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In addition, payments of Structural Funds are not made to projects in advance, but in arrears. Once a project has made a claim of eligible costs, the amount claimed against Structural Funds is provided back to the project as a re-imbursement.

However, as part of the work on Scottish Water’s investment programme to 2014, all local authorities were asked to predict future development requirements for their areas during that time. This identified a total of about 8,600 development sites, with the capacity to accommodate 230,000 houses, and a further 14,000 hectares for non-residential development across Scotland. Data indicates that approximately half of the sites so identified are currently affected by water or drainage constraints. This matter is addressed in the consultation paper Investing in Water Services 2006-2014 (Bib. number 33325), which wasreleased on 20 July.

As the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland is eight years, it is not possible for a child under eight years to be referred to the Reporter on offence grounds.

The information is not available in the format requested by the member. Information on children referred to the Children’s Reporter on offence grounds is collated and published by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) in its Annual Reports (copies of which have been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre with the following Bib. numbers:).

1997-98 – 18997

1998-99 – 6161

1999-2000 – 18780

2000-01 – 20128

2001-02 – 26838

2002-03 – 30751.

Data for 2003-04 will be available later this year. The SCRA is presently enhancing its management information systems and future statistical reports will have the option of being broken down by local authority area.

Number of Offences Recorded of Consumption of Alcohol in Designated Places, 1999-2003

Note:

1. Byelaws restricting the consumption of alcohol in designated places were first introduced to parts of Fife in November 1997. Coverage was extended in November 1999 and again in July 2004.

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Contravention of Local Byelaws on Consumption of Alcohol in Public Places¹, 1999-2002

Note:

1. Where main offence.

Neonatal discharges (1,2)recording drug misuse (3)

Source : ISD ScotlandNeonatal Discharge Summary (SMR11) and Scottish Birth Record (SMR11).

Notes:

1 A baby may be admitted toand discharged from neonatal care more than once. These figures relate to thetotal number discharges, not to the number of individual babies.

2 Includes births where NHS boardof residence is unknown or outside Scotland.

3 Drug misuse is definedusing the following International Classification of Disease (10th Rev.) codes:

·P04.4- Foetus and newborn affected by maternal use ofdrugs of addiction.

·P96.1- Neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal useof drugs of addiction.

4.* - Incomplete data.

Data for 01/02and 02/03 are considered incomplete. This is due partly to the introduction of the Scottish Birth Record (SBR) which replaces the SMR11 (sick babies only). TheSBR is currently being incrementally implemented across Scotland with a view to recording information on all birthsby Spring/Summer 2005.