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Question reference: S2W-22891

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Secretary of State-appointed Justices of the Peace there are, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

The Scottish Executive does nothold records on how many Secretary of State-appointed Justices of the Peace thereare, broken down by parliamentary constituency. The Executive does hold recordson how many Secretary of State-appointed Justices of the Peace there are by localauthority. These are in the following table:

Justices of thePeace in Scotland

Commission Area	Secretary of State Appointed Justices						Appointed by Ministers
	Full 1,399			Signing 1,372			Full 27			Signing 2
	F	M	Total	F	M	Total	F	M	Total	F	M	Total
Aberdeen City	23	21	44	13	29	42	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aberdeenshire	28	74	102	12	57	69	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angus	10	13	23	3	25	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	16	41	57	5	38	43	1	4	5	2	0	2
City of Edinburgh	23	60	83	20	40	60	0	0	0	0	0	0
City of Glasgow	16	45	61	17	47	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	7	13	20	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	20	42	62	10	43	53	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dundee City	5	15	20	9	19	28	3	3	6	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	8	17	25	12	21	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	9	15	24	6	22	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	39	31	70	10	27	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	3	5	8	6	20	26	0	3	3	0	0	0
Falkirk	11	18	29	6	16	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fife	25	40	65	55	93	148	0	0	0	0	0	0
Highland	53	96	149	27	102	129	4	5	9	0	0	0
Inverclyde	6	12	18	14	17	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midlothian	5	9	14	10	17	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moray	22	33	55	5	32	37	0	2	2	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	13	21	34	15	18	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	22	44	66	9	46	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orkney	12	31	43	6	15	21	0	2	2	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	24	43	67	6	42	48	0	0	0	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	5	12	17	13	28	41	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	14	24	38	11	39	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shetland	15	18	33	5	13	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	12	16	28	9	16	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	18	30	48	11	48	59	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stirling	14	18	32	9	12	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	9	17	26	6	13	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Lothian	15	18	33	1	18	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Westerrn Isles	0	5	5	17	32	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	502	897	1,399	361	1011	1,372	8	19	27	2	0	2

Question reference: S2W-22892

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how individuals are selected to be Secretary of State-appointed Justices of the Peace.

Question reference: S2W-22893

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a gender breakdown of Secretary of State-appointed Justices of the Peace.

Question reference: S2W-22894

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Secretary of State-appointed Justices of the Peace are from ethnic minorities.

Question reference: S2W-22895

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how long each Secretary of State-appointed Justice of the Peace is expected to serve.

Question reference: S2W-21789

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 23 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is acceptable that, in the last 12 months, 77.3% of First ScotRail trains achieved its target of trains arriving within five minutes of scheduled arrival time and what measures the Executive is putting in place to improve this service.

Question reference: S2O-09046

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by George Lyon on 23 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been agreed with Network Rail to fully double track the Bathgate to Edinburgh railway line, as announced by the Minister for Transport and Telecommunications in answer to question S2O-8958 on 9 February 2006.

Question reference: S2W-21788

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is acceptable that, in the four weeks ending on 12 November 2005, First ScotRail East achieved 68.2% of its target of 90% of trains arriving within five minutes of scheduled arrival time and what measures the Executive is putting in place to improve this service.

Performance levels on these services and across the rail network in Scotland generally are improving. The last period for which agreed figures are available for First ScotRail East services (four weeks ending 7 January 2006) show that 76.9% of trains arrived within five minutes of scheduled time, an 11% improvement over the same period last year. Provisional figures for the subsequent period show further improvement.

The franchise agreement contains a performance regime which provides incentives for First ScotRail to improve punctuality and penalties where they fail to deliver contracted levels of performance. Additionally, Transport Scotland is involved with and steering a range of performance improvement initiatives with rail industry partners, including Network Rail and the Office of Rail Regulation.

Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.

Question reference: S2W-22615

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 3 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that Gaelic medium education units and schools remain Gaelic medium and do not become Anglophonic.

Question reference: S2W-22617

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2006
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 3 February 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Gaelic-medium schools there have been in each local authority area in each of the last five years.

Full Justices	Men	897	Women	502	Total	1,399
Signing Justices	Men	1,011	Women	361	Total	1,372
Total	Men	1,908	Women	863	Total	2,771