Chamber and committees

Questions and answers

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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Filter your results Hide all filters

Displaying 917 questions Show Answers

Order by |

Question reference: S2W-30340

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed adults in Aberdeenshire worked from home in each of the last three years.

Table 1 shows the percentageof adults in employment who work from home in their main job in Aberdeenshire forthe last three years for which data are available.

Table 1 Percentage of PeopleWorking from Home in Aberdeenshire, 2003-05

	Working from Home
2003	13%
2004	15%
2005	13%

Source:

2004 and 2005 Data from AnnualPopulation Survey.

2003 Data from Annual ScottishLabour Force Survey.

Notes: 1. working from home isdefined as those who work in their own home, in the same grounds or buildings ashome or in different places using home as a base.

Question reference: S2W-30317

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the claimant count number and claimant count unemployment rate have been in each ward of Angus Council in the most recent month for which figures are available.

The Claimant Count gives thenumber of people claiming unemployment related benefits and is produced by the Officeof National Statistics.

Table1 shows the claimant count number and the claimant count rate for each ward in Angusmonth of October 2006.

Pleasenote that the rates are calculated using the resident working age population.

Table1 Claimant Count Unemployment for Wards in Angus, October 2006

Angus Wards	Number	Rate
Kirriemuir West	33	1.4
Kirriemuir East	50	2.2
Brechin West	31	1.3
Brechin North Esk	75	3.2
Westfield and Dean	35	1.3
Forfar West	43	2.2
Forfar Central	43	1.9
Forfar East	50	2.5
Brechin South Esk	93	5.4
Montrose Ferryden	100	4.3
Montrose Central	114	5.7
Montrose West	67	3.0
Montrose Hillside	49	2.0
Forfar South	38	2.0
Letham and Friockheim	28	1.1
Sidlaw West	29	1.1
Sidlaw East and Ashludie	33	1.4
Monifieth West	30	1.2
Monifieth Central	20	1.1
Carnoustie West	54	2.1
Carnoustie Central	28	1.4
Carnoustie East	20	0.8
Arbirlot and Hospitalfield	77	3.6
Keptie	46	2.1
Arbroath North	49	1.8
Brothock	117	5.5
Hayshead and Lunan	63	2.8
Harbour	136	6.7
Cliffburn	94	4.5
Total	1,645	2.7

Source: Office for National Statistics.

Notes:

1. Data are numbers of peopleclaiming unemployment related benefits.

2. Proportions for wards arecalculated using the mid-2001 resident working age population.

Question reference: S2W-30318

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the claimant count number and claimant count unemployment rate have been in each ward of Aberdeenshire Council in the most recent month for which figures are available.

The Claimant Count gives thenumber of people claiming unemployment related benefits and is produced by the Officeof National Statistics.

Table1 shows the claimant count number and the claimant count rate for each ward in Aberdeenshiremonth of October 2006.

Table1 Claimant Count Unemployment for Wards in Aberdeenshire, October 2006

2003 CAS Ward	Total Claimants
Aberdeenshire Wards	Number	Rate
Durn	27	1.7
Banff West and Boyndie	28	1.5
Banff	54	3.3
Aberchirder	25	1.4
Macduff	35	2.0
Gamrie-King Edward	28	1.6
Buchan North	30	1.7
Fraserburgh West	26	1.2
Fraserburgh North	43	2.4
Fraserburgh East	32	2.1
Fraserburgh South	10	0.5
Buchan North East	8	0.5
South Buchan	14	0.7
Central Buchan	27	1.3
Lonmay and St Fergus	32	1.6
Mintlaw-Old Deer	10	0.5
Mintlaw-Longside	4	0.2
Boddam-Inverugie	20	0.7
Blackhouse	27	1.2
Buchanhaven	45	2.4
Peterhead Central-Roanheads	93	4.9
Clerkhill	30	1.8
Dales-Towerhill	30	1.4
Cruden	12	0.6
Turriff West	15	0.8
Turriff East	11	0.7
Upper Ythan	12	0.6
Fyvie-Methlick	18	0.9
Tarves	18	0.7
Ythan	11	0.5
Ellon Town	13	0.7
Logie Buchan	6	0.2
Meldrum	13	0.6
Udny-Slains	11	0.4
Belhelvie	10	0.4
Insch	11	0.5
Chapel and Gadie	9	0.4
Inverurie North	12	0.6
Inverurie Central	11	0.6
Inverurie South and Port Elphinstone	19	1.0
Kintore and Keithhall	11	0.5
Newmachar and Fintray	10	0.4
Kemnay	16	0.7
Echt	8	0.4
Kinellar and Westhill North	8	0.3
Westhill Central	6	0.2
Elrick	7	0.3
Huntly West	28	1.6
Huntly East	29	1.5
Strathbogie	17	0.8
Donside and Cromar	17	0.9
Alford	11	0.5
Upper Deeside	16	0.9
Aboyne	6	0.3
Mid Deeside	12	0.5
Banchory West	14	0.7
Banchory East and Crathes	7	0.3
Lower Deeside	11	0.5
Portlethen North	14	0.6
Portlethen South	8	0.3
Newtonhill, Muchalls and Cammachmore	7	0.3
Stonehaven North and Fetteresso	10	0.5
Stonehaven Central	14	0.7
Stonehaven South	17	0.8
Mearns North	15	0.7
Mearns Central	16	0.8
Inverbervie, Gourdon and Johnshaven	20	0.9
Mearns South	32	1.4
Total	1,277	1.0

