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Staff numbers and gradeswithin Fisheries Research Services are as follows:

Grades	FRS Marine Laboratory	FRS Freshwater Laboratory
A Grades	81	13
B Grades	192	25
C Grades	25	5
SCS	2	0
Total	300	43

 

I refer the member to thequestion S2W-31404 answered on 6 February 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Length of service ofFisheries Research Services staff is as follows:

Lengths of Service	FRS Marine Laboratory	FRS Freshwater Laboratory
(i) Less than one year	27	6
(ii) One to two years	14	3
(iii) Three to nine years	151	12
(iv) 10 to 20 years	37	7
(v) More than 20 years	71	15
Total	300	43

 

Staff turnover at FisheriesResearch Services is as follows:

Year	Staff Turnover – Marine Laboratory	Staff Turnover – Freshwater Laboratory
2004	11	3
2005	14	5
2006	19	2
2007	1	0

Figures for the years 2000 -2003 are not held centrally.

I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31404 on 6 February 2007. All answersto written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website,the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

No legal or court costs havebeen incurred to date from the SPCB’s central contingency in relation to the Scottish Information Commissioner defending the case referred to in the question.

Whether or not anapplication to the contingency fund is likely to be made is dependent on anumber of factors including any award of costs determined by the courts and ifan appeal is marked.

The Cairngorms National Parkwas designated in 2003. It would not be meaningful at this early stage toattempt an assessment of the economic, social and environmental benefits arisingfrom the designation; since many of the benefits which the National Parkdesignation sought to achieve will only be fully realised over a longer periodof time. The National Park Authority, like other public bodies, will be subjectto review after its first five years of operation and I envisage that thatwould provide a first opportunity for an assessment of the benefits which thedesignation has secured.

In the meantime, the annual reportsof the National Park Authority (copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 41116,38506, and 34782) provide a detailedaccount of the work which it has undertaken. For example, the National ParkAuthority was able to report in its 2005-06 Annual Report its success in becomingthe first national park authority in the UK to secure award of the European Charter forSustainable Tourism.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

The Scottish Prison Service.

The time taken to consider proposalsfor local byelaws to ban drinking of alcohol in public spaces depends on the contentand complexity of the proposed byelaws. If the proposals do not follow a recognisedmodel, scrutiny by the Executive is likely to take longer.