Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-11527

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 December 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours on average each adult prisoner spent on (a) education, broken down by (i) literacy, (ii) numeracy and (iii) other education-related activities, (b) exercise, (c) vocational work and (d) community work in each year since 1999.

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

The information is not available.

The Scottish Prison Service has recorded over the past four years the number of prisoner learning hours delivered to prisoners. This data, which includes young offenders, is set out below.

Period	Prisoner Learning Hours
2000-01	225,000
2001-02	307,222
2002-03	415,699
2003-04	429,465

Education, like other prisoner activities, is available to prisoners to undertake on a voluntary basis. Due to this and the fact that there are nearly 35,000 receptions into SPS prisons each year, many repeat offenders, SPS consider it would be misleading to compare these hours with the average prison population over the year.

Question reference: S2W-11979

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 December 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many sexual offences prevention orders have been granted by each sheriff court in each year since their introduction, broken down into persons who were already on the Sex Offenders’ Register and those who were not.

The available information, which is by police force area, is given in the following table. All of the offenders were subject to registration prior to application for the Order except where indicated.

Number of Sex Offender Orders/Sex Offender Prevention Orders Granted¹

Police Force Area	1999 to 30 April 2004²	1 May 2004 to 10 Nov 2004³
Central⁴	3	0
Dumfries and Galloway⁵	2	1
Fife⁶	3	0
Grampian⁷	6	0
Lothian and Borders⁸	3	2
Northern	7	0
Strathclyde⁹	4	2
Tayside	3	0

Notes:

1. Excludes interim orders.

2. Orders under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

3. Orders under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

4. One of the offenders was not subject to registration prior to application for the order.

5. One order in 1999 and two in 2004.

6. One order each in 1999, 2002 and 2004. One of the offenders was not subject to registration prior to application for the order.

7. Two orders in 2001, one in 2002, one in 2003 and two in 2004.

8. One order in 2002, one in 2003 and three in 2004. All but one of the offenders were subject to registration prior to application for the order.

9. Three orders in 2000 and three in 2004. All but one of the offenders were subject to registration prior to application for the Order.

Question reference: S2W-11004

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 30 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many days were lost in each (a) department, (b) agency and (c) non-departmental public body through staff sickness in each financial year since 1999; what the average annual number of days lost per employee was as a result of sickness in those years, and what the cost was of such time lost.

The details are set out in the following tables for the years for which records are available. It should be noted that information about sickness rates for all NDPBs is not held centrally. The estimated costs are derived from total working days lost through sickness multiplied by an average daily salary for a financial year.

Sickness Absence and Salary Costs in the Scottish Executive Core Departments 1999-2004

TABLE A: Total days of sickness absence

	Total Sick Days
	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
SE Core Department
Legal and Parliamentary Services	-	-	-	1,053	1,133
Office of the Permanent Secretary	-	5,477	4,599	5,438	5,545
SE Development Department	-	2,671	2,118	1,930	2,081
SE Education Department	-	2,036	1,253	1,598	1,746
SE Environment and Rural Affairs Department	-	5,646	4,401	6,127	7,031
SE Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department	-	2,093	1,413	1,989	3,243
SE Finance and Central Services Department	-	1,989	1,858	3,035	3,821
SE Health Department	-	1,670	1,228	1,782	2,327
SE Justice Department	-	955	688	965	1,298
Centrally Managed Staff (incl. Long Term Sick)	-	5,077	5,904	8,155	7,393
Core departments Total	29,874	27,611	23,460	32,070	35,615
Agencies/other departments
Accountants in Bankruptcy	-	-	-	672	440
Communities Scotland	-	-	-	-	2,262
Courts Group	-	-	-	323	352
Crofters Commission	826	658	436	360	338
Fisheries Research Services	988	1,272	1,276	2,318	2,792
General Register Office Scotland	1838	1,611	1,271	2,096	2,259
HMI Schools	-	-	540	875	1,225
National Archives of Scotland	1107	1151	907	1,471	1,961
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency	1010	607	722	562	1,116
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	1778	2,202	1,997	2,532	1,585
Scottish Public Pensions Agency	2239	1,897	1,355	2,312	2,027
Student Awards Agency for Scotland	1602	921	789	1,317	1,110
NDPBs for which sickness data are held
Deer Commission	178	199	125	135	38
Local Government Boundary Commission	100	86	35	46	34
Total for Agencies/Other/NDPBs	11,664	10,601	9,451	15,018	17,536

