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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.

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

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Question reference: S2W-19714

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 November 2005

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Year	No. of Officers Eligible for Retirement in Tayside
2005	37
2006	30
2007	36
2008	47

Question reference: S2O-07845

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 27 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to support and encourage small rural businesses.

Support for small businesses, including those in rural areas, is primarily an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. There are a variety of schemes, and Scottish Enterprise provides a first stop one door access to support and advice through the Business Gateway, while in the Highlands and Islands area, the ten Local Enterprise Companies act as the single access point.

Question reference: S2W-19711

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 25 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the value was of bookings taken by visitscotland.com for tourist providers in Perth and Kinross and what percentage of total Scottish bookings taken this represented in (a) the first 18 months of visitscotland.com's operation and (b) the most recent six months for which figures are available.

The value of bookings made through visitscotland.com for tourist providers in the Perth and Kinross area for the first eighteen months of its operation was £233,000. This business represented 3% of all bookings made through visitscotland.com during this period. The value of bookings made during the period April and September 2005 was £674,673, which represented 6% of all Scottish bookings made through visitscotland.com. The latter figure is broadly in line with the proportion of Scottish tourism value accounted in the area.

Question reference: S2W-19712

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 October 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many current consultant vacancies there are across all specialities in each NHS board.

Information on staff in postin NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under WorkforceStatistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce.

Section B gives details of medicalstaff employed in NHS Scotland. In particular, table B11 and B12 shows the whole-timeequivalent (WTE) and headcount number of consultant vacancies, broken down by NHSboard area. WTE adjusts headcount staff figures to take account of part-time staff.Latest available figures are at 30 September 2004.

Question reference: S2W-19083

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many respite day care places there were in residential homes in each local authority area in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-18999

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what amount has been paid out in direct payments under section 7 of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 in (a) 2004-05 and (b) so far in 2005-06 (i) in total and (ii) broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-19005

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 20 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fostering households (a) there are and (b) are required in each local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-19004

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what average capped income recipients of direct payments in each local authority area are allowed to retain before being required to pay back part of the cost of their care.

Question reference: S2W-18998

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals in each local authority area are currently in receipt of direct payments under section 7 of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.

Not all the data requested is available. Table 1 of the 2004-05 statistics release, published by the Scottish Executive on 13 September at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/74529, shows the numbers and values of direct payments for self-directed community care by local authority. A copy is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37408.) Data for 2005-06 will be published in September 2006.

Question reference: S2W-19003

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recipients of direct payments in each local authority area are in (a) part-time and (b) full-time work and how many recipients in each category are in receipt of income taking them over the level assessed as being required for their needs.