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Question reference: S1W-22552

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial impact the introduction of the national minimum wage has had on the NHS in each year since it came into force, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S1W-22504

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 13 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #258,788 announced by the Minister for Finance and Local Government on 14 June 2001 for the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park marketing programme has been spent to date; what the money has been spent on, and what the balance is expected to be spent on.

Question reference: S1W-22453

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Elaine Murray on 12 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19952 by Dr Elaine Murray on 28 January 2002, when the safety improvements to the National Stadium, Hampden will be completed and when it expects a safety certificate to be issued.

Question reference: S1W-22162

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what efforts are being made to combat the spread of hospital acquired infections in NHS hospitals in the Forth Valley Health Board area.

A new national system of surveillance of hospital-acquired infections has been created and we have invested in infection control training for nurses.A National Standard on infection control has been set. The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (CSBS) will report in March, on progress by the NHS against the standard. Over the following six months, the CSBS will visit all NHS boards and trusts to ensure that progress is followed up and will produce a further report later this year.A new National Standard for hospital cleaning services has also been made available to the NHS and the CSBS is working with Audit Scotland to ensure compliance with this standard.

Question reference: S1W-22352

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the coverage of the "Make it in Scotland" manufacturing industry education roadshow for S2 pupils, as referred to in the Scottish Economic Report - January 2002, will be extended to schools in Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Fife.

Question reference: S1W-22353

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive which libraries, colleges and workplaces in Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Fife have been branded as "learning centres" to date by learndirect scotland, as referred to in the Scottish Economic Report - January 2002.

Of the 236 learndirect scotland branded learning centres registered at 1 February 2002, 28 are located within the Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Fife areas. There are seven learndirect scotland learning centres in the Stirling area, 20 in Fife and one in Clackmannanshire. The centres have been developed in a wide-range of locations, including: local libraries, colleges, workplaces, community centres and schools.

Question reference: S1W-22077

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive which individuals and organisations have been sent copies of Forth Estuary Transportation Authority Report on Public Consultation.

Question reference: S1W-22253

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of schools have school boards; how many members of school boards there are; how many vacancies there are on school boards, and how many elections of school boards were contested in the most recent round of school board elections, all broken down by local authority area.

The biennial survey of school boards, last conducted by the Scottish Executive in May 2000, provides details of the number and percentage of schools with school boards and the number of elections contested. The latest data available for school board elections is therefore for the election which took place between September and December 1999. Data for the most recent elections, which took place in late 2001, is not yet available. Table 1 provides details of the number and percentage of primary schools with school boards and the number and percentage of school board elections contested, broken down by local authority area, as at May 2000. Table 2 provides these details for secondary schools and Table 3 provides these details for special schools.These figures were published in a press release on 25 October 2000, entitled School Boards in Scottish Schools: May 2000.Data on the number of members of school boards and the number of vacancies on school boards is not collected centrally.Table 1

Education Authority Primary Schools¹, May 2000
Number of eligible schools with a school board, and where election was contested
Education Authority	Total number of eligible schools at 31 May 2000	Eligible schools with school board at 31 May 2000		Eligible schools with school board, consequent to a contested regular election, at 31 May 2000²
Education Authority	Total number of eligible schools at 31 May 2000	Number	Percentage of eligible schools	Number	Percentage of eligible schools
Scotland	2,276	1,867	82	212	9
Aberdeen City	58	31	53	1	2
Aberdeenshire	157	103	66	6	4
Angus	62	35	56	0	0
Argyll & Bute	86	84	98	10	12
Clackmannanshire	19	13	68	0	0
Dumfries & Galloway	115	96	83	8	7
Dundee City	41	23	56	1	2
East Ayrshire	47	47	100	8	17
East Dunbartonshire	37	37	100	6	16
East Lothian	35	32	91	10	29
East Renfrewshire	24	24	100	4	17
Edinburgh, City of	102	96	94	20	20
Eilean Siar	43	40	93	5	12
Falkirk	48	47	98	6	13
Fife	146	110	75	11	8
Glasgow City	203	149	73	14	7
Highland	193	167	87	12	6
Inverclyde	32	32	100	3	9
Midlothian	36	24	67	1	3
Moray	49	35	71	1	2
North Ayrshire	52	52	100	7	13
North Lanarkshire	133	111	83	16	12
Orkney Islands	20	17	85	2	10
Perth & Kinross	78	56	72	8	10
Renfrewshire	52	52	100	6	12
Scottish Borders³	72	50	69	6	8
Shetland Islands	25	25	100	4	16
South Ayrshire	45	42	93	4	9
South Lanarkshire	124	115	93	13	10
Stirling	42	32	76	8	19
West Dunbartonshire	35	32	91	4	11
West Lothian	65	58	89	7	11

