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Question reference: S3W-27817

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 28 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many petrol stations there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The following table shows the number of petrol stations in operation in Scotland between 1999 and 2008 (figures for 2009 are not currently available). The data is taken from a Scottish extract of the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), which is maintained by the Office for National Statistics.

Number of Business Sites^{1, 2} of Registered Enterprises in SIC code 50.5: Retail Sale of Automotive Fuel by Local Authority Area³ for 1999 to 2008

Local Authority	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Aberdeen City	40	40	30	25	25	20	20	20	15	20
Aberdeenshire	55	50	50	45	45	40	40	40	40	30
Angus	15	15	20	15	15	15	15	10	10	5
Argyll and Bute	35	35	35	35	40	35	35	35	35	30
Clackmannanshire	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	50	50	40	40	40	35	35	30	30	30
Dundee City	25	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	5	5
East Ayrshire	25	25	20	20	20	20	20	15	20	20
East Dunbartonshire	20	20	15	20	15	15	10	15	10	10
East Lothian	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10
East Renfrewshire	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5
Edinburgh, City of	35	30	45	40	45	45	35	30	20	20
Eilean Siar	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10
Falkirk	25	20	20	20	20	15	20	15	15	15
Fife	65	65	55	40	40	30	30	35	30	20
Glasgow City	60	60	60	50	55	50	50	40	40	35
Highland	70	65	65	65	60	55	60	60	60	60
Inverclyde	5	5	0	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Midlothian	5	10	10	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Moray	25	25	25	25	25	30	25	20	20	20
North Ayrshire	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
North Lanarkshire	45	45	35	40	35	30	30	35	35	25
Orkney Islands	10	5	10	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Perth and Kinross	40	40	40	35	35	35	30	30	25	20
Renfrewshire	25	25	30	25	30	25	25	20	15	15
Scottish Borders	15	15	20	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Shetland Islands	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
South Ayrshire	20	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10
South Lanarkshire	50	45	40	35	40	40	40	40	30	25
Stirling	10	10	15	10	10	15	15	10	10	5
West Dunbartonshire	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	5
West Lothian	25	25	30	25	25	20	20	20	15	10
Total	880	835	810	750	745	700	680	645	575	510

Notes:

Totals may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.

Due to the rounding to the nearest five, a business site count of zero could represent zero, one or two business sites.

1. Excludes central and local government.

2. It is likely that the SIC code 50:5: Retail Sale of Automotive Fuel will not capture petrol stations that are attached to large supermarkets. The activity of these petrol stations may come under the retail SIC code of the supermarket. The SIC code of a business is determined by its main activity.

3. Includes June 2002 local authority boundary changes between the City of Edinburgh and West Lothian and Glasgow City and Renfrewshire.

4. For 1999 to 2004, the extract used from the IDBR was taken in November. For 2005 to 2008, the extract used from the IBDR was taken in March.

Question reference: S3W-27818

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 28 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many grants have been made under the Rural Petrol Station Grant Scheme since it was established, broken down by local authority area.

The following table shows the number of grants made under the Rural Petrol Stations Grant Scheme between 1998, when it was introduced, and 31 March 2008.

Local Authority Area	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Aberdeenshire	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	3	2	2
Aberdeen City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angus	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Argyll and Bute	2	0	3	4	0	1	3	5	2	3
City of Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	3
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	2	1	0	7	4	4	3
Dundee City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fife	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glasgow City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Highland	2	4	3	5	2	4	9	5	4	5
Inverclyde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moray	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
North Ayrshire	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	8	2	3
Perth and Kinross	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1
Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	1
Shetland Islands	0	3	2	0	2	0	1	6	1	1
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
South Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Stirling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	10	10	23	6	7	33	38	21	24

Question reference: S3W-27819

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 28 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend the funding available under the Rural Petrol Station Grant Scheme.

Question reference: S3W-27847

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be a reallocation of any underspend in the additional revenue funding for colleges in 2009-10.

Question reference: S3W-27848

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional places have been created for students following the allocation of additional revenue funding for colleges in 2009-10, broken down by college.

Question reference: S3W-27849

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional courses have been created for students following the allocation of additional revenue funding for colleges in 2009-10, broken down by college.

Question reference: S3W-27779

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people do not have access to an NHS dentist, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Table 1 shows the percentage of children and adults registered with an NHS dentist, by parliamentary constituency as at 31 March 2009.