Source: Office for National Statistics

Notes:

1. Data are numbers of peopleclaiming unemployment related benefits.

2. Proportions for wards arecalculated using the mid-2001 resident working age population.

Question reference: S2W-30324

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on what percentage of adults in (a) Dundee, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire have had a full driving licence in each of the last three years.

Information about the percentageof adults in each local authority area who have a full driving licence is not availablefor single years, because the Scottish Household Survey is not designed to providefigures on this basis. The latest available information is given in table 3 of TransportAcross Scotland in 2003 and 2004: some Scottish Household Survey results for partsof Scotland, published by the Scottish Executive in 2006, copies of which areavailable from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39255). Thisgives information for the two-year period 2003-04. The corresponding figures for1999-2000 and 2001-02 are available in earlier editions; the 2005-06 edition shouldbe published in December 2007.

Question reference: S2W-30325

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed people in Dundee travelled to work (a) by car, (b) on foot and (c) by bus in each of the last three years.

Information about the percentageof adults in each local authority area who travel to work (a) by car, (b) on footand (c) by bus is not available for single years, because the Scottish HouseholdSurvey is not designed to provide figures on this basis. The latest available informationis given in table 18 of Transport Across Scotland in 2003 and 2004: some Scottish Household Survey results for parts of Scotland,published by the Scottish Executive in 2006, copies of which are available fromthe Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39255). This gives informationfor the two-year period 2003-2004. The corresponding figures for 1999-2000 and 2001-02are available in earlier editions; the 2005-06 edition should be published in December2007.

Question reference: S2W-30326

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed people in Angus travelled to work (a) by car, (b) on foot and (c) by bus in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S2W-30327

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed people in Aberdeenshire travelled to work (a) by car, (b) on foot and (c) by bus in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S2W-30319

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time university students in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority area have been in receipt of bursaries in each of the last three years.

The following table highlightsthe number of bursaries awarded by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland to full-timeuniversity students who were domiciled in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angusand (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas in each of the last three academic years:

Academic Year	Full-Time University Students Receiving a Bursary, by Local Authority Area
Academic Year	(a) Dundee City	(b) Angus	(c) Aberdeenshire
2003-04	1,250	935	1,860
2004-05	1,295	960	1,830
2005-06	1,355	1,060	1,895

Source: Student Awards Agencyfor Scotland (SAAS).

Note: All student numbers inthis table are rounded up or down to the nearest five.

Students can receive a numberof different financial awards/bursaries, including travel expenses, Young StudentsBursary, Lone Parents Grant, Standard Maintenance Allowance, Disabled Students Allowance,Lone Parents Childcare Grant, Young Students Outside Scotland Bursary and DependantsGrant. Students receiving any of these bursaries or allowances are included in thetable.

Question reference: S2W-30316

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest estimate is of the number of people who commute one kilometre or less to work by car or van.

Information about the percentageof employed adults, who do not work at or from home, who live less than one kilometrefrom their place of work and whose usual method of travel to work is car or vanis given in table 22 of Household Transport in 2005: some Scottish HouseholdSurvey results, published by the Scottish Executive in 2006, copies of whichare available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib number 40754).

Question reference: S2W-30339

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed adults in Angus worked from home in each of the last three years.

Table 1 shows the percentageof employed adults people who work from home in their main job in Angus for thelast three years for which data are available.

Table 1 Percentage of PeopleWorking from Home in Angus, 2003-05

	Working from Home
2003	9%
2004	10%
2005	10%

Source:

2004 and 2005Data from Annual Population Survey.

2003 Data fromAnnual Scottish Labour Force Survey.

Notes:

1. Working fromhome is defined as those who work in their own home, in the same grounds or buildingsas home or in different places using home as a base.