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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: S2W-05602

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 March 2004

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.

Question reference: S2W-06555

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 February 2004

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

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 ofdeveloping DNA profiles obtained from samples taken both at the point of arrestand from crime scenes. The remaining money will be allocated to increasing DNAsampling levels across Scotland. Together, these measures will give the ScottishPolice Service equipment that is as up to date as any in the world and will, inturn, assist in solving more crimes.

Question reference: S2W-05979

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 February 2004

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.

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.

	Full-time officers	Part-time officers	Total strength (head count)	Total strength (whole time equivalent)
2000: September	14,653	217	14,870	14,782
December	14,716	232	14,948	14,863
2001: March	14,903	246	15,149	15,059
June	14,851	261	15,112	15,018
September	14,859	278	15,137	15,037
December	14,808	285	15,093	14,987
2002: March	14,941	310	15,251	15,139
June	14,895	330	15,225	15,111
September	14,988	336	15,324	15,206
December	14,946	341	15,287	15,166
2003: March	15,128	359	15,487	15,361
June	15,191	369	15,560	15,432
September	15,138	374	15,512	15,385
December	15,226	391	15,617	15,483

Source:Returns submitted by Scottish Police Forces. Figures exclude special constables.

Question reference: S2W-05399

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 20 January 2004

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.

Question reference: S2W-05400

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 20 January 2004

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

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 approximately).

High BMI Distribution: Children Receiving a Primary 7 Review: School Year 2001-02

	Total Number	Obese (>95th centile) No.	%
Total	12,194	2,208	18.1
Borders	1,279	217	17.0
Fife	4,020	742	18.5
Lanarkshire	6,895	1,249	18.1

Source: CHSP-S ISD Scotland.

Estimated age at review11-12 years.

Question reference: S2O-01026

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 January 2004

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.

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 and run a “walkingbus” is available through a number of websites set up by individual localauthorities. In addition, Sustrans, the sustainabletransport charity provides much guidance through its website on safe routes to schoolschemes including walking buses.

It is foreach local authority to decide how best to implement safer routes to schoolinitiatives within its area. The Executive does not monitor individual localschemes centrally.

Question reference: S2O-00314

Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 September 2003

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.