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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: S1W-12892

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 12 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what amount of Trans-European Network funding it estimates it will receive for its planned improvements to the A75.

Question reference: S1W-12623

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which information returns on cattle that are required from farmers by its Rural Affairs Department duplicate information returns which farmers already provide to the cattle movement scheme computer system at Workington.

Action to reduce repeat requests for cattle information has already been implemented and wherever possible requests for duplicate information are avoided when pre-printed information is supplied or is available. Further measures to eliminate the remaining requests for duplicate information however, could not be introduced until the central computer system was extended to include details of all cattle in GB. As a result of a major data capture exercise last autumn the database is now over 98% complete. We are now considering how we can make more effective use of this data. This includes reducing the paper burden on farmers on a wider scale - further streamlining of subsidy claim procedures; electronic cattle registration and movement reporting, and eliminating the capture of some census information from farmers.

Question reference: S1W-12377

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 24 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the motorway network is surfaced with porous asphalt.

Porous asphalt surfacing is not utilised on Scottish motorways or on the remainder of the Scottish trunk road network, primarily for serviceability reasons. Where we have opted not to use traditional hot-rolled asphalt surfacing, we use negative-texture proprietary thin surfacing systems in preference to porous asphalt because of greater durability and lower maintenance cost hence providing better value for money on both an initial and a whole life cost basis.

Question reference: S1W-12379

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 24 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current establishment is of the procurator fiscal service, how many vacancies there are and in what grades.

Question reference: S1W-12378

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 24 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fatal accident inquiries have been held in each of the last ten years.

Question reference: S1W-11301

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 10 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary teachers aged (i) 26 to 30; (ii) 31 to 35; (iii) 36 to 40; (iv) 41 to 45; (v) 46 to 50; (vi) 51 to 55, and (vii) 56 to 60 there were in each local authority area in the last academic year.

The following tables show the latest information available on the age profile of primary and secondary teachers in each local authority area.

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers in publicly funded primary schools, by local authority, September 1998
		Percentage of Total
	All Ages	Under 26	26-30	31-35	36-40	41-45	46-50	51-55	56-60	Over 60
	(FTE)
SCOTLAND	22,494	6	10	8	10	22	24	14	5	1
Aberdeen City	829	8	11	8	11	17	26	15	4	0
Aberdeenshire	1,155	7	11	5	11	22	23	15	5	1
Angus	502	5	9	8	7	26	23	15	6	0
Argyll & Bute	443	3	7	10	11	23	27	14	3	1
Clackmannanshire	217	11	9	7	10	21	27	10	4	1
Dumfries & Galloway	703	6	11	10	11	21	24	13	5	1
Dundee City	643	6	10	8	7	19	28	14	7	1
East Ayrshire	538	3	6	5	12	22	29	18	5	1
East Dunbartonshire	480	8	11	7	8	19	26	13	7	1
East Lothian	405	6	12	10	11	18	25	12	5	1
East Renfrewshire	395	4	10	7	9	27	23	15	3	1
Edinburgh, City of	1,509	7	14	9	9	20	23	12	5	0
Eilean Siar	195	6	6	8	12	15	22	18	11	1
Falkirk	587	9	10	7	10	21	24	14	5	1
Fife	1,646	7	9	8	13	22	23	15	4	1
Glasgow City	2,418	3	10	12	12	24	22	12	3	1
Highland	1,098	5	8	10	9	21	25	15	6	1
Inverclyde	363	3	10	8	8	28	25	13	3	1
Midlothian	391	5	11	6	9	24	23	17	6	0
Moray	428	7	6	6	13	25	21	15	7	1
North Ayrshire	605	4	7	8	12	22	28	14	5	1
North Lanarkshire	1,482	6	11	7	10	23	21	15	6	1
Orkney Islands	124	5	11	7	11	18	30	14	3	0
Perth & Kinross	583	7	8	7	8	20	26	17	6	2
Renfrewshire	740	4	8	5	10	25	25	18	4	1
Scottish Borders	500	8	8	11	9	24	21	15	4	0
Shetland Islands	182	4	12	10	10	19	22	17	5	1
South Ayrshire	448	2	3	5	9	27	28	18	6	1
South Lanarkshire	1,318	5	8	7	10	25	26	14	6	1
Stirling	370	5	8	9	10	21	27	15	5	0
West Dunbartonshire	445	5	8	8	8	26	26	15	4	0
West Lothian	751	9	7	5	11	27	22	14	4	1

