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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.

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Question reference: S4O-03641

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase employment opportunities in the west of Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-03598

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on powers relating to gambling being devolved.

Question reference: S4O-03502

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what impact marine protected areas will have on recreational boating and marine tourism.

Question reference: S4W-21729

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) trawled nephrops, (b) creel-caught nephrops, (c) dredged scallops and (d) dived scallops caught in the Clyde sea area in each of the last 10 years were landed at creeks (i) in the Clyde sea area and (ii) elsewhere in Scotland, and what information it has on how many were landed outside Scotland.

As requested, please find data on (a) trawl-caught nephrops, (b) creel-caught nephrops, (c) dredge-caught scallops, and (d) hand-caught scallops that were caught in the Clyde zone over the last 10 years⁽¹⁾and were landed into ports on the Clyde and the rest of Scotland.

Data on landings made outside Scotland is also provided, but this will include catches from the non-Clyde portions of the Clyde zone⁽²⁾. Due to the way our fishery data is captured, it is only possible to determine that a vessel’s catch was made within the Clyde portions of the Clyde zone when it also lands into Scotland.

⁽¹⁾2013 landings are provisional.

⁽²⁾ The ‘Clyde zone’ includes the waters of five International Council for the Exploration of the Sea statistical rectangles. While two of these rectangles contain waters wholly within the Clyde, the other three also contain waters beyond its boundaries.

(a) Trawl-caught nephrops landings from Clyde zone

Year	Clyde Ports	Rest of Scotland	Outside Scotland	Total Tonnage
2004	2418	0	258	2,676
2005	2897	-	148	3,045
2006	3990	-	246	4,236
2007	5609	1	361	5,971
2008	4808	3	424	5,235
2009	3865	2	282	4,149
2010	4718	8	465	5,191
2011	5128	-	541	5,669
2012	4976	-	834	5,809
2013	3130	32	596	3,758

(b) Creel-caught nephrops landings from Clyde zone

Year	Clyde Ports	Rest of Scotland	Outside Scotland	Total Tonnage
2004	70	-	-	70
2005	56	-	0	56
2006	111	0	-	111
2007	165	-	-	165
2008	128	-	-	128
2009	138	-	-	138
2010	154	-	-	154
2011	180	-	-	180
2012	170	-	-	170
2013	160	-	-	160

Year	Clyde Creeks	Rest of Scotland	Outside Scotland	Total Tonnage
2004	460	-	34	495
2005	535	4	14	553
2006	429	-	3	432
2007	541	7	1	549
2008	504	1	0	505
2009	431	5	21	457
2010	356	1	2	359
2011	364	8	12	384
2012	341	4	12	357
2013	252	1	13	266

(d) Hand-caught scallops landings from Clyde zone

Year	Clyde Creeks	Rest of Scotland	Outside Scotland	Total Tonnage
2004	28	-	-	28
2005	29	-	-	29
2006	1	-	-	1
2007	1	-	-	1
2008	13	-	-	13
2009	17	-	-	17
2010	0	-	-	0
2011	3	-	-	3
2012	7	-	-	7
2013	65	-	-	65

Question reference: S4F-02210

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2014

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government can take to tackle the proliferation of fixed-odds betting terminals and pay-day lenders on the country's high streets.

Question reference: S4O-03351

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote an awareness of problem gambling given its impact on communities.

Question reference: S4O-03299

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with west of Scotland local authorities on environmental improvement initiatives.

Question reference: S4W-20483

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 April 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many people manage their own self-directed support care package in each local authority area in West Scotland.

Number of clients with Direct Payments packages in Scotland, 2012-13

Local Authority	Number of clients
Aberdeen City	225
Aberdeenshire	287
Angus	25
Argyll and Bute	142
Clackmannanshire	39
Dumfries and Galloway	280
Dundee City	48
East Ayrshire	132
East Dunbartonshire	178
East Lothian	162
East Renfrewshire	188
Edinburgh	946
Eilean Siar	27
Falkirk	60
Fife	344
Glasgow	367
Highland	296
Inverclyde	85
Midlothian	89
Moray	155
North Ayrshire	131
North Lanarkshire	102
Orkney	53
Perth and Kinross	90
Renfrewshire	42
Scottish Borders	310
Shetland Islands	29
South Ayrshire	79
South Lanarkshire	236
Stirling	95
West Dunbartonshire	64
West Lothian	97
Scotland	5,403

Question reference: S4O-03108

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the impact on communities of fixed-odds betting terminals.

Question reference: S4T-00642

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that the Ministry of Defence is seeking to increase the level of liquid waste that it discharges into the Clyde at Faslane naval dockyard.