- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) higher and (b) further education students there were in (a) 1950, (b) 1960, (c) 1970, (d) 1980 and (e) each year since 1990.
Answer
The following tablelists the number of student enrolments at Scottish higher education institutionsand further education colleges from 1951-52 to 2005-06.
Students StudyingHigher and Further Education at Scottish Institutions: 1951-52 to 2005-06
Academic Year | HE Students | FE Students |
1951-52* | 15,010† | N/A |
1961-62* | 19,435† | N/A |
1971-72* | 37,800† | N/A |
1981-82* | 105,765 | 277,510 |
1990-91* | 137,930 | N/A |
1991-92* | 151,090 | N/A |
1992-93* | 167,185 | N/A |
1993-94* | 179,730 | N/A |
1994-95 | 201,880 | 212,075 |
1995-96 | 215,205 | 260,150 |
1996-97 | 238,095 | 314,530 |
1997-98 | 247,655 | 342,325 |
1998-99 | 255,965 | 350,445 |
1999-00 | 259,390 | 362,425 |
2000-01 | 262,915 | 414,395 |
2001-02 | 272,625 | 450,790 |
2002-03 | 267,025 | 430,055 |
2003-04 | 271,865 | 411,560 |
2004-05 | 276,705 | 398,120 |
2005-06 | 285,180 | 395,660 |
Sources: Higher EducationStatistics Agency (HESA), Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and Scottish Office statisticalbulletins.
Notes:
†These figures arefor university students only.
Student data priorto academic year 1994-95 is not held centrally by the Scottish Executive.
Some historic figures(shown as N/A) are not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many higher education students there have been from (a) England and Wales, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) the rest of the European Union and (d) elsewhere in each year since 1990.
Answer
The following tablelists the number of student enrolments at Scottish higher education institutionsand further education colleges from 1994-95 to 2005-06 from outside Scotland.
Data on student numbersby domicile before 1994-95 are not held centrally.
Students StudyingHigher Education at Scottish Institutions by Domicile: 1990-91 to 2005-06
Academic Year | England | Wales | Northern Ireland | EU | Europe | Overseas |
1994-95 | 21,055 | 665 | 4,575 | 4,840 | 1,305 | 9,505 |
1995-96 | 21,285 | 670 | 5,215 | 5,935 | 1,240 | 11,705 |
1996-97 | 21,535 | 670 | 5,790 | 7,345 | 1,540 | 13,515 |
1997-98 | 21,835 | 645 | 6,135 | 8,245 | 1,520 | 15,005 |
1998-99 | 21,675 | 675 | 6,185 | 8,320 | 1,695 | 15,910 |
1999-2000 | 19,465 | 615 | 5,915 | 8,550 | 1,710 | 13,815 |
2000-01 | 20,625 | 615 | 5,815 | 9,070 | 2,035 | 17,770 |
2001-02 | 21,315 | 665 | 4,580 | 9,385 | 2,170 | 21,930 |
2002-03 | 20,505 | 630 | 5,640 | 9,995 | 2,160 | 24,240 |
2003-04 | 20,220 | 625 | 5,550 | 10,585 | 2,120 | 26,185 |
2004-05 | 20,190 | 625 | 5,365 | 11,695 | 1,720 | 30,075 |
2005-06 | 21,145 | 650 | 5,195 | 12,745 | 1,860 | 36,540 |
Source: Higher EducationStatistics Agency (HESA), Scottish Funding Council (SFC).
The figures in thistable have been rounded to the nearest 5. 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many workers are covered by the orders made by the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board.
Answer
The number of workers employed in agriculture covered by the Orders made by the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board is 24,924. This is made up of 13,500 full-time and 11,424 part-time and seasonal workers. (Economic Report On Scottish Agriculture-2007 Edition)
Information on the numbers of workers employed in horticulture and forestry who are covered by these Wages Orders is not held centrally.
The following is the original answer (published on 27 August 2007); see below.
The number of workers covered by the orders made by the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board is 67,011. This is made up of 26,097 full-time and 40,914 part-time and seasonal workers (June 2006 census).
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence is of (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes and what comparable information it has for (i) the United Kingdom as a whole, (ii) each EU member state and (iii) each OECD nation.
