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Question reference: S1W-26485

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on advertising by media type in each department of (a) the Scottish Office in each year from 1991-92 to 1999-2000 and (b) the Scottish Executive in each year from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.

The information requested is as follows:

1991-92
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Home and Health	Fire Prevention		55,308	21,606
	Crime Prevention		112,716	39,694
	Childrens Panels	65,783
	Electoral Registration	79,214
	Duty of Care	9,007
	Dangerous Dogs	8,085
	Organ Donors	17,640
	Solvent Abuse and Drugs	31,674		2,239
Total		211,403	168,024	61,300			440,727
Education	School Boards	179,772	42,090
	Teacher Recruitment	34,427
Total		214,199	42,090				256,289
Industry	Road Safety	143,212	35,652
Total		143,212	35,652				178,864
Agriculture, Env. & Fisheries	Food Regulations		28,824
Total			28,824				28,824
Central Services	Parents Charter	103,744
	Justice Charter	32,410
	Tenants Charter	24,628
Total		160,782					160,782
Grand Total		729,596	274,590	61,300			1,065,486

1992-93
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Home and Health	Childrens Panels	63,574
	Electoral Registration	8,196	20,767
	Fire Prevention	28,778	106,503
	NHS Helpline	48,361
	Police Recruitment	18,414
	NHS in Scotland	33,688
	Solvent and Drug Abuse				4,586
	Crime Prevention		149,574
	Organ Donor		74,847
Total		181,523	351,691		4,586		537,800
Education	Teacher Recruitment		33,688
Total			33,688				33,688
Industry	Road Safety		164,044	28,376
Total			164,044	28,376			192,420
Environment	Right to Buy		50,055
Total			50,055				50,055
Agriculture & Fisheries	Horticulture Registration	7,591
Total		7,591					7,591
Grand Total		189,114	599,478	28,736	4,586		821,914

1993-94
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Home and Health	Crime Prevention				38,170
	Childrens Panels	76,284
	Continence Week	10,421
	Drugline Scotland	3,033		9,791
	Electoral Registration	11,752	31,712
	Fire Prevention	28,650	125,535
	Organ Donor	1,058	101,020
	Police Graduate Recruitment	14,561
	NHS Helpline			6,232
Totals		145,759	258,267	16,023	38,170		458,219
Education	Careers Services	2,383
	Teacher Recruitment	27,977
	Further and Higher Education Charter	49,400		29,584
Total		79,760		29,584			109,344
Central Services	Open Door Campaign	115,154
Total		115,154					115,154
Environment	Right to Buy	59,434	122,148
Total		59,434	122,148				181,582
Industry	Road Safety		191,939	28,758	47,670
Total			191,939	28,758	47,670		268,367
Grand Total		400,107	572,354	74,365	85,840		1,132,666

1994-95
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Home and Health	Childrens Panel	74,962
	Domestic Violence		231,616		48,691
	Drugline Scotland	4,814
	Fire Prevention	41,498	86,946
	Police Graduation Recruitment	15,721
	NHS In Scotland	7,253
	Organ Donor	74,798
	NHS Helpline			10,622
	Electoral Registration	58,635	36,152
Total		277,681	354,714	10,622	48,691		691,708
Industry	Road Safety		217,500		1,812
Total			217,500		1,812		219,312
Education	Teacher Recruitment	8,474
Total		8,474					8,474
Environment	Right to Buy	62,690	116,615
Total		62,690	116,615				179,305
Grand Total		308,845	688,829	10,622	50,503		1,098,799

1995-96
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Home and Health	Childrens panel	30,081
	Crime Prevention	2,179	19,874	78,266		95,461
	Domestic Violence		41,850
	Fire Prevention	17,156	266,792
	NHS Prescription Charges	19,059
	Organ Donors	35,030
	Electoral Registration	14,129	41,850
Total		117,634	369,584	78,266		95,461	660,945
Industry	Road Safety		95,173	58,750	18,457
Total
Environment	Council House Sales	56,677	16,743
	Right to Buy		94,739
Total		56,677	111,482				168,159
Grand Total		174,311	576,239	137,016	18,457	95,461	1,001,484

