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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-08368

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 4 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether its review of toll bridges will fully take into account economic and employment considerations and when the report of the review will be published.

Question reference: S2W-08678

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2004
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive where the Scottish Building Standards Agency will be located.

Question reference: S2O-02356

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take following the judgement of Lord Bonomy in the Napier case concerning slopping out in prisons.

Question reference: S2W-06630

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2004
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 23 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are employed by (a) the Scottish fishing industry as fishermen, (b) the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, (c) its Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture Division and (d) other public sector bodies involved in fisheries.

The number of persons employed in the Scottish sea fisheries catching sector during 2002 and persons employed in public sector bodies involved in fisheries during the financial year 2002-03 is shown in the following table.

Employment in the Sea Fisheries Catching Sector and Public Sector Bodies Involved in Fisheries.

Sector/Organisation	Number of Persons Employed
Scottish sea fisheries catching sector (2002)	5,707
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (2002-03)	271
SEERAD Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (2002-03)	25
Other Public Sector Bodies Involved in Fisheries
SEERAD Sea Fisheries Division (2002-03)	31
Fisheries Research Services (2002-03)	332*

Note: *staffing levels for Fisheries Research services are presented in this table on a full-time equivalent basis

Fisheries Research Services (FRS) are shown as employing 332 full-time equivalent staff in the table. FRS undertake a considerable amount of work on the marine environment more generally; only a proportion of FRS personnel work in topic areas directly concerned with fisheries.

Question reference: S2O-01632

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of the importance of music, physical education and drama teaching within schools.

Question reference: S2W-06631

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2004
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 15 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many successful prosecutions there have been against operators of fishing vessels in the last five years in respect of actions in their capacity as operators of fishing vessels.

The number of successful prosecutions obtained in Scottish courts against either the master and/or the owners of fishing vessels for breaches of fishing regulations in the last five financial years was as follows:

Year	Number
1998-99	80
1999-2000	55
2000-01	56
2001-02	62
2002-03	58

Question reference: S2W-05892

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 9 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in respect of any review of Erskine Bridge tolls.

Question reference: S2W-05886

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the #13,712,663 accumulated surplus identified in the Erskine Bridge accounts for 2000-01 is consistent with section 4(2) of the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968.

Question reference: S2W-05888

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what costs were paid to Amey Highways Ltd for the management and operation of the Erskine Bridge last year and what costs were paid to local authorities for maintenance and upkeep of those access roads to the bridge for which they are responsible.

Question reference: S2W-05887

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual costs are to its Development Department of monitoring the implementation of the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968 and the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 2001.