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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: S2W-13457

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 21 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children left school with no qualifications in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-13453

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 21 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils did not attain Level C within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 7 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-13454

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 21 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils did not attain Level B within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of S2 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-13382

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7885 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 May 2004, what the average number of hours worked by full-time students holding a part-time job while attending university has been in each year since 1999.

The table below gives the average number of hours worked in a week by full-time students at university or college who were in part-time employment for the spring quarter in years 1999 to 2004. The spring quarter runs from March to May in each year. These figures are estimated from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.

Average Number of Hours Worked in a Week by Full-Time Students Holding a Part-Time Job 1999–2004, Scotland

Year	Average Hours¹
1999	14
2000	15
2001	14
2002	15
2003	14
2004	15

Source: Labour Force Survey, Spring Quarters, 1999-2004.

Note: 1. Average hours includes overtime worked.

Question reference: S2W-13381

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7885 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 May 2004, what percentage of full-time students held a part-time job during the university academic year from May 2003 to March 2004.

The percentage of full-time students holding a part-time job during the period May 2003 to March 2004 is not available. However, the proportion of full-time students at university or college who were in part-time employment for the spring quarter in 2004 is 39%. The 2004 spring quarter runs from March 2004 to May 2004. The percentage is estimated from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.

Question reference: S2W-13383

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7885 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 May 2004, what the average wage earned by full-time students holding a part-time job while attending university has been in each year since 1999.

The table below gives the median basic hourly rate for full-time students at university or college who were in part-time employment for the spring quarter in years 1999 to 2004. The spring quarter runs from March to May in each year. These figures are estimated from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.

Median¹ Basic Hourly Rate Earned by Full-Time Students Holding a Part-Time Job 1999-2004, Scotland

Year	Median Basic Hourly Rate (£)
1999	4.00
2000	4.20
2001	4.34
2002	4.30
2003	4.50
2004	4.62

Source: Labour Force Survey, Spring Quarters, 1999-2004.

Note: 1. The median is the value below which 50 per cent of workers fall. It is preferred over an arithmetic average for earnings data as it is influenced less by large or extreme values.

Question reference: S2W-13384

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7885 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 May 2004, what percentage of full-time students held a part-time job while attending university in each year since 1999, broken down by higher education institution.

The percentage of full-time students with a part-time job while attending university in each year since 1999, broken down by specific higher education institution is not available.

However, the table below gives the proportion of full-time students at university or college who were in part-time employment for the winter quarter in years 1999 to 2003 by type of institution attended. The winter quarter runs from December to February in each year. These figures are estimated from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.

Percentage of Full-time Students Holding a Part-time Job by Institution Type, 1999–2003, Scotland

Year	University, College of Higher Education	College of Further Education
1999	36%	36%
2000	40%	36%
2001	38%	34%
2002	41%	44%
2003	39%	30%

Source: Labour Force Survey, Winter Quarters, 1999-2003.

Question reference: S2W-13246

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 21 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many school students it expects there to be in 2014-15.

Question reference: S2W-13469

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2005
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will reply to my letter of 18 November 2004 regarding the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003.

Question reference: S2O-04894

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 13 January 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to increase the proportion of holidays by Scots that are taken in Scotland.

The home market is very important for Scottish tourism. The additional resources we have made available to VisitScotland will strengthen the marketing of Scotland as a great place to take a break, not only in overseas markets and in the rest of the UK, but here in Scotland as well.

VisitScotland runs various campaigns in Scotland, as well as in the rest of the UK and overseas, highlighting all that we have to offer as a great holiday destination throughout the year. In addition, it plans to use the new tourism network to market Scotland to the Scots.