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Information onthe percentage of the (a) urban and (b) rural population that is classified asliving in relative poverty is not available at present. It is planned howeverto publish this analysis on 21 September 2007 on the Scottish Government Income and Poverty Website at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/incomepoverty.

Officials fromthe Communities Analytical Services Division will notify you when the analysisis available.

The ScottishGovernment wishes to see greater consistency and transparency in the sentencingdecisions of our courts across all areas of the criminal law. We plan to holdfurther consultation and dialogue with key interests, principally the judiciary,on how to achieve these objectives.

The funding roundfor the period 2007-10 was restricted to renewal applications from existingbeneficiaries, all of which were approved. We notified 69 other organisationswho had expressed an interest in applying for funding for 2007-10 that the Fundwould not be open to new applications due to a restricted resource position.

A total of£21,661,280 has been committed over the period 2007-10, subject to outcomes fromthe spending review and parliamentary approval of budgets for 2008-09 and2009-10.

All the resourcescurrently available from the Fund for 2007-10 have been allocated to voluntaryorganisations, subject to outcomes from the Spending Review and Parliamentaryapproval of budgets for 2008-09 and 2009-10. We have no plans, at the presenttime, to review the decision to restrict applications to the Fund for 2007-10to existing beneficiaries.

Transport Scotland isleading work to provide firm proposals for the most cost-effective waysto improve reliability, bring down journey times and provide capacity for theexpected continuing growth in rail passenger numbers between Edinburgh andGlasgow. Electrification is one possible option for achieving this and thecosts, risks and timescales of such a project will be considered in the widercontext of the above service improvements. The results of this will be reportedin September and will be considered as part of the strategic transport projectsreview.

Transport Scotland isleading work to provide firm proposals for the most cost-effective waysto improve reliability, bring down journey times and provide capacity for theexpected continuing growth in rail passenger numbers between Edinburgh andGlasgow. Electrification is one possible option for achieving this and thecosts, risks and benefits of such a project will be considered in the widercontext of the above service improvements. The results of this will be reportedin September and will be considered as part of the strategic transport projectsreview.

Information on the incidenceof osteoporosis in Scotland is not available centrally, and the informationrequested is not available through Practice Team Information data.

Information for Scottish Parliamentary constituencies and for Scottish parliamentary regions is onlyavailable from 1 April 1999.

All NHS boards have accessto DEXA scanning. It should be noted however that patients in Forth Valleytravel to either Glasgow or Edinburgh. In Orkney and Shetland, patients travelto NHS Grampian and in the Western Isles, patients travel to Highland NHS.

Information on the incidenceof osteoporosis in Scotland is not available centrally. Information for Scottish Parliamentary constituencies and for Scottish parliamentary regions is onlyavailable from 1 April 1999.

The proportion of the population who consult each year(annual patient rate) and the number of patients seen for osteoporosis in anyyear by a member of the practice team in Scotland can be estimated from Practice Team Information (PTI) data, which is datareceived from a sample of Scottish practices. This data is currently availablefor the years 2003-04 to 2005-06.

Osteoporosis – annual patient rates per 1,000 population andestimated number of patients consulting in Scotland; years ending 31 March 2004, 2005 and2006 by gender and agegroup

 

Gender		2003-04		2004-05		2005-06
	Age group	Annual patient rate per 1,000 population	Estimated number of patients	Annual patient rate per 1,000 population	Estimated number of patients	Annual patient rate per 1,000 population	Estimated number of patients
Males	Under 50 years	0.1	250	0.1	200	0.1	100
	50 - 69	1.5	850	1.4	850	1.2	700
	70 - 79	4.2	700	4.6	750	3.4	550
	80 years & over	3.0	200	3.9	250	3.4	250
	All ages	0.8	2,000	0.8	2,100	0.6	1,600
Females	Under 50 years	0.6	1,000	0.4	650	0.4	650
	50 - 69	11.9	7,200	8.5	5,200	8.8	5,450
	70 - 79	27.1	5,800	25.0	5,350	23.3	5,000
	80 years & over	24.2	3,300	23.9	3,300	18.9	2,600
	All ages	6.4	17,350	5.4	14,500	5.0	13,700
Total	All ages	3.6	19,300	3.1	16,600	2.8	15,250

Source: ISD.

Notes:

Estimated numbers of patients are rounded to the nearest 50.Total figures may not add up to the sum of the parts due to this rounding.

Due to the small numbers on which these estimates are based,care must be taken when examining these data as a trend.

Following a substantial review of PTI data and subsequentrevisions to the methodology for all PTI analyses, direct comparisons withfigures produced prior to 27th March 2007are not valid.  Further information can be found on the ISD website, at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/4724.html.