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Question reference: S3W-03145

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of those inwardly migrating in each year since 1980 it estimates originated from (a) the rest of the United Kingdom, (b) the European Union outwith the UK, (c) the Commonwealth outwith the UK and (d) elsewhere.

Information aboutmigration to and from Scotland between 1975 and 2005, collated by the Officefor National Statistics, has been placed in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. number 43467). It shows the number of migrants moving between Scotlandand the rest of the UK (table 1) and overseas (table 2). The requested split betweenmigrants originating from the European Union, the Commonwealth and elsewhere isnot available.Net migration informationunderlying the General Register Office for Scotland’s mid-year population estimatesback to 1951-52 are published on its website but the associated in- andout-flows are not available. http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/annual-report-publications/rgs-annual-review-2006/list-of-figures-chapter-1.html.

Question reference: S3W-03144

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of those emigrating it estimates was educated to higher education standard in each year since 1980.

Question reference: S3W-03142

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the birth rate was in each year since 1950.

The information requestedis given in the following table.

Birth Rate Per1,000 Population, Scotland, 1950-2006

1950	18.1	1960	19.6	1970	16.8	1980	13.3	1990	13.0	2000	10.5
1951	17.8	1961	19.5	1971	16.6	1981	13.3	1991	13.2	2001	10.4
1952	17.7	1962	20.1	1972	15.0	1982	12.8	1992	12.9	2002	10.1
1953	17.8	1963	19.7	1973	14.2	1983	12.6	1993	12.4	2003	10.4
1954	18.1	1964	20.0	1974	13.4	1984	12.7	1994	12.1	2004	10.6
1955	18.1	1965	19.3	1975	13.0	1985	13.0	1995	11.8	2005	10.7
1956	18.6	1966	18.6	1976	12.4	1986	12.9	1996	11.6	2006	10.9
1957	19.1	1967	18.5	1977	11.9	1987	13.0	1997	11.7
1958	19.3	1968	18.2	1978	12.3	1988	13.0	1998	11.3
1959	19.2	1969	17.3	1979	13.1	1989	12.5	1999	10.9

Question reference: S3W-03454

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged 16 to 19 and not in education, employment or training were (a) known and (b) estimated to have a drugs problem in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S3W-03451

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what number and percentage of people aged 16 to 19 and not in education, employment or training had a disability in each year since 1999 .

The official sourcesfor estimates of the number of people aged 16 to 19 not in employment, educationor training are the Labour Force Survey and the Annual Population Survey. Table1 shows the estimates of the number of people aged 16 to 19 and not in employment,education or training who have a disability and the estimates of the proportionof people who are aged 16 to 19 and not in employment, education or training whoare disabled.

As these estimatesare taken from sample surveys they are subject to a degree of error.

Table 1 Number andProportion of People who are Aged 16 to 19 and Not in Employment, Education orTraining with a Disability.

	Number	Percentage
1999	8,000	20.4%
2000	6,000	15.3%
2001	6,000	14.5%
2002	**	**
2003	7,000	19.6%
2004	6,000	17.4%
2005	8,100	22.3%
2006	6,900	21.7%

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS),Quarters combined for 1998-2002. Annual Scottish LFS (ASLFS) for 2003. Annual PopulationSurvey 2004 onwards

Notes:

1. Data for 1999-2003 are based on a seasonal year (March to February) whereasdata for 2004 onwards are based on a calendar year (January to December).

2. Disability is self determined.

** Data are unreliable.

Question reference: S3W-03453

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of people aged 16 to 19 and not in education, employment or training by (a) local authority, (b) local enterprise company and (c) postcode area in each year since 1999.

The official sourcesfor those aged 16 to 19 not in employment, education or training are the LabourForce Survey (LFS) and the Annual Population Survey (APS). However, in a researchreport carried out by the Training and Employment Research Unit of Glasgow Universityon behalf of the Scottish Executive it was recommended that a combination of SchoolLeavers Destinations Statistics and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefitsinformation are used to monitor the change at a local level. It is recognised thatthis measure underestimates the true number of 16 to 19-year-olds not in employment,education or training however it provides a reliable and consistent measure belowthe national level. Table 1 shows the number of 16 to 19-year-olds entering negativedestinations combined with the number of 18 to 19-year-old benefit claimants bylocal authority.

