- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nora Radcliffe on 7 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many of the mortgages paid for through the Edinburgh Accommodation Allowance are interest-only mortgages.
Answer
The number is 25.
- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 30 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Burt review into local government finance cost.
Answer
Because there are still a numberof outstanding invoices, it is not possible to give a final figure for the committee’scosts during the period of its inquiry, from its establishment in June 2004 to thepublication of its report on 9 November 2006. The committee itself has estimated its total costs,excluding secretariat costs, at £270,000. We will be in a position to provide atotal figure once all outstanding invoices are settled.
- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it agrees with Shelter Scotland’s statement, as reported in The Big Issue on 30 November 2006, that nearly 30,000 children are currently homeless in Scotland and mostly living in unsuitable temporary accommodation.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average wage is in Scotland and how many households have (a) one working adult, (b) two working adults, (c) three working adults and (d) more than three working adults, also expressed as a percentage of all households with working adults and indicating how many of those working adults earn more than the average wage.
Answer
The preferred source for earningsestimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried outby the Office for National Statistics.
The median gross weekly pay forfull-time employees, excluding overtime, in Scotland in 2006 was £403.60. Themedian is the recommended measure of average earnings as opposed to the mean.
The following table shows thenumber of households with one, two, three or more than three working adults. Thenumber of households are also expressed as a proportion of total households withat least one working adults.
By definition the proportionof adults earning over the median wage is 50%. Therefore the best estimate for thenumber of people earning over the median wage is 1,169,000.
Table 1 Number of Householdsby Number of People in Employment
| Number of People in Employment | Number of Households | Percentage of Households |
| 1 Adult | 695,000 | 48.5% |
| 2 Adult | 600,000 | 41.9% |
| 3 Adult | 106,000 | 7.4% |
| More than 3 | 30,000 | 2.1% |
Source: Annual Population Survey2005.
Note: 1. Data are rounded tothe nearest thousand.
- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 27 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average domestic water and sewage bills have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Answer
The average household chargesare shown as follows for each year since 2000-01 when unified charges were introducedacross each of the areas covered by the former Water Authorities. Prior to thatyear, the information is not available in the form requested.
| | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| West of Scotland Water Authority | £168.00 | £201.00 | | | | | |
| East of Scotland Water Authority | £200.25 | £237.21 | | | | | |
| North of Scotland Water Authority | £238.27 | £278.23 | | | | | |
| Scottish Water -north | - | - | £278.23 | £278.23 | - | - | - |
| Scottish Water-East and West | - | - | £235.72 | £259.06 | - | - | - |
| Scottish Water- all areas | | | | | £272.39 | £280.00 | £287.00 |
- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 27 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its response to the Local Government Finance Review Committee report.
Answer
We will need time to give thecommittee’s conclusions and findings detailed and careful consideration. The issuesit was asked to review are substantial ones and it would not be appropriate to rushto comment.
- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what marine routes, including harbours and piers, in Scotland are used for the transportation of nuclear material.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S2W-29384
on 13 November 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what rail lines in Scotland are used for the transportation of nuclear material.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S2W-29384 on 13 November 2006. 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: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what road routes in Scotland are used for the transportation of nuclear material.
Answer
The transportation of irradiatedor spent nuclear fuel is governed by the stringent internationally-agreedstandards recommended by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), theagency appointed by the United Nations to promote safe, secure and peacefulnuclear technologies worldwide. The transportation of spent nuclear fuel is carried out in a securemanner, in accordance with stringent security regulations, the NuclearIndustries Security Regulations 2003 (NISR). These regulations are administeredand enforced by the Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS), who regulate thesecurity of such movements of spent nuclear fuel. These matters are reserved.
- Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ministerial visits have taken place in Glasgow since 2003.
Answer
The information requestedcould only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