1996-97
Department	Campaign	Press	TV	Radio	Poster	Cinema	Totals
Education and Industry	Pre-School Vouchers	206,677	205,986	29,299
	Road Safety			55,844	20,095	157,834
Total		206,677	205,986	85,143	20,095	157,834	675,735
Development Department	Right To Buy	74,613
Total		74,613					74,613
Agriculture/ Environment/ Fisheries	Severe Weather		32,607
	Food Safety	367,322	113,975	3,296
Total		367,322	146,582	3,296			517,200
Home and Health Department	Children's Panels	24,518		50,561
	Crime Prevention	159,685		104,901	105,567
	Electoral Registration	13,682	63,268
	Organ Donors	41,256
	Fire Prevention		201,680	38,355
Total		239,141	264,948	193,817	105,567		803,473
Grand Total		887,753	617,516	282,256	125,662	157,834	2,071,021

1997-98
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Home Department	Absent Voters	40,379
	Electoral Registration	18,474		27,026
	Police Recruitment	5,779				72,736	72,736
	Fire Prevention	60,287	146,581
TOTAL		124,919	146,581	27,026			298,526
Health Department	Organ Donors	39,879
TOTAL		39,879					39,879
Education and Industry	Road Safety			75,751	20,992
	Pre-School Vouchers	52,904	137,470	2,668
Total		52,904	137,470	78,419	20,992		289,785
AEFD	Severe Weather	39,339
	Food Safety	20,982
Total		60,321					60,321
Grand Total		278,023	284,051	105,445	20,992		688,511

1998-99
Department	Campaign	Press	TV	Radio	Poster	Cinema	Totals
Health Department	Childrens Panels	25,332	70,500
	Food Safety		20,412
	NHS White Paper	76,440
	Nursing Recruitment	55,829	169,670	32,831
	Pharmacy - Point of Dispensing	26,187		18,347
Total		183,788	260,582	51,178			495,548
Home	Electoral Registration	35,385
	Fire Prevention	44,544	164,312
	Fostering	51,419		28,172
	Domestic Violence	115,198	270,715	67,894
Total		246,546	435,027	96,066			777,639
Development Department	Commission on Local Government	37,840
Total		37,840					37,840
Education and Industry	Road Safety		309,557		11,760	116,589
	Further Education	29,655		39,984
Total		29,655	309,557	39,984	11,760	116,589	507,545
Central Services	Scottish Parliament Campaign	359,944	434,750	51,815			846,509
	Democratising Scotland	110,408		77,126			187,534
Total		470,352	434,750	128,941			1,034,043
Grand Total		968,181	1,439,916	316,169	11,760	116,589	2,852,615

1999-2000
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Central Services	Census	3,661		1,681
	Scotland's Parliament	288,522	280,107
Total		292,183	280,107	1,681			573,971
Justice	Domestic Abuse	105,293	75,000
	Electoral Registration	25,036
	Childrens Hearings	32,769		52,840
	Fire Prevention		136,313
	European Elections	30,217
Total		193,315	211,313	52,840			457,468
Ag, Env and Fisheries	Food Safety	29,035
	Healthy Christmas	80,640
Total		109,675					£109,675
Education and Industry	Teacher Recruitment	46,496		37,267
	Road Safety		425,365	47,570	107,156	83,447
	Child Care	31,922		31,922
Total		78,418	425,635	116,759	107,156	83,447	811,145
Grand Total		673,591	916,785	171,280	107,156	83,447	1,952,259