Information on schoolleavers destinations and DWP benefits are not available by Local Enterprise Company.Therefore table 2 shows the estimated number of 16 to 19-year-olds who are not inemployment, education or training by local enterprise company taken from the LFS/APS.Data from the LFS/APS are only available by local enterprise company from 2003 onwards.Please note that these estimates are subject to a degree of error.

Data on the numberof people who are aged 16 to 19 and not in employment, education or training bypostcode area are not held centrally.

Table 1. Those Enteringa Negative Destination on Leaving School or Claiming a DWP Benefit by Local Authority Area

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Aberdeen	900	920	1,020	990	1,010	990	730	720
Aberdeenshire	690	600	560	630	830	840	660	620
Angus	510	530	530	540	550	500	420	480
Argyll and Bute	400	410	360	350	360	320	310	370
Clackmannanshire	300	330	310	320	410	330	280	320
Dumfries and Galloway	770	680	670	640	640	660	670	640
Dundee	1,110	1,010	1,090	1,060	1,150	1,000	920	960
East Ayrshire	860	790	820	820	890	820	880	820
East Dunbartonshire	410	430	410	370	410	360	310	300
East Lothian	300	310	330	370	450	380	420	410
East Renfrewshire	270	230	260	260	310	390	250	250
Edinburgh	1,600	1,540	1,480	1,580	1,850	1,750	1,960	1,700
Eilean Siar	90	60	50	60	50	70	50	70
Falkirk	760	780	820	780	940	880	750	690
Fife	2,090	2,100	2,190	2,220	2,220	2,100	1,780	1,800
Glasgow	4,790	4,570	4,380	4,180	4,100	4,110	3,370	3,330
Highland	900	950	850	980	930	990	940	800
Inverclyde	630	440	610	600	660	600	460	420
Midlothian	330	320	380	390	400	350	420	430
Moray	390	340	360	290	360	400	430	410
North Ayrshire	1,030	1,010	1,020	910	940	930	830	910
North Lanarkshire	2,140	2,030	2,130	2,140	2,220	2,120	1,720	1,640
Orkney	80	70	50	60	60	60	70	60
Perth and Kinross	490	460	420	440	470	470	380	420
Renfrewshire	990	960	1,070	960	1,030	1,020	840	830
Scottish Borders	390	420	400	420	330	380	360	370
Shetland	60	70	50	60	50	80	70	60
South Ayrshire	670	620	560	610	590	670	550	550
South Lanarkshire	1,590	1,410	1,520	1,640	1,590	1,460	1,360	1,330
Stirling	420	450	380	420	440	370	400	320
West Dunbartonshire	760	590	730	660	630	670	610	630
West Lothian	870	840	800	930	950	900	960	890

Source: School LeaversDestinations Survey, Department for Work and Pensions.

Table 2. Number of16 to 19-Year-Olds Not in Employment, Education or Training by Local EnterpriseCompany

	2003	2004	2005	2006
HIE Argyll and the Islands ( HIE Earra-Ghaidheal)	**	**	**	**
HIE Caithness and Sutherland (HIE Gallaibh agus Cataibh)	**	**	**	**
HIE Inverness and East Highland (HIE Inbhir Nis agus Taobh Sear na Gaidhealtachd)	**	**	**	**
HIE Lochaber (HIE Loch Abar)	**	**	**	**
HIE Moray	**	**	**	**
HIE Orkney	**	**	**	**
HIE Shetland	**	**	**	**
HIE Skye and Wester Ross (HIE An t-Eilean Sgitheanach is Taobh Siar Rois)	**	**	**	**
HIE Western Isles	**	**	**	**
Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire	3,000	4,000	2,000	3,000
Scottish Enterprise Borders	**	**	**	**
Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway	**	**	**	**
Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire	2,000	2,000	1,000	1,000
Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian	5,000	4,000	6,000	3,000
Scottish Enterprise Fife	**	**	**	**
Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley	**	**	**	**
Scottish Enterprise Glasgow	6,000	7,000	8,000	6,000
Scottish Enterprise Grampian	**	**	**	**
Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire	7,000	4,000	5,000	4,000
Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire	2,000	2,000	**	2,000
Scottish Enterprise Tayside	**	2,000	2,000	2,000

Source: Annual Scottish LFS (ASLFS)for 2003. Annual Population Survey 2004 onwards.

