Questions · Marlyn Glen

17 Sep 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations have been made to the Strategic Rail Authority regarding the future of cross-country rail services in Scotland.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including the future of cross-country rail services in Scotland.

17 Sep 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the number and rates of deaths from cancer have been in (a) Dundee, (b) Tayside and (c) Scotland in each year since 1999, expressed also as an index with 1999 as the base year.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The information requested isgiven in the following table:Deathsfrom Cancer1<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td>   </td> <td> 1999 </td> <td> <p align=r…

4 May 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when further guidance for inclusion in the child witness support pack will be issued.

Answer · Hugh Henry: Guidance on Child Witness Court Familiarisation Visits is being issued today. The guidance sets out standardsof best practice for all those who carry out pre-trial visits with the aim of helpingto reduce the anxiety and stress experienced…

29 Mar 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the existence of partnerships between local authorities and nappy-laundering services to promote the use of real nappies.

Answer · Ross Finnie: We are aware of two nappy launderingservices in Scotland. The Scottish Nappy Company works with East RenfrewshireCouncil and Edinburgh City Council and Cotton Bottoms offer a nappy laundering servicein north-east Scotland. In addition, Aberdeen City Council a…

3 Mar 2004 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is promoting to close the pay gap between men and women.

Answer · Margaret Curran: The Scottish Executive is working with the EqualOpportunities Commission, the Scottish Trade Union Congress and other partnersin the Close the Gap campaign to raise awareness aboutthe pay gap between women and men in Scotland.And, as anemployer,…

3 Mar 2004 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what lessons were learned from the recent visit by the Minister for Justice to courts in New York.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: During my recent visit to New York, Imet with representatives of the police, courts and community justice agencies.There are potentially a number of lessons to be learned, including the speed of the process, “restorative” aspects of community service, and the…

26 Feb 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it is committing to the provision of DNA testing.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: We have recently made anadditional £1 million available to the Scottish Police Service to support thedevelopment of DNA in the investigation of crime. Around £800,000 will be usedby forces to purchase eight genetic analysers which are used in the process ofde…

17 Feb 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available from census returns on the number and percentage of people in Scotland working from home and, of these, how many are working in information technology-related jobs.

Answer · Hugh Henry: Results from the 2001 Censusshow that 2,163,035 persons were in employment the week before the Census whowere not full-time students. Some 123,454 (5.7%) recorded that they wereworking mainly at or from home.Of these, 2,150 (1.7%) wereworking in inform…

4 Feb 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time and part-time police officers there are in the Scottish Police Service and whether it has any plans to publish police officer numbers on a whole time equivalent basis.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Figures showing full-time, parttime and whole time equivalent police officer numbers over the last three yearsare given in the following table. The Executive intends in future normally togive police officer numbers on a whole time equivalent basis.<table …

19 Jan 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been killed or seriously injured in road accidents in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last five years.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The information requested isgiven on page 140 of Road Accidents Scotland 2002, published by the Scottish Executive in 2003, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre (Bib number 30447). Information for 2003 is not yet available …

19 Jan 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults have been killed or seriously injured in road accidents in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in each of the last five years.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The information requestedcan be obtained from the figures on page 140 of Road Accidents Scotland 2002,published by the Scottish Executive in 2003, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30447). Information for 2…

19 Jan 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were killed or seriously injured in road accidents in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996, (iv) 1997 and (v) 1998.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The information requested isgiven on page 140 of Road Accidents Scotland 2002, published by the Scottish Executive in 2003, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 30447).

19 Jan 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults were killed or seriously injured in road accidents in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996, (iv) 1997 and (v) 1998.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The information requestedcan be obtained from the figures on page 140 of Road Accidents Scotland 2002,published by the Scottish Executive in 2003, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30447).

9 Jan 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on levels of obesity amongst 12-year-olds, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · Tom McCabe: Information for all NHS boards in Scotland is not currently available. For those areas where data is available, the following table shows the levels of obesity amongst children who have received a primary 7 school review (aged between 11 and 12 years approxim…

9 Jan 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many places have been created under the Out of School Hours Learning Programme since its inception in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus.

Answer · Peter Peacock: Information is not held centrally on the number of learning opportunities provided by educationauthorities and schools under the Scottish Executive’s Study Support Programme or throughthe New Opportunities Fund.

31 Dec 2003 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice is given to education authorities on the advantages of introducing walking buses schemes in the interests of safety of schoolchildren and what information it has on the use of such schemes by individual education authorities.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The Executive published guidance on how to run safer routes to school in 1999. A “walking bus” scheme led by a council education departmentwas included in the guidance as an illustration of the type of project thatmight be undertaken. Advice on how to set up …

27 Aug 2003 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what new measures it plans to introduce to combat the fear of crime and what best practices it recommends are followed by local agencies in tackling this issue.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: A Partnership for a Better Scotland: Partnership Agreement sets out our commitments to tackle crime and the fear of crime to support stronger, safer communities. We have encouraged all 32 local authorities to establish Community Safety Partnerships to …