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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S2W-04721

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases of HIV the infection has been contracted (a) within and (b) outwith Scotland in each year since 1999.

Though it is likely thatmost cases diagnosed in Scotland acquired the infection in Scotland, somemay have become infected elsewhere in the UK. Distinguishing the specific region within the UK in whichinfection was contracted is therefore not possible.

Reports of HIV infectiondiagnosed in Scotland since 1999, and presumed to be infected within oroutwith the UK, are as follows:

Year	Presumed infected within the UK	Presumed infected outwith the UK
1999	105	51
2000	100	54
2001	103	68
2002	138	112
2003 (to 30/9)	100	83

Notes: Where noevidence exists to the contrary, cases are presumed to have been infectedwithin the UK. Cases presumed infected outwith the UK may include some Scots or other UKnationals.

Question reference: S2W-04738

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) HIV and (b) chlamydia tests have been carried out in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

The number of diagnosticHIV-antibody tests undertaken by HIV testing laboratories in Scotland in 1999-2002is as follows:

NHS Board	1999	2000	2001	2002
Argyll and Clyde	985	845	990	1,061
Ayrshire and Arran	594	666	823	1,319
Borders	113	115	147	139
Dumfries and Galloway	234	285	324	271
Fife	547	740	817	915
Forth Valley	384	401	430	531
Grampian	2,407	2,234	1,962	2,462
Greater Glasgow	4,369	4,410	6,133	5,917
Highland	766	748	829	924
Lanarkshire	1,052	1,150	1,281	1,569
Lothian	5,067	5,249	5,703	6,043
Orkney	12	13	26	55
Shetland	101	112	127	137
Tayside	1,954	1,665	1,850	1,792
Western Isles	26	0	6	49
Not Known	0	7	7	0
Total	18,611	18,640	21,455	23,184

Note: These figures exclude blood donors and pregnant women.

Similar data for chlamydia tests are not held centrally.

Question reference: S2W-04722

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the prevalence of HIV has been per 10,000 pregnant women in each year since 1999 and whether data quality accounts for any changes in these figures.

The prevalence (per 10,000)of HIV infection in pregnant women in Scotland from 1999 to 2002 was as follows:

Year	Number Tested	Positive	Prevalence
1999	55,374	13	2.3
2000	53,347	25	4.7
2001	52,707	16	3.0
2002	51,291	30	5.8

Note:Data quality has no bearing on any changes in prevalence.

Question reference: S2W-04734

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people (a) are currently waiting for and (b) have received in each year since 1999 an initial consultation with a sexual dysfunction specialist, giving the median waiting time for each year.

Question reference: S2W-04725

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many looked after females became pregnant within 18 to 24 months of leaving care in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-04695

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will establish the scheme to compensate people who contracted hepatitis C through contaminated blood products

Question reference: S2W-04733

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it will provide to short-term pilot projects on anonymous bar coding and diagnostic test kits for sexually transmitted infections, as referred to in its sexual health strategy.

Question reference: S2W-04719

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of pelvic inflammatory disease have been caused by chlamydia in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-04723

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been made available to promote sexual health to (a) patients, (b) parents and (c) schools in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-04717

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time has been for an initial appointment with a sexual health specialist in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.