Notes:

1. Data for 2003 are based on a seasonal year (March to February) whereasdata for 2004 onwards are based on a calendar year (January to December).

**Data are unreliable.

Question reference: S3W-03455

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 5 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a uniform definition of dyslexia across Scotland.

There is no singleor commonly agreed definition of dyslexia across Scotland. However, the Scottish Executive is in the early stages of taking forwardwork to develop a working definition of dyslexia which can be readily understoodby parents and be of practical use to teachers in the classroom.

Whatever definitionis used, education authorities and schools should have appropriate arrangementsin place for identifying and meeting the needs of each individual pupil.

Question reference: S3W-02986

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 5 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what average rainfall has been each year since 1950.

Figures on rainfallin Scotland are published by the Met Office at http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/seriesstatistics/scotrain.txt.The average annual rainfall in Scotland since 1950 has been extracted from thissource and is set out in the chart and following table:

Average Annual Rainfall (mm) 1950-2006

Year	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Average annual rainfall (mm)	1,556.9	1,450.6	1,275.7	1,340.0	1,706.1	1,131.3	1,422.6	1,456.8	1,318.3	1,315.9

Year	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Average annual rainfall (mm)	1,268.3	1,401.6	1,409.2	1,215.6	1,234.7	1,346.6	1,426.2	1,526.8	1,216.2	1,185.8

Year	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Average annual rainfall (mm)	1,441.3	1,161.9	1,154.0	1,245.1	1,449.3	1,217.2	1,271.3	1,385.5	1,352.0	1,472.7

Year	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Average annual rainfall (mm)	1,460.5	1,472.5	1,578.7	1,442.6	1,401.5	1,439.9	1,572.3	1,296.1	1,529.7	1,428.9

Year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Average annual rainfall (mm)	1,819.7	1,402.1	1,663.4	1,424.6	1,551.9	1,432.7	1,226.5	1,371.0	1,676.9	1,666.3

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Average annual rainfall (mm)	1,625.8	1,307.7	1,618.5	1,206.5	1,685.6	1,582.2	1,646.5

Source: Met Office.

Notes:

The average annualrainfall figure includes snow that has been melted by the observer.

The average valueshave been derived from 5km grids.

Allowances have beenmade for topographic, coastal and urban effects where relationships are found toexist.

Question reference: S3W-03513

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults on fire and rescue services’ staff were reported in each year since 1990, broken down by fire and rescue service area.

Question reference: S3W-03508

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults were reported in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) police board area.

The requested informationis shown in the following tables. The figures are for total crimes of assault, whichincludes serious assaults, minor assaults and – since 2005 – minor assaults of anemergency worker.

