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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-28284

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundancies there have been in the Scottish Borders since January 1998.

Question reference: S2W-28425

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has received from additional council tax payments from immigrants who have settled in Scotland following the expansion of the EU in each year since 2002.

Question reference: S2W-28426

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice is offered to immigrants settling in Scotland, either as part of the Fresh Talent initiative or as a result of EU expansion, in respect of access to legal advice, health advice and support in relation to housing and other devolved services.

Question reference: S2W-28285

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its employees resided in the Scottish Borders region in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-28427

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 26 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people from new EU member states have registered with a GP in the Scottish Borders in each month since January 2004.

Question reference: S2W-28293

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been raised in business rates from the premises of firms in East Lothian with a rateable value of below £8,000 in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-28301

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many armed police raids have taken place in each police force area in each year since 1999.

The available information isgiven in the following table. Information on armed police raids is notcollected centrally. Deployment of firearms officers is an operational matterfor the relevant chief constable.

Operations Against PersonKnown or Believed to be Armed

Police Force	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Central Scotland	10	8	1	6	3	1	3
Dumfries and Galloway	6	3	15	11	6	4	4
Fife	5	5	6	8	13	5	9
Grampian	17	11	11	6	6	6	1
Lothian and Borders	66	94	96	165	197	181	150
Northern	7	10	5	0	1	4	3
Strathclyde	17	14	24	103	131	117	203
Tayside	13	5	5	1	1	3	1

Source: Her Majesty’sInspectorate of Constabulary.

Question reference: S2W-28294

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been raised in business rates from the premises of firms in East Lothian with a rateable value of between £7,999 and £15,000 in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-28282

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been raised in business rates from the premises of firms in the Scottish Borders with a rateable value of below £8,000 in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-28283

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been raised in business rates from the premises of firms in the Scottish Borders with a rateable value of between £7,999 and £15,000 in each year since 1999.