Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-30149

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 8 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many lone parent households there have been in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority area.

The following table shows thenumber of households containing one adult with children, according to the householdestimates and projections made by the General Register Office for Scotland. Thiswill exclude households where an adult with children lives with other adults.

Number of Households ContainingOne Adult and One or More Children, 1999-2006

Local Authority	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Aberdeen City	6,270	6,350	6,420	6,470	6,520	6,570	6,620	6,630
Aberdeenshire	3,410	3,520	3,610	3,720	3,840	3,990	4,150	4,270
Angus	2,360	2,420	2,480	2,540	2,590	2,660	2,740	2,800
Argyll and Bute	1,820	1,850	1,900	1,930	2,000	2,010	2,090	2,150
Clackmannanshire	1,400	1,450	1,490	1,540	1,580	1,640	1,700	1,750
Dumfries and Galloway	2,910	2,970	3,050	3,100	3,180	3,260	3,340	3,410
Dundee City	5,340	5,370	5,400	5,440	5,460	5,510	5,540	5,550
East Ayrshire	2,990	3,040	3,120	3,160	3,230	3,290	3,350	3,410
East Dunbartonshire	1,840	1,910	1,940	1,950	1,980	2,020	2,060	2,100
East Lothian	1,940	2,030	2,090	2,160	2,220	2,280	2,360	2,420
East Renfrewshire	1,490	1,550	1,600	1,640	1,670	1,710	1,740	1,790
Edinburgh, City of	10,020	10,210	10,380	10,490	10,610	10,780	11,020	11,260
Eilean Siar	430	440	450	460	470	490	500	510
Falkirk	3,780	3,900	4,040	4,170	4,320	4,490	4,630	4,780
Fife	8,940	9,250	9,560	9,800	10,050	10,330	10,670	10,980
Glasgow City	24,180	24,440	25,190	25,580	25,990	26,590	27,160	27,700
Highland	4,450	4,560	4,660	4,750	4,850	4,980	5,140	5,260
Inverclyde	2,710	2,760	2,800	2,820	2,840	2,890	2,910	2,930
Midlothian	2,010	2,100	2,160	2,210	2,270	2,320	2,380	2,430
Moray	1,140	1,140	1,140	1,130	1,130	1,120	1,130	1,140
North Ayrshire	4,450	4,540	4,630	4,650	4,660	4,850	4,990	5,090
North Lanarkshire	9,510	9,810	10,140	10,470	10,780	11,100	11,450	11,730
Orkney Islands	280	280	290	290	290	300	310	310
Perth and Kinross	2,630	2,700	2,750	2,810	2,890	2,980	3,070	3,150
Renfrewshire	5,000	5,100	5,190	5,290	5,400	5,450	5,540	5,600
Scottish Borders	1,900	1,970	2,030	2,090	2,140	2,190	2,250	2,300
Shetland Islands	430	440	450	460	470	480	500	510
South Ayrshire	2,450	2,510	2,580	2,630	2,690	2,750	2,820	2,880
South Lanarkshire	7,790	8,040	8,290	8,490	8,710	8,980	9,280	9,570
Stirling	1,790	1,850	1,880	1,910	1,950	1,970	2,000	2,020
West Dunbartonshire	3,420	3,450	3,480	3,490	3,500	3,520	3,580	3,620
West Lothian	4,020	4,220	4,390	4,540	4,690	4,850	5,030	5,200
Scotland	133,130	136,180	139,580	142,140	144,960	148,350	152,040	155,230

Notes:

1. Source: General Register Officefor Scotland household estimates and projections.

2. These figures are estimates,based on changes in the total population and trends in household formation.

3. These figures show the numberof households containing one adult and one or more children. Information on alllone parent families, for 2001 alone, is available from Census Table UV65 (www.scrol.gov.uk).

Question reference: S2W-30055

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has provided for the rehabilitation of offenders addicted to (a) alcohol and (b) drugs in each year since 1999.

The Scottish Executive has providedfunding to local authorities for the rehabilitation of offenders with substancemisuse problems in two main ways:

The following figures are forsection 27(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 which provides funding both for those offenderssubject to community disposals and those discharged from custody, excluding thecosts of specific court orders such as Drug Treatment and Testing Orders or drugcourts. Information for years 1999-2000 and 200-01 is not available.