NHS Parliamentary Constituency Area	Percentage of Children Registered	Percentage of Adults Registered
Scotland	80.1	61.3
Aberdeen Central	164.8	50.5
Aberdeen North	72.9	54.2
Aberdeen South	31.4	12.0
Airdrie and Shotts	68.7	61.8
Angus	67.7	61.6
Argyll and Bute	72.8	54.6
Ayr	141.1	124.2
Banff and Buchan	77.2	57.7
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	23.0	12.6
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	46.2	37.7
Central Fife	70.3	50.1
Clydebank and Milngavie	73.5	63.1
Clydesdale	70.3	63.3
Coatbridge and Chryston	76.8	65.2
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	79.6	71.9
Cunninghame North	89.0	76.5
Cunninghame South	72.5	68.1
Dumbarton	88.5	78.4
Dumfries	94.8	67.2
Dundee East	94.4	81.6
Dundee West	94.6	73.4
Dunfermline East	60.4	28.6
Dunfermline West	64.1	60.1
East Kilbride	74.5	63.3
East Lothian	58.7	35.6
Eastwood	84.5	72.0
Edinburgh Central	117.5	52.5
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	103.3	85.4
Edinburgh North and Leith	123.7	70.5
Edinburgh Pentlands	33.4	28.4
Edinburgh South	121.1	84.4
Edinburgh West	82.9	66.6
Falkirk East	65.7	50.1
Falkirk West	99.5	85.8
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	56.3	39.8
Glasgow Anniesland	72.6	56.7
Glasgow Baillieston	58.8	47.6
Glasgow Cathcart	66.7	61.8
Glasgow Govan	147.2	119.2
Glasgow Kelvin	161.5	95.2
Glasgow Maryhill	105.6	90.8
Glasgow Pollok	74.8	68.3
Glasgow Rutherglen	71.5	63.7
Glasgow Shettleston	129.6	95.6
Glasgow Springburn	103.1	87.3
Gordon	51.2	27.5
Greenock and Inverclyde	83.5	60.2
Hamilton North and Bellshill	104.6	80.3
Hamilton South	72.8	66.8
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	145.8	55.4
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	85.4	52.8
Kirkcaldy	96.2	75.0
Linlithgow	101.0	100.0
Livingston	66.6	50.2
Midlothian	75.2	59.0
Moray	58.7	18.7
Motherwell and Wishaw	86.3	87.6
North East Fife	61.6	35.8
North Tayside	70.4	51.0
Ochil	64.9	53.8
Orkney Islands	66.9	46.2
Paisley North	89.7	81.3
Paisley South	101.3	89.4
Perth	81.7	48.9
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	30.6	17.9
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	67.9	26.0
Shetland Islands	85.8	60.7
Stirling	87.3	72.5
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	86.5	65.4
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	69.9	64.3
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	51.7	31.5
West Renfrewshire	62.8	49.6
Western Isles	54.0	57.9

Table 2 below shows the percentage of children and adults not registered with an NHS dentist, by parliamentary constituency as at 31 March 2009. This does not necessarily reflect the number of people accessing NHS dental treatment, as un-registered patients can access NHS treatment through occasional and emergency dental service arrangements. Other factors can affect the number of people who access NHS dental treatment, such as patient choice to have private treatment.

NHS Parliamentary Constituency Area	Percentage of Children not Registered	Percentage of Adults not Registered
Scotland	19.9	38.7
Aberdeen Central	-	49.5
Aberdeen North	27.1	45.8
Aberdeen South	68.6	88.0
Airdrie and Shotts	31.3	38.2
Angus	32.3	38.4
Argyll and Bute	27.2	45.4
Ayr	-	-
Banff and Buchan	22.8	42.3
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	77.0	87.4
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	53.8	62.3
Central Fife	29.7	49.9
Clydebank and Milngavie	26.5	36.9
Clydesdale	29.7	36.7
Coatbridge and Chryston	23.2	34.8
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	20.4	28.1
Cunninghame North	11.0	23.5
Cunninghame South	27.5	31.9
Dumbarton	11.5	21.6
Dumfries	5.2	32.8
Dundee East	5.6	18.4
Dundee West	5.4	26.6
Dunfermline East	39.6	71.4
Dunfermline West	35.9	39.9
East Kilbride	25.5	36.7
East Lothian	41.3	64.4
Eastwood	15.5	28.0
Edinburgh Central	-	47.5
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	-	14.6
Edinburgh North and Leith	-	29.5
Edinburgh Pentlands	66.6	71.6
Edinburgh South	-	15.6
Edinburgh West	17.1	33.4
Falkirk East	34.3	49.9
Falkirk West	0.5	14.2
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	43.7	60.2
Glasgow Anniesland	27.4	43.3
Glasgow Baillieston	41.2	52.4
Glasgow Cathcart	33.3	38.2
Glasgow Govan	-	-
Glasgow Kelvin	-	4.8
Glasgow Maryhill	-	9.2
Glasgow Pollok	25.2	31.7
Glasgow Rutherglen	28.5	36.3
Glasgow Shettleston	-	4.4
Glasgow Springburn	-	12.7
Gordon	48.8	72.5
Greenock and Inverclyde	16.5	39.8
Hamilton North and Bellshill	-	19.7
Hamilton South	27.2	33.2
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	-	44.6
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	14.6	47.2
Kirkcaldy	3.8	25.0
Linlithgow	-	-
Livingston	33.4	49.8
Midlothian	24.8	41.0
Moray	41.3	81.3
Motherwell and Wishaw	13.7	12.4
North East Fife	38.4	64.2
North Tayside	29.6	49.0
Ochil	35.1	46.2
Orkney Islands	33.1	53.8
Paisley North	10.3	18.7
Paisley South	-	10.6
Perth	18.3	51.1
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	69.4	82.1
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	32.1	74.0
Shetland Islands	14.2	39.3
Stirling	12.7	27.5
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	13.5	34.6
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	30.1	35.7
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	48.3	68.5
West Renfrewshire	37.2	50.4
Western Isles	46.0	42.1

