Marlyn Glen

26 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs there have been in each standard industrial sector in Aberdeenshire in each of the last three years, also shown as a percentage of all jobs in Aberdeenshire

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The following table shows thenumber of employee jobs in Aberdeenshire by sector for the last three years forwhich data are available.</p><p>Due to changes in the data between2002 and 2003 there is a slight discontinuity with the data and therefore comparisons…

26 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross hourly and weekly pay has been of full-time employees in Aberdeenshire in each of the last three years, broken down by gender.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The preferred source forearnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which iscarried out by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>The following table shows themedian gross hourly pay and median gross weekly pay for males and femal…

19 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of mothers have smoked during pregnancy in each of the last three years, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: &nbsp;</p><p>Percentage of Mothers Smokingat Booking.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap rowspan=2 valign=bottom> <p align=center>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td nowrap colspan=3 valign=bottom> <p align=center>Year ending …

19 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to inform pregnant women of the dangers of smoking and its harmful effect on children.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive allocates£1.5 million each year to NHS Health Scotland to deliver tobacco control education and communicationsprogrammes. Last month (October 2006) NHS Health Scotland launched a new Smokelineadvertisement on quitting smoking during pre…

19 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual percentage of (a) singleton births and (b) low birth weight babies has been of all births, broken down by age range of mother, in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The following tables containthe information requested.</p><p>Table 1(a) Percentage of SingletonBirths against all Births</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap rowspan=2 valign=bottom> <p>Age of Mother</p> </td> <td…

19 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual percentage of (a) singleton births and (b) births following gestation of less than 37 weeks has been of all births since 2001, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The following tablesattached contains the information requested.</p><p>Table 1(a) Percentage of SingletonBirths against all Births by NHS Board of Residence.</p><p>Year Ending 31 March</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bo…

19 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage of singleton low birth weight babies has been of all births in each three-year period since 1996-98, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Please find the informationrequested in the following table:</p><p>Percentage of Singleton Low BirthWeight Babies Year Ending 31 March</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td nowr…

19 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest available information is on the average drive time to (a) post offices, (b) supermarkets, (c) primary schools and (d) GPs for residents of (i) Dundee, (ii) Angus and (iii) Aberdeenshire.

Answer · Ross Finnie: Information on average drivetimes to post offices, primary schools and GPs is not available at local authoritylevel. Due to the size of local authorities and the variation within them, asingle drive time per local authority would not be meaningful.</p><p>Howe…

19 Oct 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake of concessionary travel cards under the national concessionary travel scheme has been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire.

Answer · Tavish Scott: The number of National EntitlementCards, which give an entitlement to the Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel for Olderand Disabled People, within the requested areas are as follows:</p><p>(a) Dundee</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <…

22 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the recent judgment by the Law Lords in the case of McFarlane v McFarlane, whether Scottish Ministers intend to propose a change to the law in Scotland that determines financial settlement on divorce.

Answer · Hugh Henry: No. We are content that an applicationfor financial settlement made in terms of sections 9(1)(b) and 9(1)(c) of the FamilyLaw (Scotland) Act 1985 would be capable of attracting an award thatreflects the Law Lords judgement in this case. Section 9(1)(b) allows…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus have a head of the household aged from (i) 16 to 29, (ii) 30 to 44, (iii) 45 to 59, (iv) 60 to 74, (v) 75 to 84 and (vi) over 85.

Answer · George Lyon: According to the latesthousehold projections produced by the General Register Office for Scotland,the percentage of households headed by someone in each age group as at 30 June 2006 was:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td wid…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average household size is in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus.

Answer · George Lyon: According to the latesthousehold projections produced by the General Register Office for Scotland,the average household size as at 30 June 2006 was (a) 2.02 in Dundee and(b) 2.20 in Angus. (<ahref="http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/household-e…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average age of mothers was for all births in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in (i) 2005, (ii) 1985 and (iii) 1965.

Answer · George Lyon: The information requested isnot available for 1965. The available information is given in the following table.</p><p>Average Age of Mother at Birth</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p align=center>Cou…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many births were registered solely in the mother’s name in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in (i) 2005, (ii) 2000, (iii) 1995 and (iv) 1985, also expressed as a percentage of all births registered in each area over the same timescale.

