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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: S3W-13883

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 13 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursery teachers are employed in the West Dunbartonshire Council area.

Question reference: S3W-13998

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 13 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursery teachers are employed in the Inverclyde Council area.

Question reference: S3W-13999

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 13 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursery teachers are employed in the Renfrewshire Council area.

Question reference: S3W-14000

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 13 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursery teachers are employed in the East Renfrewshire Council area.

Question reference: S3W-14001

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 13 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursery teachers are employed in the North Lanarkshire Council area.

Question reference: S3W-13186

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 3 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much electricity was generated by waste in 2007.

Data for 2007 is not yet available. Data for 2006 was released by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in January 2008 and is summarised in the following table.

	2005	2006
Total	43GWh	29GWh

More information on energy generation data can be found at the following link:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/publications/trends/index.html.

Question reference: S3W-13183

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 3 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much electricity was nuclear generated in 2007.

Data for 2007 is not yet available. Data for 2006 was released by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in January 2008 and is summarised in the following table.

	2005	2006
Total Electricity Generated in Scotland by Nuclear	18,681GWh	14,141GWh

More information on energy generation data can be found at the following link:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/publications/trends/index.html.

Question reference: S3W-13189

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 3 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much electricity was consumed in Scotland in 2007.

Data for 2007 is not yet available. Data for 2006 was released by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in January 2008 and is summarised in the following table.

	2005	2006
Consumption from public supply	30,859 GWh	30,779 GWh
Consumption by autogenerators	4,894 GWh	4,896 GWh
Total Electricity consumption	35,753 GWh	35,675 GWh

More information on energy generation data can be found at the following link:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/publications/trends/index.html.

Question reference: S3W-13182

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 3 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much electricity was generated by gas in 2007.

Data for 2007 is not yet available. Data for 2006 was released by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in January 2008 and is summarised in the following table.

	2005	2006
Total Electricity Generated in Scotland by Gas	9,371GWh	11,634GWh

More information on energy generation data can be found at the following link:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/publications/trends/index.html.

Question reference: S3W-13190

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 3 June 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much electricity was exported in 2007.

Export data for 2007 is not yet available. This data is produced in a special article in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform’s “Energy Tends” each December. The “Energy Trends” publication can be accessed by the following link:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/publications/trends/index.html.

According to the December 2007 “Energy Trends”, published on 10 January 2008, the most recent data for electricity transferred to England is as follows:

	2005	2006
Electricity transferred to England (net of receipts)	5,628 GWh	10,036 GWh