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Cyclist casualties could be treatedin a number of health care settings e.g. GP practices; hospital accident and emergencydepartments or as hospital admissions.

It is not possible to identifycyclist casualties in GP practices or accident and emergency departments from centrallyheld data.

Details on the number of continuousstays in an acute general hospital where the diagnosis information indicates thatthe patient was a pedal cyclist, injured in a transport accident, is given in adocument Table 1: Hospital stays for injured pedal cyclists a copy of whichhas been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43168).

Data on newly diagnosed cancersin Scotland are recorded on the Scottish Cancer Registry. The mostrecent year of data currently available is 2004.

Data on deaths in Scotland arerecorded by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). The most recent yearof data currently available is 2005.

More comprehensive data on breastcancer can be found on the Scottish Health Statistics website at:

www.isdscotland.org/cancer.

The following tables (which havebeen placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre) present the informationrequested.

Table a (i) Incidence (number of registrations) of female breastcancer (ICD-10 C50) by NHS Board Area of Residence, 2000-04. (Bib. number 43171).

Table a (ii) Incidence (numberof registrations) of female breast cancer (ICD-10 C50) by Scottish ParliamentaryConstituency, 2000-04. (Bib. number 43172).

Table b (i) Mortality (number of death registrations) from femalebreast cancer (ICD‑10 C50) by NHS Board Area of Residence, 2001-05. (Bib. number 43173).

Table b (ii) Mortality (numberof death registrations) from female breast cancer (ICD‑10 C50) by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2001-05. (Bib.number 43174).

NHS 24 was introduced to NHSBorders in April 2004.

The requested information ispresented in the following table.

Emergency Admissions to BordersGeneral Hospital and Crude Admission Rates by Year of Discharge, Years Ending 31March 2000-06

Year	Emergency Admissions2	Population for NHS Borders3	Crude Emergency Admission Rates per 100,000 population4
2000	9,116	105,810	8,615
2001	9,394	106,250	8,841
2002	10,267	106,950	9,600
2003	10,124	107,400	9,426
2004	10,190	108,280	9,411
2005	11,045	109,270	10,108
2006	11,412	109,730	10,400

Source:SMR01 linked database, GRO population estimates.

Notes:

1.NHS 24 was introduced to NHS Borders residents in April 2004. Figures in italicsare for the years following introduction.

2.This is a count of all emergency episodes at Borders General Hospital; excludingtransfers.

3.Population is taken from GRO mid-year estimates of NHS Border Residents

4. Crude emergency admissionrates should be interpreted with caution. Episodes occurring at Borders General Hospital willinclude a small proportion of patients resident outside of NHS Borders health boardarea.

The specific information requestedis not available centrally.

Limited information is availablecentrally on the number of in-patient/day case episodes where operations/procedureswere not carried out following admission.

A table of information, and appropriatenotes on interpretation, are given in a document Table 1: Cancelled operationsby Health Board of treatment a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43167).

The Scottish Executiveprior to May 2007 has not commissioned any reports into extending the Borders railwaybeyond Tweedbank.

Young Scot receives£750,000 per annum from the Scottish Executive. As the National Youth InformationAgency for Scotland they take forward a range of projects and initiatives to provideyoung people across Scotland with information and other services to help them makeinformed life choices and play an active part in their own communities.

There are approximately337,000 Young Scot branded cards in circulation throughout all 32 of Scotland’s local authorities.

These are a mixtureof the original non smart cards (issued prior to April 2006) and the replacementNational Entitlement Card (smartcard) which has been available to all young peoplesince April 2006. The immediate priority has been to issue the cards to those youngpeople who are entitled to the Young Persons Concessionary Travel Scheme (whichhas been operational since January 2007).

Work is currentlyon-going with all local authorities (and in conjunction with Young Scot) to replaceall the original non smart cards.

There is currentlyno information available on what percentage of these cards are held by secondaryschool pupils in each local authority. However, when the new national card managementsolution is in place (October 2007) such management information will be available.

National ServicesScotland (NSS) is given an annual capital allocationof c.£5 million to meet minor capital requirements across all its internal divisions.All further capital funding is by way of additional allocation from the HealthDepartment for specific projects. The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service(SNBTS), a division of NSS, has not received any specific allocations from theHealth Department during the four year period in question.

The funding shownfor SNBTS, the Protein Fractionation Centre (PFC) and Alba Bioscience (Alba) hastherefore been made available from the minor capital fund allocated to NSS.

The information requested,including a split of the total capital funding between funding for specific projectsand the minor capital fund, is as follows:

Year	Total Capital Funding to NSS (£ Million)	Capital Funding for Specific Projects1 (£ Million)	Minor Capital Fund (£ Million)	Capital Funding to SNBTS2 (£ Million)	Capital Funding to PFC (£ Million)	Capital Funding to Alba (£ Million)
2003-04	18.4	13.9	4.5	1.45	0.32	0.09
2004-05	25.9	19.4	6.5	0.74	0.03	0.04
2005-06	21.9	16.9	5	2.34	0.63	0.05
2006-07	34.6	29.3	5.3	2.04	0.14	0.12

 

The recentlypublished Scottish Planning Policy 6: Renewable Energy (SPP6) stipulatesthat prospective developers must adequately address the cumulative impact of theirproposal. It also requires that Planning Authorities take account of projects thathave already been built, as well as those consented but not yet built and thosethat are currently at the application stage. This, together with existing ScottishNatural Heritage guidance, should ensure that cumulative impacts are effectivelymitigated. At this stage, we have no plans to commission research.

The Scottish Communityand Householder Renewables Initiative provides grant funding for the installationof domestic micro-hydro schemes. Householders can obtain a grant of 30% of the installedcost, up to a maximum of £4,000.

Householders in Scotland are also eligible for funding under the UK Government’sLow Carbon Buildings Programme. A maximum grant of £1,000 per kW of installed capacityis available for micro-hydro, subject to an overall maximum of £2,500 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower.