Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-22972

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated to the special constable initiative.

Question reference: S2W-22956

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentistry students worked with an NHS dentist for their compulsory year’s training in each year between 1997 and 2005.

The number of dentists who undertooktheir vocational training year with an NHS dentist in Scotland in therequested years is provided in the following table.

Numberof vocational dental practitioners(VDPs) who worked with an NHS dentist for their compulsory year’s training; 1997to 2005:

Year	No. of VDPs¹
1997	89
1998	94
1999	83
2000	101
2001	94
2002	101
2003	101
2004	114
2005	126

Sources:

MIDAS (Management Information and Dental Accounting System).

NES (NHS Education for Scotland).

Note: 1. Some VDPs may trainover a two-year period. For counting purposes, VDPs who train for two years areonly included in the count for the year of intake corresponding to their first yearof training.

Question reference: S2W-22969

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times special advisers have travelled (a) in the UK and (b) abroad since 1999 and how many of these visits took place without a minister being present, broken down by place of visit and cost.

I refer the member to answerto question S2W-18239 on 26 August 2005 and the corrected answer to question S2W-13347 on 13 June 2005. For theperiod between 1 April and 31 December 2005 Scottish Executive special advisers made 80 journeyswithin the UK and 11 journeys abroad in an official capacity. Detailsof these journeys are provided in the following table. Where dates in column 1 of the table are marked with an asterisk, this indicates that a minister was not presenton the visit recorded.

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Period	Place Visited in UK	Cost	Place Visited Abroad	Cost
Period	Place Visited in UK	(£)	Place Visited Abroad	(£)
1	2	3	4	5
31-03-05-06-04-05			New York and Washington, USA	£3,106.04
06/04/2005	London	£266.40
12/04/2005	Stornoway/Benbecula	£24.00
06/05/2005	Glasgow	£9.40
07-05-05-09-05-05	London	£334.30
08-05-05-09-05-05	London	£343.50
*12-05-2005	London	£266.40
16/05/2005	London		Brussels	£971.60
22-05-05-28-05-05			Malawi	£3,474.88
22-05-05-27-05-05			Malawi	£3,398.58
23-05-05-24-05-05	London	£541.20
24/05/2005	Aberdeen	£46.10
*10-06-2005	London	£306.10
19/06/2005	London	£75.00
19-06-05-20-06-05	Cardiff	£219.10
*22-06-2005	Prestwick	£33.59
*24-06-2005	Prestwick	£38.00
*27-06-05- 29-06-05	Prestwick/Gleneagles	£123.79
30/06/2005	London	£365.20
*03-07-2005	Gleneagles	£40.00
*05-07-2005	Prestwick	£38.00
05/07/2005	Glasgow	£16.90
06/07/2005	Gleneagles	£23.50
07/07/2005	St Andrew`s	£23.50
07/07/2005	St Andrew`s	£60.00
07-07-05 to 08-07-05	St Andrew`s	£112.80
07/07/2005	St Andrew`s	£40.00
*07-07-2005	London	£155.80
*08-07-2005	Prestwick	£28.40
*11-07-2005	East Kilbride	£12.50
*14-07-05 to 15-07-05	Cardiff	£383.04
19/07/2005	Glasgow	£28.30
*21-07-05 to 22-07-05	London	£141.60
*22-07-2005	London	£153.50
*01-08-2005	Inverness	£50.50
*03-08-2005	St Andrew`s	£68.80
03/08/2005	Glasgow	£26.00
03/08/2005	London	£339.30
*03-08-05 to 04-08-05	London	£387.90
*04-08-2005	Glasgow	£4.00
*23-08-2005	Glasgow	£6.00
23-08-05-24 to 08-05	St Andrew’s	£185.00
23-08-05 to 24-08-05	St Andrew’s	£190.00
23-08-05 to 24-08-05	St Andrew’s	£249.50
23-08-05 to 24-08-05	St Andrew’s	£190.00
23-08-05 to 24-08-05	St Andrew’s	£291.65
*23-08-05 to 24-08-05	St Andrew’s	£190.00
25/08/2005	Glasgow	£26.00
26/08/2005	Stirling	£40.80
*31-08-05 to 01-09-05	Aberdeen	£72.35
01-09-05 to 02-09-05	Glasgow	£93.00
*03-09-2005	Glasgow	£66.40
05/09/2005	Aberdeen	£36.05
*13-09-05 to 14-09-05	Manchester	£594.86
15-09-05 to 16-09-05	Inverness	£146.90
*15-09-05 to 16-09-05	London	£535.90
20/09/2005	London	£365.10
*30-09-2005	Glasgow	£23.00
*30-09-2005	Glasgow	£10.10
*10-10-05 to 11-10-05	Manchester	£657.44
10-10-05 to 12-10-05	Manchester and Dudley	£574.80
*10-10-2005	Dundee	£59.50
10-10-05 to 11-10-05	Manchester	£314.60
11/10/2005	London	£284.80
12-10-05 to 14-10-05	Manchester		Brussels	£1,043.81
*20-10-2005	London	£122.60
23-10-05 to 29-10-05			Canada and USA	£4,699.58
23-10-05 to 29-10-05			Canada and USA	£4,059.14
31-10-05 to 01-11-05	Tulliallan	£29.00
31-10-05 to 01-11-05	Glasgow and Tulliallan	£44.70
01/11/2005	Tulliallan	£24.80
02/11/2005	London	£19.70
05-11-05 to 15-11-05			India and China	£6,636.86
06/11/2005	Inverurie	£5.00
07/11/2005	Glasgow	£5.00
*08-11-2005	Glasgow	£4.00
*09-11-2005	Glasgow	£8.00
10-11-05 to 13-11-05	London	£298.10
*18-11-2005	London	£291.00
20-11-05 to 22-11-05	London		Munich	£2,264.50
21/11/2005	Perth	£18.10
27/11/2005	London	£608.67
27-11-05 to 29-11-05	London	£276.30
*02-12-2005	London	£271.30
03-12-05 to 06-12-05			Montreal	£2,703.45
04/12/05 to 06/12/05	London	£301.20
*05-12-2005	Aberdeen	£77.50
12/12/2005	Lerwick	£466.80
13/12/2005	London	£412.90
*16-12-2005	London	£141.80
19/12/2005			Brussels	£1,104.48

