The deadline for the receiptof applications under the Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) (Scotland)Scheme 2003 was 31 October 2003. Offers were made initially to the owners of 70 vesselscovering the £40 million available under the scheme. Some vessel ownerssubsequently decided to withdraw their vessels from the scheme and werereplaced by vessels from the reserve list. There are currently 69 live offersof grant involving aggregate expenditure of just under £32 million.

Transitional supports grantstotalling over £4.8 million were paid to the owners of over 150 vessels inrespect of the initial (March–August) aid period. We anticipate that theproposed extension of the scheme (subject to EC approval) to the end of theyear will account for the remainder of the £10 million budget available for thescheme.

A copy of the requested informationhas been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 29941).

The tables show whole time equivalent (WTE) and headcountinformation relating to hospital and community midwives and the population byNHS board area. Rates of hospital and community midwives per 100,000 populationand rates per 1,000 babies born are also given.

Therates should be treated with caution. The variability in rates between healthboards can be partly explained by the small number of midwives each rate isbased on. Moreover, these rates do not take account of cross-border flowsbetween health boards e.g. patients resident in one health board area mayreceive their midwifery services in another health board.

No. We are committed toreforming and improving the Common Fisheries Policy.

In the year 2002-03,prosecutions took place in relation to 11 charges involving the sale offireworks to under age customers. Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Servicesystems do not allow extraction of data for the period 5 October to 5 Novemberin any year; nor is it possible to provide statistics about charges before 2002when a major programme of change to reporting systems took place to allow fullcharge information to be received in electronic format from the police.

The achievements of the Scottish Executive in European policy since 1999 are wide ranging and numerous and arerecorded in the proceedings of the Parliament and its various committees.

This information is not heldcentrally.

There has been a continuous increasein the numbers of dental students in Scotland over the last four years. The new intake of dentalstudents for the year 2003-04 is 143. The Scottish Executive is currently in discussionswith the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council with regard to targetnumbers for future intake to dental schools in Scotland.

The following tables set outthe information readily available, drawn from patient registrations withgeneral practitioners as recorded in the National Health Service CentralRegister (NHSCR) and from the 2001 Census.

The NHSCR provides informationon the re-registration of patients moving between Scotland andthe rest of the UK.

Inward Moves Recorded in NHSCR, by Age

	0-14		15-24		25-59/64		60/65+
Year to Sept	Moves	Moves as a % of age group population	Moves	Moves as a % of age group population	Moves	Moves as a % of age group population	Moves	Moves as a % of age group population
1996	9,730	1.0	14,220	2.2	25,680	1.0	2,301	0.2
1997	10,121	1.1	13,661	2.1	27,061	1.1	2,683	0.3
1998	10,737	1.1	14,922	2.4	29,703	1.2	2,869	0.3
1999	9,645	1.0	14,088	2.3	27,147	1.1	2,586	0.3
2000	8,914	1.0	13,630	2.2	26,218	1.0	2,843	0.3
2001	10,282	1.1	14,033	2.2	30,491	1.2	3,073	0.3
2002	9,585	1.1	13,774	2.2	30,125	1.2	3,487	0.4

 

The 2001 Census providesinformation about all in-migration to Scotland in the 12 months ending 29 April 2001.

Moves Recorded in 2001Census, by Age

	0-14		15-24		25 - 59/64		60/65+
	Moves	% of age group population	Moves	% of age group population	Moves	% of age group population	Moves	% of age group population
Moves to Scotland from rest of UK	7,487	0.8	13,004	2.1	24,577	1.0	2,755	0.3
Moves to Scotland from outside UK	4,224	0.5	9,284	1.5	14,740	0.6	620	0.1

 

The flows recorded by theNHSCR tend to be larger because they include short-term moves and multiplemoves for the same person, whereas the Census only compares address at the dateof the Census with address a year earlier.

The following tables set outthe information readily available, drawn from patient registrations withgeneral practitioners as recorded in the National Health Service CentralRegister (NHSCR) and from the 2001 Census.

The NHSCR providesinformation on the re-registration of patients moving between Scotland andthe rest of the UK.

Outward Moves Recorded in NHSCR, by Age

	0-14		15-24		25 - 59/64		60/65+
Year to Sept	Moves	Moves as a % of age group population	Moves	Moves as a  % of age group population	Moves	Moves as a % of age group population	Moves	Moves as a % of age group population
1996	10,075	1.1	15,201	2.3	27,030	1.1	2,515	0.3
1997	9,786	1.0	15,473	2.4	27,965	1.1	2,560	0.3
1998	9,132	1.0	15,325	2.4	28,140	1.1	2,350	0.3
1999	9,013	1.0	15,863	2.5	28,364	1.1	2,487	0.3
2000	9,247	1.0	15,610	2.5	29,719	1.2	2,630	0.3
2001	8,074	0.9	14,729	2.3	27,840	1.1	2,406	0.3
2002	8,325	0.9	14,376	2.2	27,099	1.1	2,310	0.2

 

The 2001 Census providesinformation about out-migration to the rest of the UK (but notto other countries, because such migrants will not have completed a Censusform) in the 12 months ending 29 April 2001.

Moves Recorded in 2001Census, by Age

	0-14		15-24		25 - 59/64		60/65+
	Moves	% of age group population	Moves	% of age group population	Moves	% of age group population	Moves	% of age group population
Moves from Scotland to rest of UK	7,143	0.8	14,556	2.3	23,941	0.9	2,130	0.2

 

The flows recorded by theNHSCR tend to be larger because they include short-term moves and multiplemoves for the same person, whereas the Census only compares address at the dateof the Census with address a year earlier.