Number of AssaultsRecorded by the Police, by Local Authority, 1990 to 1994

Local Authority	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Aberdeen City	2,653	2,654	2,533	2,637	2,996
Aberdeenshire	1,363	1,517	1,511	1,573	1,852
Angus	824	716	857	822	819
Argyll and Bute	631	637	641	635	715
City of Edinburgh	3,860	4,305	4,292	4,187	4,655
City of Glasgow	9,086	9,828	10,497	9,670	9,930
Clackmannanshire	478	420	421	511	536
Dumfries and Galloway	939	926	1,101	1,045	1,105
Dundee City	1,293	1,431	1,496	1,330	1,431
East Ayrshire	1,129	1,080	1,136	1,078	1,086
East Dunbartonshire	550	597	609	658	703
East Lothian	484	453	422	446	567
East Renfrewshire	352	377	467	439	506
Eilean Siar (W.Isles)	113	126	121	127	151
Falkirk	1,515	1,400	1,414	1,336	1,410
Fife	2,495	2,290	2,552	2,642	3,098
Highland	1,338	1,385	1,536	1,473	1,613
Inverclyde	804	863	812	834	995
Midlothian	616	609	658	592	646
Moray	793	812	767	789	864
North Ayrshire	1,222	1,359	1,365	1,217	1,177
North Lanarkshire	3,325	3,625	3,841	3,442	3,531
Orkney Islands	92	71	77	67	84
Perth and Kinross	892	946	935	891	913
Renfrewshire	1,600	1,702	1,879	1,681	1,974
Scottish Borders	537	567	501	479	589
Shetland Islands	81	84	100	94	92
South Ayrshire	748	745	786	869	896
South Lanarkshire	2,936	3,054	3,284	2,989	3,164
Stirling	645	606	617	675	769
West Dunbartonshire	902	1,010	950	977	994
West Lothian	1,044	1,124	1,127	933	1,139
Scotland	45,340	47,319	49,305	47,138	51,000

Number ofAssaults Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority, 1995-96 to 2006-07

Local Authority	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Aberdeen City	3,075	2,813	3,100	3,225	3,467	3,233
Aberdeenshire	1,818	1,734	1,672	1,718	1,907	1,875
Angus	933	818	908	1,014	1,012	842
Argyll and Bute	733	758	660	675	776	702
City of Edinburgh	5,164	5,990	7,060	7,143	7,629	7,789
City of Glasgow	9,950	9,864	10,018	10,630	11,867	11,624
Clackmannanshire	550	510	443	423	428	434
Dumfries and Galloway	1,339	1,382	1,496	1,561	1,401	1,239
Dundee City	1,418	1,572	1,577	1,885	2,177	2,046
East Ayrshire	1,252	1,191	1,117	1,274	1,409	1,212
East Dunbartonshire	777	746	751	708	564	617
East Lothian	578	637	829	864	1,086	896
East Renfrewshire	515	465	414	404	431	374
Eilean Siar (W.Isles)	138	199	171	154	138	151
Falkirk	1,522	1,336	1,256	1,429	1,579	1,533
Fife	3,330	3,313	3,279	3,214	3,506	3,528
Highland	1,779	1,886	1,931	2,146	1,857	2,017
Inverclyde	828	952	839	931	870	984
Midlothian	672	811	956	930	1,062	978
Moray	886	967	922	871	924	940
North Ayrshire	1,438	1,400	1,345	1,264	1,391	1,339
North Lanarkshire	3,606	3,378	3,107	3,215	3,228	3,405
Orkney Islands	96	91	101	120	101	80
Perth and Kinross	961	984	874	1,027	959	1,011
Renfrewshire	2,089	2,023	2,039	1,965	2,036	2,095
Scottish Borders	658	836	995	922	1,045	1,146
Shetland Islands	127	120	119	129	108	121
South Ayrshire	1,123	1,190	1,188	1,229	1,161	1,033
South Lanarkshire	3,176	2,756	2,888	2,766	2,991	2,783
Stirling	804	737	697	691	722	704
West Dunbartonshire	1,102	1,103	1,111	1,089	1,144	1,080
West Lothian	1,243	1,589	1,787	1,929	2,059	2,389
Scotland	53,680	54,151	55,650	57,545	61,035	60,200