Answer · George Lyon: The information requested isgiven in the following table.</p><p>Births Registered Solely in Mother’sName</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p align=center>Council area</p> </td> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p al…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the age-specific fertility rates were in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in (i) 2005, (ii) 1985 and (iii) 1965, broken down into mothers aged (1) 20 to 24, (2) 25 to 29, (3) 30 to 34, (4) 35 to 39 and (5) 40 to 44.

Answer · George Lyon: The information requested isnot available for 1965. The available information is given in the following table.</p><p>Age-Specific Fertility RatesPer 1,000 Female Population</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap rowspan=2 v…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated total levels of CO2 emissions from domestic sources per head of population have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available.

Answer · Ross Finnie: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-28256 on 22 September 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated total levels of CO2 emissions have been from all sources per head of population in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available.

Answer · Ross Finnie: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28256 on 22 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated levels of CO2 emissions in kilotonnes have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available from (i) industrial electricity, (ii) industrial gas, (iii) industrial and commercial oil, (iv) industrial and commercial w…

Answer · Ross Finnie: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28256 on 22 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated total levels of CO2 emissions in kilotonnes have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available, broken down into the (i) industry and commercial, (ii) domestic, (iii) road transport and (iv) land use change secto…

Answer · Ross Finnie: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28256 on 22 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliaments website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…

11 Sep 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated total levels of CO2 emissions have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available.

Answer · Ross Finnie: Estimated levels of carbon dioxideemissions for 2003 at local authority and regional level are available in a reportentitled <i>Local and Regional CO</i>₂<i> Emissions Estimates for 2003</i>produced for the Department for Environment, Food and Rura…

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of people who commute from Dundee to work and what percentage of the resident working population this represents.

Answer · George Lyon: This information is availablefrom the 2001 Census. There were 53,681 working people (excluding working students)who lived in the Dundee City council area, 6,324 (12 per cent) of whom worked outsideDundee City.</p>

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of people who commute to Dundee to work and what percentage of the Dundee working population this represents.

Answer · George Lyon: This information isavailable from the 2001 Census. There were 66,663 people living in Scotland whoworked in the Dundee City council area (excluding working students), 19,306 (29%) of whom lived outside Dundee City.</p>

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it is giving cities to develop city-wide wi-fi networks.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Wi-fi is a fast developing marketand some Scottish cities are now seeing large scale networks deployed commercially.The Executive is not providing any financial support but is engaging with operatorsand local authorities and monitoring developments.</p>

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many VAT registered businesses there have been in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by sector.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Data on the number of VAT registeredenterprises are released annually by theSmall Business Service, an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry. A breakdownby sector is only available at a UK-level.</p><p>Start of Year Stock of VATRegistered Enterprises…

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the local economic output of Dundee has been in each of the last three years for which figures are available and what the percentage annual changes have been.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Gross Value Added (GVA) is thepreferred measure of economic activity within an area. GVA data for local areasare published by the Office for National Statistics, however, figures for the Cityof Dundee and Angus are not available separately.</p><p>Gross ValueA…

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average gross (a) hourly and (b) weekly pay has been of full-time employees in Angus in each of the last three years, broken down by gender.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The preferred source for earningsestimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried outby the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>The following table below showsthe median gross pay for full-time employees in Angus by gender in 20…

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average gross (a) hourly and (b) weekly pay has been of full-time employees in Dundee in each of the last three years, broken down by gender.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The preferred source for earningsestimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried outby the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>The following table shows themedian gross pay for full-time employees in Dundee by gender in 2003, 2…

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest available annual information is on the average age of (a) the population of Dundee and (b) those who have migrated to the city.

Answer · George Lyon: At 30 June 2005 the average age of the population of Dundee City Council area was 40 years.</p><p>In the year to 30 June 2005, the averageage of those migrating to Dundee City was 28 years. That figure does not include internationalmigrants who do not meet th…

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the gross value added has been in the manufacturing sector in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last three years, expressed also on a per employee basis.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Data on Gross Value Added (GVA)in the manufacturing sector for Dundee City and Angus are shown in the following table.</p><p>Gross ValueAdded (GVA) at current basic prices (£ millions) in the manufacturing sector, 2002-04</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cel…

29 Aug 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospital admission rates of elderly people as a result of falls have been in Dundee in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by postcode area.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Due to confidentiality issuesassociated with small numbers, the information requested has been presented by intermediategeography zone rather than postcode area in table 1.</p><p>Table 1. HospitalAdmission Rates¹ for Elderly² Patients Ad…