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I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3145 on 6 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

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.

I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3145 on 6 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

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

 

The information requestedis not available.

As this is anoperational matter for the Scottish Water, I have askedthe chief executive to reply to your enquiry directly.

Under theEducation (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004, educationauthorities must keep under consideration the additional support needs of, andthe adequacy of additional support provided to, each child and young personwith additional support needs for whose school education they are responsible.

Her Majesty’s Inspectorof Education (HMIE) as part of their general inspection programme, review andpublish reports on the effectiveness of support and educational provision forchildren with additional support needs.

Additionally,HMIE is undertaking a specific evaluation of dyslexia over the period 2007-08,which will provide a clear picture of support, provision and practice across Scotland.Their final report is due to be published in late 2008.

The 1998 and 2003Scottish health surveys provide data on the amount of physical activity taken bychildren aged two to 15 in these years. These findings are summarised (page 99,table 4.1) in the survey report at the link below.http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/11/25145024/50271.

No comparable figuresare held centrally for earlier years.

The information isnot collected centrally. The Scottish Ambulance Service began capturing informationon the numbers of incidents of violence and aggression towards staff in August 2004when it issued guidance to staff about the need to report such incidents. Therewere 265 incidents reported in 2005 and 299 in 2006. In 2007 to 31 July, there were117 incidents reported.

(1) Scottish Statistics (including comparisonswith English data):

The most recent obesitystatistics for adults in Scotland are available from the Scottish Health Survey 2003.Comparisons with English figures are also available.

Prevalence of obesityand overweight by age and sex (adults aged 16+ years):

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/11/25145024/50261.(See Table 5.5 on page 175.) (See Table 5.17 on page 189 for comparison of Scotland and England.).

Obesity statisticsfor children are also available from the Scottish Health Survey 2003

Prevalence of obesityand overweight by age and sex (children aged 2 to 15 years):

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/11/25145024/50271.

(See Table 5.5 onpage 123 for Scottish figures.) (See Table 5.11 on page 127 for comparison of Scotland and England).

In addition, morerecent statistics on obesity in children are available from the Child Health Surveillance Programme.All NHS boards in Scotland are required to provide data for this programme.Data from those boards that record findings using electronic child health systemsare available at the following link.

http://www.isdscotland.org/child_obesity.

(Click on “obesitystatistics” to access a list of available tables and charts.)

(2) Internationalcomparisons:

Care should be takenin interpreting international comparisons because of differences in definitionsof obesity and in survey methodologies. Some international comparisons subsume Scottishdata as part of United Kingdom figures.

For adults, the OECDhealth data 2007, reports obesity levels for those aged 15+ years up to 2005:

http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,3343,en_2649_37407_2085200_1_1_1_37407,00.html.

For children, theWorld Health Organization Health Behaviour of School-aged Children (2001/02), WHOHBSC, report presents obesity levels for young people aged 13 and 15 years:

http://www.euro.who.int/eprise/main/who/informationsources/publications/catalogue/20040518_1.

(See Chapter 3, Page125, Figure 3.3.).