Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-11395

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average response time was for emergency ambulance call-outs in each year since 1997, also broken down by Scottish Ambulance Service division.

The following table gives details of the average response time for emergency call-outs in each year since 2003-04 broken down by Scottish Ambulance Service Division. 2003-04 was the first year during which priority-based dispatch was fully operational; figures for the earlier years are not comparable.

SAS Division	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
East Central	8.43	8.16	7.97	8.77	8.50
North and West	9.06	9.51	9.71	9.21	8.89
North East	8.27	7.59	7.37	7.45	7.12
South East	8.21	8.13	7.96	8.92	8.53
South West	9.71	9.18	8.70	8.54	8.22
West Central	8.93	9.21	8.93	9.48	7.89
Scotland*	8.6	8.6	8.4	8.9	8.2

Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Note: *Figure covers mainland Scotland only “ Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles not subject to the same performance measures.

Question reference: S3W-11393

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-10471 by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2008, what the total number of (a) emergency response and (b) non-emergency vehicles in the Scottish Ambulance Service’s (SAS’s) fleet was in each year since 2001, also broken down by SAS division.

The following table gives details of the numbers of emergency response and non-emergency response vehicles in the Scottish Ambulance Service''s fleet in each year since 2001-02.

	Vehicle Type	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
East Central	Emergency	78	83	83	86	88	86	88
	Non-Emergency	116	116	116	121	122	118	116
	Others	34	36	36	40	42	38	38
	Total	228	235	235	247	252	242	242
North East	Emergency	58	58	59	63	68	62	62
	Non-Emergency	52	52	52	57	57	55	62
	Others	23	26	26	28	28	21	22
	Total	133	136	137	148	153	138	146
North West	Emergency	65	65	65	66	70	68	69
	Non-Emergency	24	24	25	29	29	32	28
	Others	19	20	21	24	24	22	23
	Total	108	109	111	119	123	122	120
South East	Emergency	69	70	70	69	70	68	70
	Non-Emergency	79	79	79	85	85	85	90
	Others	60	62	62	68	68	58	61
	Total	208	211	211	222	223	211	221
South West	Emergency	115	115	115	133	133	121	121
	Non-Emergency	118	117	119	127	128	124	133
	Others	47	49	49	55	55	48	48
	Total	280	281	283	315	316	293	302
West Central	Emergency	97	108	110	111	114	125	118
	Non-Emergency	129	129	129	157	157	157	155
	Others	46	50	50	51	51	49	49
	Total	272	287	289	319	322	331	322
Scotland	Total	1,245	1,276	1,283	1,386	1,406	1,354	1,353*

Information supplied by the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Note: *2007-08 figures vary from those provided in the answer to question S3W-10471 on 10 March 2008, as some vehicles are moved between divisions and are disposed of and replaced. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S3W-11394

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-10470 by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2008, how many complaints were registered against (a) emergency call-outs and (b) non-emergency bookings in each year since 1997, also broken down by Scottish Ambulance Service division.

Question reference: S3W-11265

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered organ donors there have been in each year since 1999.

Numbers on the organ donor register at the end of each year are as follows:

	Year End
Country	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
England	3,951,466	5,781,002	6,802,302	7,749,727	8,505,695
Northern Ireland	136,391	140,431	147,698	154,655	218,189
Scotland	426,944	641,016	743,293	861,670	993,534
Wales	331,465	421,794	477,152	520,904	566,737
Total (UK)	4,846,266	6,984,243	8,170,445	9,286,956	10,284,155

	Year End
Country	2004	2005	2006	2007
England	9,375,895	10,306,342	11,313,654	12,174,756
Northern Ireland	258,825	304,744	352,197	393,513
Scotland	1,116,472	1,224,440	1,376,563	1,500,743
Wales	608,133	655,371	716,027	762,327
Total (UK)	11,359,325	12,490,897	13,758,441	14,831,339

Source: UK Transplant.

Question reference: S3W-11266

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to encourage people to register as organ donors.

The focus of all organ donation advertising and publicity campaigns in recent years has been to encourage people in Scotland to add their name to the NHS organ donor register. This counts as a form of authorisation in terms of the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006, which is intended to make sure that the wishes people express in life are acted on after their death. It is also important that people let their nearest relatives know their wishes.

