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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-27727

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were held in all prisons, broken down by religious affiliation, on the most recent date since 1 April 2001 for which figures are available.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The following are the figures as at 22 July 2002.Baptist 2Buddhist 4Christian 90Church of England 66Church of Scotland 2,831Episcopalian 5Hindu 4Jehovah Witness 7Muslim 44None 1,464Other 57Roman Catholic 1,797Sikh 2Null 93Total 6,466

Question reference: S1W-27726

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements the Scottish Prison Service has made for providing Halal, Kosher or other religiously prescribed foods for prisoners.

Question reference: S1W-27676

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff it recruited in each year from 1997 to 2002, broken down by gender, ethnic origin and disability.

The Scottish Executive aims to recruit staff from a diverse background and experience, and successful applicants are selected on the basis of the ability to do the job. Whilst information on the ethnic background and disability of all applicants is collected for monitoring purposes, applicants are under no obligation to provide such information.Recruitment is undertaken to fill vacancies arising within Scottish Executive core departments, as well as some agencies and other associated departments. The figures provided in the table include all recruitment activity undertaken by the Scottish Executive.Recruitment by the Scottish Executive: 1999 to 2002

Year	Total	Male	Female	Ethnic Minority	Persons with a Disability
1999	851	440	411	6	19
2000	761	395	366	12	29
2001	627	295	332	24	36
2002¹	155	68	87	3	5

Notes:1. Information up to 25 May 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27667

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the staff currently employed by the Forestry Commission by gender, ethnic origin, disability and grade.

The breakdown is given in the following table.

Grade	Gender		Ethnic Origin			Disabled
	Male	Female	White	Chinese	Other	Male	Female
Senior Staff Group 3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Senior Staff Group 2	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
Senior Staff Group 1a	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
Senior Staff Group 1	10	1	11	-	-	-	-
Payband 1	7	-	7	-	-	-	-
Payband 2	46	6	52	-	-	-	-
Payband 3	48	17	65	-	-	-	-
Payband 3 Operational	25	4	29	-	-	-	-
Payband 4	64	40	104	-	-	1	-
Payband 4 Operational	47	4	51	-	-	1	-
Payband 5	85	80	164	1	-	1	4
Payband 5 Operational	154	11	165	-	-	3	-
Payband 6a	210	9	219	-	-	7	-
Payband 6a Operational	93	9	102	-	-	1	-
Payband 6b	284	216	499	-	1	12	7
Payband 7	41	47	88	-	-	1	-
Apprentice	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Total		444					11

Note: Figures include permanent, fixed term and casual staff. Part-time staff are counted as one.

Question reference: S1W-27675

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were recruited by the Forestry Commission in each year from 1997 to 2002, broken down by gender, ethnic origin and disability.

Question reference: S1W-27678

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were recruited by local government in each year from 1997 to 2002, broken down by gender, ethnic origin and disability.

The information requested is a matter for local authorities. Information on the total number of staff recruited by local government is not held centrally. However, further information on police and fire service staff is available.For information on police, I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27679.Information on fire service staff is given in Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland Report for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, published by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services. Appendix 3 shows the number of whole-time staff recruited, by gender. Copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 12522 and 17095), and on the Scottish Executive Internet site: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/law/firerepp00.asp and http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/justice/hmcif_report_2001.pdf.Further information is not held centrally.

Question reference: S1W-27674

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were recruited by the NHS in Scotland in each year from 1997 to 2002, broken down by gender, ethnic origin and disability.

Question reference: S1W-27677

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were recruited by the Scottish Prison Service in each year from 1997 to 2002, broken down by gender, ethnic origin and disability.

Question reference: S1W-27681

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were recruited by the Scottish Qualifications Authority in each year from 1997 to 2002, broken down by gender, ethnic origin and disability.

Question reference: S1W-27666

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 14 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the staff currently employed by the NHS in Scotland by gender, ethnic origin, disability and grade.

Information on the breakdown of staff currently employed by the NHS in Scotland by gender, ethnic origin and grade is available on the ISD website:http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/NHSiS_resource/Workforce/workforce_statistics.htmTable A7 shows the breakdown of all staff by staff group and gender.Table G1 shows the breakdown of medical and dental staff by grade and ethnic origin.Table G4 shows the breakdown of non-medical and dental staff by ethnic origin and staff group.Information on staff currently employed by the NHS in Scotland broken down by disability is not available centrally.