The information above includesdetails of air, rail, hired cars, miscellaneous travel, subsistence and motor mileagecosts claimed by special advisers in the period 1 April to 31 December 2005. Detailsabout travel undertaken and the associated costs has been obtained from informationheld on the Scottish Executive Travel and Subsistence payments system and the ScottishExecutive’s travel agent. Information for occasions where special advisers travelledwithout ministers being present for the period from 1999 up until 31 March 2005 is notavailable

The expenditure set out in thetable above excludes special advisers travel related costs incurred within Edinburghor Glasgow if they are permanently based in either city.

Question reference: S2W-22873

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 1 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it paid in rent in 2004-05 for properties in (a) total, (b) each region of Scotland, (c) Edinburgh and (d) Glasgow, broken down by department and agency.

In 2004-05, the total paid in rent by the Scottish Executive was £12,148,993.46. This figure includes any VAT levied on rental payment as under Government Accounting rules, any VAT levied on rent is irrecoverable. This figure is broken down by department and agency for each local authority area below.

The Scottish Executive also has a number of properties where it makes “licence payments”. These “licence payments” are all encompassing payments inclusive of rent, rates, VAT, utilities, service and facilities charges. No allocation is made by the provider to individual items.

In 2004-05, the total licence payments made by the Scottish Executive was £242,490.41. These costs are shown separately on individual tables broken down by local authority area, department and agency.

In addition, the Scottish Executive occupies space in buildings controlled by other UK Government Departments for which it pays a facility charge to the controlling department. The facilities charge comprises all property costs except for rates and utilities. No specific allocation to rent is possible therefore this figure is reported separately.

In 2004-05 the total facilities charges paid by the Scottish Executive was £723,167.88. These costs are again shown separately on individual tables by local authority area broken down by department and agencies. Where no local authority area is shown no rental is payable in respect of property within this local authority area.

Rent by Local Authority Area

Local Authority	Department/Agency	Payment
Aberdeen City Council	Total Payments	£383,074.26
	Scottish Court Service	£45,000
	Justice Department	£125,725
	Fisheries Research Service	£90,000
	Communities Scotland	£122,349.26
Aberdeenshire Council	Total Payments	£7,793
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£7,793
Angus Council	Total Payments	£12,635
	Fisheries Research Service	£7,335
	Historic Scotland	£5,300
Argyll and Bute Council	Total Payments	£29,100
	Historic Scotland	£29,100
City of Edinburgh Council	Total Payments	£5,788,849.65
	SEERAD	£3,574.35
	Scottish Court Service	£419,779
	Scottish Prison Service	£958,969.20
	Registers of Scotland	£274,645
	Justice Department	£631,323.49
	Historic Scotland	£961,386.48
	General Register Office for Scotland	£523,896
	Core Estate	£1,721,579.20
	Communities Scotland	£293,696.93
Comhairle NAN Eilean Siar	Total Payments	£1,440
	Historic Scotland	£1,440
Dumfries and Galloway Council	Total Payments	£11,315
	Historic Scotland	£11,315
Dundee City Council	Total Payments	£219,024.52
	Communities Scotland	£98,582.52
	Charities Regulator	£49,500
	Scottish Court Service	£26,914
	HM Inspectorate of Education	£21,398
East Ayrshire Council	Total Payments	£3,500
	Historic Scotland	£3,500
East Lothian Council	Total Payments	£5,200
	Scottish Court Service	£5,200
Falkirk Council	Total Payments	£220,704.89
	Scottish Court Service	£178,717.50
	Historic Scotland	£10,350
	Core Estate	£31,637.39
Fife Council	Total Payments	£11,115
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£2,600
	Historic Scotland	£8,515
Glasgow City Council	Total Payments	£3,284,786.79
	ETLLD	£9,390.13
	Registers of Scotland	£658,700
	Justice Department	£676,275
	Core Estate	£1,690,909.65
	Communities Scotland	£249,512.01
Highland Council	Total Payments	£92,453.24
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£17,962
	Scottish Court Service	£9,450
	Historic Scotland	£4,160
	Fisheries Research Service	£2,950
	Core Estate	£3,000
	Communities Scotland	£54,931.24
Midlothian Council	Total Payments	£5,103.03
	Scottish Agricultural Science Agency	£5,103.03
Moray Council	Total Payments	£48,457.06
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£4,542
	Scottish Court Service	£2,868
	Historic Scotland	£7,325
	Core Estate	£33,722.06
Orkney Islands Council	Total Payments	£21,104
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£3,900
	Historic Scotland	£17,204
Perth and Kinross Council	Total Payments	£450,233
	Core Estate	£446,198
	Historic Scotland	£4,035
Renfrewshire Council	Total Payments	£669,750
	Justice Department	£434,750
	Communities Scotland	£235,000
Scottish Borders Council	Total Payments	£435,626
	Scottish Public Pensions Agency	£430,514
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£4,712
	Scottish Court Service	£400
Shetland Islands Council	Total Payments	£18,995
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£17,045
	Fisheries Research Service	£1,950
South Ayrshire Council	Total Payments	£53,712.79
	Communities Scotland`	£53,712.79
South Lanarkshire Council	Total Payments	£122,900.23
	Communities Scotland	£114,562.50
	Justice Department	£8,337.73
Stirling Council	Total Payments	£34,487
	ETLLD	£34,487
West Dunbartonshire Council	Total Payments	£28,184
	HM Inspectorate of Education	£28,184
West Lothian Council	Total Payments	£212,080
	Scottish Court Service	£84,583
	Scottish Building Standards Agency	£13,589
	HM Inspectorate of Education	£113,908

Licence Payments

Local Authority	Department/Agency	Payment
Aberdeen City Council	Total Payments	£22,969
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£22,969
City of Edinburgh Council	Total Payments	£5,746.80
	Scottish Agricultural Science Agency	£5,746.90
Dundee City Council	Total Payments	£5,570
	Scottish Court Service	£5,570
Glasgow City Council	Total Payments	£93,298.86
	Communities Scotland	£15,385.42
	Justice Department	£77,913.44
West Lothian Council	Total Payments	£114,905.75
	Scottish Prison Service	£43,815.75
	HM Inspectorate of Education	£71,090

Facilities Charges

Local Authority	Department/Agency	Payment
Aberdeen City Council	Total Payments	£80,315.39
	Core Estate	£80,315.39
Aberdeenshire Council	Total Payments	£13,852
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£13,852
Argyll and Bute Council	Total Payments	£1,985
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£1,985
City of Edinburgh Council	Total Payments	£46,607
	Core Estate	£46,607
Dumfries and Galloway Council	Total Payments	£120,662.58
	Core Estate	£120,662.58
Local Authority	Department/Agency	Payment

Dundee City Council	Total Payments	£149,008.95
	Core Estate	£149,008.95
Shetland Islands Council	Total Payments	£41,425.54
	Core Estate	£41,425.54
South Ayrshire Council	Total Payments	£123,039
	Core Estate	£109,870
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£13,169
Stirling Council	Total Payments	£146,272.42
	Core Estate	£146,272.42

Question reference: S2W-22872

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 1 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it paid in non-domestic rates to each local authority in 2004-05 in respect of its core functions, broken down by department and agency.

