- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many VAT registered businesses there were in Stirling in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by sector.
Answer
Data on the stock of VAT registeredenterprises is released annually by the Small Business Service, an agency of theDepartment for Trade and Industry.
These figures do not accountfor all business activity as only companies with a turnover above the VAT thresholdare required to register.
The following table shows thenumber of VAT registered enterprises in the Stirling local authority area ineach of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by broadindustry sector.
Number of VAT RegisteredEnterprises in Stirling Local Authority are (2004-06)
| Sector | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Agriculture and forestry; Fishing | 450 | 450 | 440 |
| Mining and quarrying; Electricity, gas and water supply | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Manufacturing | 155 | 155 | 155 |
| Construction | 320 | 330 | 330 |
| Wholesale, retail and repairs | 575 | 580 | 575 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 275 | 265 | 295 |
| Transport, storage and communication | 120 | 120 | 125 |
| Financial intermediation | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 755 | 805 | 835 |
| Public administration; Other community, social and personal services | 230 | 220 | 220 |
| Education; Health and social work | 40 | 40 | 45 |
| Total | 2975 | 3015 | 3060 |
Source:Small Business Service, DTI.
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many general dental practitioners in NHS Forth Valley were registered to provide treatment in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested can be found in table D1 (by NHS board)on the ISD Scotland website at
www.isdscotland.org/number_of_dentists.
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of employed adults in Stirling worked from home in each of the last three years.
Answer
Table 1 shows the percentageof adults in employment who work from home in their main job in Stirling for thelast three years for which data are available.
Table 1 Percentage of peopleworking from home in Stirling, 2003-05
| | Working from Home |
| 2003 | 12.3% |
| 2004 | 12.6% |
| 2005 | 12.6% |
Source:
2004 and 2005 Data from AnnualPopulation Survey.
2003 Data from Annual ScottishLabour Force Survey.
Notes:
1. Working from home is definedas those who work in their own home, in the same grounds or buildings as home orin different places using home as a base.
2. Proportions are based on unroundeddata.
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many awards of Education Maintenance Allowance were made in Stirling in 2005-06, also showing the total amount paid.
Answer
In academic year 2005-06, a totalof 440 school and college students in Stirling received an EMA payment (370 school students and 70 collegestudents). The total amount paid to school students within Stirling was £324,250.This relates to all weekly and bonus EMA payments made to these students. Informationon the amounts paid to college students from Stirling is not currently available.
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people not in employment, education or training there are in Stirling and what proportion of the 15 to 65-year-old population they represent.
Answer
Table 1 shows the number of peoplenot in employment, education or training in Stirling and the proportion of the15 to 65-year-old population they represent, for which figures are available.
Table 1: Level of People Not in Employment, Education or Training – Stirling
| Total NEET aged 15-65 | 13,000 |
| NEET as proportion of the 15-65 population | 22.5% |
Source: Annual Population Survey2005.
Notes:
1. Figures have been roundedto nearest thousand.
2. Proportions are based on unroundedfigures.
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals were self-employed in Stirling in each of the last three years, expressed also as a percentage of the total number in employment.
Answer
Table 1 shows the number of selfemployed individuals in Stirling for the last three years for which figures are available.
Table 1: Level of Self-Employed– Stirling
| | Levels | Proportion of Total Employed |
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Self-Employed | 5,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 12.8% | 13.8% | 13.8% |
Source: Annual Population Survey2004 and 2005 and Annual Scottish Labour Force Survey 2003.
Notes:
1. Figures have been roundedto nearest thousand.
2. Proportions are based on unroundedfigures.
3. Data for 2003 is based ona seasonal year (March to February). Data 2005 and 2004 is based on a calendar year.
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many disabled adults there are in Stirling, also expressed as a percentage of the local adult population.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the numbers and overall percentages in employment were in Stirling in (a) construction, (b) manufacturing, (c) retail and catering, (d) distribution, hotels and restaurants, (e) business and financial services, (f) transport and communications, (g) finance, IT and other business activities, (h) public administration, education and health and (i) tourism and other services in each of the last three years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-32460 on 23 March 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average ages of mothers were for all births in Stirling in (a) 2005, (b) 1995 and (c) 1985.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in the following table.
Average Age of Mothers, AllLive Births, Stirling Council Area
| 1985 | 1995 | 2005 |
| 26.9 | 29.0 | 30.8 |
- Asked by: Dr Sylvia Jackson, MSP for Stirling, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local bus passenger journeys there were in Stirling in each of the last five years.
Answer
Bus patronage figures are onlyavailable at national, regional and Regional Transport Partnership area level. Thisinformation is included in the Scottish Executive Statistical Bulletin, TransportSeries, Bus and Coach Statistics: 2005-06 which was published on 19 March 2007 and canbe found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/19093208/0.