TABLE B: Average Sickness Days

	Average Sickness (days)
	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
SE Core Department
Legal and Parliamentary Services	-	-	-	5.8	6.0
Office of the Permanent Secretary	-	7.3	6.1	7.3	7.2
SE Development Department	-	5.1	3.6	3.9	6.5
SE Education Department	-	5.1	4.1	5.7	6.1
SE Environment and Rural Affairs Department	-	5.4	4.0	5.5	6.3
SE Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department	-	6.5	4.1	5.7	6.1
SE Finance and Central Services Department	-	4.7	3.7	5.3	6.5
SE Health Department	-	4.8	3.2	4.5	5.6
SE Justice Department	-	3.9	3.0	4.0	4.9
Centrally Managed Staff (incl. Long Term Sick)	-	83.2	72.9	81.6	93.6
Average for all Core Departments	7.4	6.7	5.5	7.2	7.8
Agencies/other departments
Accountants in Bankruptcy	-	-	-	8.1	6.5
Communities Scotland	-	-	-	-	5.9
Courts Group	-	-	-	6.9	8.0
Crofters Commission	12.1	11.7	7.6	6.5	6.1
Fisheries Research Services	3.8	4.5	4.1	7.0	8.2
General Register Office Scotland	7.6	6.7	5.3	9.4	10.5
HMI Schools	-	-	3.6	5.7	7.2
National Archives of Scotland	8.7	8.9	6.5	9.5	12.6
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency	7.6	4.5	5.0	4.0	7.9
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	6.3	8.2	7.3	9.3	5.7
Scottish Public Pensions Agency	13.9	10.8	8.0	9.6	9.0
Student Awards Agency for Scotland	12.7	6.5	5.6	9.8	8.3
NDPBs for which sickness data are held
Deer Commission	10.4	11.1	6.9	7.9	1.9
Local Government Boundary Commission	16.7	17.1	3.9	6.6	4.3
Average for all for Agencies/Other/NDPBs	8.2	7.3	5.7	8.0	7.8

TABLE C: Estimated Salary Cost

	Estimated Total Salary Cost
	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
SE Core Department
Legal and Parliamentary Services	-	-	-	£94,521	£110,884
Office of the Permanent Secretary	-	£445,602	£380,862	£488,089	£542,625
SE Development Department	-	£217,288	£175,420	£173,243	£203,613
SE Education Department	-	£165,662	£103,736	£143,397	£170,827
SE Environment and Rural Affairs Department	-	£459,353	£364,505	£549,980	£688,056
SE Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department	-	£170,300	£116,988	£178,539	£317,335
SE Finance and Central Services Department	-	£161,797	£153,844	£272,387	£373,902
SE Health Department	-	£135,841	£101,707	£159,958	£227,737
SE Justice Department	-	£77,705	£56,941	£86,577	£127,032
Centrally Managed Staff (incl. Long Term Sick)	-	£413,056	£488,988	£732,021	£723,484
Core departments Total	£2,359,618	£2,246,603	£1,942,991	£2,878,713	£3,485,495
Agencies/other departments
Accountants in Bankruptcy	-	-	-	£60,321	£43,062
Communities Scotland	-	-	-	-	£221,376
Courts Group	-	-	-	£28,994	£34,449
Crofters Commission	£65,242	£53,498	£36,070	£32,270	£33,030
Fisheries Research Services	£77,998	£103,498	£105,641	£208,072	£273,197
General Register Office Scotland	£145,136	£131,081	£105,227	£188,144	£221,082
HMI Schools	-	-	£44,725	£78,543	£119,838
National Archives of Scotland	£87,398	£93,612	£75,121	£131,997	£191,869
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency	£79,776	£49,349	£59,757	£50,447	£109,220
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£140,397	£179,168	£165,357	£227,281	£155,071
Scottish Public Pensions Agency	£176,849	£154,311	£112,225	£207,533	£198,328
Student Awards Agency for Scotland	£126,535	£74,898	£65,348	£118,174	£108,584
NDPBs for which sickness data are held
Deer Commission	£14,020	£16,192	£10,353	£12,118	£3,719
Local Government Boundary Commission	£7,899	£6,957	£2,899	£4,129	£3,327
Total for Agencies/Other/NDPBs	£921,250	£862,563	£782,721	£1,348,022	£ 1,716,152

Notes:

1. Calculation of sickness absence does not take account of part time working patterns.

2. Core departments are backdated to reflect the current organisational structure, this information is not available for 1999-2000.

3. Proportion of working days assumes 225 working days for each member of staff per year (365, minus weekends, annual leave and public holidays).

4. Data are for permanent staff only.

5. Estimated total salary costs use average daily salary across the whole executive. Pensions and allowances are not included.

