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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: S1W-33574

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish figures on the incidence of violence against local authority school staff in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.

The Scottish Executive does not publish by local authority area data on the incidence of violence and anti-social behaviour because variations in recording between authorities make it difficult to make reliable comparisons. Individual local authorities may choose to publish the data for their area.The Scottish Executive will be reviewing the collection of these statistics in order to improve consistency in reporting and when robust disaggregated data has been secured, we will consult on publishing local authority level data.

Question reference: S1W-33701

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when its Environment and Rural Affairs Department offices in Dundee, Forfar and Stirling will close following the transfer of work and personnel to the new regional office in Perth.

Question reference: S1W-33700

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional costs have been incurred following the delay from September 2002 in opening its new Environment and Rural Affairs Department office at Broxden Business Park, Perth.

Question reference: S1W-33699

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when its new Environment and Rural Affairs Department office at Broxden Business Park, Perth, will become fully operational.

Question reference: S1W-33542

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many confirmed cases of meningococcal infection there have been in each NHS board area in each of the last five years.

The following table gives details of cases of invasive meningococcal infection known to the Scottish Meningococcal and Pneumococcal Reference Laboratory, grouped according to the NHS board area in which the patient was first diagnosed.

Confirmed Cases of Meningococcal Disease 1998 to 2002 by NHS Board	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Ayrshire and Arran	8	30	29	15	14
Argyll and Clyde	32	32	22	16	16
Borders	3	11	5	4	4
Dumfries and Galloway	5	7	8	12	2
Fife	23	26	23	22	14
Forth Valley	26	18	11	18	7
Greater Glasgow	53	56	81	57	43
Grampian	20	20	17	6	14
Highland	22	8	17	11	5
Lanarkshire	58	45	59	40	34
Lothian	44	70	43	48	34
Orkney	0	0	0	0	1
Shetland	1	6	2	1	0
Tayside	19	21	32	19	7
Western Isles	1	0	6	2	1
All Boards	315	350	355	271	196

Question reference: S1W-32782

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 6 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be made available to each local authority or other relevant agency for the recruitment and maintenance of a network of community and neighbourhood wardens following its announcement on 17 December 2002.

Question reference: S1W-33469

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of printing, publishing and distributing Growing Support - A Review of Services for Vulnerable Families with Very Young Children.

Question reference: S1O-06439

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Health and Community Care will next meet representatives of Forth Valley NHS Board and what issues they will discuss.

Question reference: S1W-33458

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 4 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when it determined the annual grant aid for 2002-03 for Jordanhill School in Glasgow.

Question reference: S1W-33457

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 4 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual recurrent grant is for 2002-03 for St Mary's Episcopal School in Dunblane and, if it has not been determined, what the reasons are for its position on this matter.