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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.

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Question reference: S3W-02287

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 20 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 31 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many bank nurses have been employed by NHS Tayside in each of the last three years and what the annual cost has been of employing them.

Information on staffemployed in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at:

www.isdscotland.org/workforce.

Section E gives details of nursingand midwifery staff. In particular, table E16 shows hours, average whole time equivalent(WTE) and costs of bank nursing and midwifery staff by NHS board from 2001 to2006. WTE adjusts headcount to take account of part time working. Figures forhours and cost of agency nursing and midwifery staff are produced annually atthe end of each financial year.

Question reference: S3W-01298

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to develop an overarching national structure of domestic abuse courts and a national action plan to consider the lessons of the Glasgow pilot scheme and the roll-out of best practice across Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-01297

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will agree in principle to a phased roll-out of the Domestic Abuse Court at Glasgow Sheriff Court to cover the whole of Glasgow.

Question reference: S3W-01296

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to continue the operation of the Domestic Abuse Court at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

I am considering howbest the Executive can support how the courts deal with cases of alleged domesticabuse. I will take into account the independent evaluation of the pilot court inGlasgow Sheriff Court and also the progressive implementation of summary justicereform.

The pilot court hasbrought a range of benefits to victims and families. At the same time, the researchdoes not recommend simple replication of the Glasgow model. It stresses the need for local solutions to meet local needs.

Domestic abuse toucheson portfolios of several Cabinet Secretaries and, together, we are committed tofinding a way forward which:

reflects the seriousnessof domestic abuse as a crime and sends a strong message of zero tolerance;

capitalises on thelearning of the pilot;

provides adequateand timely support to victims of domestic abuse and their children, who can oftenbe the unseen “victims” of this crime;

respects the discretionof the judiciary to organise court business as they see fit;

recognises that court-basedaction is one of a range of measures for combating domestic abuse which must befully integrated and mutually supportive, and

Is affordable andsustainable for the long-term.

We will announce ourconclusions shortly.

Question reference: S3W-01267

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households have had a domestic (a) broadband and (b) dial-up internet connection in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S3W-01266

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households in (a) Scotland and (b) each parliamentary constituency have a domestic internet connection.

Question reference: S3W-01265

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding sportscotland has provided to (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire councils in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S3O-00415

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to promote a diverse rural economy though waste management improvements.

Question reference: S3W-01226

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 28 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average value has been of offers of Regional Selective Assistance made to indigenous firms in (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in each of the last five years.

The average valueof RSA offers to indigenous firms in the Dundee City Council Area is asfollows:

Year	Amount
2006-07	£442,143
2005-06	£143,250
2004-05	£337,500
2003-04	£181,400
2002-03	£120,000

There were no RSAoffers made to firms in the Angus and Aberdeenshire local authority areas inthese years.

Question reference: S3W-01225

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 28 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offers of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) have been made to indigenous firms in (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire in each of the last five years, also expressed as a percentage of the total number of RSA offers.

The following tableprovides details of the number of RSA offers made to indigenous firms in theDundee City Council Area in the last five financial years. It also shows whatpercentage these are in relation to the total number of RSA offers.

There were no RSAoffers made to firms in the Angus and Aberdeenshire Council Areas in these years.

Financial Year	Total No. of RSA Offers	RSA Offers made in Dundee City Council Area	Offers made to Indigenous Firms in Dundee City Council Area	%
2006-07	164	11	7	4.3%
2005-06	157	5	4	2.5%
2004-05	174	5	4	2.3%
2003-04	167	10	5	3.0%
2002-03	193	7	4	2.1%

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Dundee	£542,357	£530,936	£1,230,393
Angus	£276,507	£617,209	£329,097
Aberdeenshire	£358,474	£579,253	£675,830