- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2004
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 26 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any assessment of the economic, social and environmental impact of a toll-free Tay Road Bridge.
Answer
As part of the current Tolled Bridges Review a range of tolling options was looked at for each of the tolled bridges in Scotland including for the Tay Road Bridge both increasing and removing the tolls. The outcome of the first phase of the review will be published in due course.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 October 2004
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Answered by Tavish Scott on 12 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has from census records, or other sources, on the number of people working in Scotland who are fluent in a European language, broken down by (a) language and (b) job category.
Answer
This information is neither availablefrom census records, nor from any other source held by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2004
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Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 10 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote the growth of girls’ and women’s football.
Answer
The Executive is committed to increasing opportunities for girls and women to take part in sport generally. Since 1997-98, sportscotland has invested in excess of £1 million of Exchequer and Lottery funding, including £400,000 towards supporting the Scottish Women’s Football Association’s current four-year development plan. Implementation of the Action Plan for Youth Football will deliver a step change in the development of women’s and girls’ football, which will also benefit from the investment in Active Schools.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2004
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Answered by Colin Boyd on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases involving driving without insurance proceeded in the (a) Arbroath, (b) Dundee and (c) Stonehaven procurator fiscal office in each of the last three years.
Answer
The numbers of charges for driving without insurance contrary to section 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 reported to the Procurators Fiscal at Arbroath, Dundee and Stonehaven in the last three financial years and which resulted in criminal proceedings being instructed are shown in the following table.
| Procurator Fiscal’s Office | Financial Year 2001-02 | Financial Year 2002-03 | Financial Year 2003-04 |
| Arbroath | 325 | 334 | 401 |
| Dundee | 1,014 | 1,291 | 1,548 |
| Stonehaven | 148 | 158 | 151 |
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2004
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils sat modern languages at (a) standard grade and (b) higher level in each year since 1999, broken down by subject and expressed as a percentage of the year group.
Answer
A document has been lodged with the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 34588) showing the number of pupils sitting Modern Language courses at the various National Qualification levels between 1999 and 2004. The information covers pupils from S4 to S6 at all publicly funded secondary schools and, as requested, has been broken down by subject and expressed as a percentage of the year group.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in reducing deaths from cancer.
Answer
Since 1995 there has been a fall of 13.6% in cancer mortality among people aged under 75. This means we are on track to meet our target of a 20% reduction by 2010.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern languages teachers there have been in secondary schools in each year since 1999, broken down by subject.
Answer
The available information on how many modern languages teachers there have been in secondary schools on specific years, broken down by subject, can be obtained from the Teacher Census Results 2003 and can be accessed using the following hyperlink:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00352-00.asp.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 7 October 2004
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
The information requested isgiven in the following table:
Deathsfrom Cancer1
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Dundee | |
| Number | 457 | 487 | 484 | 470 | 491 |
| Rate per 100,000 population | 309 | 332 | 333 | 326 | 343 |
| Index (Number in 1999 = 100) | 100 | 107 | 106 | 103 | 107 |
| Tayside | |
| Number | 1,199 | 1,236 | 1,227 | 1,222 | 1,227 |
| Rate per 100,000 population | 305 | 317 | 316 | 315 | 317 |
| Index (Number in 1999 = 100) | 100 | 103 | 102 | 102 | 102 |
| Scotland | |
| Number | 14,789 | 14,958 | 15,196 | 15,051 | 15,116 |
| Rate per 100,000 population | 292 | 295 | 300 | 298 | 299 |
| Index (Number in 1999 = 100) | 100 | 101 | 103 | 102 | 102 |
Notes:
1. 1999: International ClassificationOf Diseases, 9th Revision, codes 140 - 208, malignant neoplasms.
2.2000-03: International Classification Of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes C00 -C97, malignant neoplasms.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2004
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive where responsibility will lie for ensuring the continuation of cross-border rail services on cross-country and east coast mainline routes when Transport Scotland is established.
Answer
Lead responsibility for setting the specification for cross-border rail franchises will lie with the UK Government. Scottish ministers will continue to be able to offer advice to the UK Government on these services.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2004
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with trade unions representing workers based in Scotland who are employed on cross-country rail services.
Answer
The Strategic Rail Authority are responsible for the cross-country rail franchise. The Scottish Executive has not had any discussions with trade unions representing workers based in Scotland.