6. Average days sickness is sensitive to staff numbers, particularly in small agencies/departments.

Question reference: S2W-11543

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what penalties are applied when visitscotland.com is shown to be carrying information that is (a) obsolete, (b) incorrect and (c) materially incomplete.

Question reference: S2W-11542

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive when visitscotland.com is expected to become profitable.

Question reference: S2W-11976

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 18 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many child (a) psychologists, (b) psychiatrists and (c) psychotherapists there are in each NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-11980

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to upgrade the Balmedie to Tipperty section of the A90 to dual carriageway status.

Question reference: S2W-11529

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 16 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average public sector salary was in each year since 1999.

The following table shows the average gross salary in the public sector in each year since 1999.

Table 1. Average Annual Gross Pay (£) – for Full-Time Employee Jobs¹: Scotland, 1999-2004

Year	Public Sector Average Gross Pay (£)
1999	19,670
2000	20,600
2001	21,605
2002	22,475
2003	23,093
2004	23,650

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.

Note: 1. Employees on adult rates who have been in the same job for more than a year.

Question reference: S2W-11819

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 16 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many persons currently serve on more than one non-departmental public body (NDPB); what NDPBs these are; what remuneration each of these persons receive from each NDPB; how long each such person has served on each NDPB in each year since 1999, and whether any of these persons are politically affiliated.

As at 1 November 2004, there were 868 appointees serving on NDPBs sponsored by the Scottish Executive and regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland’s Code of Practice. Of these, 33 appointees (or 3.8% of the total) serve on more than one NDPB and only six (or 0.7%) have declared any political activity in the five years prior to appointment.

The information requested about the 33 individuals (which is also published on the Executive’s public bodies website www.scotland.gov.uk/government/publicbodies) is as follows.

