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Question reference: S2W-05587

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 28 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much lottery funding was allocated in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency and expressed also on a per capita basis.

The distribution of NationalLottery funds is a matter for the Lottery Distribution Bodies: Scottish ArtsCouncil, Scottish Screen, sportscotland, New Opportunities Fund,Community Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Millennium Commission. Theinformation requested is not held centrally by the Executive.

The Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS) maintains an electronic database of National Lotteryawards. Details of the total awarded to each constituency area and each localauthority area for each Lottery good cause can be obtained through the DCMSwebsite at http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/search.asp.

Question reference: S2W-05590

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 27 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated for addressing drug misuse in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board, expressed also on a per capita basis and showing year-on-year percentage changes.

The following tables detailthe resources allocated to NHS boards for drug treatment services since 2000-01,also expressed on a per capita basis and showing year-on-year percentagechanges.

NHS boards are also free toutilise resources for drug-specific initiatives from their hospital andcommunity care allocations. NHS resources cannot be looked at in isolation.Significant resources have also been made available for drug related workthrough other funding streams, including local authorities’ Grant Aidedexpenditure, the Changing Children’s Services Fund, SIPs and criminal justiceinterventions.

NHS Board	Allocation 2000-01	Per Capita1	Allocation 2001‑025	Per Capita2	%age Increase
	£000		£000
Argyll and Clyde	984	2.32	1,111	2.63	12.9
Ayrshire and Arran	609	1.63	737	1.98	21.0
Borders	118	1.10	160	1.49	35.5
Dumfries and Galloway	124	0.85	298	2.06	140.3
Fife	514	1.47	698	1.99	35.7
Forth Valley	226	0.81	462	1.66	104.4
Grampian	1,085	2.07	1,283	2.46	18.2
Greater Glasgow4	3,670	4.06	4,387	4.86	19.5
Highland	181	0.87	300	1.44	65.7
Lanarkshire	607	1.08	862	1.53	42.0
Lothian	2,922	3.73	3,214	4.08	9.9
Orkney	20	1.03	24	1.24	20.0
Shetland	42	1.87	46	2.07	9.5
Tayside	1,225	3.18	1,348	3.52	10.0
Western Isles	25	0.92	43	1.60	72.0
SCOTLAND	12,352	2.42	14,973	2.93	21.2

NHS Board	Allocation 2002‑03-04	Per Capita3	%age Increase
	£000
Argyll and Clyde	1,338	3.18	20.4
Ayrshire and Arran	987	2.66	33.9
Borders	162	1.51	1.2
Dumfries and Galloway	258	1.79	-
Fife	789	2.25	13.0
Forth Valley	557	2.00	20.5
Grampian	1,313	2.53	2.3
Greater Glasgow4	4,488	4.99	2.3
Highland	414	1.99	38.0
Lanarkshire	1,449	2.58	68.0
Lothian	3,539	4.48	10.1
Orkney	32	1.66	33.3
Shetland	55	2.49	19.5
Tayside	1,483	3.90	10.0
Western Isles	87	3.28	102.3
Scotland	16,951	3.32	13.2

Notes:

1. Based onmid-year population estimates for 2000.

2. Based onmid-year population estimates for 2001.

3. Based onmid-year population estimates for 2002.

4. Fundingdoes not include additional resources of £250,000 allocated to Greater GlasgowNHS Board in 2001-02 or £500,000 in 2002-03 to meet the treatment costs of theGlasgow Drug Court Pilot.

5. Includesadditional one off funding to some NHS Boards from budget consequentials.

Question reference: S2W-05588

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to each local authority in each of the last three years, expressed also on a per capita basis and showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Funding allocated to eachlocal authority in each of the last three years, expressed on a per capitalbasis and showing year‑on‑year percentage changes is shown in the followingtable.

