Statistics, Numbers 11, 19 and 25 - Table 4 on TollBridges. Traffic figures are reported in thousands.

Notes:

1. The Skye Bridgeopened on 16 October 1995.

2. Tolling at theSkye Bridge ended on 21 December 2004.

3. Tolling at theErskine Bridge ended on 31 March 2006.

4. Responsibilityfor the Tay Road Bridge lies with the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board.

5. Responsibilityfor the Forth Road Bridge lies with the Forth Estuary Transport Authority.

Question reference: S3W-03510

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults on doctors in the workplace were reported in each year since 1990, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S3W-03509

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults on nurses in the workplace were reported in each year since 1990, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S3W-03460

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has plans to ensure wider understanding in society of dyslexia.

The Scottish Governmentrecognises that people with dyslexia can be covered by the definition of disabilityin the Disability Discrimination Act. While we have no plans at present for anyspecific initiatives to ensure wider understanding in society of dyslexia, our workon disability equality is inclusive of all forms of disability.

In addition, the ScottishGovernment, through Learning Connections, has provided funding to Dyslexia Scotland to organise the first Scottish adult dyslexia conferencedue to take place in Stirling on 27 October 2007. This conference is intended for tutors and trainers(particularly from literacy work and the STUC) and for adults with dyslexia. Thiswill help to increase understanding of dyslexia within adult literacy and numeracy.

Question reference: S3W-03086

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drugs-related deaths there have been in each year since 1970, broken down by class and type of substance.

This information canbe found in Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2006 published by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) in August 2007,copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib.number 43466).

A consistent seriesof figures on drug-related deaths is only available from 1996.

The paper may alsobe found on the GROS website at:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/drug-related-deaths/drug-related-deaths-in-scotland-2006/index.html.

Question reference: S3W-03093

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been convicted of being involved in the supply of illegal drugs in each year since 1970 and what proportion served a custodial sentence after conviction.

The available informationis given in the following table. Supply of illegal drugs offences cannot be identifiedseparately from other drug offences in the statistics available for years priorto 1985-86.

Persons with aCharge for Proved in Scottish Courts for Drug Supply Offences¹, 1985-86to 2005-06

Year	Total Number	% Receiving a Custodial Sentence
1985-86	244	72
1986-87	286	65
1987-88	335	53
1988-89	345	63
1989-90	394	53
1990-91	514	43
1991-92	610	43
1992-93	646	45
1993-94	904	46
1994-95	950	50
1995-96	1,151	53
1996-97	1,420	57
1997-98	1,551	53
1998-99	1,511	50
1999-2000	1,437	50
2000-01	1,274	52
2001-02	1,317	56
2002-03	1,464	52
2003-04	1,536	51
2004-05	1,689	47
2005-06	1,562	46

Note: 1. Where mainoffence.

Question reference: S3W-03492

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it or any of its agencies has had with Westminster’s Intelligence and Security Committee regarding the committee’s inquiry into allegations of extraordinary rendition.

Question reference: S3W-03493

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what contact any Scottish police force has had with Westminster’s Intelligence and Security Committee regarding the committee’s inquiry into allegations of extraordinary rendition.

Question reference: S3W-03480

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence is of alcoholism, broken down by age group, and what comparative information it has for (a) the United Kingdom as a whole, (b) each EU member state and (c) each OECD nation.

The numbers of patientsdischarged from Scottish general acute hospitals in 2005-06 and psychiatric hospitalsin 2004-05 with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence (ICD10 code F10.2) by age groupis given in the following table.

Comparativeinformation for the United Kingdom, EU member states and OECD nations is not held centrally.

	General Hospitals 2005-06	Psychiatric Hospitals 2004-05
All ages	3,414	2,352
Under 15 years	2	0
15 to 19 years	20	20
20 to 24 years	68	70
25 to 29 years	103	159
30 to 34 years	180	267
35 to 39 years	312	368
40 to 44 years	433	430
45 to 49 years	470	358
50 to 54 years	471	268
55 to 59 years	400	194
60 years and over	955	218

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01 and SMR04).

Question reference: S3W-02647

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population lived in (a) an owned property and (b) a council house in (i) 1950, (ii) 1960, (iii) 1970, (iv) 1980, (v) 1990, (vi) 2000 and (vii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

The information requestedis provided in the following table. Data on tenure for Scotland are not available prior to the 1961 Census.

Population byTenure: Scotland 1961-2006

	Owner Occupied %	Rented			Total Population
	Owner Occupied %	Privately %	From Housing Association %	From Public Authority %
1961	23	30		48	5,179,432
1971	28	15		58	5,050,625
1981	35	8	1	55	4,954,328
1991	56	6	2	36	4,921,151
2001	66	7	5	21	4,976,005
2006	70	7	8	14	5,116,900

Sources: Census, 2006Scottish Household Survey and mid-year population estimates from the General RegisterOffice (Scotland).

Notes:

1. Private rentingincludes renting with a job or business.

2. 1971 and 1981 tenuredata do not include non-permanent accommodation.

3. Public authoritiesinclude local authorities, new towns and Scottish Homes (Scottish Special HousingAssociation prior to April 1998). Scottish Homes transferred ownership of its stockduring 2005.

4. Housing associationscame into operation in late 1970s.

5. 2001 data from2001 Census adjusted tenure tables on Housing Statistics branch reference site (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/18531/13575).

6. In 2003, Dumfries and Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders councils transferred their housing stock to housingassociations.

7. For 2006, percentagesare based on Scottish Household Survey household data, with total population fromGRO(S) mid-year estimates. Figures have been adjusted to take account of respondentsin local authorities with complete stock transfers who said they rented their accommodationfrom a public authority.

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