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The Cabinet will discussissues of importance to Scotland.

The total number of manufacturing jobs which have been created through inward investment in Scotland and Glasgow is not collected. However, Scottish Development International (SDI) does provide information on the number of jobs planned to be created and safeguarded in different industry sectors through projects supported by SDI.

The following table shows the number of planned jobs created for manufacturing sectors over the last five years, and the number of planned jobs created in the Glasgow postcode area over the same period. It should be noted that not all jobs created by a manufacturing project are necessarily manufacturing jobs.

Scotland	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Total Manufacturing Sectors	4,546	1,235	1,512	800	1,149
Glasgow Postcode	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Total Manufacturing Sectors	992	133	28	211	153

Table : Manufacturing sector jobs planned to be created.

Source: Scottish Development International.

Data on the number of employee jobs in Glasgow are available from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). Table 1 shows the number of employee jobs in Glasgow from 1996 to 2003 and the percentage change each year taken from the ABI.

Table 1 Employee jobs in Glasgow 1996-2003^1,2

	Total Employment	Percentage Change Each Year
1996	326,400
1997	341,100	+4.5%
1998	347,200	+1.8%
1999	354,200	+2.0%
2000	363,900	+2.8%
2001	387,700	+6.5%
2002	385,800	-0.5%
2003	385,300	-0.1%

Source: Annual Business Inquiry.

Notes:

1. These data exclude agriculture class 0100 (SIC 92)

2. The 2003 ABI data for aggregate areas is based on 2003 CAS wards which differs from previous years ABI data which was build from 1991 census wards. This change in geographies may give rise to discontinuity, however at local authority level discontinuities are negligible.

3. Annual Business Inquiry data are workplace based.

4. Data has been rounded to the nearest hundred.

For the information requested relating to financial years 2000-01 to 2002-03, I refer the member to the question S2W-5589 answered on 12 February 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found here Motions, Questions and Answers Search.

The following table shows the total funding committed by the Scottish Executive for 2003-04 and 2004-05 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	2003-04		2004-05
		Total Funding (£ Million)	Cost per Capita (£)	Total Funding (£ Million)	Cost per Capita (£)
Aberdeen City	206,600	5.753	27.85	5.675	27.47
Aberdeenshire	229,330	5.801	25.30	6.215	27.10
Angus	107,520	4.106	38.19	4.864	45.23
Argyll and Bute	91,300	3.597	39.40	8.263	90.51
Clackmannanshire	47,680	1.253	26.29	2.272	47.65
Dumfries and Galloway	147,210	5.695	38.69	6.627	45.01
Dundee City	143,090	8.612	60.18	10.055	70.27
East Ayrshire	119,530	5.209	45.38	4.902	41.01
East Dunbartonshire	106,970	4.295	40.15	4.477	41.86
East Lothian	91,090	2.497	27.41	2.631	28.88
East Renfrewshire	89,680	2.606	29.06	2.741	30.57
City of Edinburgh	448,370	25.104	55.99	24.284	54.16
Eilean Siar	26,100	2.549	97.66	1.917	73.46
Falkirk	145,920	4.910	33.65	4.093	28.05
Fife	352,040	13.701	38.92	17.063	48.47
Glasgow City	577,090	20.880	36.18	24.420	42.32
Highland	209,080	8.604	41.15	9.024	43.16
Inverclyde	83,050	3.974	47.85	2.638	31.76
Midlothian	79,710	3.040	38.14	2.145	26.91
Moray	87,460	2.822	32.27	2.974	34.00
North Ayrshire	136,030	4.975	36.58	5.440	39.99
North Lanarkshire	321,820	9.171	28.50	10.220	31.76
Orkney Islands	19,310	7.096	367.45	5.688	294.59
Perth and Kinross	135,990	5.879	43.23	4.415	32.46
Renfrewshire	170,980	5.071	29.66	5.225	30.56
Scottish Borders	108,280	4.232	39.09	3.988	36.83
Shetland Islands	21,870	6.481	296.36	6.609	301.19
South Ayrshire	111,580	4.674	41.89	4.428	39.69
South Lanarkshire	303,010	9.422	31.09	9.442	31.16
Stirling	86,370	4.295	49.73	3.209	37.16
West Dunbartonshire	92,320	3.355	36.34	3.236	35.05
West Lothian	161,020	5.777	35.88	3.588	22.29
Scotland	5,057,400	205.44	40.62	212.77	42.07

