- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, students graduating from dental schools left Scotland for their first post in each of the last three years.
Answer
The most up-to-date data on the first destination of dentistry graduates from Scottish Higher Education institutes (categorised into Scotland, Rest of the UK, Rest of the World, and Unknown First Destination) is correct to 2001-02. This is collected by the Enterprise, Transport And Lifelong Learning Department.
The following table provides the data for the three most recent years for which data is available.
First Destination of Dentistry Graduates from Scottish HEIs from 1999-2000 to 2001-02
| 2001-02 | 2000-01 | 1999-2000 |
All Graduates | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Total | 137 | 100% | 124 | 100% | 142 | 100% |
Scotland | 94 | 69% | 90 | 73% | 87 | 61% |
Rest of the UK1 | 18 | 12% | 9 | 6% | 26 | 17% |
Rest of the World | * | 1% | * | 1% | * | 1% |
Unknown First Destination | 25 | 18% | 25 | 20% | 29 | 20% |
Note:
1. The number of graduates with first destination rest of the UK and rest of the world have been combined to protect confidentiality.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many general dental practitioners will reach retirement age in each of the next three years, expressed also as a percentage of all practitioners.
Answer
The information requested is provided in the following table.
Number and percentage of principal NHS general dental practitioners (GDPs) currently working in the general dental service who will be aged 701 during the year to 16 February
Year | Number | Percentage of all principal GDPs2 |
2005 | 0 | - |
2006 | 2 | 0.1 |
2007 | 0 | - |
Notes:
1 Current retirement age for principal dentists working in the NHS general dental service.
2 Based on the number of active principal GDPs at 16 February 2004.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have taken place in respect of the possible displacement of individuals and properties as a result of the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and what procedures are in place in respect of offering compensation and relocation for any such displacements.
Answer
The impact on individualsand properties will be considered during the ongoing development of a preferredline. Compensation procedures will be in line with statutory provisions. Anadvisory pamphlet has been published.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 27 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to promote "Spring Day in Europe 2004" in Scottish schools and how many schools have registered for the initiative.
Answer
Involvement in the EU’sannual “Spring Day in Europe” celebration is at the discretion of schools andlocal authorities. The Scottish Executive has already sent detailedinformation on this year’s event to international co-ordinators in all localauthorities. This will be forwarded to schools to promote participation.
At present, five Scottish schools are registered for “Spring Day”. Regularly updated information on registrations is available from the European Schoolnet at:
http://futurum2004.eun.org/ww/en/pub/futurum2004/index.cfm.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25157 by Dr Richard Simpson on 1 May 2002, whether it will provide information on the source of referral recorded by new individual patients attending specialist drug services and reported to the Scottish Drug Misuse Database in (a) the current year and (b) each year since 2001-02.
Answer
Source of referral to specialist drug services recorded by the Scottish Drug Misuse Database for 2001-02 and 2002-03 (the latest year for which figures are available) is outlined in the table.
Source of Referral to Specialist Drug Services; Years Ending 31 March
New Individual Patients/Clients Only 1 | | |
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
Referred to Specialist Drug Agencies 3 | 9,511 | 9,654 |
Self referral | 3,253 | 3,235 |
GP/primary care team | 3,576 | 3,308 |
Criminal justice - social work | 374 | 480 |
Criminal justice - other | 255 | 346 |
Social work - other | 415 | 471 |
Other specialist drug service | 719 | 851 |
Family/friend | 89 | 88 |
Psychiatrist | 25 | 18 |
Other 4 | 667 | 677 |
No referral source stated | 138 | 180 |
Source: Scottish Drug MisuseDatabase.
Notes:
1. Reports to the Scottish Drug Misuse Database relating to new patients. ‘New’ is defined as (a) the person is attending the particular service for the first time ever or (b) the person has attended before but not within the previous 6 months.
2. All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges.
3. Specialist drug service includes statutory, non-statutory and private services.
4. Other includes education provider, employer, arrest referral and job centre.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 24 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been, or will be, any discussions with Her Majesty's Government in respect of the honours system and, if so, whether there are any plans to enable Scotland to develop its own honours system.
Answer
Honours are reserved to theUK Government, and are awarded by Her Majesty The Queen on the advice of thePrime Minister. The Scottish Executive is invited by the Prime Minister to submit recommendationswhich are considered alongside other UK recommendations. Discussions on the operation of thesystem occur when required.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when the study into the impact of EU enlargement on Scotland, referred to by the Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services at the meeting of the European Committee on 4 March 2003, was completed; what the key findings of the study were, and to whom it was made available.
Answer
The study referred to was commissionedby Scottish Enterprise from Bradley Dunbar Associates and entitled
Opportunitiesand Challenges of EU Enlargement. This study was published on the ScottishEnterprise website at
www.scottish-enterprise.com/euenlargementin August 2003 and is available to any interested party.
The key findings of thestudy were that Scottish companies need to position themselves to benefit fromtwo specific drivers of opportunities in the acceding countries: the structuralfunds that will flow to the new member states; and the need for action in thosecountries to ensure compliance with EU legislation following a transitionalperiod.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3403 by Mr Andy Kerr on 8 December 2003, how many of the working groups that took place in each of the years referred to had devolved matters on their agenda.
Answer
The information requestedcould only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated for public transport in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) region and expressed also on a per capita basis.
Answer
Funding for public transport purposes in Scotland is not allocated on a regional basis. The following table shows the total funding committed by the Scottish Executive for 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 to each local authority under the Public Transport Fund (including separate allocations for cycling, walking and safer streets projects), the Rural Public Passenger Grant element of the Rural Transport Fund, the Integrated Transport Fund, piers and harbours grants and the appropriate GAE revenue grant allocations.
