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The following tables shows Scottish domiciled Student Loans Company (SLC) borrowers who have declared sequestration (been declared bankrupt) in each financial year from 1998-99 to 2007-08. This table includes both those who are currently undertaking higher education courses and those who have finished their studies.

Financial Year in which Borrowers Entered Sequestration	Number of SLC Borrowers Entering Sequestration
1998-99	75
1999-2000	110
2000-01	110
2001-02	135
2002-03	150
2003-04	205
2004-05	230
2005-06	320
2006-07	360
2007-08	320
Total	2,020

Source: SLC.

Notes:

1. Student numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest five.

2. The figure are for Scottish domiciled borrowers only.

3. The SLC does not hold details of those borrowers who are petitioning for sequestration.

4. The figures include all those who have a loan product from the SLC or who have ever had one and have declared sequestration where the SLC has been notified of the sequestration.

5. Those declaring IVA (Individual Voluntary Agreement) or Trust Deed are not included.

All four stations have benefited from new investment, (Perth £350,000 Pitlochry £170,000 Dunkeld and Birnam £50,000 and Blair Atholl £50,000) from the Scottish Government, First ScotRail and Network Rail since 2007

Improvements to facilities include a renewed customer information systems (CIS) and an expansion of the car park at Perth along with the installation of closed circuit TV (CCTV) and CIS at Pitlochry. Other enhancements include new passenger help points and equipment to enable automated public announcements.

Both stations have benefited from investment, Dunblane £130,000 and Stirling £280,000 from the Scottish Government, First ScotRail and Network Rail since 2007.

This includes ticket office refurbishment, height adjustable ticket counter (accessible to wheelchair users), automatic doors, platform shelters and installation of equipment to enable automated public announcements.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23257 on 7 May 2009.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23257 on 7 May 2009.

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body are happy to consider suggestions for new acquisitions and to refer these to the Art Advisory Group for their advice in this area.

The Scottish Parliament''s Art Collection includes two significant pieces which commemorate the Parliament''s relationship with The Queen and which were presented to the Scottish Parliament by The Queen.

The Scottish Parliament mace, designed and crafted by Michael Lloyd, is present whenever Parliament is sitting and commemorates the founding of the Scottish Parliament with the words There shall be a Scottish Parliament - The Scotland Act 1998. The mace was presented by The Queen at the opening ceremony on 1 July 1999.

The Honours of Scotland sculpture, commissioned by the Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh and made by silversmith Graham Stewart, symbolises the importance of the three honours of the Scotland; the Crown, the Sword and the Sceptre, in the history of the Scottish Parliament. The sculpture was presented by The Queen to mark the opening of the Scottish Parliament building on Saturday 9 October 2004.

Development plans or supplementary planning guidance should use broad criteria to set out the issues to be addressed by developers. Planning application and, where appropriate, environmental impact assessment procedures should identify the impacts that are likely to arise as a result of development and how these are to be addressed. It is then for the decision-maker to judge on a case-by-case basis whether individual proposals will have a significant long-term detrimental impact.

The 2km separation distance applies to cities, towns and villages. Its purpose is to guide planning authorities in identifying broad areas of search in their development plans or supplementary planning guidance for wind farm proposals over 20 megawatts. SPP 6 also confirms that planning authorities should use broad criteria to ensure that proposals are not permitted if they would have a significant long-term detrimental impact on the amenity of people living nearby. This principle applies equally to all dwellings, whether within or outwith broad areas of search.

At 30 September 2008, 64.5% of people were registered with an NHS dentist in Tayside.

This does not represent the percentage of people in Tayside who are registered. Registration (numerator) are based on the postcode of the practice where the patient has registered with a general dental practitioner. The population (denominator) is based on where the patient resides, in this case Tayside.

Design work is currently underway to improve the A9 by dualling between Birnam and Luncarty. In addition, the current investment programme provides for improvements and reconstruction schemes at Kincraig, Loch Moy, Bankfoot, Carrbridge, Kincraig to Dalraddy, Slochd and Kindallachan as well as providing for a doubling of the length of the dual carriageway section at Crubenmore.

The Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) provides a robust framework of prioritised schemes, the delivery of which will be considered in future spending reviews.

A timetable for undertaking the dualling programme will be set in the context of overall affordability and our commitments to other STPR proposals.