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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-07411

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to implement emergency measures to deal with the current state of the dairy industry in Ayrshire.

The Scottish Executive recognises the difficult times affecting dairy farmers in Ayrshire. This is why the dairy sector was included in the recent special aid package announced on 30 March. The position is being kept under review. However, it is important to recognise that the nature of European Union dairy regime and the tightly drawn state aid rules mean that it is difficult to provide direct assistance outwith the normal rules.

Question reference: S1W-07382

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the process which will be used in preparing its response to the Hawk and Owl Trust Report; what timetable is envisaged; which organisations will be consulted, and whether it will make available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre all the submissions it receives on the matter.

Question reference: S1W-07383

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what process will be used in preparing its response to the UK Raptor Working Party report; what timetable is envisaged; which organisations will be consulted, and whether it will make available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre all the submissions it receives on the matter.

Question reference: S1W-07401

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority area of the number of households receiving assistance through the Warm Deal programme including details of the level of grants awarded.

A total of 38,604 households benefited from the Warm Deal in the year ending 31 March 2000, the most recent period for which figures are available. Local authorities improved 22,554 of their own houses. The number improved by each authority is set out below. Resources go to authorities as landlords: the tenants do not receive grant. 16,050 households received a Warm Deal grant from Eaga, whose expenditure is not recorded by local authority area. The average grant was £315.

Warm Deal as Administered by Local Authorities: Number of Households Benefiting: 1 April 1999 - 31 March 2000
Council	Number of households	Council	Number of households
Aberdeen	672	Inverclyde	1,511
Aberdeenshire	925	Midlothian	322
Angus	580	Moray	484
Argyll and Bute	433	North Ayrshire	1,268
Clackmannanshire	636	North Lanarkshire	832
Dumfries & Galloway	398	Orkney	78
Dundee City	496	Perth & Kinross	-
East Ayrshire	887	Renfrewshire	586
East Dunbarton	421	Scottish Borders	414
East Lothian	343	Shetland	74
East Renfrewshire	274	South Ayrshire	857
Edinburgh	800	South Lanarkshire	1,209
Falkirk	694	Stirling	291
Fife	2787	West Dunbartonshire	1011
Glasgow City	2809	West Lothian	124
Highland	255	Western Isles	83
		Total	22,554

Perth and Kinross Council is not participating in the local authority part of the Warm Deal.

Question reference: S1W-07399

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to announce the outcome of its consultations on the draft volunteering and community action plan.

Question reference: S1W-07398

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail by health board area the incidence of burkholdaria cepacia in each of the last five years including details of the number of fatalities and the age groups of those affected.

Between 1995-99 29 cases of this infection were reported to the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health. The centre received no reports of fatalities as a result of this infection. The age profiles of those affected shown by health boards are detailed in the table below:

Year	Health Board	Age Group	Total
1995	Ayrshire & Arran	35-39, 40-44, 65+	3
	Grampian	65+	1
	Lanarkshire	15-19	1
	Lothian	55-59	1 (6)
1996	Ayrshire & Arran	55-59	1
	Argyll & Clyde	0-4	1
	Greater Glasgow	65+	1
	Lanarkshire	40-44	1
	Lothian	65+	1 (5)
1997	Ayrshire & Arran	65+	1
	Greater Glasgow	55-59	1
	Highland	0-4	1
	Lanarkshire	65+, 65+	2
	Lothian	60-64	1 (6)
1998	Ayrshire & Arran	60-64	1
	Forth Valley	age unknown	2
	Greater Glasgow	50-54, 65+	2
	Lanarkshire	65+	1 (6)
1999	Greater Glasgow	0-4, 0-4, 60-64, 65+	4
	Lothian	0-4, 65+	2 6
			Total (29)

Question reference: S1W-07415

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what number and percentage of bank account arrestments were exercised last year on people who were on benefits at the time of arrestment.

Question reference: S1W-07385

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of information communications technology training by it and its agencies for each of the past two years and the current year, broken down by local enterprise company area.

Question reference: S1W-07397

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the effectiveness of the tenant consultation and participation procedures being used by South Lanarkshire Council in respect of establishing the feasibility of housing stock transfers in the area and, in particular, to assess whether the council has given due regard to the role of the South Lanarkshire Federation of Tenants.

Question reference: S1W-07414

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the number of (i) bank account arrestments and (ii) wage arrestments in each of the past three years.

	Earnings Arrestments Executed	Non-Earnings Arrestments Executed	Other Arrestments
1997	88,152	89,641	4,917
1998	74,200	96,707	4,584
1999	73,464	98,613	4,612