Members of more than 1 public body	Names of Bodies involved	Appt from	Appt to	Remuneration Levels (£)	Term of appt	Details of party where political activity declared
Professor Alan Alexander	Scottish Water Accounts Commission for Scotland	03-02 10-02	03-05 09-05	52,650 4,500	1^st 1st	-
Mr James Barbour	NHS National Services Scotland Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards	04-03 11-04	03-07 10-07	7,160 -	1^st 1st	-
Mr David Belfall	Lothian NHS Board Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission	04-04 01-02	03-08 12-05	7,160 230 per day	1^st 1st	-
Mr William Brackenridge	Scottish Ambulance Service Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd	07-03 12-02	06-07 11-05	22,495 6,568	1st 2nd	Member of Community Council
Dr Lindsay Burley	National Waiting Times Centre Board NHS Education for Scotland	04-03 04-02	04-07 03-06	22,495 7,160	1st 1st	-
Mr George Campbell	Highlands and Islands Enterprise Deer Commission for Scotland	10-04 01-02	10-07 12-04	9,651 4,194	1st 2nd	-
Mr Michael Cantlay	VisitScotland Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority	10-01 07-02	09-05 07-06	8,235 178.50 per day	2nd 1st	-
Mr Arthur Cormack	Scottish Arts Council BÒRD GÀIDHLIG na h-ALBA (The Gaelic Development Agency)	04-04 01-03	03-07 12-05	- 6,000	1st 1st	Member of the Highlands and Islands Alliance in 1999
Mrs Jean Couper	Accounts Commission for Scotland Scottish Legal Aid Board	10-02 04-02	09-05 03-06	4,500 28,603	1st 2nd	-
Ms Pamela Courcha	Highland NHS Board Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission)	04-04 09-04	03-08 08-07	7,160 7,336	1st 2nd	SNP
Mr Gilbert Cox	North Lanarkshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee South Lanarkshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee	11-00 11-00	08-10 08-10	- -	1st 1st	-
Mr Keith Geddes	Accounts Commission for Scotland Scottish Natural Heritage	10-02 04-04	09-05 03-07	4,500 8,847	1st 2nd	Labour
Lady Isabel Glasgow	Scottish Natural Heritage Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority	04-04 07-02	03-07 07-06	18,733 178.50 per day	2nd 1st	-
Mr Lex Gold CBE	Lanarkshire NHS Board NHS National Services Scotland	04-02 04-03	03-06 03-07	28,630 7,160	1st 1st	-
Brigadier Donald Hardie	West Dunbartonshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee East Dunbartonshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee	04-96 04-96	01-11 01-11	- -	1^st 2nd	-
Mrs Mary Hartnoll	Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission) Scottish Social Services Council	08-04 07-04	07-07 07-07	22,009 Nil - Paid as Convenor of SCRC	2nd 1st	-
Major Richard Henderson	South Ayrshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee East Ayrshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee	04-96 04-96	06-06 07-06	- -	1^st 1st	-
Mr Pat Kelly	NHS 24 Scottish Water	12-01 09-03	11-05 03-06	7,160 18,565	1st 1st	Labour
Mrs Alice Lambert	Scottish Ambulance Service Scottish Natural Heritage	04-03 04-02	03-07 03-05	7,160 7,805	1^st 2nd	-
Dr Isabelle Low	State Hospitals Board for Scotland Accounts Commission for Scotland	12-01 10-03	11-05 09-06	7,160 10,500	1st 2nd	-
Mrs Neena Mahal	Lanarkshire NHS Board National Museums of Scotland	04-04 04-04	03-08 03-08	7,160 -	1st 2nd	-
Mrs Ann Markham OBE	NHS Education for Scotland NHS National Services Scotland	01-02 09-04-	12-05 08-08	22,495 7,160	1st 2nd	-
Professor James McGoldrick	Tayside NHS Board Scottish Higher Education Funding Council	04-04 07-04	03-08 12-05	7,160 5,378	1^st 2nd	-
Mr Iain McMillan	Scottish Ambulance Service Scottish Qualifications Authority	04-04 01-02	03-08 12-05	7,160 4,120	2^nd 2nd	-
Dr Joseph J Morrow	Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration	10-02 04-02	09-06 03-06	2,138 4,230	2^nd 1st	Labour
Mr Cameron Parker	East Renfrewshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee Inverclyde Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee Renfrewshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee	05-98 05-98 05-98	04-07 04-07 04-07	- -	1st 1st 1st	-
Mr Ian Ritchie	National Museums of Scotland Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Scottish Enterprise	10-02 06-02 12-02	09-06 05-06 11-05	- 5,378 9,651	1st 1st 2nd	-
Mr James Royan OBE	Scottish Ambulance Service Grampian NHS Board	09-03 09-03	08-05 08-07	7,160 28,630	2nd 2nd	-
Mr Satnam Singh	Scottish Legal Aid Board Lothian NHS Board	04-04 04-04	03-08 03-06	8,125 7,160	1st 1st	-
Mr Ian Smith	Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration National Museums of Scotland	04-04 04-03	04-08 03-07	4,230	2nd 2nd	-
Lieutenant Colonel James Stirling of Garden	Stirling Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee Falkirk Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee	04-96 04-96	09-05 09-05	- -	1st 1st	-
Mr Alan Tripp	Scottish Further Education Funding Council Scottish Higher Education Funding Council	04-03 08-04	03-07 01-06	5,378 5,378	2nd 2nd	-
Professor Susan Walker OBE	Deer Commission for Scotland Cairngorms National Park Authority Scottish Natural Heritage Scottish Environment Protection Agency	01-02 03-03 04-03 01-03	12-04 03-07 03-06 12-05	4,194 182.50 per day 8,587 5,909	1st 1st 2nd 1st	-

Members of more than 1 public body

Names of Bodies involved

Appt from

Appt to

Remuneration

Levels (£)

Term of appt

Details of party where political activity declared

Professor Alan Alexander

Scottish Water

Accounts Commission for Scotland

03-02

10-02

03-05

09-05

52,650

4,500

1^st

1st

-

Mr James Barbour

NHS National Services Scotland

Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards

04-03

11-04

03-07

10-07

7,160

-

1^st

1st

-

Mr David Belfall

Lothian NHS Board

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

04-04

01-02

03-08

12-05

7,160

230 per day

1^st

1st

-

Mr William Brackenridge

Scottish Ambulance Service

Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd

07-03

12-02

06-07

11-05

22,495

6,568

1st

2nd

Member of Community Council

Dr Lindsay Burley

National Waiting Times Centre Board

NHS Education for Scotland

04-03

04-02

04-07

03-06

22,495

7,160

1st

-

Mr George Campbell

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Deer Commission for Scotland

10-04

01-02

10-07

12-04

9,651

4,194

1st

2nd

-

Mr Michael Cantlay

VisitScotland

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority

10-01

07-02

09-05

07-06

8,235

178.50 per day

2nd

1st

-

Mr Arthur Cormack

Scottish Arts Council

BÒRD GÀIDHLIG na h-ALBA (The Gaelic Development Agency)

04-04

01-03

03-07

12-05

-

6,000

1st

Member of the Highlands and Islands Alliance in 1999

Mrs Jean Couper

Accounts Commission for Scotland

Scottish Legal Aid Board

10-02

04-02

09-05

03-06

4,500

28,603

1st

2nd

-

Ms Pamela Courcha

Highland NHS Board

Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission)