2000-01
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Health	Alcohol Abuse		220,900
	Food Safety	25,658
	Lead in Water	61,752
	NHS Fraud	121,942
	NHS Helpline	131,578
	Drug Enforcement	43,204			10,910
	Winter Flu Campaign	195,848	384,698
	Retention of Organs	53,597
Total		633,579	605,598		10,910		1,250,087
Justice	Fire Prevention	144,824
	Domestic Abuse		315,010			70,820
	Fostering	32,443
Total		177,267	315,010			70,820	563,097
Env and Trans	Road Safety		770,912	84,307	52,252	152,895
	Safer Scotland	140,119
	Travel Awareness		175,000
Total		140,119	945,912	84,307	52,252	152,895	1,375,485
Education	Child Care	119,917
	Children's Panel			105,408
Total		119,917		105,408			225.325
Grand Total		1,070,882	1,866,520	189,715	63,162	223,715	3,413,994

2001-02
Department	Campaign (£)	Press (£)	TV (£)	Radio (£)	Poster (£)	Cinema (£)	Total (£)
Central Services	Census	100,102	372,921	52,830	58,072
Total		100,102	372,921	52,830	58,072		583,925
Health	Children's Panel	166,723	33,032		1,826
	Drugs Camp	48,203	809,116	39,646	236,124	42,420
	Flu	138,494	389,074		38,525
	NHS Helpline	110,495
	NHS Fraud	29,920
	Prevention of Suicide			23,500
	Alcohol Abuse	229,145
Total		722,980	1,231,222	63,146	276,475	42,420	2,336,243
Education	Teacher Recruitment	72,911	238,054
Total		72,911	238,054				310,965
Justice	Fire Prevention	175,763	82,694	39,008
	Domestic Abuse	92,093	287,039		109,708	60,103
	Child Protection on the Internet	74,466		59,735	10,273	41,829
Total		342,322	369,733	98,743	119,981	101,932	1,032,711

Env and Trans	Road Safety		769,105	125,167	244,144	201,748
	Travel Awareness		132,188	29,174	155,648
	Environment	72,898	988,105		87,020
	Litter				118,934
Total		72,898	1,889,398	154,341	605,746	201,748	2,924,131
Grand Total		1,311,213	4,101,328	369,060	1,060,274	346,100	7,187,975

Question reference: S1W-26334

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 24 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what schools participated in last year's Programme for International Student Assessment.

We do not make public the identity of subjects and organisations that take part in Scottish Executive commissioned research without first obtaining their consent. We do not have this consent from the schools that took part in the Programme for International Student Assessment. Assurance about anonymity is normally important in securing continued co-operation for research projects. The random stratified sampling procedure used by the contractors who carried out this study for the Scottish Executive ensured that the sample was representative and that it contained schools of varying sizes.

Question reference: S1W-24076

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of the total number of primary school teachers employed in each of the past ten years were (a) male and (b) female.

The available information on the number and percentage of the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) primary school teachers employed in each of the years from 1992 to 2000 who were (a) male and (b) female is given in the following table:

Teachers (FTE) in Publicly Funded Schools By Gender
Year	Total	Male	Female	Percentage Male	Percentage Female
1992¹	22,709	1,774	20,935	8%	92%
1993	22,472	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1994	22,196	1,704	20,492	8%	92%
1995	22,550	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1996	22,483	2,078	20,405	9%	91%
1997	22,187	1,926	20,261	9%	91%
1998	22,508	1,604	20,904	7%	93%
1999	22,643	1,553	21,090	7%	93%
2000	22,429	1,565	20,864	7%	93%

Note:1. Includes occasional teachers.Data for 2001 is not yet available. Prior to 1996, the source of data on numbers of male and female FTE teachers is the periodic teacher census which ran in 1992 and 1994, hence there is no information on gender split available for years 1993 and 1995.

Question reference: S1W-26706

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26204 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 June 2002, when representatives of the National Waiting Times Unit will meet senior management of NHS boards and trusts in (a) Forth Valley and (b) Fife.

Question reference: S1W-25681

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many car parking spaces are planned for the new Environment and Rural Affairs Department office in Perth.

Question reference: S1W-25733

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 21 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25166 by Peter Peacock on 1 May 2002, what the (a) actual and (b) estimated revenues were, or will be, from (i) council tax and (ii) business rates for (1) Stirling and (2) Clackmannanshire in each year from 1996-97 to 2002-03.