Notes:

1. Population figures: Mid-year estimates, GRO(S) 2003.

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.

Allocations were also made to Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (SPTA) from the Public Transport Fund and the Integrated Transport Fund as follows:

SPTA

2,101,900

20.123

9.57

22.522

10.72

Allocations from the Public Transport Fund and Integrated Transport Fund were made to the voluntary regional transport partnerships as follows:

Voluntary Regional Transport Partnership	Population	2003-04		2004-05
		Total Funding (£ Million)	Cost per Capita (£)	Total Funding (£ Million)	Cost per Capita (£)
HITRANS	433,806	2.665	6.14	5.200	11.99
NESTRANS	435,930	2.353	5.40	2.195	5.04
SESTRAN	1,656,470	7.139	4.31	12.489	7.54
WESTRANS	2,133,374	3.708	1.74	7.083	3.32

 

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

The total number of eviction actions raised by Glasgow Housing Association since the Glasgow housing stock transfer stands at 5,900.

The Scottish Executive operates a range of measures to assist manufacturing in a number of areas, including capital expenditure. The Enterprise strategy, Smart Successful Scotland, is delivered through Local Enterprise Companies including Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.

The Executive also provides direct financial support for eligible investment projects in the Assisted Areas of Scotland through its Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) scheme. In the last three years, to end March 2005, 54 companies in the manufacturing sector within the Scottish Enterprise Glasgow area accepted offers of RSA totalling over £13.8 million. These offers relate to projects with planned capital expenditure of over £70.6 million and the expected creation and safeguarding of over 1,500 jobs.

The Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service - designed specifically to improve productivity in manufacturing industry - will also be introduced later this year.

The following table shows the number and percentage of mothers recorded as still breastfeeding their babies based on the review at six to eight weeks after birth. This review is conducted by 10 NHS boards across Scotland representing over 80% of the population.

Number and Percentage Recorded as Breastfed at the Six to Eight Week Review - Year Of Birth 2004

	Number Breastfed	Percentage Breastfed
10 NHS Boards	13,935	35.9
Glasgow	2,886	35.7

Source: ISD Scotland, May 2005.

A Curriculum for Excellence establishes that the purposes for education are to enable all young people to become responsible citizens, effective contributors, confident individuals and successful learners. Citizenship education is accordingly a central aim of the Scottish Executive. However, Education for Citizenship is not a specific subject but cuts across various areas of the curriculum.

Currently the National Guidelines 5 – 14 offer a number of opportunities for pupils to learn about citizenship education under personal and social development, religious and moral education and, in particular, under social subjects within environmental studies.

In addition, Learning And Teaching Scotland promotes citizenship education through its “Education for Citizenship” website. The website includes examples of cross-curricular approaches to citizenship and features items such as the J8 and G8 summits, the youth parliament and mock elections.

Many schools run mock elections, often in association with the Hansard Society, and engage with MSP’s and other elected representatives.

Work on the implementation of A Curriculum for Excellence is moving ahead and will ensure that cross-curricular issues such as citizenship education are reflected fully in new guidance on all curricular areas. There will be ample opportunity for wide debate, testing, refinement and consideration of any proposals which emerge.

The tables provided show the percentage of school leavers in all Glasgow parliamentary constituency areas who have left school with no (a) standard grade and (b) higher grade qualifications for each of the last five years and the national average. It should be noted in relation to table (a) that some school leavers may achieve individual unit awards in national qualifications courses. However, unit awards have not been included in the table unless they form part of a full course award. The information is post-appeal. Post-appeal figures for 2004-05 are not yet available.

