- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money withheld from single farm payments under modulation in each year since modulation commenced has yet to be allocated.
Answer
There are two forms of modulationand all funds raised are allocated to different measures.
European modulation is compulsoryand contributions from farmers and crofters are allocated to fund the Land ManagementContract Menu Scheme, as part of the Scottish Rural Development Programme.
Member state modulation has beenallocated to support agri-environment and afforestation measures that are also partof the Scottish Rural Development Programme.
Details of expenditure for themeasures mentioned above, were provided in answer to question S2W-31085 on 31 January 2007. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s websitethe search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have made (a) one to five, (b) 6 to 20, (c) 21 to 50, (d) 51 to 100 and (e) over 100 freedom of information requests.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31224 on 1 February 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 1 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will spend on indoor and outdoor plants in 2006-07.
Answer
A budget allowance of £2,000has been allocated for indoor plants and a further £36,300 for grounds maintenanceincluding outdoor plants but also including winter gritting and the maintenanceof grass areas.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of chicken production in Scotland representing only 50% of consumption, it will consider taking action to raise the proportion of chickens consumed in Scotland that are produced in Scotland.
Answer
Production and consumption levelsare functions of the market. The Executive, however, encourages retailers to continueto offer consumers the option of purchasing Scottish produce.
Since 2001, the Executive hasprovided £0.5 million to Scottish poultry processing businesses through the processinggrant scheme.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 1 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was between a pupil being referred to and seen by an educational psychologist in the last period for which figures are available.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. However, statistical returns indicate that we now have more educationalpsychologists working in local authorities than we have ever had. We now have over400 educational psychologists breaching 400 mark for first time, with a vacancyrate of only 4%. These figures are very encouraging especially when set againsta falling school population.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was withheld from single farm payments under modulation in each year since modulation commenced.
Answer
The Single Farm Payment Schemecame into effect from 1 January 2005 with the first payments being made from 1 December 2005. Thetotal modulation receipts for financial year 2005-06 were £28.158 million. My departmentcurrently forecasts these receipts being £36.266 million for financial year 2006-07and £43.6 million for 2007-2008.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 31 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total change was in the number of beds in (a) the NHS and (b) each NHS board between 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Answer
Information on the numbers ofaverage available staffed beds for the years ended 31 March 2005 and 2006 by NHSboard of treatment is published on ISD Scotland’s website at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/Annual_trends_in_available_beds_HB_comparison_Nov06_preview.xlsInformation for the year ended31 March 2006 is provisional.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 31 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents involving (a) sale and (b) use of illegal drugs on school property have been reported in each local education authority in each year since 2000.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 31 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offensive weapons were confiscated in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 31 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on repairing damage to schools caused by vandalism in each local education authority in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested isnot collected centrally.
