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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S3O-05789

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 February 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met the chief constable of Tayside Police.

Question reference: S3O-05687

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 January 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to increase the numbers of installations of microgeneration devices.

We are taking a number of steps to increase the number of installations of microgeneration devices across all sectors in Scotland.

We have tripled funding for community and microgeneration;

We are amending Permitted Development Rights for microgeneration on domestic buildings;

We have introduced new legislation which provides a non-domestic rating exemption for businesses installing microgeneration, and

From April our new Energy Assistance Package will for the first time include air source heat pumps among the measures available through our fuel poverty programmes.

Question reference: S3W-19660

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on dental bursaries for dental students at the University of Dundee in (a) each financial year since the introduction of the scheme and (b) 2008-09.

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Financial Year	Amount of Bursary Paid
2006-07	856,000
2007-08	888,000
2008-09 (to date)	864,000

Question reference: S3W-18929

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 20 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to themed events in (a) Dundee and (b) Angus for Homecoming Scotland 2009 and whether it will list each event being supported financially.

Question reference: S3W-19659

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentistry students at the University of Dundee have (a) applied for and (b) received a dental bursary in 2008-09, broken down by year of study and also expressed as a percentage of the total number of undergraduate students in each year.

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Course Year	Number of Applicants in Receipt of Bursary	% Uptake of Bursary
2	41	62
3	55	81
4	76	84
5	40	59

Question reference: S3W-18907

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 14 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how the number of whole-time equivalent General Teaching Council for Scotland registered teachers employed to provide pre-school education by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus councils compares with the number required in those areas to meet the SNP manifesto commitment to ensure that every child of nursery age has access to a qualified nursery teacher.

The 2008 pre-school and childcare census includes a table which shows the percentage of children who had access to a teacher during census week in each local authority area. This can be viewed on the Scottish Government''s website at the following address:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/12150803/29.

I refer the member to the answer to questions S3W-11417 and S3W-16579 on 16 April 2008, and 9 October 2008 respectively. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

These answers referred to above set out the Scottish Government''s position on setting a minimum level of access.

Question reference: S3O-05406

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2009
Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani on 8 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on future funding for Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Question reference: S3W-18906

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 7 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent General Teaching Council for Scotland registered teachers are employed to provide pre-school education by (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus councils.

Question reference: S3W-18905

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the median gross hourly earnings were for full-time employees resident in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in the last year for which information is available, also broken down by gender.

The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.

Table 1 shows the median gross hourly earnings for full-time employees resident in Dundee City, Angus and Aberdeenshire local authorities. The latest year for which data is available is 2008.

Table 1 “ Median Gross Hourly Pay (£) for Full-Time Employee Jobs¹ of People Resident in selected Local Authorities (2008)

Local Authority	All	Male	Females
Dundee City	11.00	12.12	10.14
Angus	11.75	12.30	11.18
Aberdeenshire	12.46	13.21	11.05

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.

Notes:

1. Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence.

2. The estimates are based on a sample survey, and as such, are subject to sampling error.

Question reference: S3W-18756

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 5 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new applications have been received for a free central heating system in the DD postcode area in each month since, and including, July 2008 for which information is available and how many have been considered as eligible.

Information provided by the managing agent, for the DD postcode area, on the number of applications and the number accepted, subject to survey, in each month during the period requested is shown in the following table:

Month of Application	Number of Applications	Accepted Subject to Survey
July 2008	42	9
August 2008	41	18
September 2008	41	15
October 2008	82	62
November 2008	119	86
Total	352	190

Note: 1. An initial assessment is made at the application stage, normally by telephone, and those applications are recorded as accepted, subject to survey.