- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it gives to companies that sponsor educational scholarships.
Answer
The Executive welcomes initiatives where by the support of business helps to advance its education and lifelong objectives. But such initiatives are appropriately a matter for those businesses and for the educational institutions with which they engage.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 27 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of employment has been in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector in each quarter since 1997.
Answer
The following table showsemployment levels by quarter between 1997 Quarter 1 and 2003 Quarter 2 withinthe “Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry, and Fishing”, using data from the LabourForce Survey.
| Year | Quarter | Total Employment in Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and Fishing |
| 1997 | 1 | 59,300 |
| | 2 | 58,215 |
| | 3 | 50,719 |
| | 4 | 51,118 |
| 1998 | 1 | 53,559 |
| | 2 | 53,427 |
| | 3 | 53,302 |
| | 4 | 45,615 |
| 1999 | 1 | 46,022 |
| | 2 | 47,071 |
| | 3 | 46,501 |
| | 4 | 50,715 |
| 2000 | 1 | 57,484 |
| | 2 | 60,069 |
| | 3 | 56,452 |
| | 4 | 56,388 |
| 2001 | 1 | 58,130 |
| | 2 | 53,403 |
| | 3 | 48,171 |
| | 4 | 43,408 |
| 2002 | 1 | 43,918 |
| | 2 | 45,047 |
| | 3 | 49,300 |
| | 4 | 49,792 |
| 2003 | 1 | 45,180 |
| | 2 | 41,416 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what its highest and lowest projections are for prison population for mid-year 2006.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
The latest availableinformation is given in table 1 of the Prison Population Projections, Scotland, 2002-2003 to 2012-2013 newsrelease issued by the Scottish Prison Service on 27 November 2003. Copies areavailable in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 29959).
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and what proportion of, (a) its total spending and (b) gross domestic product was spent on policing in each of the last four years and what proportion of its total spending is projected to be spent on policing in the next two years.
Answer
The information is shown in the following table.
| | Expenditure on the Police Service in Scotland |
| | Total £ billion | As percentage of Expenditure by Scottish Executive | As percentage of Gross Domestic Product |
| 1999-2000 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 1.2 |
| 2000-01 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 1.2 |
| 2001-02 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 1.2 |
| 2002-03 | 0.9 | 4.3 | Not available |
| 2003-04 (estimated) | 1.0 | 4.3 | Not available |
| 2004-05 (planned) | 1.1 | 4.4 | Not available |
Notes:
1. Figuresof expenditure on the Police Service and on the expenditure by the Scottish Executive are taken from annual expenditurereports and the Draft Budget 2004-05.
2. Figuresof gross domestic product at basic prices (more usually known as gross value added)are as published by the Office of National Statistics.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to encourage the development of insulin pens that only contain small doses so that young children can manage their diabetes more independently than by the use of syringes.
Answer
Insulin pens suitable foryoung children are readily available and being used without any problems bypaediatric units in Scotland.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many manufacturing jobs have been created through inward investment in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Dundee, (e) Glasgow, (f) Inverness and (g) Stirling in each year since 1996
Answer
Scottish DevelopmentInternational does not keep records of how many jobs are created by individualinward investors in a given year. The published figures reflect the number ofjobs which a company plans to create or safeguard at the time its decision toinvest in Scotland was made. The published figures refer only toprojects in which Scottish Development International and its partners can claimto have had a significant involvement in ensuring that the project takes placein Scotland. The following figures relate to projects where acompany has made a decision to invest or expand and where the main activity of the project is manufacturing. Not all jobs created by a manufacturing projectare necessarily manufacturing jobs.
(a) Scotland
| Year | Planned New Jobs Associated with Manufacturing Projects |
| 1996-97 | 7,673 |
| 1997-98 | 3,749 |
| 1998-99 | 4,380 |
| 1999-2000 | 5,901 |
| 2000-01 | 4,546 |
| 2001-02 | 1,235 |
| 2002-03 | 1,512 |
(b) Aberdeen
| Year | Planned New Jobs Associated with Manufacturing Projects |
| 1996-97 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | 0 |
| 1999-2000 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | 30 |
| 2002-03 | 20 |
(c) Edinburgh
| Year | Planned New Jobs Associated with Manufacturing Projects |
| 1996-97 | 25 |
| 1997-98 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | 59 |
| 1999-2000 | 1,677 |
| 2000-01 | 9 |
| 2001-02 | 242 |
| 2002-03 | 61 |
(d) Dundee
| Year | Planned New Jobs Associated with Manufacturing Projects |
| 1996-97 | 11 |
| 1997-98 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | 30 |
| 1999-2000 | 167 |
| 2000-01 | 112 |
| 2001-02 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | 12 |
(e) Glasgow
| Year | Planned New Jobs Associated with Manufacturing Projects |
| 1996-97 | 137 |
| 1997-98 | 73 |
| 1998-99 | 149 |
| 1999-2000 | 190 |
| 2000-01 | 418 |
| 2001-02 | 50 |
| 2002-03 | 81 |
(f) Inverness
| Year | Planned New Jobs Associated with Manufacturing Projects |
| 1996-97 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | 286 |
| 1999-2000 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | 431 |
(g) Stirling
| Year | Planned New Jobs Associated with Manufacturing Projects |
| 1996-97 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | 0 |
| 1999-2000 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | 24 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 17 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to target 1 of the Tourism, Culture and Sport chapter of its draft budget 2004-05, what proportion of adults currently takes part in sport, broken down by sporting activity.
Answer
Data for the sport elementof target 1 will be measured using data collected by NFO WorldGroup (previouslyundertaken under the name System Three) as part of their omnibus householdsurvey, the Scottish Opinion Survey. The most recent data available relates toparticipation levels in 2000-02. The proportion of adults taking part in sportand physical recreation over this period was 62% and the breakdown by sportingactivity is set out in the table:
Sport or Physical Recreation | Percentage of Adult (16+) Participation in 2000-2002 During the Season |
| Athletics | 1 |
| Badminton | 3 |
| Basketball/netball/volleyball | 2 |
| Bowls | 3 |
| Cricket | <> |
| Curling | <> |
| Cycling | 10 |
| Dancing | 8 |
| Fishing/angling | 3 |
| Football | 10 |
| Golf | 9 |
| Gymnastics | 1 |
| Hillwalking/climbing/mountaineering | 5 |
| Hockey | <> |
| Horse riding | 1 |
| Ice skating/hockey | 1 |
| Judo | <> |
| Keep fit/aerobics | 9 |
| Martial arts | 2 |
| Multigym/weight training | 7 |
| Rugby | 1 |
| Running/jogging | 6 |
| Sailing and other water sports | 2 |
| Skiing | 1 |
| Snooker/billiards/pool | 7 |
| Squash | 1 |
| Swimming | 21 |
| Table tennis | 1 |
| Tennis | 2 |
| Tenpin bowling | 5 |
| Walking (2+ miles) | 33 |
| Yoga | 2 |
| Other | 3 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of (a) printing and production of and (b) postage for (i) consultation and (ii) guidance documents issued to representative bodies has been within its Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department in each of the last five years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3705 on 11 November 2003. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of its targets outlined in the Health and Community Care chapter of its draft budget 2004-05 relate to improving NHS dental services.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many telecommunications-related jobs have been lost to overseas competition in the last six years.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