Question reference: S3W-11532

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 18 years of age have been cautioned for drinking alcohol in a public place in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority.

Local authorities have the power to make byelaws to prohibit drinking in designated public places under provisions contained in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, subject to confirmation by the Scottish ministers. To date, 31 local authorities across Scotland have byelaws in place, covering over 480 towns and villages, and the built up areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The recorded crime statistics record the number of times that these byelaws have been breached. The data is based on an aggregate return, and so details of individual crimes, such as the age of the perpetrator are not available.

Detected Breaches of Byelaws which Prohibit Drinking in Designated Public Places, by Force Area from 1997-98 to 2006-07

Police Force	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
Central	93	222	293	330	544
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	7	9
Fife	0	161	151	253	445
Grampian	0	18	16	0	0
Lothian and Borders	52	80	44	80	186
Northern	33	96	37	31	185
Strathclyde	9,665	8,639	7,804	10,952	13,227
Tayside	44	28	124	124	161
All Scotland	9,887	9,244	8,469	11,777	14,757

Police Force	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Central	370	309	342	477	531
Dumfries and Galloway	15	29	56	22	113
Fife	385	347	810	916	701
Grampian	71	141	252	304	448
Lothian and Borders	95	110	195	205	216
Northern	239	128	208	86	210
Strathclyde	16,582	19,967	20,027	22,780	24,001
Tayside	162	316	347	528	618
All Scotland	17,919	21,347	22,237	25,318	26,838

Please note, because the byelaws have been introduced in different areas at different times, year on year comparisons cannot be made.

Question reference: S3W-11267

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions in the last year CalMac ferries between Gourock and Dunoon were (a) cancelled but excluded from the route’s reliability figures, (b) cancelled and included in the route’s reliability figures, (c) delayed but excluded from the route’s punctuality figures and (d) delayed and included in the route’s reliability figures.

CalMac Ferries Ltd has provided the following figures relating to the year ending 29 February 2008:

(a) Sailings cancelled but excluded from the route''s reliability figures “ 99.

(b) Sailings cancelled and included in the route''s reliability figures “ 292.

(c) Sailings delayed but excluded from the route''s punctuality figures “ 85.

(d) Sailings delayed and included in the route''s punctuality figures “ 106.

The sailings which are included in the reliability and punctuality figures are those sailings where the operator is entitled to relief for factors beyond its control, such as adverse weather.

Question reference: S3W-11268

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions in the last year CalMac ferries between Largs and Cumbrae were (a) cancelled but excluded from the route’s reliability figures, (b) cancelled and included in the route’s reliability figures, (c) delayed but excluded from the route’s punctuality figures and (d) delayed and included in the route’s reliability figures.

CalMac Ferries Ltd has provided the following figures relating to the year ending 29 February 2008:

(a) Sailings cancelled but excluded from the route''s reliability figures “ 82.

(b) Sailings cancelled and included in the route''s reliability figures “ 224.

(c) Sailings delayed but excluded from the route''s punctuality figures “ 123

(d) Sailings delayed and included in the route''s punctuality figures “ 1,205.

The sailings which are included in the reliability and punctuality figures are those sailings where the operator is entitled to relief for factors beyond its control, such as adverse weather.

Question reference: S3W-11534

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the number of physical attacks by pupils on pupils in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S3W-11397

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have applied for free personal care (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority area and, of these, how many have had their care provided free of charge in each year since free personal care was introduced.

Free personal and nursing care was introduced in Scotland through the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002. Local authorities provide personal care services at home, without charge, to people aged 65 and over, or make payments for personal and nursing care to care homes for self funding residents assessed by their local authority as requiring that care. Local authority funded residents also receive personal care without charge.

Information on the number of people who have applied for free personal care is not available. Table 1 provides information on the number of clients aged 65 and over who are receiving free personal care services at home in each year since 2002-03, broken down by local authority. Table 2 provides information on the number of long stay residents aged 65 and over who are receiving free personal care in care homes in each year since 2002-03, broken down by local authority.

