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I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15189 on 22 August 2008. My officials are continuing to discuss with the Scottish Funding Council and Universities Scotland the most robust basis on which to make international comparisons about the percentage of GDP invested in universities.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

Details of the capital projects to be undertaken in the university and college sector in the next three years are an operational matter for the Scottish Funding Council. I have asked the Scottish Funding Council to write to the member with this information.

These efficiency savings have not been changed.

Each year, SAAS produce forward estimates of potential bursary demand, primarily based on projected student numbers but also considering recent trends in uptake and likely eligibility for awards, to ensure that budgets are as close as possible to demand each year.

These budgets are monitored continually through the year and all efficiency plans are reviewed formally on a quarterly basis. We will be better placed to consider whether these plans need to change further when the final spend, earnings and inflation are known for financial year 2008-09.

The information requested is supplied in the following table.

Number and Percentage of Premature Babies by NHS Board of Residence - Year Ending 31 March:

	2003		2004		2005		2006P		2007P
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Scotland	3,976	7.8	4,348	8.2	4,179	7.8	4,328	8.2	4,233	7.6
Ayrshire and Arran	323	9.4	315	8.7	337	9.2	367	10.0	334	8.7
Borders	64	6.6	74	7.5	61	5.9	58	6.0	58	5.5
Dumfries and Galloway	107	8.1	95	7.2	104	7.5	122	8.8	135	9.3
Fife	270	7.7	273	7.5	239	6.4	254	6.8	274	7.0
Forth Valley	229	8.1	241	8.1	214	6.8	220	7.0	216	6.7
Grampian	484	9.1	434	8.4	440	8.2	459	8.5	482	8.2
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,014	8.1	1,158	9.0	1,143	8.7	1,156	8.9	1,028	7.8
Highland	177	6.6	208	7.4	203	7.2	233	8.2	205	7.4
Lanarkshire	375	6.3	474	7.8	453	7.3	464	7.9	457	7.2
Lothian	583	7.3	679	8.1	662	8.0	678	8.0	635	7.3
Orkney	5	3.0	23	14.5	16	8.8	9	4.9	15	7.4
Shetland	8	3.6	14	6.1	17	7.3	11	4.9	19	7.1
Tayside	283	7.6	330	8.2	234	6.5	266	7.2	322	8.0
Western Isles	10	4.1	10	4.1	19	8.6	12	5.4	20	7.2

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR02).

Note: Figures for 2006 and 2007 are provisional.

It is not possible at this stage to indicate the specific grant allocations for individual community justice authorities (CJAs) for the 2009-10 financial year in respect of the additional £1 million. Work is currently in progress on determining overall criminal justice social work services grant allocations for 2009-10 financial year of which the additional £1 million forms part. It is hoped to inform CJAs of their grant allocations for the next financial year by end December 2008.

CJAs have been advised in writing of the position.

Flu vaccinations are provided free to all individuals who fall within the risk groups outlined in the Chief Professional Officers'' letter of September 2008. The total number of people who received flu vaccinations in each of the last three years is summarised in Table 1. This data is based on information provided by the Practitioner Services Division of National Services for Scotland.

Tables 2a-c set out the percentage of individuals in the age 65 and over category vaccinated in each of the last three years broken down by health board. Tables 3a-c provide statistics relating to the number of individuals vaccinated in the under 65 at risk category, broken down by eligible group and NHS board. The total number of at risk individuals under the age of 65 is unknown, therefore uptake rates for this category cannot be provided. Tables 1, 2a-c and 3a-c are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 46885).

The total number of free flu vaccines funded by the Scottish Government, based on claims for reimbursement by Community Pharmacists on the basis of vaccines dispensed, is detailed in the following table. Figures for flu season 2008-09 are not yet available.

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	84,548	81,837	72,982
NHS Borders	24,696	28,063	30,537
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	37,933	35,302	35,706
NHS Fife	75,050	79,924	80,949
NHS Forth Valley	63,374	62,163	66,864
NHS Grampian	95,375	107,257	104,260
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	260,986	267,532	256,826
NHS Highland	65,440	66,574	68,831
NHS Lanarkshire	102,288	107,920	101,219
NHS Lothian	157,189	161,804	155,688
NHS Orkney	3,929	4,876	4,948
NHS Shetland	3,816	1,660	1,625
NHS Tayside	85,869	88,032	84,967
NHS Western Isles	5,643	6,743	5,310
Scotland	1,066,136	1,099,687	1,070,712

Source: Prescribing Information System, ISD Scotland (extracted 31 October 2008).

The improvements to the Scottish Government''s systems and processes will improve payment performance to all suppliers.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17031 on 5 November 2005. Our payment system does not distinguish between smaller and larger businesses. Nor does this system hold information about the charitable status of our suppliers, or their local authority area.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

Information concerning the total value of public procurement with small businesses in Scotland is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, based upon information held in the Scottish Procurement Information Hub relating to financial year 2006-07, the total expenditure by Scottish public bodies with small and medium-sized enterprises is £2.962 billion. This figure does not include expenditure by public bodies where the value on any one occasion is less than £1,000.

We do not currently hold this information, as our payment system does not classify suppliers according to business size. It would be disproportionately expensive to gather this information.