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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)
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Question reference: S2W-02781

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 30 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2346 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 9 September 2003, whether the target of 70,000 houses to be transferred to community ownership includes partial stock transfer.

Question reference: S2W-01791

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 29 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each of its departments spent on staff travel and accommodation in each year since 1999.

The information requested isset out in the following table.

Year Department	1999-2000 (£000)	2000-01 (£000)	2001-02 (£000)	2002-03 (£000)
Corporate Services	1,232	1,035	921	1,060
Finance and Central Services Department	593	614	688	725
Education Department	184	238	271	372
Development Department	369	355	410	439
Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department	376	354	338	313
Health Department	253	355	389	528
Justice Department	322	327	348	381
Environment and Rural Affairs Department	1,690	1,595	1,866	1,625
Total	5,019	4,873	5,231	5,443

The table is based on the departmentalstructure prior to April 2003.

Restructuring of departmentsin the Scottish Executive over the period affects some of the year-on-year comparisons.

The figures relate to the corestaff of departments and do not include the costs related to executive agencies.Over the period the relevant staff numbers have increased from 3,824 to 4,346. Thefigures in the table therefore represent a 4.5% reduction per member of staff overthe period.

Question reference: S2W-02211

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the experience is of psychologists in each prison involved in the STOP programme for sexual offenders; how long each psychologist has been in post, and how many vacancies for prison psychologists there are at present.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

The SPS has found the experienceof using psychologists as members of teams delivering programmes to be generallybeneficial. Information on the time individual psychologists have been in such postsis not available. The psychologists have a range of general forensic psychologyskills and experience. There are currently three vacancies for psychologists withinthe SPS.

Question reference: S2W-02215

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when the extended STOP programme for sexual offenders will commence.

Question reference: S2W-02209

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive in which prisons the extended STOP programme for sexual offences will operate.

Question reference: S2W-02214

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to eliminate multiple occupancy at HM Prison Peterhead and what the timetable is for such plans.

Question reference: S2W-02212

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many psychologist-led groups there have been at HM Prison Peterhead since the STOP programme for sexual offenders commenced.

Question reference: S2W-02210

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been undertaken into the reasons for the resignation of prison psychologists.

Question reference: S2W-02356

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are working as temporarily registered overseas dentists, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-02345

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 17 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish Homes/Communities Scotland core development programme has been in each year from 2000-01 to 2003-04, including through the funding of Housing Association Grant, GRO-grant, Rural Home Ownership Grant, Improvement and Repair Grant and all other funding mechanisms.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, acting Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

Scottish Homes/CommunitiesScotland’s core development programme (capital and revenue) in each year from2000-01 to 2003-04 is as follows:

Year	£ Million
2000-01	215.8
2001-02	223.9
2002-03	217.5
2003-04*	229.5

Note:

*Planned