(a) Percentage of school leavers in Glasgow Parliamentary Constituency Areas with no standard grade or equivalent qualifications*:

Constituency	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Glasgow Anniesland	12	13	13	15	11
Glasgow Baillieston	8	11	8	12	10
Glasgow Cathcart	8	9	11	6	7
Glasgow Govan	11	15	13	13	10
Glasgow Kelvin	13	9	8	10	8
Glasgow Maryhill	13	10	10	20	10
Glasgow Pollock	11	9	8	8	8
Glasgow Rutherglen	6	7	7	7	8
Glasgow Shettleston	7	7	11	12	8
Glasgow Springburn	17	18	19	18	13
National Average	5	5	5	5	4

Note: *Equivalent qualifications include Access 3, Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2.

(b) Percentage of school leavers in Glasgow Parliamentary Constituency Areas with no higher grade qualifications:

Constituency	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Glasgow Anniesland	69	72	67	66	69
Glasgow Baillieston	64	68	69	74	70
Glasgow Cathcart	75	75	74	66	73
Glasgow Govan	73	68	71	71	66
Glasgow Kelvin	61	60	56	64	53
Glasgow Maryhill	74	72	75	95	78
Glasgow Pollock	73	73	71	71	70
Glasgow Rutherglen	61	63	62	59	63
Glasgow Shettleston	64	65	69	65	65
Glasgow Springburn	82	82	83	85	83
National Average	55	57	56	56	54

 

This is a matter in which both Scottish Water and local authorities have responsibilities.

In relation to Scottish Water, I have asked the Chief Executive to write to you about this matter. I would also note that there are no lead water mains in Scotland. Part VIA of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 as amended places a duty on Scottish Water to supply water which is wholesome at the time of supply, and insofar as reasonably practicable to ensure in relation to the sources from which it supplies water, that there is no deterioration in the quality of water supplied from these sources.

The following table shows the number of Housing Repair Grants awarded by local authorities which include some element of lead pipe replacement. Although it cannot be said with certainty whether all lead piping was removed from these houses, some action has been taken in these properties. In addition, some private homeowners may have done work without grant, do not appear on any records.

Number of Grants for Lead Repair Work by Local Authority Area: 1998-99 to 2003-04

Financial year	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Scotland	1,991	1,967	1,582	1,780	1,637	1,367
Aberdeen City	21	16	22	13	14	18
Aberdeenshire	1	-	2	-	-	2
Angus	12	8	7	7	5	7
Argyll and Bute	24	15	9	18	15	15
Clackmannanshire	1	16	1	4	-	5
Dumfries and Galloway	2	3	-	2	-	2
Dundee City	9	-	4	2	11	15
East Ayrshire	1	31	26	1	-	8
East Dunbartonshire	65	27	71	38	61	22
East Lothian	23	61	46	37	23	55
East Renfrewshire	81	93	7	1	6	84
Edinburgh (City of)	512	401	548	561	587	567
Eilean Siar	4	-	18	38	21	2
Falkirk	46	72	46	30	42	29
Fife	48	58	3	9	13	8
Glasgow City	352	362	373	402	252	119
Highland	9	20	1	2	2	9
Inverclyde	84	26	26	23	12	18
Midlothian	-	-	6	-	-	-
Moray	1	1	-	-	-	5
North Ayrshire	69	43	31	33	47	52
North Lanarkshire	18	25	33	72	54	31
Orkney	9	-	-	-	-	1
Perth and Kinross	11	4	9	5	10	40
Renfrewshire	22	17	17	13	-	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	1	-	-	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	6	17	31	40	23	15
South Lanarkshire	439	551	108	199	136	122
Stirling	46	58	49	44	53	46
West Dunbartonshire	38	13	37	2	63	4
West Lothian	36	29	51	184	186	66