In addition, £6.8 million perannum was provided to local authorities in financial years 2001-02 to 2003-04 specificallyto support drug rehabilitation services, to which offenders in the community willhave had access. Thereafter this funding was incorporated into Grant Aided Expenditure(GAE).

	2001-02 (£)	2002-03 (£)	2003-04 (£)	2004-05 (£)	2005-06 (£)	2006-07 (£)
Alcohol	201,742	238,694	247,291	253,291	259,623	259,623
Drugs	313,067	469,482	482,189	614,597	654,373	654,373
Total (alcohol and drug addiction)	514,089	708,176	729,480	867,888	1,813,996	1,813,996

Question reference: S2W-30054

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what rehabilitation programmes have been in place for individuals discharged from custody with (a) alcohol addiction and (b) alcohol or drug addiction in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The Scottish Executive provideslocal authorities with funding to provide the offender rehabilitation programmes,which they consider necessary in their local areas. Information on the programmesin the form requested is not held centrally. The answer to question S2W-30055 on7 December 2006, sets out the information available centrally.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S2W-30207

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware that NHS Lothian has no funding available at the Department of Sleep Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to provide a gum shield device for my constituent, Mr Neil Waugh, to prevent extreme snoring and that he is therefore unable to undertake his employment on train maintenance which is safety-critical, and what concerns the Executive has about this lack of funding.

the Scottish Executive is investing record resources in the NHS in Scotland. Healthboards have received uplifts in resources with an average 7.25% increase in fundingin 2006-07, well above the rate of inflation. It is for each NHS board to plan anddeliver services within these resources to meet the needs of its resident population.

At present there is no provisionby NHS Lothian for the fitting and supply of mandibular repositioning splints. However,NHS Lothian and the Department of Sleep Medicine are currently exploring ways ofproviding this service.

Question reference: S2W-30048

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-26185 by Hugh Henry on 16 June 2006, whether it intends that information on the number of young people undergoing rehabilitation as a result of alcohol misuse will be held centrally and, if so, when this will be achieved.

Question reference: S2W-30051

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what data it holds on the number of young people aged 16 and under who receive rehabilitation treatment as a result of alcohol misuse.

Question reference: S2W-30164

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce seasonal cash grants to help low-income families.

Question reference: S2W-30026

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drivers directly responsible for causing death or injury whilst under the influence of alcohol had a previous conviction for drink driving, broken down by (a) year since 1996 and (b) police force area.

Question reference: S2W-30027

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured by a driver who was under the influence of alcohol and who also had a previous conviction for drink driving, broken down by (a) year since 1996 and (b) police force area.

The available information onthe numbers of drink-drive accidents and casualties in Scotland is derivedfrom the GB-wide estimates compiled by the Department for Transport. The latestestimates are included at table 22 of Road Accidents Scotland 2005which was published by the Scottish Executive in November 2006, a copy of whichis available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 41118).These and other statistics collected centrally do not include information aboutany previous convictions that drivers involved in drink-drive accidents may have.

Question reference: S2W-30028

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated or actual cost has been to the public purse of dealing with individuals who commit drink-driving offences in terms of (a) costs to the courts, (b) associated health resources for dealing with the victims of such offences and (c) police and other emergency services' clean-up and operational time and resources, broken down by year since 1996.

(a) The following table showsestimated court running costs for hearing cases involving drink driving relatedoffences, the majority of which are prosecuted through the courts by way of summarycriminal procedure.

The costs used in the table havebeen estimated by extrapolation from average court running and shrieval costs aspublished by the Scottish Executive in the annual Costs, Sentencing Profiles andthe Scottish Criminal Justice System report published by the Scottish Executivein terms of section 306 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act1995. Costs for 2004-05 have not yet been published.

Prosecution and witness costsare not included in the figures below.

Number of Convictions for Drink-DrivingRelated Offences and Associated Average Court Time Costs

1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
9,843	9,452	8,345	8,527	7,238	7,477	10,688	9,192
£1.1 million	£990,000	£880,000	£810,000	£690,000	£830,000	£1.3 million	£1.2 million

Conviction figures extractedfrom Statistical Bulletin Criminal Justice Series: CrJ/2006/3 published by the ScottishExecutive http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/04/25104019/31.

(b) This information is not held centrally as regards health resources.

(c) This information is not held centrally as regards police and other emergency service resources.

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