- 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 28 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals it estimates are involved in the supply of illegal drugs.
Answer
The Scottish Executivedoes not hold estimates of how many individuals are involved in the supply of illegaldrugs.
- 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 28 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what quantity of illegal drugs has been seized in each year since 1970, broken down by class and type of substance.
Answer
The information requestedis given in tables 5 to 7 of
DrugSeizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 published by the Scottish Executive in January 2007, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 42386).
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/09094216/0These data are onlyavailable from financial year 1995-96.
- 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 28 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many heroin addicts there are (a) known and (b) estimated to have been in each year since 1970.
Answer
(a) The number ofknown heroin addicts since 1970 is not held centrally.
(b) Estimates of theprevalence of problematic opiate and/or benzodiazepine misuse in Scotland were carried out for 2000 and 2003. Table 1 shows theestimated numbers across Scotland and the 95% confidence interval.
Table 1. EstimatedNumbers of Problem Drug Users (Opiates and/or Benzodiazepines): Scotland2000 and 2003
| | 2000 | 2003 |
| Scotland point estimate (95 % confidence range) | 55,800 (43,664 – 78,443) | 51,582 (51,456 – 56,379) |
Source:
Estimatingthe National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Misuse in Scotland, Centre for Drug Misuse Research, Universityof Glasgow Scottish Centre for Infection and EnvironmentalHealth
http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/local/prevreport2004.pdf.
- 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, 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: Tuesday, 07 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authority areas have a policy of collecting household waste for recycling.
Answer
All 32 local authoritiescollect household waste for recycling. Local authority recycling rates are reportedon the Scottish Environment Protection Agency website at:
www.sepa.org.uk/nws/data/index.htm.Householders can findout what recycling services are available in their area on the Sort-it website at:
www.sort-it.org.uk.
- 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 what the total value has been of tuition fees paid to higher education institutions by foreign students in each year since 1990.
Answer
The total income ofScottish Higher Education Institutions from fees paid by non EU students was:
| 1994-95 | £46,172,000 |
| 1995-96 | £50,543,000 |
| 1996-97 | £53,895,000 |
| 1997-98 | £56,353,000 |
| 1998-99 | £57,682,000 |
| 1999-2000 | £62,868,000 |
| 2000-01 | £68,502,000 |
| 2001-02 | £78,420,000 |
| 2002-03 | £95,443,000 |
| 2003-04 | £107,829,000 |
| 2004-05 | £124,774,000 |
| 2005-06 | £143,896,000 |
Source: Higher EducationStatistics Agency.
Data for 1990 to 1993are 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: Tuesday, 07 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 27 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2221 by Stewart Maxwell on 30 July 2007, what the average cost is of constructing a home for private sale.
Answer
The information requestedis not held centrally. Costs will vary to some degree between locations and accordingto the economies of scale which can be achieved. Different factors will affect buildcosts in urban and rural areas, as will the nature and condition of developmentsites. Consideration also needs to be given to the cost of land in any development.
