Christine Grahame

15 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, since the enactment of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, there have been any changes in its practices in respect of recording meetings, telephone calls and e-mail exchanges and, if so, what these changes were and whether there has been guidance issued to ministers a…

Answer · George Lyon: Guidance on recordkeeping isconstantly under review. Much of the Executive’s internal guidance has been updatedand adapted this year to reflect the transition from paper to electronic recordkeepingthat is currently underway. An updated Records Management Manu…

15 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered and unregistered nurses there have been in the NHS Borders area and what the breakdown has been between the hours attributable to nurses employed directly by NHS Borders and the hours attributable to agency nurses in each year since 1999.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on nursing staffin NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website underWorkforce Statistics, at:</p><p><b><ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a></b>.</p><p class=MsoBodyText>Section E g…

15 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives have been employed in the NHS Borders area and what the breakdown has been between hours attributable to midwives employed by NHS Borders and the hours attributable to agency midwives in each year since 1999.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on midwives inNHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website underWorkforce Statistics, at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a>.</p><p class=MsoBodyText>Section E gives details…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been allocated to the Direct Payments network in each year since establishment of the network.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive does not fund the network of Direct Payments local authority lead officers.</p>

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17734 by Lewis Macdonald on 8 July 2005, how many approved salaried dental posts have been filled in each NHS board area.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The filling of salaried dentist posts is a matter for NHS boards. The most up-to-date information on the number of posts filled is not held centrally but will be available from NHS boards.</p>

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of the office of the Deputy First Minister was in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The costs for staff and administrationexpenses in the Deputy First Minister’s office are contained in the following table.Staff costs are based on gross pay and include National Insurance and Superannuationcosts and overtime payments. Administration costs inc…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed in the office of the Deputy First Minister in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The total numbers of staff (posts)employed in the Deputy First Minister’s private office since 1999 are set out inthe following table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=95 valign=top> <p align=center>Year</p> </td>…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of the salaries of staff in the First Minister’s Office was in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The costs for staff in the FirstMinister’s office are contained in the following table. These figures are basedon gross pay and include National Insurance and Superannuation costs and overtimepayments. Administration costs are also shown and include travel, h…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed in the First Minister’s office in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The total number of staff (posts)employed in the First Minister’s private office in each year since 1999 are setout in the following table:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=86 valign=top> <p align=center>Year</p> …

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of salaries was in each of its departments in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested isset out in the following table.  Restructuring of Departments in the ScottishExecutive over the period affects some of the year on year comparisons.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=653> <thead> <tr> <td> <…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed in each of its departments in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to thequestion S2W-16288 answered on 12 May 2005. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.sea…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16432 by Colin Boyd QC on 8 July 2005, how many charges for (a) assault, (b) petty assault and (c) breaches of the peace resulted in a guilty verdict in each year since 2002-03, broken down by police force.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information relates to calendar years 2002 and 2003 and is given in the following table. Information relating to later years is not yet available.</p> <p>Selected Offences with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts, by Police Force Area, 2002-03.</…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16432 by Colin Boyd QC on 8 July 2005, how many reported (a) assaults, (b) petty assaults and (c) breaches of the peace, including a charge of racial aggravation, there were in each year since 2002-03, broken down by police force.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: Petty assault does not existas a classification within the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’soperational database. All cases reported by the police which involve an assaultinclude a detailed description of the circumstances and nature of the assault…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16432 by Colin Boyd QC on 8 July 2005, how many reported (a) assaults, (b) petty assaults and (c) breaches of the peace, excluding a charge of racial aggravation, there were in each year since 2002-03, broken down by police force.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: Petty assault does not existas a classification within the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’soperational database. All cases reported by the police which involve an assaultinclude a detailed description of the circumstances and nature of the assault…

12 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16432 by Colin Boyd QC on 8 July 2005, how many charges involving a statutory racial offence and separately racial aggravation were referred to the Reporter to the Children’s Panel in each year since 2002-03.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: Information on the number ofcharges referred by Procurators Fiscal to  theReporter to the Children’s Panel is setout in the following table:</p><h4>Charges Referred to the Reporter to theChildren’s Panel</h4><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many manufacturing jobs were created in (a) Scotland, (b) the Scottish Borders and (c) East Lothian in each of the last eight financial years.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Statistics on the number of jobs created are not held centrally. However, data are available on the change in the level of jobs. Table 1 below shows the change in the level of employee jobs in the manufacturing industry in each year from 1996 to 2003.</p><p>T…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many manufacturing jobs were created through inward investment in (a) Scotland, (b) the Scottish Borders and (c) East Lothian in each of the last eight financial years.

