- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many members of staff the Scottish Environment Protection Agency employed in corporate and public relations in each of the past three years and how many are expected to be employed in each of the next two years.
Answer
The numbers of staff employed or expected to be employed in the relevant years are set out in the following table.
| Year | Total number of Staff in SEPA (full-time equivalent) | Total number of staff in Communications |
| 1999 | 686 | 17 |
| 2000 | 752.5 | 18 |
| 2001 | 805 | 23 |
| 2002 | 909 | 26 |
| 2003 | 919 | 26 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Environment Protection Agency spent on its recent management restructuring exercise.
Answer
The non-recurring costs of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency's (SEPA) recent restructuring exercise were £6,654.29, which was spent on consultancy services.There were no redundancy or compensation payments.Additional staff costs of approximately £1.8 million per annum will result from the recruitment of around 67 new staff to deal with additional responsibilities placed on SEPA by the Scottish Executive. These new responsibilities flow primarily from legislation. The majority of new staff will be recruited for front-line regulation duties.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its press release SE1865/2001 of 10 August 2001, whether it plans to transfer all of the staff from its Environment and Rural Affairs Department offices in Stirling to the new office in Perth.
Answer
Other than those transferring to other offices for reasons unrelated to this rationalisation, all existing staff in the Stirling office will be given the opportunity to transfer to the new office in Perth.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its press release SE1865/2001 of 10 August 2001, what the financial benefits will be of the closure of its Environment and Rural Affairs Department offices in Stirling.
Answer
A number of options were considered and closing the Stirling, Dundee and Forfar offices and centralising functions in a new building at Perth was the most attractive. As well as being most efficient from an operational point of view, it will save around £100,000 in annual running costs, compared to not closing the Stirling office.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how it selected the members of its National Cultural Strategy Joint Implementation Group.
Answer
The members of the Joint Implementation Group represent agencies whose involvement is central in the implementation of the National Cultural Strategy. However, the group does plan to invite representatives from other bodies to contribute to discussions on specific topics as and when required.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive on what dates its National Cultural Strategy Joint Implementation Group is scheduled to meet over the next twelve months.
Answer
The Joint Implementation Group is scheduled to next meet on 14 January 2002. It is planned that the group meet every six months. However, no decision has been made as yet on the precise date of any subsequent meetings.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget has been allocated to cover the costs of its National Cultural Strategy Joint Implementation Group.
Answer
The costs of the group will be met from within existing running costs provision.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17365 by Sarah Boyack on 21 August 2001, how many personal injury accidents occurred on the A92 between Tayport and Glenrothes in each year from 1990 to 1995.
Answer
The number of personal injury accidents on the A92 between Tayport and Glenrothes in each year from 1990 to 1995 is as follows:
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total |
| 1990 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 1991 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 |
| 1992 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 28 |
| 1993 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 30 |
| 1994 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 23 |
| 1995 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 32 |
| Total | 7 | 39 | 95 | 141 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many secondary school (a) pupils and (b) staff in (i) Stirling, (ii) Clackmannanshire, (iii) Fife and (iv) Perth and Kinross have e-mail addresses at school.
Answer
Numbers of secondary school e-mail addresses are shown in the following table. The figures relate to the position nearly a year ago, and recent contacts with the four education authorities indicate that considerable progress has been made since then.
| Authority | Pupils | Teachers |
| Stirling | 930 (16.2%) | 136 (30.4%) |
| Clackmannanshire | 1,040 (33.8%) | 104 (42.8%) |
| Fife | 1,860 (8.0%) | 365 (20.1%) |
| Perth and Kinross | 4,567 (59.0%) | 349 (54.4%) |
Source: SEED Schools Census September 2000.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for consultation on the Scottish Charity Law Review Commission report Charity Scotland through to its response to the Commission.
Answer
The Executive has invited public comment on the Scottish Charity Law Review Commission's recommendations. The consultation period ends on 30 September. The Executive will consider the comments received before preparing a full response to the report. In doing so it will also take account of the wider strategic review of the social economy, which is currently under way.It is anticipated that the Executive's response will be published early in 2002.