04-04

09-04

03-08

08-07

7,160

7,336

1st

2nd

SNP

Mr Gilbert Cox

North Lanarkshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

South Lanarkshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

11-00

08-10

-

1st

-

Mr Keith Geddes

Accounts Commission for Scotland

Scottish Natural Heritage

10-02

04-04

09-05

03-07

4,500

8,847

1st

2nd

Labour

Lady Isabel Glasgow

Scottish Natural Heritage

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority

04-04

07-02

03-07

07-06

18,733

178.50 per day

2nd

1st

-

Mr Lex Gold CBE

Lanarkshire NHS Board

NHS National Services Scotland

04-02

04-03

03-06

03-07

28,630

7,160

1st

-

Brigadier Donald Hardie

West Dunbartonshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

East Dunbartonshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

04-96

01-11

-

1^st

2nd

-

Mrs Mary Hartnoll

Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission)

Scottish Social Services Council

08-04

07-04

07-07

22,009

Nil - Paid as Convenor of SCRC

2nd

1st

-

Major Richard Henderson

South Ayrshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

East Ayrshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

04-96

06-06

07-06

-

1^st

1st

-

Mr Pat Kelly

NHS 24

Scottish Water

12-01

09-03

11-05

03-06

7,160

18,565

1st

Labour

Mrs Alice Lambert

Scottish Ambulance Service

Scottish Natural Heritage

04-03

04-02

03-07

03-05

7,160

7,805

1^st

2nd

-

Dr Isabelle Low

State Hospitals Board for Scotland

Accounts Commission for Scotland

12-01

10-03

11-05

09-06

7,160

10,500

1st

2nd

-

Mrs Neena Mahal

Lanarkshire NHS Board

National Museums of Scotland

04-04

03-08

7,160

-

1st

2nd

-

Mrs Ann Markham OBE

NHS Education for Scotland

NHS National Services Scotland

01-02

09-04-

12-05

08-08

22,495

7,160

1st

2nd

-

Professor James McGoldrick

Tayside NHS Board

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

04-04

07-04

03-08

12-05

7,160

5,378

1^st

2nd

-

Mr Iain McMillan

Scottish Ambulance Service

Scottish Qualifications Authority

04-04

01-02

03-08

12-05

7,160

4,120

2^nd

2nd

-

Dr Joseph J Morrow

Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

10-02

04-02

09-06

03-06

2,138

4,230

2^nd

1st

Labour

Mr Cameron Parker

East Renfrewshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

Inverclyde Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

Renfrewshire Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

05-98

04-07

-

1st

-

Mr Ian Ritchie

National Museums of Scotland

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

Scottish Enterprise

10-02

06-02

12-02

09-06

05-06

11-05

-

5,378

9,651

1st

2nd

-

Mr James Royan OBE

Scottish Ambulance Service

Grampian NHS Board

09-03

08-05

08-07

7,160

28,630

2nd

-

Mr Satnam Singh

Scottish Legal Aid Board

Lothian NHS Board

04-04

03-08

03-06

8,125

7,160

1st

-

Mr Ian Smith

Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

National Museums of Scotland

04-04

04-03

04-08

03-07

4,230

2nd

-

Lieutenant Colonel James Stirling of Garden

Stirling Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

Falkirk Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee

04-96

09-05

-

1st

-

Mr Alan Tripp

Scottish Further Education Funding Council

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

04-03

08-04

03-07

01-06

5,378

2nd

-

Professor Susan Walker OBE

Deer Commission for Scotland

Cairngorms National Park Authority

Scottish Natural Heritage

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

01-02

03-03

04-03

01-03

12-04

03-07

03-06

12-05

4,194

182.50 per day

8,587

5,909

1st

2nd

1st

-

Question reference: S2W-11545

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 15 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what economic contribution is derived from tourism in each area of Scotland.

The estimated average gross annual revenue derived from tourism over the last three years in each of the area tourist board areas of Scotland is shown in the following table:

Area Tourist Board	Total Visitor Spend (£ Million)
Aberdeen and Grampian	369
Angus and Dundee	106
Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs	443
Ayrshire and Arran	202
Dumfries and Galloway	165
Edinburgh and Lothians	1,041
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley	782
Highlands of Scotland	576
Kingdom of Fife	161
Perthshire	194
Scottish Borders	78

Note: Due to small sample-sizes, there are no area figures for Orkney, Shetland or Western Isles Tourist Boards.

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