Table 1 “ Number of Clients Aged 65+ who are Receiving Free Personal Care Services at Home (2002-03 to 2006-07)

Local Authority	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Aberdeen City	1,470	1,470	1,510	1,590	1,760
Aberdeenshire	1,050	1,210	1,320	1,570	1,810
Angus	720	770	800	800	790
Argyll and Bute	390	480	430	340	440
Clackmannanshire	250	360	370	440	480
Dumfries and Galloway	1,380	1,380	1,380	1,380	1,380
Dundee City	650	780	800	1,250	1,200
East Ayrshire	510	870	1,030	1,100	1,250
East Dunbartonshire	400	600	710	780	830
East Lothian	710	710	740	860	880
East Renfrewshire	480	540	610	710	750
Edinburgh, City of	1,450	1,970	2,310	2,450	2,650
Eilean Siar	320	420	410	450	450
Falkirk	980	1,040	1,190	1,190	1,200
Fife	2,790	3,200	3,290	3,290	3,420
Glasgow city	3,140	4,020	5,260	6,340	4,810
Highland	1,110	1,400	1,600	1,840	1,780
Inverclyde	820	840	920	930	1,050
Midlothian	220	290	320	520	520
Moray	610	680	590	660	760
North Ayrshire	660	830	960	980	1,000
North Lanarkshire	1,330	1,670	2,010	2,900	2,270
Orkney Islands	150	180	190	190	180
Perth and Kinross	320	700	950	1,030	1,010
Renfrewshire	630	770	820	960	1,010
Scottish Borders	710	880	1,040	1,110	1,040
Shetland Islands	170	190	190	170	180
South Ayrshire	1,100	1,130	1,190	1,230	1,330
South Lanarkshire	890	1,100	1,310	1,790	2,160
Stirling	360	420	430	460	450
West Dunbartonshire	430	680	590	980	1,010
West Lothian	1,140	1,310	1,070	960	970
Scotland	27,340	32,870	36,300	41,240	40,810

Source: Quarterly Key Monitoring Survey, Scottish Government.

Note: All figures are rounded to the nearest ten and are yearly averages.

The 2002-03 figures are thought to be an undercount. Many local authorities could not provide figures straight away as systems were being put in place, so early figures were estimated.

Table 2: The Number of Long-Stay Residents Aged 65+ who are in Care Homes and are Receiving Free Personal Care (2002-03 “ 2006-07)

Local Authority	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Aberdeen City	1,670	1,670	1,640	1,630	1,630
Aberdeenshire	1,510	1,460	1,450	1,450	1,390
Angus	730	740	760	710	720
Argyll and Bute	660	630	620	720	720
Clackmannanshire	250	250	250	260	260
Dumfries and Galloway	820	860	820	780	800
Dundee City	830	850	910	850	820
East Ayrshire	720	730	700	710	690
East Dunbartonshire	500	520	530	530	540
East Lothian	550	570	580	570	570
East Renfrewshire	500	450	420	400	330
Edinburgh, City of	2,950	3,030	3,060	3,040	3,010
Eilean Siar	200	190	190	190	190
Falkirk	650	660	700	720	740
Fife	1,960	2,000	2,030	2,060	2,020
Glasgow city	5,030	4,760	4,570	4,530	4,530
Highland	1,500	1,420	1,400	1,440	1,350
Inverclyde	640	620	610	580	540
Midlothian	520	520	490	470	470
Moray	460	430	540	590	550
North Ayrshire	870	860	850	850	830
North Lanarkshire	1,620	1,550	1,480	1,410	1,490
Orkney Islands	90	90	80	100	100
Perth and Kinross	1,170	1,190	1,170	1,140	1,070
Renfrewshire	960	980	1,040	1,040	1,070
Scottish Borders	750	750	750	750	740
Shetland Islands	110	110	110	110	110
South Ayrshire	760	760	780	820	820
South Lanarkshire	1,600	1,630	1,700	1,670	1,660
Stirling	550	560	540	550	520
West Dunbartonshire	520	500	550	570	510
West Lothian	590	590	580	580	600
Scotland	32,250	31,890	31,890	31,810	31,390

Source: Quarterly Key Monitoring Survey, Scottish Government.

Note: All figures are rounded to the nearest ten and are yearly averages.

These residents may be mainly funded by their local authority or may be a self-funder receiving £149 or £216 per week towards their care home fees (until 31 March 2008, £145 and £210 respectively). All of these residents receive personal care services for free.

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