Detailed in the following tables are the actual revenues from council tax and actual and estimated revenues from business rates for Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils. No estimates are received from councils for council tax.Net Income from Council Tax Payers^{1, 2}

Council (£ million)	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Clackmannanshire	10.599	11.615	12.957	13.828	14.637	unavailable	unavailable
Stirling	20.658	23.928	24.697	26.050	29.024	unavailable	unavailable

Source: As reported by local authorities in form LFR 12, Community Charge and Council Tax Income.Notes:1. Accruals basis.2. Figures exclude water and sewerage charges, and include council tax benefit.Figures for years 2001-02 and 2002-03 are unavailable at this time.Income from Business Rates

Council (£million)	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Clackmannanshireestimate¹	10.513	11.001	11.219	11.250	12.808	10.811	11.657
Clackmannanshireactual	10.410	10.665	10.495	11.540	8.612	unavailable	unavailable
Stirlingestimate¹	23.480	23.750	25.028	27.330	30.183	31.944	34.042
Stirlingactual	23.351	23.436	26.956	26.968	30.651	unavailable	unavailable

Source: Local Government Finance returns.Note:1. These are early estimates of business rates.

Question reference: S1W-26486

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much advertising expenditure by media type is planned for each month in each of its departments in 2002-03.

Planned advertising expenditure by media type for 2002-2003 is shown in the following tables:Justice Department

£	April	May	June	July	August	Sept
TV	58,801		11,220		28,090
Radio
Press	22,972	3,580
Outdoor/Ambient
Cinema

Health Department

£	April	May	June	July	August	Sept
TV	90,684	201,022			226,560
Radio	72,205	36,361			24,238	8080
Press	119,218	151,596	104,888	14,855	14,855	23,186
Outdoor/Ambient	118,899	74,933			59,000
Cinema	32,417		10,735	17,843	21,240	7080
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
TV
Radio
Press	14,855	14,855	14,855	14,855	14,855	14,855
Outdoor/Ambient
Cinema

Development Department

£	April	May	June	July	August	Sept
TV	115,246	136,069	98,510
Radio		52,350
Press	13,293
Outdoor/Ambient			57,236	2301	2301	2301
Cinema

Education Department

£	April	May	June	July	August	Sept
TV
Radio	47,616	15,872
Press	42,076	25,950
Outdoor/Ambient	31,860
Cinema

Environment and Rural Affairs Department

£	April	May	June	July	August	Sept
TV			139,695
Radio			32,187
Press
Outdoor/Ambient			28,674
Cinema

The campaign details, by Department, are as follows:

Justice Department Media Spend
Domestic Abuse	£40,021
Crime Brakers	£17,242
Fire Prevention	£67,400
Total	£124,663

Health Department
Drugs	£706,258
Breathing Space	£51,664
Alcohol Misuse	£458,977
Organ Retention	£67,789
Care in the Community	£206,522
NHS Helpline	£27,832
Total	£1,519,042

Development Department
Foolsspeed	£168,418
Safe Cycling	£32,510
Drug Driving	£194,700
Summer Drink Drive	£83,979
Total	£479,607

Education Department
National Debate on Future of Education	£163,374
Total	£163,374

Environment and Rural Affairs Department
Travel Awareness	£200,555
Total	£200,255.00

Question reference: S1W-26277

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to combat vegetation such as giant hogweed and whether there is a national strategy on this issue and a website giving details on these matters.

Question reference: S1W-26278

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with local authorities and others on combating vegetation such as giant hogweed.

Question reference: S1W-26279

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering any legislative changes to combat vegetation such as giant hogweed.

In reply to question S1W-21820 on 28 January 2002, I indicated that the Executive was participating in a GB-wide review of the current and potential threats posed by invasive non-native species, including giant hogweed. The Executive's future policy on this issue, including the possible need for legislative action, will be informed by the report of the review group which will be submitted to Scottish ministers later this year.

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