Answer
The Scottish DiabetesSurvey draws on data from primary and secondary care and currently represents themost comprehensive source of information on diabetes at Scotland level. The most recent report (2005) includes informationon the prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, nationally and at NHS board level.The report is available at:
http://www.diabetesinscotland.org/diabetes/MaintainPages/pdfFiles/SDS2005.pdf.The Scottish PublicHealth Observatory (ScotPHO) website provides links to international sources ofinformation on diabetes, most commonly prevalence. Note however that variationsin the source of data and completeness of recording make these comparisons unreliable.These links can be accessed at http://www.scotpho.org.uk/web/site/home/Healthwell-beinganddisease/Diabetes/diabetes_usefullinks.asp.International comparisonsof diabetes prevalence have been usefully reviewed by Wild et al (Wild S, Roglic G, Green A, Sicree R, King H. Global prevalenceof diabetes: estimates for the year 2000 and projections for 2030. Diabetes Care2004; 27:1047-53).
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were diagnosed with (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes in each year since 1990, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on theprevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is available at NHS board level from theannual Scottish Diabetes Survey. The Survey, which was first published in 2001,includes data from primary and secondary care and is currently the most comprehensivesource of information on diabetes in Scotland. The most recentreport (for 2005) is available at:
http://www.diabetesinscotland.org/diabetes/MaintainPages/pdfFiles/SDS2005.pdf.The Scottish PublicHealth Observatory (ScotPHO) website (www.scotpho.org.uk)provides a guide to further sources of information on diabetes in Scotland (under the Health, Wellbeing and Disease tab).
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to review any of the orders made by the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board.
Answer
The Scottish AgriculturalWages Board normally reviews the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Order on an annual basis. The next Order (Number 55) is due to come intoforce on 1 October 2007.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tobacco-related deaths there have been in each year since 1970.
Answer
Because of definitionaldifficulties, no routine figures are prepared on smoking-related deaths. However,research studies have estimated that each year more than 13,000 people in Scotland die from smoking related diseases, including lung cancer, coronary heartdisease and stroke.
The Atlas of Tobacco Smoking inScotland was published in July 2007 and drawn to the attention of all MSPs. It presents smokingprevalence estimates for NHS boards, councils, community health partnerships (CHPs)and Scottish parliamentary constituencies, and also for intermediate zones and postcodesectors. It also includes estimates of smoking-attributable deaths for individualNHS boards and CHPs.
Thefull report can be viewed at: www.scotpho.org.uk/tobaccoatlas.This study was basedon methodology developed for the report Mortality from smoking in developed countries1950-2002, which was published in June 2006 and included a section on Scotland.
http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~tobacco/.http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~tobacco/scot.pdf.
Previous studies haveexamined deaths from conditions associated with exposure to tobacco smoke, but definitionsand methodologies vary. Please see the ASH Scotland website for information about these estimates http://www.ashscotland.org.uk/ash/3549.html.Studies have alsoestimated the number of deaths from passive smoking. For example, please see thefollowing link for details of the estimates produced by one such study:
http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/448.aspx.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether plans are in place to develop the Allandale railway station proposed as Castlecary railway station in Central Scotland Transport Corridor Studies, published in January 2003.
Answer
There are no plansto develop the Allandale rail station.
The STAG appraisal,submitted to Transport Scotland by consultants acting on behalf of FalkirkCouncil early in 2006, concluded that the development of an alternative park andride facility at Bannockburn would provide better value for money. It wasagreed in October 2006 that Bannockburn should be taken forward to a Design andAppraisal stage and that no furtherwork should be undertaken on Allandale.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the total number of prison inmates is believed to have either drug or alcohol addiction problems.
Answer
I have asked MikeEwart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Reception figures(2004) show that two out of three prisoners (66%) tested positive for all substancesof misuse on admission to prison.
Self-reported figuresfrom the SPS Prisoner Survey (2006) show that 23% of prisoners were worried thatalcohol would be a problem on release from prison, with 29% of prisoners reportingusing illegal drugs in the month immediately prior to survey completion.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it estimates was spent on the purchase of illegal drugs in each year since 1970, broken down by class and type of substance.
Answer
Robust estimates of the size of Scottish drugs markets are not currently available. A research projectis currently in progress which is aiming to produce an initial estimate of the size/valueof illicit drug markets in Scotland, and of the economic and social costs associatedwith illicit drug use. This research is due to be completed in March 2008.