In 2004-05 the amount of non-domestic rates paid by the Scottish Executive to each local authority in respect of its core functions, broken down by Department and agency is as set out below. Where no local authority area is mentioned no payments were made to that authority in 2004-05.

Local Authority	Department/Agency	Payment
Aberdeen City Council	Total Payments	£540,503.19
	Scottish Courts Service	£78,271
	Scottish Prison Service	£61,375
	Justice Department	£37,316
	Fisheries Research Service	£311,800
	Core Estate	£20,472.19
	Communities Scotland	£31,269
Aberdeenshire Council	Total Payments	£240,328.42
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£5,918
	Scottish Courts Service	£64,989
	Scottish Prison Service	£113,912
	Historic Scotland	£1,599.42
	Core Estate	£54,010
Angus Council	Total Payments	£139,930.85
	Scottish Courts Service	£46,056
	Scottish Prison Service	£49,443.70
	Historic Scotland	£413.15
	Fisheries Research Service	£44,000
Argyll and Bute Council	Total Payments	£84,069,66
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£4,255.64
	Scottish Courts Service	£41.142
	Historic Scotland	£9,413.40
	Core Estate	£29,258.62
City of Edinburgh Council	Total Payments	£7,950,086.14
	SEERAD	£3,721
	Scottish Court Service	£1,834,376
	Scottish Prison Service	£663,095.50
	Scottish Agricultural Science Agency	£143,013.98
	Registers of Scotland	£563,668
	National Archives of Scotland	£464,486
	Justice Department	£345,301
	Historic Scotland	£394,390.74
	General Register Office for Scotland	£312,271
	Core Estate	£2,877,280.66
	Communities Scotland	£348,482.26
Clackmannanshire Council	Total Payments	£260,574
	Scottish Prison Service	£245,500
	Scottish Courts Service	£15,074
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	Total Payments	£42,795
	Scottish Courts Service	£25,959
	Core Estate	£16,836
Dumfries and Galloway Council	Total Payments	£155,399.99
	Scottish Prison Service	£81,506
	Historic Scotland	£2,844.19
	Core Estate	£22,741.80
Dundee City Council	Total Payments	£235,332.62
	Scottish Court Service	£110,260
	Charities Regulator	£50,406
	HM Inspector of Education	£6,270
	Core Estate	£30,589.62
	Communities Scotland	£37,807
East Ayrshire Council	Total Payments	£286,588.04
	Scottish Prison Service	£196,400
	Scottish Court Service	£88,380
	Historic Scotland	£1,808.04
East Dunbartonshire Council	Total Payments	£87,806.80
	Scottish Prison Service	£87,806.80
East Lothian Council	Total Payments	£118,878.86
	Justice Department	£108,020
	Scottish Court Service	£9,638
	Historic Scotland	£1,220.86
Falkirk Council	Total Payments	£514,311.49
	Scottish Court Service	£180,197
	Scottish Prison Service	£297,055
	Historic Scotland	£3,569.72
	Core Estate	£33,489.77
Fife Council	Total Payments	£369,161.56
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£440
	Scottish Court Service	£140,181
	Justice Department	£225,249
	Historic Scotland	£3,291.56
Glasgow City Council`	Total Payments	£369,161.56
	Scottish Court Service	£1,271,690
	Scottish Prison Service	£317,403
	Registers of Scotland	£199.837
	Justice Department	£226,842
	Core Estate	£641,596.74
	Communities Scotland	£90,880.48
Highland Council	Total Payments	£393,356.07
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£14,049
	Scottish Court Service	£127,972
	Scottish Prison Service	£55,974
	Historic Scotland	£92,024.30
	Fisheries Research Service	£14,750
	Core Estate	£68,946.77
	Communities Scotland	£19,640
Inverclyde Council	Total Payments	£179,249.77
	Scottish Prison Service	£132,570
	Scottish Court Service	£46,645
	Historic Scotland	£34.77
Midlothian Council	Total Payments	£1,824.43
	Scottish Agricultural Science Agency	£1,824.43
Moray Council	Total Payments	£34,620.67
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£2,079
	Scottish Court Service	£17,637
	Historic Scotland	£9,921.04
	Core Estate	£4,983.63
North Lanarkshire Council	Total Payments	£469,396
	Scottish Prison Service	£390,836
	Scottish Court Service	£78,560
Orkney Islands Council	Total Payments	£38,777.17
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£1,414
	Scottish Court Service	£10,248
	Historic Scotland	£8,414.34
	Core Estate	£18,700.83
Perth and Kinross Council	Total Payments	£440,107.92
	Scottish Court Service	£36,825
	Scottish Prison Service	£252,374
	Historic Scotland	£3,854.42
	Core Estate	£147,054.05
Renfrewshire Council	Total Payments	£541,082
	Scottish Court Service	£362,358
	Justice Department	£108,511
	Communities Scotland	£70,213
Scottish Borders Council	Total Payments	£145,621.59
	Scottish Public Pensions Agency	£91,751
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£1,020
	Scottish Court Service	£32,880
	Historic Scotland	£4,209.49
	Core Estate	£15,761.10
Shetland Islands Council	Total Payments	£38,940.97
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£4,636
	Scottish Court Service	£10,126
	Historic Scotland	£5,568.69
	Fisheries Research Service	£420
	Core Estate	£18,190.28
South Ayrshire Council	Total Payments	£167,622.50
	Scottish Court Service	£110,966
	Communities Scotland	£15,957.50
	Core Estate	£36,889
	Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	£3,810
South Lanarkshire Council	Total Payments	£278,961.65
	Scottish Court Service	£206,220
	Core Estate	£27,741.05
	Communities Scotland	£45,000.15
Stirling Council	Total Payments	£263,490.88
	ETLLD	£11,224
	Scottish Court Service	£65,303
	Scottish Prison Service	£103,110
	Historic Scotland	£58,138.50
	Core Estate	£25,723.38
West Dunbartonshire Council	Total Payments	£55,105
	Scottish Court Service	£29,267
	HM Inspectorate of Education	£25,838
West Lothian Council	Total Payments	£251,790.14
	Scottish Court Service	£68,699
	Scottish Prison Service	£69,231
	Scottish Building Standards Agency	£8,520
	HM Inspectorate of Education	£103,648
	Historic Scotland	£1,692.14

