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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: S1W-31768

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many community service order supervisors are currently employed by each local authority.

The Executive does not hold centrally information on numbers of community service order supervisors employed by individual local authorities. However, figures for the numbers of community service staff employed as of October 2001 are given in the following table.

Local Authority	Community Service Staff
Aberdeen	12
Aberdeenshire	9
Angus	4
Argyll and Bute	5
Clackmannanshire	2
Dumfries and Galloway	5
Dundee	6
East Ayrshire	10
East Dunbartonshire	6
East Lothian	1
East Renfrewshire	3
Edinburgh	23
Eileanan Siar	2
Falkirk	7
Fife	3
Glasgow	47
Highland	18
Inverclyde	6
Midlothian	5
Moray	5
North Ayrshire	11
North Lanarkshire	26
Orkney Islands	1
Perth and Kinross	0
Renfrewshire	10
Scottish Borders	0
Shetland Islands	2
South Ayrshire	6
South Lanarkshire	18
Stirling	2
West Dunbartonshire	3
West Lothian	2
Total	260

Question reference: S1W-31769

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many community service orders were (a) applied for by each local authority, broken down by local court, and (b) issued by each local court in response in 2001-02 and in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Figures are available by individual local authority for the number of social enquiry reports which give community service orders as a preferred option, and the number of community service orders issued. The latest available figures, for 2000-01, are given in the following table. It is not possible to break these figures down by specific courts within individual local authorities.

Local Authority	Preferred Option - CSO	CSOs Issued
Aberdeen City	154	185
Aberdeenshire	70	84
Angus	12	120
Argyll and Bute	60	71
Clackmannanshire	41	66
Dumfries and Galloway	66	115
Dundee City	270	339
East Ayrshire	67	154
East Dunbartonshire	42	45
East Lothian	83	83
East Renfrewshire	26	39
Edinburgh, City of	346	394
Eilean Siar	15	11
Falkirk	51	94
Fife	186	238
Glasgow City	555	811
Highland	124	170
Inverclyde	105	110
Midlothian	82	79
Moray	50	40
North Ayrshire	82	141
North Lanarkshire	218	227
Orkney Islands	6	6
Perth and Kinross	68	80
Renfrewshire	87	152
Scottish Borders	93	67
Shetland Islands	11	9
South Ayrshire	70	92
South Lanarkshire	350	240
Stirling	36	31
West Dunbartonshire	79	88
West Lothian	91	73
Total	3,596	4,454

Question reference: S1W-31616

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcome has been of any discussions that have taken place with the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to current fisheries negotiations in Europe.

Question reference: S1W-31601

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish any up-to-date research on the location of the food supply for cod species in Scottish waters.

Question reference: S1W-31602

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a brief description of any new research relating to the current sea fisheries negotiations that it has requested either from internal or external sources during the last four weeks.

Question reference: S1W-31604

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in relation to reducing the level of industrial by-catch of white fish stocks in Scottish waters or areas fished by Scottish vessels.

Question reference: S1W-31345

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28026 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 November 2002, whether, in terms of sections 1.1(b) and (d) of the Scottish Ministerial Code, disclosure of information regarding attendance at EU meetings is not in the public interest and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

The Executive does provide information on attendance at EU meetings.I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-6228 on 9 May 2000, S1W-13367 on 29 March 2002, S1W-20175 on 5 December 2001, S1W-22493 on 25 February 2002 and S1W-31063 on 2 December 2002 regarding ministerial attendance; and to S1W-13370 on 2 May 2001 and S1W-31063 on 2 December 2002, regarding official attendance. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

Question reference: S1W-31304

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is on publishing information on which of its ministers and the number, grade and department of officials that attend European Union meetings.

The Executive publishes information about ministers' attendance at meetings of the Council of the European Union through post-Council reports submitted to the European Committee. These become part of the Committee papers, which are public documents and are available on the internet at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/official_report/cttee/europe.htm.I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-13370 on 5 December 2001 and S1W-31063 on 2 December 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

Question reference: S1W-31303

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28026 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 November 2002, whether it keeps records of which of its ministers and officials have attended European Union meetings and what information it is able to provide on such attendance.

The Executive does keep records of attendance at EU meetings.I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-6228 on 9 May 2000, S1W-13367 on 29 March 2002, S1W-20175 on 5 December 2001, S1W-22493 on 25 February 2002 and S1W-31063 on 2 December 2002 regarding ministerial attendance; and to S1W-13370 on 2 May 2001 and S1W-31063 on 2 December 2002, regarding official attendance. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

Question reference: S1W-31804

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2002
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 December 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of EU waters the Scottish 'one represents.