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I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28475 on 12 September 2002.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28440 on 11 September 2002.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Readily available information on reception drug test results are published annually in the Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland annual bulletin. The figures for 1998-99 to 2000-01 are at tables 106 and 107 in the 2001 report (Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2001, Information and Statistics Division, 2002). The figures for 2001-02 will be published in the next annual bulletin.

I have asked Clive Fairweather, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to respond. His response is as follows:The number of inspections carried out and reports issued from 1998 to August 2002, (excluding inspections of Legalised Police Cells), is shown in the following table:

Establishment	Number of Inspections	Reports Issued	Comments
HMP Aberdeen	8	5
HMP Castle Huntly	4	4
HMP Edinburgh	4	4
HMP Friarton	1	1	Amalgamated with HMP Perth
HMP and YOI Glenochil	4	4
HMP Inverness	5	5
HMP Noranside	4	4
HMP Perth	5	5
HMP Peterhead	4	4
HM Unit Peterhead	2	1	Opened 1995, mothballed 2000
HMYOI Polmont	6	6
HMP Barlinnie	4	4
HMP and YOI Cornton Vale	3	3
HMP and YOI Dumfries	5	4
HMP Dungavel	3	3	Closed 2000
HMP Greenock	4	4
HM Remand Longriggend	1	1	Closed 2000
HMP Low Moss	4	3
HMP Penninghame	2	1	Closed 2000
HMP Shotts	4	3
HM Unit Shotts	2	2	Amalgamated with main prison (Temporarily Closed 2002)
HM National Induction Centre Shotts	3	3	Amalgamated with main prison
HMP Kilmarnock	3	3	Opened March 1999
HMP Zeist (informal assessment)	1	1	Closed 2002

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Prisoners subject to statutory throughcare are supervised post-release by Criminal Justice Social Work Services. Short-term prisoners with substance misuse problems (including drugs, alcohol and volatile substances) released from all prisons may access the newly implemented Transitional Care service, provided by the Scottish Prison Service. This service provides pre-release needs assessment and up to 12 weeks post-release advocacy support for needs related to accommodation, employment and training, education, personal finance and health needs, including substance misuse related support.Additional support arrangements may be in place from time to time through local ad-hoc arrangements.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Each prison provides a range of interventions appropriate to the needs of its population for prisoners who misuse drugs (and other substances), as set out in the SPS Drug Strategy, Partnership and Co-ordination (SPS 2000), available through the Parliament's Reference Centre.Due to the multiplicity of tasks performed by staff, no sensible figure exists of the staff related to this work. All staff are to a degree involved in drugs work. Several other outside agencies also help us to deliver services to prisoners, including local authorities, health boards and voluntary sector agencies. In meeting output targets, these agencies are responsible for determining the resources to allocate. We do not keep a grand total.

The following table shows the number of take-away food shop units, without restaurant, and take-away food mobile stands registered for VAT or PAYE:

Year	Number
1997	2,610
1998	2,654
1999	2,677
2000	2,761
2001	2,755

Data for earlier years or data on the nationality of ownership are not available.

For Scotland to thrive rather than simply survive in the rapidly evolving, knowledge driven, global economy we need to be more fully integrated within it: to be well connected physically, digitally and intellectually with the rest of the world. The Scottish Executive's policy approach was articulated in Scotland: A Global Connections Strategy, which was published last October. This makes it clear that the Executive wants to see Scotland recognised as the most globally connected small nation in Europe, capitalising fully on its existing diverse range of international linkages and seizing new opportunities. While the Executive has not undertaken a detailed assessment of the impact of globalisation on the promotion of Scottish culture, work undertaken by the UK Government and by Scottish Enterprise suggests that globalisation means that there are significant opportunities for the promotion of Scotland's creative and cultural industries.Scottish Parliamentary elections are a reserved matter. The Executive has made no assessment of the effects of globalisation on turnout at local government elections but the Electoral Commission is undertaking on-going research on voter engagement and education as part of its remit on electoral issues.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The figures requested are given in each of the water authorities' published accounts. Copies of their accounts as laid before the Scottish Parliament and, pre-devolution, the Westminster Parliament, back to 1996-97 are held in the Parliament's Reference Centre. Bib. numbers are as follows:

Water Authorities' Published Accounts	Scottish Parliament Information Centre - Bib. numbers
	NoSWA	ESWA	WoSWA
1996-97	97515	12833	12836
1997-98	12832	12834	12837
1998-99	4005	12835	4004
1999-2000	8790	7898	7925
2000-01	16464	17792	16463

Accounts for 2001-02 are nearing completion and will be laid in due course.