Question reference: S2W-22970

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 1 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been relocated since 1999, broken down by (a) place relocated to and (b) cost of relocation.

Question reference: S2W-22850

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have waited for prosthetic (a) fitting and (b) replacement operations in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) length of wait and (ii) NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-22957

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests for drug-related offences have been made in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force area.

No data on arrests is collected by the Scottish Executive, however the following tables show the available information on the number of drug crimes recorded.

Number of Drug Crimes Recorded by Police Force Area, 1995-96 to 2004-05

Police Force	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
Central	1,099	1,054	1,128	1,486	1,119
Dumfries and Galloway	764	758	910	869	615
Fife	1,742	1,848	1,817	2,095	1,203
Grampian	2,558	2,465	2,959	2,880	2,331
Lothian and Borders	3,447	3,358	3,828	4,046	4,854
Northern	1,345	1,302	1,511	1,229	1,452
Strathclyde	13,404	13,335	15,217	18,083	17,080
Tayside	1,380	1,634	2,065	2,131	1,720
All Scotland	25,739	25,754	29,435	32,819	30,374

Police Force	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Central	1,481	1,863	2,027	2,100	1,951
Dumfries and Galloway	498	589	779	1002	935
Fife	1,359	1,715	1,960	1,924	2,024
Grampian	2,186	2,786	3,258	2,791	3,037
Lothian and Borders	5,258	5,697	6,393	5,801	5,914
Northern	1,188	1,701	1,653	1,960	1,722
Strathclyde	18,399	20,152	22,285	23,613	22,790
Tayside	1,712	2,247	2,583	3,084	3,450
All Scotland	32,081	36,750	40,938	42,275	41,823

Question reference: S2W-22974

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Justice will reply to my letter of 19 December 2005 on the review of British Transport Police.

Question reference: S2W-22871

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive which of its core departmental functions are carried out in (a) each region and (b) Edinburgh and what the (i) administration costs, (ii) staff numbers and (iii) total salary bill associated with each function has been in each of these areas in the last year.

The Scottish Executive’s Consolidated Resource Accounts for year ending 31 March 2005 published by the Scottish Executive in 2005, a copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38261) sets out by core departmental aims the expenditure, income and share of the central administration costs (salaries and administration expenditure). Page 55 of the Accounts also provides an analysis of staff numbers by core departments.

Information on salaries and administration costs is not available by region, but I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-22874 on 27 February 2006, which provides a list of Scottish Executive departments (and agencies) by local authority as at 1 April 2005.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

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