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers in publicly funded secondary schools, by local authority, September 1998
		Percentage of Total
	All Ages	Under 26	26-30	31-35	36-40	41-45	46-50	51-55	56-60	Over 60
	(FTE)
SCOTLAND	24,090	3	7	8	14	22	26	14	5	1
Aberdeen City	868	4	10	9	11	18	23	16	8	1
Aberdeenshire	1,136	4	9	9	15	19	25	14	5	1
Angus	573	3	5	8	13	18	29	15	7	1
Argyll & Bute	444	4	6	12	14	22	25	12	4	1
Clackmannanshire	228	4	12	9	13	19	23	13	6	1
Dumfries & Galloway	817	5	8	9	16	21	25	12	4	0
Dundee City	714	3	7	8	13	21	25	17	5	1
East Ayrshire	582	2	7	7	15	19	25	18	7	1
East Dunbartonshire	619	2	5	8	14	22	25	18	5	1
East Lothian	367	2	9	5	11	21	27	18	6	1
East Renfrewshire	490	4	8	9	14	23	23	13	5	1
Edinburgh, City of	1,428	3	7	6	11	22	31	14	5	1
Eilean Siar	216	4	5	7	15	14	28	17	10	1
Falkirk	660	4	8	8	12	20	24	16	7	1
Fife	1,733	4	9	9	12	19	26	16	5	0
Glasgow City	2,214	2	7	8	15	26	27	11	3	1
Highland	1,256	2	6	9	13	19	26	16	8	1
Inverclyde	435	3	7	9	18	24	23	11	4	0
Midlothian	395	3	9	8	10	26	28	13	3	0
Moray	466	2	3	7	14	23	26	17	6	2
North Ayrshire	661	3	7	8	17	20	29	13	3	1
North Lanarkshire	1,710	4	8	9	16	25	22	12	4	1
Orkney Islands	137	4	6	8	9	23	23	22	4	1
Perth & Kinross	613	2	5	9	14	24	26	14	6	1
Renfrewshire	837	2	5	7	13	24	27	15	5	1
Scottish Borders	540	4	8	9	13	20	24	17	5	1
Shetland Islands	211	2	12	12	17	18	21	13	5	1
South Ayrshire	573	2	6	5	12	20	28	19	7	1
South Lanarkshire	1,491	3	9	7	15	27	24	11	3	1
Stirling	439	2	7	7	12	20	27	18	7	0
West Dunbartonshire	492	4	10	8	13	23	25	14	4	1
West Lothian	745	5	9	6	13	20	27	14	6	1

Question reference: S1O-02680

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 December 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current position is with regard to relief on water charges for community halls and charitable organisations.

Question reference: S1W-11099

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Angus MacKay on 23 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list, for all non-departmental public bodies ultimately responsible to it, (a) their budget, (b) their staffing level, (c) the number of board members and (d) the emolument of board members.

All the information requested for all non-departmental public bodies for which the Executive is responsible is published in the Cabinet Office annual report Public Bodies 1999. A copy is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre or the Cabinet Office website at the following address:

www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/quango/index/pubs.htm

An additional report Appointments to Non-Departmental Public Bodies, published in February 2000, lists appointments made by Scottish Ministers to Executive and Advisory non-departmental public bodies, NHS Bodies, Nationalised Industries and Public Corporations at 1 December 1999. This publication is available from the Scottish Executive website (publications section) at the following address:

www.scotland.gov.uk

New editions of these annual publications will be available in due course.

Question reference: S1W-11025

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 22 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the Lord Advocate notified the Presiding Officer that he did not intend to refer the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Question reference: S1W-10491

Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 20 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is for permanent improvements to the water supply in Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.

1990-91	112
1991-92	132
1992-93	131
1993-94	143
1994-95	127
1995-96	96
1996-97	133
1997-98	115
1998-99	141
1999-2000	80