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Beef Exports (France)

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions she plans to have with French representatives concerning the export of beef from the UK to France. [72441]

Mrs. Liddell: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regularly raises the French Government's illegal ban on British beef with her French counterpart and will continue to do so until the ban is lifted.

Aggregates Levy

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations she has received from quarry operators since the aggregates levy come into effect in April. [72410]

Mrs. Liddell: One representation from the British Aggregates Association has been received since the levy came into effect on 1 April. The Aggregates Levy has been introduced to address the environmental impacts of the extraction and transportation of aggregates, including noise, dust, vibration, visual intrusion, loss of biodiversity and amenity. The levy will result in prices for primary aggregates which better reflect these environmental costs, and so encourage both the use of recycled aggregates as an alternative and more efficient use of aggregates.

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Offshore Workers

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations she has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding claims by offshore workers, pursuant to the Court of Appeal's decision Clark (Inspector of Taxes) v. Perks and other appeals; and if she will make a statement. [72550]

Mrs. Liddell: I refer the hon. Member to the answers he has received from my right hon. Friend, the Paymaster General, on this subject.

Special Advisers

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the (a) dates, (b) location and (c) sources were of attributable (i) articles, interviews or contributions for the media, books or other journals and (ii) speeches or presentations made in the public domain, by departmental special advisers since March 2001; who in her Department authorised the activity; and on what date this activity was recorded with the departmental Head of Information. [72256]

Mrs. Liddell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given today by my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister.

Temporary Staff

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in her Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [72645]

Mrs. Liddell: The Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. Since that date my Department has had a number of employees under contract from temping agencies. Details are given in the table.

Year	Number of temporary staff	Total spend on temporary staff (£)	Percentage of total staffing budget
1999–2000	13	38,431	1.9
2000–01	16	79,643	2.4
2001–02(36)	19	90,798	2.4

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Departmental Bodies

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs under the remit of her Department in (a) the core department, (b) non-departmental public bodies, (c) executive agencies and (d) independent statutory bodies, organisations and bodies financially sponsored by her Department and other such organisations, are located in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, excluding Greater London, (iii) Greater London, (iv) Wales, (v) Northern Ireland and (vi) overseas, broken down by (A) whole time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual department, body or organisation. [72738]

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Mrs. Liddell: The information requested is as follows:

Scotland Office

Location	Number of staff	Percentage of Department
Scotland	86	72
Greater London	33	28

The Boundary Commission

Location	Number of staff	Percentage of NDPB
Scotland	4	100

Ministerial Meetings

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many formal and official inter-ministerial meetings her Department has held with the Scottish Executive since May 1999, broken down by (a) Scottish Executive department, (b) subject and (c) date. [72710]

Mrs. Liddell: Information is not available in the form requested. Ministers from my Department have frequent meetings with Ministers from the Scottish Executive, both formal and informal, covering a broad range of topics.

LPG

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list the location of each liquefied petroleum gas vehicle filling station in Scotland. [72709]

Mrs. Liddell: The following list (provided by the LP Gas Association) comprises 93 filling stations in Scotland which currently supply LPG:

Aberdeen—Aberdeen Calor Centre;


Aberdeen—Five Mile Garage;


Dyce—Johnston Oils Ltd.;


Balmedie—Aberdeen Auto Gas;


Dyce—Dyce Service Station;


Dinnett—Dinnett Service Station;


Fordoun—Fiddes Bridge Services;


Inverurie—Gauld Gas;


Laurencekirk—Mann Automotive;


Ellon—Overton Garage;


Peterhead—Peterhead Motors;


Portsoy-Portsoy Motors;


Aberdeen—Wellington Service Station;


Fraserburgh—Ugle Motors;


Dundee—Bullionfield Filling Station;


Montrose—Montrose Commercial Motors;


Tarbert—Kintyre Filling Station;


Oban—Oban Service Station;


Oban—Tralee Bay Holiday Park;


Stevenston—Global (Manufacturing) Ltd.;


Ayr—Ayr Calor Centre;


Isle of Arran—Glencloy Garage;


Lugton—Custombuilt Vehicles Ltd.;

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Irvine—Flogas Irvine;


Duns—Aitken-Walker Cars;


Galashiels—Borders Autogass;


Eyemouth—Eyemouth Service Station;


Earlston—Rhymers Towers Service Station;


St. Boswells—Johnston Oils Ltd.;


Peebles—Techauto Ltd.;


Gretna—Gretna Services;


Dumfries—St. Michaels Garage;


Lockerbie—Castlehillgate Garage;


Newton Stewart—Wigtown Road Service Station;


Balloch—Lomond Autogas;


Dundee—Johnston Oils Ltd.;


Dundee—Caird Park Service Station;


Kilmarnock—John Forbes Motors;


Kilmarnock—Glencairn Service Station;


Kilmarnock—Torn Palmer (Scotland) Ltd.;


Musselburgh—Betaheat Ltd.;


Leith—Crewe Tool Filling Station;


Edinburgh—Flogas Edinburgh;


Edinburgh—Russells of Edinburgh Ltd.;


Longniddry—Seton Engineering;


Edinburgh—Circle Filling Station;


Edinburgh—Dreghorn Filling Station;


Grangemouth—Earlsgate Filling Station;


Grangemouth—Refinery Filling Station;


Falkirk—JAB Autogas;


Dunfermline—Kingdom Services;


Newburgh—Clathcard 4 x 4;


Kirkcaldy—Randolph Gas Supplies;


Queensferry—Forth Road Bridge Filling Station;


Cowdenbeath—Gleaner Services;


Glasgow—Autogass Ecosse;


Glasgow—Stuart Filling Station;


Glasgow—Clarksons of Glasgow;


Glasgow—Clyde Coin;


Bridge of Weir—Eddie Lovett;


Glasgow—Express Fuels (Scotland) Ltd.;


Paisley—Flogas Glasgow;


Uddingston—Allans of Uddingston Ltd.;


Glasgow—Fullarton Service Station;


Paisley—Glasgow Airport Filling Station;


Glasgow—Hillington Filling Station;


Glasgow—Universe Filling Station;


Dingwall—Westend Filling Station;


Inverness—Go-Gas Depot;


Inverness—S & D Harpers;


Evanton—Skiach Service Station;


Brora—Sutherland Arms Garage;


Isle of Lewis—Engebret Ltd.;


Isle of Skye—Sutherlands Garage (Broadford) Ltd.;


Airdrie—Colston Garage Ltd.;


Rigside—Colliershall Motors;


Bellshill—Lanarkshire Calor Centre;


Coatbridge—Scotcast;


Biggar—Abington Filling Station;


East Kilbride—Spring Autopoint;


Loanhead—MB Autogas Ltd.;


Elgin—Allarburn Farm Dairy Ltd.;

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Forres—Alves Autos;


Grantown on Spey—Dulnain Bridge Garage;


Keith—KCR Autogas Services;


Elgin—Tyock Filling Station;


Perth—2Xcel;


Perth—Oswald Gas Supplies;


Aberfeldy—King & Sons;


Kinross—Wellside Motors;


Paisley—Paisley & Barrhead Gas;


Stirling—Maxwell Conversions;


Livingston—Deer Park Filling Station;


Bathgate—Johnston Oils Ltd.;


Livingston—Lizzie Brice Filling Station.

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