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The arrangements for dealing with local authorities' residual housing debt following a whole stock transfer were set out in the answer to question S1W-18180 on 28 September 2001.

The grant maximum for the Warm Deal is kept under review but we believe the current maximum of £500 is adequate. The average grant awarded in 2001-02 was around £320.

The following table shows expenditure in real terms on hospital and community services for mental health between 1996-97 and 2000-01. The expenditure figures include resource transfer from health boards to local authorities. Expenditure on Mental Health Services in Scotland

Year	Expenditure (2000-01 Prices)(£ million)	Expenditure as a Percentage of Total Expenditure on Hospital and Community Health Services(%)
1996-97	452.0	14.73
1997-98	456.5	14.65
1998-99	455.1	14.40
1999-2000	485.2	14.82
2000-01	520.9	14.94

Source: Performance Template Returns.Note: Expenditure figures have been converted to 2000-01 prices using the GDP deflator.

As with other grant schemes, the Warm Deal is kept under review. However, there are no plans to change the scheme in the way suggested in the question.

Trend data are not available for smoking among young people aged 18 and under. The nearest available information are from a survey carried out by National Centre for Social Research and the National Foundation for Education Research. These data show the percentage of smokers aged between 12 and 15 years old.These data show that the percentage of smokers has decreased between 1996 and 1998 and again between 1998 and 2000. The largest decrease has taken place among boys.Percentage of pupils aged between 12 and 15 who were regular smokers:

Gender	Year
	1996	1998	2000
Boys	14	11	8
Girls	14	13	13
Total	14	12	10

The latest available information is provided in the following tables:Birth Rates¹ by Health Board Area, 1995-2001

				Rates per 1,000 population
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001 2
Scotland	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.2	10.8	10.4	10.3
Argyll and Clyde	11.8	11.6	11.7	10.9	10.7	10.4	9.8
Ayrshire and Arran	11.1	11.0	11.1	10.8	10.0	9.8	9.8
Borders	11.0	10.7	10.7	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.0
Dumfries and Galloway	11.1	10.9	10.6	10.3	9.6	9.4	8.8
Fife	11.5	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.5	10.0	10.4
Forth Valley	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	10.9	10.5	10.1
Grampian	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.0	10.2	10.0
Greater Glasgow	12.2	12.1	12.1	11.3	10.9	10.5	10.7
Highland	11.6	11.4	11.7	11.8	10.7	10.3	10.2
Lanarkshire	12.0	12.2	12.1	11.8	11.5	11.1	10.7
Lothian	12.0	11.8	11.9	11.4	11.2	10.8	10.6
Orkney	11.6	10.8	11.3	9.9	9.6	7.8	8.9
Shetland	12.6	11.7	12.4	11.6	12.5	10.1	11.0
Tayside	11.1	11.0	11.2	10.8	10.2	10.0	10.1
Western Isles	10.4	9.7	8.9	9.8	9.6	8.4	8.3

Notes:1. Rate per 1,000 population (2001 rates are based on 2000 mid-year population estimates). 2. Provisional.Death Rates by Sex and Health Board Area, Scotland 1995-2001

Rates per 1,000 population
	1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001 2
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Scotland	11.6	12.0	11.8	11.9	11.4	11.8	11.3	11.8	11.5	12.0	11.1	11.5	11.0	11.4
Argyll and Clyde	11.9	12.5	12.7	12.6	12.4	12.2	12.2	12.7	12.7	12.6	11.9	12.7	11.9	12.1
Ayrshire and Arran	12.0	12.6	11.8	12.2	12.6	12.8	11.8	12.4	11.8	13.3	11.7	12.7	12.0	12.7
Borders	12.6	13.6	12.1	13.5	12.3	13.4	11.7	13.3	11.6	13.2	12.0	12.4	11.5	12.5
Dumfries and Galloway	12.6	11.3	12.5	13.0	12.3	12.5	12.2	12.5	12.4	12.7	12.1	12.2	12.1	12.2
Fife	11.1	11.5	11.4	11.5	10.9	11.4	11.1	11.8	10.9	11.6	10.7	11.1	10.7	11.6
Forth Valley	10.7	11.5	11.8	11.5	11.0	11.1	10.8	11.2	11.1	11.4	10.7	11.3	10.4	11.4
Grampian	10.2	10.5	10.0	9.8	9.4	10.1	9.6	10.3	9.8	10.8	9.7	10.6	9.8	10.0
Greater Glasgow	13.2	13.1	13.1	12.9	12.4	12.9	12.7	12.3	12.7	13.0	12.0	11.9	11.7	11.8
Highland	11.2	12.1	11.7	11.2	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	12.0	11.3	11.7	11.4	11.4	11.7
Lanarkshire	10.8	11.1	10.8	11.0	10.8	11.0	10.5	10.8	11.0	11.1	10.6	10.4	10.2	10.6
Lothian	10.5	11.4	11.0	11.5	10.4	11.3	10.3	11.1	10.4	11.3	9.9	10.8	10.0	10.4
Orkney	12.8	11.0	12.0	11.0	12.3	11.8	13.0	12.1	12.4	9.2	10.8	9.3	11.8	11.7
Shetland	10.3	9.8	10.8	11.0	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.7	10.2	9.2	7.6	8.2	9.4	10.6
Tayside	12.3	13.1	12.6	13.3	12.1	12.7	12.0	13.2	12.5	13.4	11.9	12.5	11.9	12.7
Western Isles	15.0	14.5	15.4	14.5	14.9	14.6	14.7	13.5	15.8	13.6	15.0	15.2	13.4	12.8

