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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.

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Question reference: S1O-04245

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 220,000 Individual Learning Accounts referred to by the First Minister on 25 October 2001 were recorded as active on 25 November 2001.

Question reference: S1W-18463

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue the policy of prescribing beta interferon through the NHS to those people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis who it is considered could benefit from the drug.

I have asked the Health Technology Board for Scotland to provide NHSScotland with a Scottish Comment on the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance on beta interferon and glatiramer when this is available. As with all medicines, the decision whether or not to prescribe beta interferon for an individual patient depends on the clinical judgement of the specialist concerned, in consultation with the patient. The specialist should take into account the risks and benefits of that treatment as indicated in advice provided by their local Area Drug and Therapeutic Committee.

Question reference: S1O-03917

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 25 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any correspondence from individuals seeking access to police road traffic accident reports under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S1W-18488

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what range of fines was imposed on drivers found guilty of driving whilst disqualified in 1999, what total amount of fines was levied and what monies in respect of those fines have been received to date.

The available information, which relates to 1999, is given in the table. Information on the amount of money received to date in respect of these fines is not readily available.

Fines imposed in Scottish courts where the offence was driving while disqualified , 1999

Type of offence	Amount of fine (£)							£
	1-100	101-200	201-300	301-400	401-500	Over 500	No separate figure	Total	Average fine1	Amount of fines levied by courts1
Driving while disqualified	106	226	219	78	103	64	9	805	325	259,080

Notes:

1. Excludes fines for which no separate figure is given.

Question reference: S1W-18490

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what range of fines was imposed on drivers found guilty of driving without insurance in 1999, what total amount of fines was levied and what monies in respect of those fines have been received to date.

The available information, which relates to 1999, is given in the table. Information on the amount of money received to date in respect of these fines is not readily available.

Fines imposed in Scottish Courts where the offence was failing to insure against third party risks, 1999

Type of offence	Amount of fine (£)						£
	1-100	101-200	201-300	301-400	401-500	Over 500	No separate figure	Total	Average fine(1)	Amount of fines levied by Scottish courts(1)


Failing to insure against third party risks	4,876	4,123	942	124	83	36	104	10,288	141	1,436,083

Notes:

1. Excludes fines for which no separate figure is given.

Question reference: S1W-18487

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15496 by Mr Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001, what penalties were imposed on the 1,081 offenders found guilty of driving whilst disqualified in 1999 whose convictions did not result in custody, a community service order or admonition.

The information requested is given in the table.

Number of offences of driving while disqualified with a charge proved in Scottish courts where the outcome was not custody, a community service order or admonition, 1999

Main Penalty	Number of offences
Fine	805
Probation	252
Other¹	24
TOTAL	1,081

1 Includes restriction of liberty order, remit to children's hearing, compensation order, absolute discharge and no order made.

Question reference: S1W-18489

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15495 by Mr Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001, what penalties were imposed on the 10,669 offenders found guilty of driving without insurance whose convictions did not result in custody, a community service order or admonition.

The information requested is given in the table.Number of offences of failing to insure against third party risks with a charge proved in Scottish courts where the outcome was not custody, a community service order or admonition, 1999

Main Penalty	Number of offences
Fine	10,288
Probation	312
Other ¹	69
Total	10,669

Notes:1 Includes restriction of liberty order, supervised attendance order, remit to children's hearing, caution, absolute discharge and no order made.

Question reference: S1W-18437

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what information the Scottish Legal Aid Board has available to it on the general standard of complexity or difficulty of evidence presented at employment tribunal hearings in order to assist it in deciding whether a case involves evidence of a difficult or complex nature.

Question reference: S1W-18435

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for legal aid in the form of assistance by way of representation at employment tribunals have been received by the Scottish Legal Aid Board in each calendar month since January 2001; how many of the applications received in each month were from (a) employees pursuing actions and (b) employers defending actions, and how many applications of each type have been granted.

Question reference: S1W-18436

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish Legal Aid Board's total outlay in respect of grants for assistance by way of representation at employment tribunals has been since January 2001.