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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-27728

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 (SPS) has made for responding to requests made on ethical or moral grounds from prisoners held in prisons managed by the SPS or the privately operated prison for vegetarian, vegan or other special diets.

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-27670

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 whether it will provide a breakdown of staff currently employed by local government by gender, ethnic origin, disability and grade.

The information requested is a matter for local authorities. Information on the total number of staff employed by local government, broken down by ethnic origin and disability, is not held centrally.The most recently published information relating to the number of staff employed by local government, analysed by gender, is given in the Joint Staffing Watch Survey: June 2001, published jointly by the Scottish Executive and COSLA on August 1 2002. Table 1 provides information on the number of full-time and part-time staff by gender. Table 4 also provides information on the number of full-time equivalent staff by salary band, excluding teachers, police and fire service staff, who are not paid on the local government pay scale. Copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 22828), and on the Scottish Executive Internet site: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/localgov/jswj-00.asp.Further information on teachers, police and fire service staff is available from other sources.For information on police, I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27671.Information on teacher numbers is given in the 2001 School Census, published by the Scottish Executive on 20 June 2002. Table 6 provides information on the number of full-time equivalent staff by grade. Copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 22064), and on the Scottish Executive internet site: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00168-05.asp.Information on fire service staff is given in Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland Report for 2000-2001, published by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services. Paragraph 215 shows the number of staff employed by gender and ethnicity, and Appendix 2 shows the number of staff employed by grade. Copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 17095), and on the Scottish Executive internet site:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/justice/hmcif_report_2001.pdf.

Question reference: S1W-27669

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 whether it will provide a breakdown of the staff currently employed by the Scottish Prison Service by gender, ethnic origin, disability and grade.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is contained in the following tables:Gender

Male	3,641
Female	970

Ethnic Origin

Asian and White	2
Black African	1
Chinese	1
Indian	2
Other	2
Pakistani	3
White	4,521
Not submitted	79

Disability

Disabled	112
Disabled not Registered	10
Not Disabled	4,156
Not Submitted	333

Grade

A	54
B	194
C	321
C+	1,079
D	331
D+	1,777
E	117
E+	420
F	102
F+	78
G	82
H	32
I	9
Career Break	3
Senior Civil Servants	6
Scottish Executive	6

Question reference: S1W-27668

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 whether it will provide a breakdown of the staff it currently employs by gender, ethnic origin, disability and grade.

Scottish Executive Core Departments Staffing Information (headcounts) as at 1 July 2002 by gender, ethnic origin, disability, and grade is provided in the table.

Gender	Total	Male	Female
Number of staff	4,361	2,207	2,154

Ethnic Origin	Total	White	Minority Ethnic	Not Known
Number of staff	4,361	3,373	53	935

Disability	Total	No declared disability	Self declared disability
Number of staff	4,361	4,236	125

Grade	Total	SCS	Band C	Band B	Band A	Other
Number of staff	4,361	165	592	2,072	1,517	15

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.

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-27663

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 nurses are currently employed by the NHS in Scotland, broken down by gender and SRN, SEN, RMN or other qualification.

Question reference: S1W-27664

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 nurses were in training in the NHS in Scotland in each of the years from 1997 to 2002 for SRN, SEN, RMN or other qualifications, broken down by gender and year of study.

The available information is set out in the following tables. The information requested is not available by year of study and is not yet published for 2001-02. Nurse education now leads to registration and there are no courses for training to enrolled nurse level.

Pre-registration training
Year (to 31 March)	Male	Female	Total
1996-97	934	5,813	6,747
1997-98	916	6,143	7,059
1998-99	930	6,453	7,383
1999-2000	908	6,692	7,600
2000-01	983	7,045	8,028

Midwifery
Year (to 31 March)	Male	Female	Total
1996-97	1	594	595
1997-98	3	581	584
1998-99	1	599	600
1999-2000	2	607	609
2000-01	2	604	606

Post-registration training
Year (to 31 March)	Male	Female	Total
1996-97	55	571	626
1997-98	69	674	743
1998-99	107	1,301	1,408
1999-2000	137	1,604	1,741
2000-01	167	1,601	1,768

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.