Local Authority	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05¹	2005-06	2006-07
Aberdeen City	3,580	3,171	3,300	4,387	4,626	4,415
Aberdeenshire	1,811	1,594	1,596	2,271	2,425	2,442
Angus	1,281	1,214	1,315	975	1,154	1,409
Argyll and Bute	640	795	842	1,182	1,207	1,259
City of Edinburgh	7,409	6,382	6,202	7,821	7,469	8,591
City of Glasgow	12,001	12,406	12,514	15,218	14,647	15,001
Clackmannanshire	587	580	628	730	714	959
Dumfries and Galloway	1,272	1,524	2,127	2,231	1,939	2,132
Dundee City	2,070	2,142	2,268	1,864	2,298	2,877
East Ayrshire	1,426	1,322	1,142	2,158	1,740	1,841
East Dunbartonshire	607	575	589	945	867	848
East Lothian	860	770	709	786	779	993
East Renfrewshire	400	387	477	624	557	632
Eilean Siar (W.Isles)	120	179	197	308	323	346
Falkirk	1,706	1,728	1,891	2,097	1,923	2,085
Fife	3,710	3,985	4,264	5,919	5,637	5,982
Highland	2,240	2,291	2,426	2,971	2,874	3,303
Inverclyde	1,053	1,006	1,121	1,282	1,031	1,053
Midlothian	952	843	821	1,076	1,141	1,311
Moray	1,032	1,035	1,012	1,196	1,271	1,431
North Ayrshire	1,360	1,480	1,534	2,267	2,304	2,426
North Lanarkshire	3,670	3,794	4,203	5,758	5,485	5,539
Orkney Islands	87	84	116	107	158	118
Perth and Kinross	976	995	1,091	1,188	1,336	1,516
Renfrewshire	2,018	1,922	1,963	2,471	2,372	2,746
Scottish Borders	1,022	1,089	1,064	1,120	1,180	1,171
Shetland Islands	115	150	162	194	162	206
South Ayrshire	1,113	1,134	1,019	1,670	1,413	1,647
South Lanarkshire	2,931	2,972	3,230	4,201	3,942	4,119
Stirling	874	979	1,044	1,233	1,179	1,433
West Dunbartonshire	1,171	1,172	1,378	1,646	1,725	1,845
West Lothian	1,983	1,910	1,735	2,590	2,723	3,016
Scotland	62,077	61,610	63,980	80,486	78,601	84,692

Number ofAssaults Recorded by the Police, by Force, 1990 to 1994

Police Force	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Central	2,638	2,426	2,452	2,522	2,715
Dumfries and Galloway	939	926	1,101	1,045	1,105
Fife	2,495	2,290	2,552	2,642	3,098
Grampian	4,809	4,983	4,811	4,999	5,712
Lothian and Borders	6,541	7,058	7,000	6,637	7,596
Northern	1,624	1,666	1,834	1,761	1,940
Strathclyde	23,285	24,877	26,267	24,489	25,671
Tayside	3,009	3,093	3,288	3,043	3,163
Scotland	45,340	47,319	49,305	47,138	51,000

Number ofAssaults Recorded by the Police, by Force, 1995-96 to 2006-07

Police Force	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Central	2,876	2,583	2,396	2,543	2,729	2,671
Dumfries and Galloway	1,339	1,382	1,496	1,561	1,401	1,239
Fife	3,330	3,313	3,279	3,214	3,506	3,528
Grampian	5,779	5,514	5,694	5,814	6,298	6,048
Lothian and Borders	8,315	9,863	11,627	11,788	12,881	13,198
Northern	2,140	2,296	2,322	2,549	2,204	2,369
Strathclyde	26,589	25,826	25,477	26,150	27,868	27,248
Tayside	3,312	3,374	3,359	3,926	4,148	3,899
Scotland	53,680	54,151	55,650	57,545	61,035	60,200

Police Force	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05¹	2005-06	2006-07
Central	3,167	3,287	3,563	4,060	3,816	4,477
Dumfries and Galloway	1,272	1,524	2,127	2,231	1,939	2,132
Fife	3,710	3,985	4,264	5,919	5,637	5,982
Grampian	6,423	5,800	5,908	7,854	8,322	8,288
Lothian and Borders	12,226	10,994	10,531	13,393	13,292	15,082
Northern	2,562	2,704	2,901	3,580	3,517	3,973
Strathclyde	28,390	28,965	30,012	39,422	37,290	38,956
Tayside	4,327	4,351	4,674	4,027	4,788	5,802
Scotland	62,077	61,610	63,980	80,486	78,601	84,692

Note: 1. Figures from2004-05 onwards shows the impact of the implementation of the Scottish Crime RecordingStandard, which was expected to increase the numbers of minor crimes – includingminor assault – recorded by the police.

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