Answer · Allan Wilson: Scottish Development International does not keep records of how many jobs are created by individual inward investors in a given year. The published figures reflect the number of jobs which a company plans to create or safeguard at the time its decision to inv…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total number of jobs and (b) employment growth rates have been in the (i) energy, (ii) water, (iii) manufacturing, (iv) construction, (v) distribution, (vi) hotel, (vii) restaurant, (viii) transport, (ix) communications, (x) banking, (xi) finance, (xii) insurance, (xiii) publ…

Answer · Allan Wilson: The information requested isgiven in the tables of <i>Employee Jobs by Industry and Local Authority Area,1995-2003</i>, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 37140).</p>

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the minimum annual household income is for households considered to be above the poverty line.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: There is no official poverty line as poverty is a multi-dimensional concept which relates to more than just income alone.</p> <p>The Households Below Average Income series reports numbers of households below various relative and absolute low income thresholds…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) outturn expenditure was in each year from 1995-96 to 2004-05 and (b) estimated outturn expenditure is for 2005-06 and 2006-07, shown in real terms where relevant, in respect of (i) the Scottish Homes/Communities Scotland approved development programme, (ii) Scottish Homes/Com…

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information, at 2005-06 prices, is set out in the following tables .</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <p>Programme</p></td> <td colspan="6"> <p align=center>Outturn (£ Million, …

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many families were living in relative poverty in each month of each year since January 2001.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not available.</p> <p>The official source of low income data for Scotland is the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) dataset which is derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS).</p><p>The FRS is an annual survey run by the …

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many apprenticeships there have been in (a) manufacturing and (b) service industries in each year since 1999.

Answer · Allan Wilson: While a breakdown byindustrial sector is not held centrally by the Executive we do hold totalnumbers of modern apprenticeships (MAs) for Scotland for each year since1999. The figures relate to the first quarter in each year and are given in thetable below. </…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many apprenticeships there have been in (a) manufacturing and (b) service industries in each year since 1999 in (a) the Scottish Borders and (b) East Lothian.

Answer · Allan Wilson: The Scottish Executive doesnot hold information on the number of MAs broken down by sector andgeographical area centrally. This detail is an operational matter for ScottishEnterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.</p><p>Data on the number of peoplestud…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings have been held between Scottish Ministers and/or officials and UK Ministers in each year since 1999, in total and broken down by department and division.

Answer · George Lyon: Scottish Executive Ministers and officials have met with UK Ministers on numerous occasions since 1999, details are not held centrally.</p>

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the trends have been in the number of (a) single-person households, (b) single-parent families, and (c) households with children and two or more adults in the Scottish Borders Council area since 1961.

Answer · George Lyon: The information that is available is in the following tables:</p> <p>Households in Scottish Borders</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Type of Household</p></td> <td> <p align=center>1961(1)</p></td> …

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths of children under five have been recorded in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · George Lyon: The information requested is given in the following table.</p> <p>Deaths of Children Under Five Years of Age by NHS Board Area</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p> Scotland, 2000-04</p></td> <td> <p align=rig…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households with children have been in temporary accommodation in the (a) Scottish Borders and (b) East Lothian local authority area in each year since 2000.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive collects snapshot data on the number of households in temporary accommodation as at the end of each quarter. Data on households with dependent children have been collected since March 2001. Data on households in temporary accommodation,…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average ratio of qualified nursery teachers to children is in pre-school centres run by (a) local authorities and (b) the private sector.

Answer · Robert Brown: In January 2005 the ratio ofnursery teachers to children in local authority pre-school education centreswas 1:37. In private pre-school education centres the ratio was 1:69.</p><p>These figures are taken fromthe Pre-school and Childcare Census 2005. The defin…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many three and four-year-olds have been in pre-school education in each year since 1995 and, of these, what proportion have been in centres run by (a) local authorities, (b) the voluntary sector and (c) the private sector.

Answer · Robert Brown: The broad information requested is available since 1998-9, but only since 2002 by the management categories specified. Prior to 1998 many pre-school education providers were excluded from the school census and therefore data from those years are not comparabl…

7 Jul 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs have been lost in the (a) electronics, (b) textile, (c) farming and (d) tourism industry in the Scottish Borders in each year since 1997.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Statistics on the number of jobs lost are not held centrally. However, data are available on the change in the level of jobs. Table 1 below shows the change in the level of employee jobs for the specified industries in the Scottish Borders in each year since …