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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-26320

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time was for a hearing aid in each year since 1999, broken down by Scottish Parliament constituency.

Question reference: S3W-26319

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time was for a hearing aid in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S3W-25704

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive to what timescale it is working to deliver a new Inveramsay bridge on the A96.

Question reference: S3W-25703

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have been carried out into the traffic problems caused by the Inveramsay Bridge on the A96.

Question reference: S3W-25697

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average wage was in each year since 1999, broken down by Scottish parliamentary constituency.

The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics. Information on earnings for Scottish parliamentary constituencies are available from 2004 onwards.

The table below provides estimates of gross weekly earnings by Scottish parliamentary constituency. The estimates are residence-based so cover employees living in each constituency.

Weekly Pay - Gross (£) - For All Employee Jobs^A, Scotland 2004-08

	2004	2005	2006¹	2006²	2007	2008
	Median	Median	Median	Median	Median	Median
Scotland	323.7	333.4	347.6	345.5	360.2	376.8
Aberdeen Central	316.7	307.1	348.8	346.3	395.4	356.7
Aberdeen North	321.5	328.4	344.5	343.4	360.9	382.1
Aberdeen South	348.7	382.6	428	422.3	403.6	423.3
Airdrie and Shotts	310	324.9	345	343.5	348	357.4
Angus	338.1	348.2	362.5	361.5	363.3	392.8
Argyll and Bute	289.8	287.4	293.5	292	278.9	334.7
Ayr	342.6	380.9	373.3	374.5	393.6	369.8
Banff and Buchan	302.3	310.9	299.6	299.5	313.5	329.5
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	320	293.6	271	271.1	289	333.4
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	356.3	365.3	370.5	360.9	382.1	388.1
Central Fife	312	292.6	321.6	322.5	352.6	328.8
Clydebank and Milngavie	298.7	283.5	314.6	314.6	340.7	353.7
Clydesdale	344.2	347.2	377.3	377.1	386.6	398.9
Coatbridge and Chryston	300.7	297.3	345.7	351.5	342.2	353.1
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	307	320	327.2	326.2	325.5	340.5
Cunninghame North	314.1	367.1	332.7	333.1	333.9	340.5
Cunninghame South	296.8	343.5	338.7	331.5	348.2	358.3
Dumbarton	333.4	326.9	314.2	309.6	372.6	358.1
Dumfries	294	304.4	311.4	310.9	320.6	347.3
Dundee East	284.3	325.8	316.2	318.3	344.1	340.3
Dundee West	291.5	282.2	335.5	335.5	325.5	351.8
Dunfermline East	336.2	326.7	348.3	342.8	315.2	387.6
Dunfermline West	304.3	320.8	323.8	322.3	348	367.8
East Kilbride	345.3	339	350	349.8	411	402.5
East Lothian	330.5	346.5	365.4	364	377.9	430
Eastwood	383.9	408	422.2	412.6	429.7	441.6
Edinburgh Central	365.5	385.1	408.5	406.3	416.7	425.6
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	365	383.3	369.3	365.5	384.9	398.7
Edinburgh North and Leith	356.3	414.7	436.4	427.9	455.8	436.8
Edinburgh Pentlands	318.9	338.4	354.1	353.6	372	401.1
Edinburgh South	331	365	384.4	383.1	407.7	439.4
Edinburgh West	381.2	402.5	410.6	409.7	346.7	403.2
Falkirk East	335.9	322.8	364.8	362.5	378	381.6
Falkirk West	319.6	324.9	330.9	329.5	367.3	392.5
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	297.1	299.6	331.5	328.1	334.5	353.6
Glasgow Anniesland	332.6	342.9	372	368.7	357.1	356.5
Glasgow Baillieston	286.6	313.7	322.2	322.2	341.3	351.5
Glasgow Cathcart	293.6	324.1	321.3	322.2	379.9	389
Glasgow Govan	341.4	352.6	353.4	350.8	379.3	430
Glasgow Kelvin	403.9	425.6	416.8	412.9	409.6	461.8
Glasgow Maryhill	282.8	288.6	302.4	302.2	312.3	337.4
Glasgow Pollok	294.8	320.3	329.9	328.4	340.8	354
Glasgow Rutherglen	323.5	322.1	347.3	342.5	384.5	409.9
Glasgow Shettleston	300.5	309.1	300.7	301	318.8	318.4
Glasgow Springburn	269.7	295.3	318.8	317.6	294.8	307.7
Gordon	335.7	340	350.8	349.4	369.5	404.8
Greenock and Inverclyde	301.4	333.2	321	316.3	342.1	358.1
Hamilton North and Bellshill	331.2	358.5	358.5	357	358.3	379.2
Hamilton South	353.8	310.5	334.6	335.9	342.9	383.4
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	308.3	306.5	323.8	321.9	319.4	356.3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	319.9	331.5	344.2	342.9	387.1	373.4
Kirkcaldy	312	298.4	326	326.9	339.2	388.4
Linlithgow	307.1	318.3	345	344.7	362.8	374.5
Livingston	334.7	334.9	343.1	343.3	344.1	366.1
Midlothian	304.5	320	329.7	330	360	355.9
Moray	286.2	288.1	291.9	290.2	318.9	333.8
Motherwell and Wishaw	325.5	348.2	358.7	352.2	355.8	366.8
North East Fife	350.9	338.9	367.3	362.9	421.8	400.7
North Tayside	300.1	293.7	334.6	325.2	344.6	358.8
Ochil	305.1	295	317.6	315.5	332.3	370.4
Orkney and Shetland	304.9	345.6	316.2	313.2	351.2	371.8
Paisley North	314.3	282.3	350.6	350.9	361.2	374.2
Paisley South	324	318.4	308	303.5	319.5	350.4
Perth	313.3	318.5	338.8	339.6	340.3	338.9
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	300.1	301.6	323	323.2	325.6	366.2
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	289.5	299	309.6	308.5	329.5	358.8
Stirling	338.2	322.9	373.2	364.6	379.9	374.5
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	360.7	399.6	396.6	398.2	375.1	394.5
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	305.3	307.7	331.2	329	363.5	348.3
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	353.4	365	388.3	389.1	425.8	436.5
West Renfrewshire	375	416.7	391.4	390.9	385.4	487
Western Isles	264.9	308.2	355.9	351.8	355.1	364.8

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.

Notes:

A. Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.

B. Residence based estimates.

1. Methodology consistent with 2005.

2. Methodology consistent with 2007.

Question reference: S3W-25433

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 June 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 July 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consult stoma patients on the impact of changes to the stoma care service that came into effect in April 2006 in respect of the provision of stoma care appliances to patients in the community.

Question reference: S3W-25431

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 June 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 July 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Stoma National Review Group will report on the arrangements introduced in April 2006 for the provision of stoma care appliances to patients in the community.

Question reference: S3W-25432

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 June 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 July 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received from patients’ groups on the standards of stoma care service.

Three patients'' representative groups (the Colostomy Association, IA and Urostomy Association) are members of the Stoma National Review Group and have attended all seven meetings of the group. I met with the patients'' groups on 20 August 2008 and they met with officials on 30April 2009 to discuss the arrangements for the provision of stoma care appliances. Following this they wrote to officials to confirm their key issues.

Question reference: S3W-25714

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 July 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered fishing boats there have been in Scotland in each year since 1999, broken down by Scottish parliamentary constituency.

Question reference: S3W-25713

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 July 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many fishermen there have been in Scotland in each year since 1999, broken down by Scottish parliamentary constituency.