- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 18 April 2002
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Executive is taking to ensure that no jobs are lost following the collapse of the proposed SPL-TV.
Answer
The commercial contracts for TV coverage of Scottish football are a matter for the football clubs and the football bodies. We hope that an early resolution will be reached which is in the best interests of Scottish football and its supporters.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 April 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer how much the Parliament spent on (a) postage and (b) stationery in each year since 1999-2000.
Answer
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has spent the following amounts in the last three financial years on postage and stationery:
| | 1999-2000(£000) | 2000-01(£000) | 2001-02 (11 months) (£000) |
| Postage | 289 | 196 | 223 |
| Stationery | 209 | 173 | 148 |
Notes:1. Postage covers all parliamentary postage, including the postage element of prepaid envelopes.2. Stationery includes all items ordered through the parliamentary stationery contract, plain paper and printing consumables.3. These figures do not include amounts spent by members through the Allowances Scheme.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is between being referred by a General Practitioner to an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) clinic and the first consultation at the clinic, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The median waiting times for a first out-patient appointment with a Consultant in ENT following referral by a General Medical Practitioner or General Dental Practitioner, by NHS Board of Residence in the year ended 30 September 2001, are given in the following table:NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for a First Out-patient Appointment with a Consultant In ENT, Following Referral by a General Medical Practitioner/General Dental Practitioner, by NHS Board of Residence. Year Ended 30 September 2001
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| NHS Board | Median Wait (days) |
| Argyll and Clyde | 46 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 61 |
| Borders | 61 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 65 |
| Fife | 46 |
| Forth Valley | 54 |
| Grampian | 75 |
| Greater Glasgow | 70 |
| Highland | 52 |
| Lanarkshire | 80 |
| Lothian | 55 |
| Orkney | 36 |
| Shetland | 42 |
| Tayside | 76 |
| Western Isles | 57 |
| Scotland | 62 |
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR00.
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- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Performance Audit Group and Scott Wilson Scotland Limited include herbicide use as a factor to be assessed in their monitoring of the contractors maintaining trunk roads.
Answer
Yes. Both the Performance Audit Group and Scott Wilson Scotland monitor the use of herbicides by the trunk road Operating Companies and Autolink Concessionaires (M6) in accordance with contract requirements.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 17 April 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer what percentage of the Parliament's (a) waste paper and (b) waste plastic was sent for recycling in each year since May 1999-2000
Answer
The Parliament recycles approximately eight tonnes of waste paper per month. However, it is not possible to express this figure as a percentage as we do not have an equivalent measure of the waste paper that is not recycled.It is estimated that 90% of plastic cups from vending machines are recycled each month. The Facilities Management Office is currently discussing options for recycling other waste plastics with its recycling contractor, LEEP (Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Partnership).
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made regarding Rate Relief for Small Businesses: Consultation Paper, issued in 2001.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20893 on 11 December 2001.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 28 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of cannabis possession in each of the past three years.
Answer
The available information is given in the table. Figures for the number of prosecutions and convictions for the possession of cannabis cannot, from the information held by the Scottish Executive, be separately identified within the total number of prosecutions and convictions where the main offence was the possession of drugs. However, it is possible to estimate this proportion for convictions from the latest available Home Office data.Persons proceeded against in Scottish courts where the main offence was the possession of drugs, 1998-2000
| Year | Number of persons proceeded against | Persons with a charge proved |
| Number | Percentage relating to cannabis1 | Percentage involving other charges2 |
| 1998 | 5,930 | 5,291 | 75 | 9 |
| 1999 | 5,486 | 4,841 | 72 | 7 |
| 2000 | 4,707 | 4,099 | 75 | 8 |
Notes:1. Estimated from Home Office data.2. Percentage of these convictions where a charge was proved for at least one other type of offence. Excludes additional charges proved for motoring and other miscellaneous offences.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered charities there were in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area at 31 March in each of the past three years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not hold the information requested. The Inland Revenue maintains a database of registered charities and at the end of February 2002 there were 30,197 charities registered in Scotland. The distribution of these by constituency or local authority is information that is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 27 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the Scottish Agricultural College following the publication of the review of the college's operations.
Answer
I have asked the Scottish Agricultural College to consult stakeholders and staff on the Deloitte & Touche Report, and to undertake additional work on its strategy for its education services, and on the financial viability and affordability of the options in the review.I have also asked the college to re-examine the extent to which it proposes to relocate services from the west and north-east of Scotland.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school nurses were employed in each local authority area at 31 March and 30 September in each of the past three years.
Answer
Local authorities do not employ school nurses. School nurses are employed by NHS boards and the figures are detailed in the following table. The figures reflect the number of school nurses at 30 September each year. There are as yet no figures available for the year 2001.School Nurses directly employed by NHSScotland by NHS BoardHeadcount and Whole Time Equivalent at 30 September
| | Headcount | Whole Time Equivalent |
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Scotland | 395 | 388 | 384 | 284.4 | 277.5 | 275.6 |
| Argyll & Clyde | 34 | 35 | 34 | 22.8 | 23.2 | 23.8 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 26 | 27 | 27 | 18.9 | 19.7 | 18.9 |
| Borders | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| Fife | 37 | 38 | 38 | 27.4 | 29.6 | 29.7 |
| Forth Valley | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.4 |
| Grampian | 40 | 49 | 54 | 25.3 | 31.6 | 34.3 |
| Greater Glasgow | 69 | 66 | 69 | 54.7 | 52.2 | 54.7 |
| Highland | 19 | 19 | 22 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 16.7 |
| Lanarkshire | 45 | 42 | 51 | 37.4 | 34.3 | 42.2 |
| Lothian | 40 | 34 | 14 | 28.4 | 24.7 | 8.6 |
| Orkney | 1 | - | - | 0.6 | - | - |
| Shetland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Tayside | 44 | 40 | 40 | 27.1 | 21.8 | 21.7 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
Source: National Manpower Statistics from Payroll ISD Scotland.Note:Comprises qualified nurses and excludes nurse teachers and nurses in training.
