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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: S1W-09871

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons were which Mrs Littlejohn gave for terminating her role as President of the Employment Tribunal Service and on what date did she give notice.

Question reference: S1W-09870

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements were made with respect to the time which Mrs Littlejohn gave to her work as President of the Employment Tribunals Service following commencement of her Chairmanship of an NHS Trust.

Question reference: S1W-09869

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the salary was of Mrs Littlejohn, President of the Employment Tribunals Service, in the period between 1 October 1999 and the date of her retirement in the spring of 2000.

Question reference: S1W-09650

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many mistaken releases there were from each of Scotland's prisons in each of 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

During the past three financial years there were 170,294 receptions to prison, with an average prisoner population of 5,864. The number of mistaken releases reported to SPS Headquarters during those three financial years was 13 and is broken down by establishments in the following table:

	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
Aberdeen	0	0	0
Barlinnie	3	2	2
Castle Huntly	0	0	0
Cornton Vale	0	0	0
Dumfries	0	0	0
Edinburgh	0	0	3
Glenochil	0	0	0
Greenock	0	0	0
Inverness	0	0	0
Kilmarnock	-	-	0
Low Moss	0	1	0
Noranside	0	0	0
Perth	1	1	0
Peterhead	0	0	0
Polmont	0	0	0
Shotts	0	0	0
Total	4	4	5

Question reference: S1W-09655

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 25 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents were reported at the A77 north bound exit from the Holmston Roundabout on the Ayr by-pass in the year preceding the implementation of the new road markings which create a dual lane approach to the roundabout from the south.

Question reference: S1W-09654

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 25 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents have been reported at the A77 north bound exit from the Holmston Roundabout on the Ayr by-pass since the completion of new road markings which create a dual lane approach to the roundabout from the south.

Question reference: S1W-09657

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what time commitment was expected of the present Chairman of Forth Valley Primary Health Care NHS Trust from the date upon which payment of her salary commenced and what accommodation was reached with the Lord President and the Employment Tribunals service with regard to the time commitment required of the new Chairman in her role, at that time, as President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland).

Payment of remuneration to the Chair of Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust commenced on 1 February 2000 when she was no longer President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland).

The time commitment on board business expected of Chairs of Health Boards and NHS Trusts is on average, around three days per week, some of which may be in the evenings or at weekends. This applied to the Chair of Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust from 1 February 2000.

Question reference: S1W-09656

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive from what date the payment of salary to the present Chairman of Forth Valley Primary Health Care NHS Trust commenced.

Question reference: S1W-09651

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 19 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the core staffing formula for secondary schools of 10.24 + (0.0596 x Pupil Roll) still applies and, if so, when this formula was introduced and how pupil/teacher ratios can improve while the formula continues to apply.

Question reference: S1W-09644

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2000
Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 19 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what textile companies in the Borders have received Regional Selective Assistance in the last two years and what projects and outcomes have resulted from any such assistance.

None, Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) has only been available to companies in the Scottish Borders since July this year, when the new Assisted Areas map was announced. The new map covers much of Hawick, Galashiels and Kelso, where a number of textiles companies are located. Under the RSA scheme, grants are typically paid in instalments linked to implementation of projects across a number of years. Accordingly, while discussions about RSA have recently taken place with several such firms, no grant has yet been paid out.