Notes:1. Rate per 1,000 population (2001 rates are based on 2000 mid-year population estimates). 2. Provisional.Expectation of Life at Birth, by Health Board Area, Scotland 1995 to 1999

	1995 1		1996 1		1997 1		1998 1		1999 1
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Scotland	72.09	77.66	72.24	77.76	72.41	77.92	72.61	78.00	72.85	78.17
Argyll and Clyde	71.05	77.19	71.23	77.32	71.10	77.34	71.11	77.74	71.38	77.45
Ayrshire and Arran	72.53	77.80	72.57	77.74	72.80	78.05	73.00	77.75	73.29	77.76
Borders	75.00	79.40	74.69	79.61	74.93	79.67	75.07	79.75	75.34	80.02
Dumfries and Galloway	73.66	78.75	73.93	79.05	74.16	78.97	74.52	79.06	75.16	79.19
Fife	73.14	78.50	73.39	78.79	73.39	78.73	73.82	79.01	74.11	79.13
Forth Valley	72.79	77.57	73.08	78.04	73.06	78.32	73.39	78.67	73.59	78.62
Grampian	73.67	79.06	73.88	79.40	74.19	79.65	74.33	79.42	74.41	79.44
Greater Glasgow	69.75	76.13	69.93	76.15	70.16	76.36	70.37	76.47	70.49	76.77
Highland	72.51	78.66	72.62	78.63	72.75	78.93	72.89	79.03	72.78	79.26
Lanarkshire	71.71	76.80	71.75	76.77	71.94	77.03	72.09	77.29	72.29	77.58
Lothian	72.80	78.11	72.92	78.16	73.02	78.19	73.39	78.41	73.61	78.49
Orkney	73.85	80.52	74.14	79.59	74.12	79.32	73.38	79.76	74.36	81.89
Shetland	71.90	79.04	72.11	80.59	72.59	79.97	73.60	80.64	74.33	80.98
Tayside	72.62	78.13	72.98	78.34	73.37	78.28	73.54	78.38	73.68	78.76
Western Isles	71.51	79.14	70.74	78.99	70.90	79.65	71.24	79.94	72.17	79.97

Note:1. Expectation of life is based on mortality rates for three years. The year shown is the central year of the three-year period.

All deaths in Scotland are coded according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) which is promulgated by the World Health Organisation. As with all classifications, the ICD tends to group minor categories and split up larger categories. Any choice of a "top five" causes of death is therefore somewhat subjective. The following table gives information on causes, or groups of causes, that are considered to be appropriate to the age group of interest. As can be seen, the top five has varied over the period in question.Deaths Aged Under 35, Selected Causes, by Sex, Scotland

Cause of death	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Males
Suicide (incl. "undetermined")	213	251	291	255		250	256	282	268	285	279
Drug dependence	22	14	26	94		111	125	102	125	147	143
Road transport accidents	192	179	144	143		162	148	156	135	124	110
Perinatal conditions	136	136	101	106		91	103	82	98	83	96
Congenital anomalies	99	101	104	74		80	76	66	71	59	60
Homicide	35	69	39	54		48	51	35	42	49	36
Sudden infant death syndrome	62	45	37	31		25	30	34	19	23	20
All causes	1,236	1,252	1,188	1,212		1,204	1,223	1,110	1,151	1,146	1,083
Females
Perinatal conditions	77	80	73	85		87	76	58	67	53	74
Suicide (incl. "undetermined")	57	73	79	64		60	75	75	72	70	69
Congenital anomalies	72	86	83	68		64	63	59	60	44	43
Drug dependence	6	4	8	31		28	30	20	27	31	40
Road transport accidents	72	66	35	40		58	40	41	44	40	33
Sudden infant death syndrome	28	19	21	17		23	13	18	18	18	13
Homicide	10	11	10	9		11	22	7	9	10	9
Breast cancer	19	21	16	16		15	14	13	10	8	8
All causes	637	621	651	565		597	569	515	531	502	507

Notes1. The method of collecting information on drug-related deaths was changed in 1994. This change significantly affected the number of deaths classified as "drug dependence".2. The number of homicides was increased significantly in 1996 by the Dunblane incident.

Estimates based on interviews with about 0.2% of travellers, as part of the International Passenger Survey, have been provided by the Office for National Statistics. Visits abroad by Scottish residents on a package holiday which were made by flying from an airport outside Scotland (estimated):

	Thousands
1996	279
1997	310
1998	306
1999	356
2000	357

These estimates were produced from the results of the International Passenger Survey. This involves interviews with about 0.2% of travellers, so some of the apparent year-to-year fluctuations may be due to sampling variability. Those who took more than one package holiday would be counted once for each visit abroad.

The Scottish Executive has not made any references to the Office of Fair Trading regarding supplements on charter flights from Scottish airports.

Glasgow City Council would receive £962.22 million. The council with its financial settlement receives 23% above the Scottish average per head for 2002-03 and is 42%, 8% and 42% above Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh's AEF respectively.