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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: S3W-23068

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 April 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with local authorities in connection with single status pay in the last 12 months.

The Scottish Government is in regular contact with COSLA on a range of issues facing local authorities, including the costs of equal pay. The Scottish Government is not, and has not been, involved in discussions connected with the single status pay agreement which was negotiated between COSLA and the trade unions. The single status pay agreement is wholly a matter for COSLA and for local authorities as independent corporate bodies.

Question reference: S3W-22491

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to the A77 Safety Group.

Question reference: S3W-22492

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the safety partnerships similar to the A77 Safety Group, broken down by local authority.

The list of safety partnerships in Scotland, broken down by local authority are shown in the following tables. These are further broken down by operating company area.

South West Unit:

Trunk Road Operating Company: Amey Infrastructure Services

M73 Motorway	Glasgow City Council and North Lanarkshire Council
M74 Motorway	South Lanarkshire Council and Dumfries and Galloway Council
A725 Trunk Road	South Lanarkshire Council
A726 Trunk Road	South Lanarkshire Council
M80 Motorway	Glasgow City Council and North Lanarkshire Council
M77 Motorway	Glasgow City Council and East Renfrewshire Council
A75 Trunk Road	Dumfries and Galloway Council
A751 Trunk Road	Dumfries and Galloway Council
A76 Trunk Road	Dumfries and Galloway Council, East Ayrshire
A701 Trunk Road	Dumfries and Galloway Council
A78 Trunk Road	Inverclyde Council, North Ayrshire Council
A737 Trunk Road	North Ayrshire Council and Renfrewshire Council
A738 Trunk Road	North Ayrshire Council
A8/M8 Trunk Road/Motorway	Glasgow City Council, Renfrewshire Council, Inverclyde Council and North Lanarkshire Council
M898/A898 Motorway/Trunk Road	West Dunbartonshire Council, Renfrewshire Council
A82 Trunk Road	West Dunbartonshire Council

North West Unit:

Trunk Road Operating Company: Scotland Transerve

A9 Trunk Road	Highland Council, Perth and Kinross Council
A82 Trunk Road	Highland Council, Argyll and Bute Council and Stirling Council
A83 Trunk Road	Argyll and Bute Council
A84 Trunk Road	Stirling Council
A85 Trunk Road	Argyll and Bute Council, Stirling Council and Perth and Kinross Council
A86 Trunk Road	Highland Council
A87 Trunk Road	Highland Council
A99 Trunk Road	Highland Council
A828 Trunk Road	Highland Council and Argyll and Bute Council
A830 Trunk Road	Highland Council
A835 Trunk Road	Highland Council
A887 Trunk Road	Highland Council
A889 Trunk Road	Highland Council

North East Unit:

Trunk Road Operating Company: Bear Scotland

A96 Trunk Road	Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Moray Council and Highland Council
A95 Trunk Road	Moray Council and Highland Council
A90 Trunk Road	Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Angus Council and Perth and Kinross Council
M90 Motorway	Perth and Kinross Council and Fife Council
A92 Trunk Road	Fife Council
A9 Trunk Road	Stirling Council and Perth and Kinross Council
A823 Trunk Road	Clackmannanshire Council
A977 Trunk Road	Fife Council
A985 Trunk Road	Fife Council

South East Unit:

Trunk Road Operating Company: Bear Scotland

A1 Trunk Road	East Lothian Council and Scottish Borders Council
A720 Trunk Road	City of Edinburgh Council and Midlothian Council
A702 Trunk Road	Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and South Lanarkshire Council
A68 Trunk Road	East Lothian Council and Scottish Borders Council
A6091 Trunk Road	Scottish Borders Council
A7 Trunk Road	Scottish Borders Council and Dumfries and Galloway Council
M8 Motorway	West Lothian Council, City of Edinburgh Council and North Lanarkshire Council
M876 Motorway	Falkirk Council
A80/M80 Trunk Road/ Motorway	Stirling Council and North Lanarkshire Council
M9 Motorway	West Lothian Council, City of Edinburgh Council and Falkirk Council

Question reference: S3F-01632

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Salmond on 23 April 2009

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government has taken in light of the Audit Scotland report, Drug and alcohol services in Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-22273

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people registered as homeless in (a) Inverclyde and (b) East Dunbartonshire in the last quarter for which information is available.

Question reference: S3W-22274

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it offers to members of the public when dealing with high hedge disputes.

The Scottish Government has recently had a very productive meeting with Scothedge, an organisation which represents many of those affected by this issue in Scotland, and which can be contacted via http://www.pentlandhedge.colwat.com/. We are now seeking to work with Scothedge and other parties to agree a way forward.

Services provided by Community Safety Partnerships “ such as mediation “ can be very useful in dealing with a range of neighbour disputes, including those involving high hedges. Members of the public may also find it useful to contact Citizens Advice Bureaux or, should they be seeking legal advice, to contact their own solicitor.

Question reference: S3W-22275

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-21139 by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2009, whether it proposes to legislate on the issue of high hedge disputes.

Question reference: S3O-06657

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 April 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to improve road safety.

Question reference: S3O-06434

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it is providing to people looking for employment in Scotland, in light of recent figures showing that an average of 10 people apply for each job centre vacancy.

Question reference: S3W-21286

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities attended the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Bill local authority workshop on 8 December 2008.

No formal record of attendance was made, however a total of 26 local authorities replied indicating that they would attend the local authority workshop on 8 December 2008.

Those indicating that they would attend were as follows:

Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Angus Council, Argyll and Bute Council, City of Edinburgh Council, Clackmannanshire Council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Dundee City Council, Dumfries and Galloway Council, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire Council, East Lothian Council, East Renfrewshire Council, Falkirk Council, Fife Council, Glasgow City Council, Midlothian Council, Moray Council, North Ayrshire Council, Perth and Kinross Council, Renfrewshire Council, Scottish Borders Council, South Ayrshire Council, South Lanarkshire Council, Stirling Council and West Lothian Council.