Notes:1. Includes primary departments of secondary schools.2. This excludes situations where a board was constituted following an uncontested regular election, a contested or uncontested by-election, the three-month co-option period consequent to a by-election or by other means, such as by parental request, as provided by the Education (Scotland) Act 1988 and Education (Scotland) Act 1996.3. Figures shown are as at May 1998. Information not available at May 2000.Table 2

Education Authority Secondary Schools, May 2000
Number of eligible schools with a school board, and where election was contested
Education Authority	Total number of eligible schools at 31 May 2000	Eligible schools with school board at 31 May 2000		Eligible schools with school board, consequent to a contested regular election, at 31 May 2000¹
Education Authority	Total number of eligible schools at 31 May 2000	Number	Percentage of eligible schools	Number	Percentage of eligible schools
Scotland	386	371	96	45	12
Aberdeen City	13	9	69	1	8
Aberdeenshire	16	15	94	1	6
Angus	8	8	100	0	0
Argyll & Bute	10	10	100	2	20
Clackmannanshire	3	3	100	0	0
Dumfries & Galloway	16	16	100	1	6
Dundee City	10	10	100	2	20
East Ayrshire	9	9	100	1	11
East Dunbartonshire	9	9	100	2	22
East Lothian	6	6	100	1	17
East Renfrewshire	7	7	100	1	14
Edinburgh, City of	23	23	100	4	17
Eilean Siar	13	13	100	3	23
Falkirk	8	8	100	1	13
Fife	19	18	95	5	26
Glasgow City	29	26	90	0	0
Highland	27	27	100	3	11
Inverclyde	8	8	100	0	0
Midlothian	6	5	83	0	0
Moray	8	6	75	2	25
North Ayrshire	10	10	100	2	20
North Lanarkshire	26	24	92	0	0
Orkney Islands	5	5	100	1	20
Perth & Kinross	10	9	90	2	20
Renfrewshire	14	14	100	0	0
Scottish Borders²	9	9	100	5	56
Shetland Islands	9	9	100	0	0
South Ayrshire	9	9	100	0	0
South Lanarkshire	21	20	95	2	10
Stirling	7	6	86	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	7	7	100	0	0
West Lothian	11	11	100	3	27

Notes:1. This excludes situations where a board was constituted following an uncontested regular election, a contested or uncontested by-election, the three-month co-option period consequent to a by-election or by other means, such as by parental request, as provided by the Education (Scotland) Act 1988 and Education (Scotland) Act 1996.2. Figures shown are as at May 1998. Information not available at May 2000.Table 3

Education Authority Special Schools, May 2000
Number of eligible schools with a school board, and where election was contested
Education Authority Total number of eligible schools at 31 May 2000		Eligible schools with school board at 31 May 2000		Eligible schools with school board, consequent to a contested regular election, at 31 May 2000¹
		Number	Percentage of eligible schools	Number	Percentage of eligible schools
Scotland	133	75	56	6	5
Aberdeen City	7	4	57	0	0
Aberdeenshire	4	1	25	0	0
Angus	0
Argyll & Bute	3	3	100	0	0
Clackmannanshire	2	0	0	0	0
Dumfries & Galloway	1	1	100	0	0
Dundee City	1	0	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	4	4	100	2	50
East Dunbartonshire	2	2	100	0	0
East Lothian	0
East Renfrewshire	1	1	100	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	13	8	62	1	8
Eilean Siar	0
Falkirk	7	2	29	1	14
Fife	7	4	57	0	0
Glasgow City	32	16	50	0	0
Highland	3	1	33	0	0
Inverclyde	2	2	100	0	0
Midlothian	2	0	0	0	0
Moray	0
North Ayrshire	4	4	100	0	0
North Lanarkshire	12	5	42	0	0
Orkney Islands	1	0	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	2	1	50	0	0
Renfrewshire	3	3	100	0	0
Scottish Borders	0
Shetland Islands	1	1	100	1	100
South Ayrshire	4	4	100	0	0
South Lanarkshire	9	4	44	1	11
Stirling	1	1	100	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	1	1	100	0	0
West Lothian	4	2	50	0	0

Note:1. This excludes situations where a board was constituted following an uncontested regular election, a contested or uncontested by-election, the three-month co-option period consequent to a by-election or by other means, such as by parental request, as provided by the Education (Scotland) Act 1988 and Education (Scotland) Act 1996.

Question reference: S1W-22252

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications are for traffic on the A81 from Milngavie to Strathblane of West of Scotland Water Authority's plan to build a new treatment plant at its Milngavie reservoir.

Question reference: S1W-22254

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that school board members are aware of the devolved budget granted to their school.