Local Authority | Population | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
Total Funding (£ m) | Cost per Capita (£) | Total Funding (£ m) | Cost per Capita (£) | Total Funding (£ m) | Cost per Capita (£) |
Aberdeen City | 211,910 | 5.299 | 25.01 | 5.887 | 27.78 | 7.789 | 36.76 |
Aberdeenshire | 226,940 | 3.837 | 16.91 | 4.679 | 20.62 | 5.633 | 24.82 |
Angus | 108,370 | 1.596 | 14.73 | 2.150 | 19.84 | 3.514 | 32.43 |
Argyll and Bute | 91,300 | 4.985 | 54.60 | 4.260 | 46.66 | 5.851 | 64.09 |
Clackmannanshire | 48,070 | 0.605 | 12.60 | 3.601 | 74.91 | 4.936 | 102.69 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 147,780 | 2.609 | 17.66 | 5.136 | 34.75 | 6.741 | 45.62 |
Dundee City | 145,460 | 3.202 | 22.02 | 4.558 | 31.34 | 7.235 | 49.74 |
East Ayrshire | 120,310 | 2.465 | 20.49 | 2.883 | 23.96 | 4.682 | 38.91 |
East Dunbartonshire | 108,250 | 1.701 | 15.71 | 2.375 | 21.94 | 3.289 | 30.38 |
East Lothian | 90,180 | 1.566 | 17.36 | 2.072 | 22.97 | 2.820 | 31.27 |
East Renfrewshire | 89,410 | 1.838 | 20.55 | 2.236 | 25.00 | 2.540 | 28.41 |
Edinburgh City | 449,020 | 9.167 | 20.41 | 15.225 | 33.91 | 18.455 | 41.10 |
Eilean Siar | 26,450 | 3.209 | 121.32 | 2.797 | 105.76 | 3.857 | 145.82 |
Falkirk | 145,270 | 2.128 | 14.65 | 4.106 | 28.26 | 4.606 | 31.71 |
Fife | 349,770 | 4.914 | 14.05 | 7.751 | 22.16 | 12.061 | 34.48 |
Glasgow City | 578,710 | 12.760 | 22.05 | 16.292 | 28.15 | 21.385 | 36.95 |
Highland | 208,920 | 3.730 | 17.85 | 6.993 | 33.47 | 9.467 | 45.32 |
Inverclyde | 84,150 | 1.354 | 16.09 | 1.846 | 21.94 | 3.912 | 46.49 |
Midlothian | 80,950 | 1.783 | 22.02 | 1.327 | 16.39 | 2.977 | 36.78 |
Moray | 87,000 | 1.147 | 13.19 | 1.563 | 17.96 | 2.298 | 26.42 |
North Ayrshire | 135,820 | 2.179 | 16.05 | 3.081 | 22.68 | 4.049 | 29.81 |
North Lanarkshire | 321,180 | 6.082 | 18.94 | 6.207 | 19.33 | 8.789 | 27.37 |
Orkney Islands | 19,220 | 4.277 | 222.53 | 9.067 | 471.73 | 14.524 | 755.66 |
Perth and Kinross | 134,950 | 2.450 | 18.15 | 3.935 | 29.16 | 4.829 | 35.78 |
Renfrewshire | 172,850 | 3.341 | 19.33 | 3.749 | 21.69 | 4.945 | 28.61 |
Scottish Borders | 106,950 | 1.603 | 14.99 | 3.191 | 29.84 | 4.211 | 39.38 |
Shetland Islands | 21,960 | 5.593 | 254.67 | 6.253 | 284.72 | 6.300 | 286.90 |
South Ayrshire | 112,160 | 2.631 | 23.46 | 4.358 | 38.86 | 5.334 | 47.56 |
South Lanarkshire | 302,340 | 4.653 | 15.39 | 6.312 | 20.88 | 9.038 | 29.89 |
Stirling | 86,200 | 1.250 | 14.50 | 1.779 | 20.64 | 4.741 | 55.00 |
West Dunbartonshire | 93,320 | 1.764 | 18.90 | 2.135 | 22.88 | 2.779 | 29.78 |
West Lothian | 159,030 | 1.629 | 10.25 | 2.380 | 14.97 | 5.253 | 33.03 |
Scotland | 5,064,200 | 107.35 | 21.20 | 150.18 | 29.66 | 208.84 | 41.24 |
Notes:
1. Population figures: Mid-year estimates, GRO(S) 2001.
2. Piers and Harbours grants are allocated on a project basis and not on a year by year basis. The figures included therefore reflect expenditure as claimed by the relevant authorities.
In addition, funding has also been given to Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (SPTA) from the Public Transport Fund, the Rural Public Passenger Grant element of the Rural Transport Fund, and the Integrated Transport Fund as follows:
SPTA | 2,160,590 | 3.376 | 1.56 | 1.029 | 0.48 | 2.247 | 1.04 |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual throughput was in each neonatal unit in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
A table detailing the throughputof each neo-natal unit for the years ending 31 March 1998to 2003 has been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30478).
The recording of informationfrom neo-natal units was only phased in 1996-97. However not all trusts submittedthe information in 1996-97. Therefore the information supplied covers theperiod 1997-98 to 2002-03.
“Throughput” indicates theaverage numbers of in-patient episodes treated per bed year. Derived as in-patientepisodes/average available staffed beds.