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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-01944

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions for fly-tipping there were in each of the last five years.

The available information isgiven in the table. The data for 2002 are not expected to be available untilNovember 2003.

Persons with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts Where the Main Offence was Under Section 33 of theEnvironmental Protection Act 1990, 1997–2001

1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
-	6	10	9	5

Question reference: S2W-02313

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much non-domestic rates income it received in 2001-02 from public bodies or organisations that it funds.

Question reference: S2W-02043

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 9 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning appeals it heard from 1 January 1999 to 30 June 2003 and how many such appeals were successful.

During the period 1 January1999 to 30 June 2003, the Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unithandled 4,570 planning appeals. Planning appeals are considered using a PublicLocal Inquiry, a Hearing or the Written Submissions procedure. The followingtable gives details of the method of determination used and the success rates.

	Number of Planning Appeals	Number Successful
Written Submissions	4,157	1,298
Public Local Inquiry or Hearing	413	147
Total	4,570	1,445

Question reference: S2W-02295

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to address any national shortage of audiologists in the NHS.

Question reference: S2W-02320

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by George Reid on 9 September 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer whether the construction of the new Parliament building is subject to any (a) planning and (b) building regulations and, if not, whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body still intends to comply with such regulations.

The new Parliament building isa Crown building and exempt from the normal planning controls; however, a decisionwas taken at the outset of the project to comply with all relevant statutory andCity of Edinburgh Council planning guidelines and building regulations. The Convenerof the Holyrood Progress Group assures me that the Holyrood Project Team will continueto implement that policy during the remaining stages of the project.

Question reference: S2W-02331

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 8 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering altering the date of the next local authority elections and, if so, what options are bring considered.

Question reference: S2W-01857

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 5 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each of its departments (a) spent in 2002-03 and (b) plans to spend in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05 on advertising and marketing, broken down by month and media type.

The expenditure onadvertising and marketing in 2002-03 is as follows.

Health Dept: Drugs, Flu, Breathing Space, Healthy Eating/LivingNHSHelpline, Free Personal Care, Organ Donation, Organ Retention

	Total (£)
TV	2,079,224
Radio	309,910
Cinema	138,895
Press	1,078,466
Outdoor	565,185
Research	110,031
Non-advertising Support	437,689
Production	1,104,538
	£5,823,938

Justice Dept: Crime Brakers, Domestic Abuse, Fire Prevention, Safer Scotland

	Total (£)
TV	232,351
Radio	108,599
Cinema
Press	346,963
Outdoor
Research	41,494
Non-advertising Support	140,968
Production	432,503
	£1,194,388

Rural Affairs Dept: Environment, Farmers on Line

	Total (£)
TV	349,680
Radio
Cinema
Press	118,431
Outdoor
Research	60,638
Non-advertising Support	154,940
Production	282,585
	£966,274

Development Dept: European Year of the Disabled, Glasgow Housing, Racism,Road Safety

	Total (£)
TV	1,355,578
Radio	173,565
Cinema	76,424
Press	78,063
Outdoor	392,684
Research	23,569
Non-advertising Support	355,255
Production	979,018
	£3,434,156

Education Dept: Child Protection on the Internet, Children's Hearings,Funding for Learners, Home Reading, Social Care, National Debate on Education,UEFA

	Total (£)
TV	111,235
Radio	266,361
Cinema	56,187
Press	637,084
Outdoor	4,434
Research	209,981
Non-advertising Support	297,772
Production	409,762
	£1,992,816

ELL&T Dept: DigitalAccess, Concessionary Travel, Regional Selective Assistance, Travel Awareness,Traveline, Broadband

	Total (£)
TV	331,278
Radio	112,643
Cinema
Press	289,374
Outdoor	211,704
Research	43,314
Non-advertising Support	256,301
Production	159,646
	£1,404,260

Advertising Total	2002-03	£13,172,907
Non-advertising Support Total	2002-03	£1,642,925

I have set the advertisingbudget for 2003-04 at £9.75 million, a reduction of more than 25 per cent onthe previous year. This is in line with the First Minister’s public undertakingto reduce advertising expenditure.

Non advertising supportitems – some of which could be described as marketing - such as websites,response mechanisms, events, sponsorship, exhibitions, equipment hire, campaignpromotion, and printed promotional and information material are budgeted at£1.64 million, the same level as for 2002-03.

A monthly breakdown ofexpenditure for 2002-03 and 2003-04 would only record the arbitrary paymentdate of invoices and therefore would serve little purpose in view of the costto provide such information.

Plans for 2004-05expenditure are not yet available.

Question reference: S2W-02296

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to local authorities will be of compliance with Euro Preparations Guidance, produced by Her Majesty's Treasury and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and whether it will provide financial support to assist them.

Question reference: S2O-00332

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of Scottish Water and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S2W-01860

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to amend, withhold or remove a civil servant's entitlement to pension benefits from Civil Service pension funds; to which pension funds these powers apply, and in what circumstances such powers would be exercised.