	2001-02			2002-03			2003-04
	AEF (£m)	per capita (£)	%	AEF (£m)	per capita (£)	%	AEF (£m)	per capita (£)	%
Aberdeen City	213.869	1,012	6.8	240.846	1,140	12.6	261.420	1,234	8.5
Aberdeenshire	234.900	1,034	8.3	265.484	1,169	13.0	290.109	1,278	9.3
Angus	118.103	1,082	6.9	135.169	1,238	14.5	147.438	1,361	9.1
Argyll and Bute	121.880	1,373	7.4	136.675	1,539	12.1	149.062	1,633	9.1
Clackmannanshire	53.767	1,110	8.8	59.813	1,234	11.2	65.453	1,362	9.4
Dumfries and Galloway	176.682	1,212	7.8	197.415	1,354	11.7	215.781	1,460	9.3
Dundee City	191.437	1,342	7.1	211.987	1,486	10.7	228.603	1,572	7.8
East Ayrshire	139.253	1,154	6.4	155.264	1,287	11.5	168.268	1,399	8.4
East Dunbartonshire	107.465	970	9.7	120.776	1,090	12.4	132.321	1,222	9.6
East Lothian	91.223	999	6.6	103.433	1,133	13.4	113.656	1,260	9.9
East Renfrewshire	88.622	987	10.4	100.956	1,124	13.9	109.869	1,229	8.8
Edinburgh, City of	458.071	1,010	6.3	518.233	1,143	13.1	564.873	1,258	9.0
Eilean Siar	76.023	2,797	5.5	80.901	2,976	6.4	85.978	3,251	6.3
Falkirk	159.543	1,105	10.0	177.586	1,231	11.3	193.405	1,331	8.9
Fife	379.529	1,083	7.6	420.990	1,201	10.9	462.736	1,323	9.9
Glasgow City	895.253	1,469	7.9	975.334	1,601	8.9	1,040.033	1,797	6.6
Highland	273.989	1,313	7.6	309.338	1,483	12.9	333.970	1,599	8.0
Inverclyde	107.371	1,269	6.3	119.276	1,410	11.1	129.746	1,542	8.8
Midlothian	90.030	1,095	10.1	99.292	1,208	10.3	109.905	1,358	10.7
Moray	97.450	1,147	8.0	107.878	1,270	10.7	117.972	1,356	9.4
North Ayrshire	161.061	1,160	7.9	179.100	1,290	11.2	194.586	1,433	8.6
North Lanarkshire	374.873	1,144	8.4	413.116	1,261	10.2	447.675	1,394	8.4
Orkney	43.119	2,214	7.0	46.212	2,372	7.2	49.410	2,571	6.9
Perth & Kinross	139.107	1,041	7.0	159.048	1,190	14.3	175.177	1,298	10.1
Renfrewshire	198.109	1,119	6.7	220.044	1,243	11.1	241.047	1,395	9.5
Scottish Borders	126.316	1,182	6.6	143.418	1,342	13.5	156.643	1,465	9.2
Shetland	62.219	2,773	6.9	66.182	2,949	6.4	70.741	3,221	6.9
South Ayrshire	119.803	1,052	6.8	135.639	1,191	13.2	147.434	1,314	8.7
South Lanarkshire	338.601	1,101	7.9	377.272	1,227	11.4	408.275	1,350	8.2
Stirling	98.083	1,151	9.4	110.848	1,301	13.0	120.915	1,403	9.1
West Dunbartonshire	123.778	1,308	9.7	135.502	1,432	9.5	146.596	1,571	8.2
West Lothian	170.496	1,088	7.3	189.429	1,209	11.1	206.727	1,300	9.1

Question reference: S2W-05585

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated to each NHS board in each of the last three years, expressed also on a per capita basis.

Details are as follows:

Health Board	2001-02	2001-02	2002-03	2002-03	2003-04	2003-04
	Allocation	Per Capita	Allocation	Per Capita	Allocation	Per Capita
	£ m	£	£ m	£	£ m	£
Argyll and Clyde	454.343	1,080	476.764	1,139	502.990	1,201
Ayrshire and Arran	386.696	1,050	412.956	1,125	441.177	1,202
Borders	111.389	1,042	117.690	1,096	125.652	1,170
Dumfries and Galloway	162.489	1,100	173.251	1,176	183.578	1,246
Fife	334.372	956	353.873	1,009	379.704	1,083
Forth Valley	276.361	990	294.722	1,055	304.457	1,090
Grampian	502.968	956	539.080	1,030	560.984	1,072
Greater Glasgow	1,034.981	1,192	1,115.237	1,291	1,164.130	1,344
Highland	231.063	1,106	246.927	1,186	262.769	1,262
Lanarkshire	554.346	1,002	574.003	1,038	610.031	1,103
Lothian	771.940	991	775.075	995	861.591	1,106
Orkney	24.498	1,275	25.696	1,338	26.076	1,357
Shetland	28.239	1,286	30.974	1,412	32.223	1,469
Tayside	459.060	1,181	473.887	1,223	488.812	1,262
Western Isles	43.869	1,659	46.515	1,775	49.447	1,887

Notes:

1. The allocations for2001-02 and 2002-03 are the final cash limited/unified budgets, and actualexpenditure for demand led family health services for those years and thelevels of per capita funding have been calculated using the mid year estimatesof population at 30 June 2001 and 2002 respectively.

2. The allocations for2003-04 are cash limited/unified budgets to date and the indicative allocationsfor demand led family heath services. Further allocations may be made beforethe year end. No mid year estimates of population for 2003 are yet available,therefore the level of per capita funding has been calculated using the midyear estimates of population at 30 June 2002.

Question reference: S2W-05486

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 27 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many indigenous species are considered to be endangered.

Question reference: S2W-05485

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 26 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many endangered species are held in (a) 'oos, (b) wildlife parks and (c) private collections.

Question reference: S2O-01114

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 22 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what new steps are planned to tackle alcohol misuse.

A greatdeal has been achieved since the Plan for Action on alcohol problems waspublished in 2002. Current action includes a national responsible drinkingcampaign targeting 18- to 25-year olds and we will shortly be announcingadditional resources for alcohol support and treatment services. We are aboutto begin a review of progress in delivering the Plan for Action and determinepriorities for future action. We expect to complete this review by the end ofApril.

Question reference: S2W-05406

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 22 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the recent publicity concerning the reported level of pollutants found in farmed salmon following studies by North American scientists; what its position is in respect of the quality of Scottish farmed salmon; how it will publicise the Food Standards Agency's relevant advice on the matter, and what steps it will take to ensure that any concern amongst consumers that may exist over the quality of Scottish farmed salmon is addressed.

The Scottish Executive continues to have full confidence in the quality of Scottish farmedsalmon products. This confidence is underpinned by advice from the FoodStandards Agency (FSA), a body independent from government.

The FSA has published itsadvice through a number of media notices. This advice is that Scottish farmedsalmon meets the relevant food safety and health standards used in the UK, EU, WorldHealth Organisation and indeed the US for the substances covered in the USscientific report.

Further, the FSA activelypromotes advice to consumers that it is beneficial for them to consume at leasttwo portions of fish per week, one of which should be oily (such as salmon).

Question reference: S2W-05004

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 20 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been (a) charged and (b) prosecuted for terrorist activities in each of the last five years and so far this year.

The statistical informationnecessary to answer this question is not readily available. The term “terroristactivities” could cover a variety of crimes – both common law and statutory.

The following table showsthe number of persons proceeded against in Scottish courts between 1997 and2001 for offences under prevention of terrorism legislation generally, wherethat offence is the main offence. It does not include offences which mightamount to terrorist activities where the main charge was libelled at common law.

Year	Total Number	Number with Charge Proved
1997	26	25
1998	30	30
1999	17	13
2000	9	8
2001	6	6

Of those persons prosecutedfor offences under prevention of terrorism legislation in 2001, three werecharged under the Terrorism Act 2000 against all of the whom the charge wasproved.

Information is not availablefor 2002 or 2003. However, records show that 78 persons have been reported to Procurators Fiscal forconsideration of proceedings for contraventions of the Terrorism Act 2000 inthe period from 19 February 2001 to date. This figure includes persons charged withoffences ranging from possession of articles for a purpose connected with thecommission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism to failing tocomplete a landing card at a port.

Question reference: S2W-05278

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support the oil and gas industry in 2004 and future years.