Source: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental Accounting System).

Notes:

1. NHS parliamentary constituency area is based on the postcode of the dental practice.

2. 2007 mid-year population estimates are used to calculate the percentage registered and are sourced from the General Register''s Office.

3. Registrations (numerator) are based on the postcode of the practice where the patient has registered with a general dental practitioner. The population (denominator) is based on where the patient resides. In some cases, the natural cross-boundary flow of people residing in one area but registered with a dentist whose practice is based in another area is such that the number of people registered exceeds the actual population of that geographical area (and therefore the level exceeds 100%). Conversely, a geographical area where there are few or no dental practices may appear to have a much lower number (and therefore level) of people registered.

4. A number of constituencies in table 1 show registration rates over 100% due to cross-boundary flow. In such cases, the percentage of patients not registered with a dentist is shown in the above table as -.

Question reference: S3W-27778

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people do not have access to an NHS dentist, broken down by NHS board area.

Table 1 shows the percentage of children and adults registered with an NHS dentist, by NHS board as at 31 March 2009.

NHS Board Area	Percentage of Children Registered	Percentage of Adults Registered
Scotland	80.1	61.3
Ayrshire and Arran	84.2	70.3
Borders	69.8	45.4
Dumfries and Galloway	77.4	54.6
Fife	70.1	49.6
Forth Valley	78.2	65.0
Grampian	66.3	35.2
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	89.6	75.0
Highland	76.3	39.4
Lanarkshire	78.5	70.1
Lothian	83.4	62.7
Orkney	66.9	46.2
Shetland	85.8	60.7
Tayside	82.7	64.3
Western Isles	54.0	57.9

Table 2 shows the percentage of children and adults not registered with an NHS dentist, by NHS board as at 31 March 2009. This does not necessarily reflect the number of people accessing NHS dental treatment, as un-registered patients can access NHS treatment through occasional and emergency dental service arrangements. Other factors can affect the number of people who access NHS dental treatment, such as patient choice to have private treatment.

NHS Board Area	Percentage of Children not Registered	Percentage of Adults not Registered
Scotland	19.9	38.7
Ayrshire and Arran	15.8	29.7
Borders	30.2	54.6
Dumfries and Galloway	22.6	45.4
Fife	29.9	50.4
Forth Valley	21.8	35.0
Grampian	33.7	64.8
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	10.4	25.0
Highland	23.7	60.6
Lanarkshire	21.5	29.9
Lothian	16.6	37.3
Orkney	33.1	53.8
Shetland	14.2	39.3
Tayside	17.3	35.7
Western Isles	46.0	42.1

Source: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental Accounting System).

Notes:

1. NHS board area is based on the postcode of the dental practice.

2. 2007 mid-year population estimates are used to calculate the percentage registered and are sourced from the General Register''s Office.

3. Registrations (numerator) are based on the postcode of the practice where the patient has registered with a general dental practitioner. The population (denominator) is based on where the patient resides. In some cases, the natural cross-boundary flow of people residing in one area but registered with a dentist whose practice is based in another area is such that the number of people registered exceeds the actual population of that geographical area (and therefore the level exceeds 100%). Conversely, a geographical area where there are few or no dental practices may appear to have a much lower number (and therefore level) of people registered.

Question reference: S3W-27865

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many volunteers there have been in each year since 1999.

The essence of volunteering is that people just do it, often outside any formal setting or organisation, and without any requirement to register. Consequently, there can be no precise quantification of the numbers.

Research by Volunteer Development Scotland suggests that the number of volunteers in Scotland lies in the range 1.3 to 2 million. The Scottish Household Survey also collects some information about rates of volunteering.

Question reference: S3W-27864

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many volunteer groups there have been in each year since 1999.

The number of voluntary organisations in Scotland, which by definition will use volunteers in some capacity, can not be identified with accuracy. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has estimated there may be about 45,000 and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has over 23,800 charities on its register. However, neither of these figures will include the huge number of informal local groups who come together to pursue a common interest.

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