Parliamentary questions
Linda Fabiani
2,507 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
5 Jun 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of its Justice budget was spent on penal establishments other than those operated by the Scottish Prison Service or legalised police cells in each of the last three financial years and what the projected expenditure is in each of the next three financial years.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of SPS to respond. His response is as follows:<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This information would relate solely to HMP Kilmarnock and is commercially confidential and so cannot be disclosed.
5 Jun 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many penal establishments other than those operated by the Scottish Prison Service or legalised police cells received financial support from it in each of the last three years and how many such establishments it plans to support in each of the next three financial years.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. Mr Cameron's response is as follows:<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">There was one penal establishment (HMP Kilmarnock) which commenced receiving financial support during the financial…
12 May 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents took place on the A71 in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area and specifying in each case the number of fatalities or serious injuries.
Answer · Sarah Boyack: Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which one or more people were injured: they do not cover damage only acc…
12 May 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the last safety audit was carried out on the A71 and which parts of the route were covered by this audit.
Answer · Sarah Boyack: The Scottish Executive reviews annually accidents on trunk roads and investigates clusters of accidents at particular locations and routes with high accident rates. Local authorities are responsible for road safety on local roads in their areas. The A71 is cl…
12 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer what the typesetting, printing and other implementation costs of the new Scottish Parliament logo were, and what costs are expected to be incurred in relation to the disposal and wastage of unused stationary and other items which do not include the logo.
Answer · David Steel: The typesetting cost for introducing the new Scottish Parliament logo was £120. There are no incremental costs in printing the new logo, as the cost is the same as the printing of the original design.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">In line with the SPCB decision that ther…
12 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body intends to extend the use of the new Scottish Parliament logo to the signage and other materials relating to the corporate identity of the Parliament and what the associated costs of such a move are likely to be.
Answer · David Steel: The SPCB has agreed that existing stocks of materials should be used before new stocks incorporating the logo are commissioned. It has also agreed that signage should only be replaced incorporating the logo as and when necessary.
12 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer what percentage of recycled materials is contained in Scottish Parliament headed paper.
Answer · David Steel: The Scottish Parliament headed paper is made from 100% recycled materials.
5 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-6172 on 3 May 2000, whether there were any associated costs for the application for registration of the Scottish Parliament logo as a trademark with the Trademark Registry of the Patent Office and, if so, what they were; whether there were any previou…
Answer · David Steel: There have been no previous applications for registration of any proposed logo.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The application for trademark is associated with the services of trademark agents. Their costs are commercial-in-confidence in accordance with the Parliament's p…
5 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-6174 on 3 May 2000, what form the consultation with business managers took and, irrespective of whether it is a requirement to lay the logo before the Parliament for ratification, whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will now do so.
Answer · David Steel: The consultation with the business managers took the form of a meeting where the managers reviewed and assessed different aspects of, and proposals for, the full design. The SPCB does not intend to lay the logo before the Parliament for ratification. This is …
5 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-6173 on 3 May 2000, how many design ideas Redpath proposed and how many they were commissioned to propose; whether the winning entry in the students' competition was the design developed for full design and production as a logo; why the design costs a…
Answer · David Steel: Redpath was selected for the logo design commission because the SPCB considered that synthesis of existing text and the new logo was essential, and Redpath had designed the text-based corporate identity. The commission was for five design ideas, and the one t…
5 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answers to questions S1W-6173 and S1W-6219 on 3 May 2000, whether copyright on the Scottish Parliament logo was applied automatically under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; if so, why costs on copyright were incurred in the #20,000 overall project cost and what …
Answer · David Steel: In terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, copyright in the logo subsists automatically. Copyright in the logo was transferred from the logo's designers to the SPCB. The cost of this transfer was included in the cost of the overall project. The …
5 May 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the new appointments to the board of Caledonian MacBrayne will be announced.
Answer · Sarah Boyack: The new non-executive director appointments to the Board of Caledonian MacBrayne will be announced soon.
4 May 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will commission a route action plan study for the A71 Edinburgh to Kilmarnock road.
Answer · Sarah Boyack: The A71 is not a trunk road and the Scottish Executive has therefore no plans to commission a Route Action Plan on it.
4 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-5938 on 6 April 2000, what the current base works cost estimate is for the Holyrood Project; when this figure was last contractually altered for the purpose of calculating the fees of the design team; what the dates were of any previous alteration to …
Answer · David Steel: The current base works cost estimate for the Holyrood Project is £108 million. This figure was agreed by Parliament following the Holyrood Project debate on 5 April 2000. The previous base works cost estimate was £62 million and was also agreed by Parliament …
4 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-5936 on 6 April 2000, what alternative solutions were considered for the construction of foundations for the Holyrood complex and what the comparative costs of each solution were.
Answer · David Steel: The ground conditions on the Holyrood site together with the physical properties of the proposed Parliament building dictate the types of foundations which can be used. The Structural Engineer's professional judgement was that the most suitable and cost-effec…
4 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-5936 on 6 April 2000, what alternative solutions were considered for the provision of car parking for the Holyrood complex and what the comparative costs of each solution were.
Answer · David Steel: The original provision of 135 car parking spaces for the Parliament building was influenced primarily by security considerations which recommended a secure space for each MSP, and also by building regulations which requires a proportionate number of spaces to…
4 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-5936 on 6 April 2000, in respect of each of the 10 separate cost reports referred to in paragraph 4.2 of the Spencely report what was (a) the cost of the substructure element; (b) the total usable space within the substructure; (c) the proportion of t…
Answer · David Steel: The information requested is detailed, I will write to Ms Fabiani shortly and place a copy of the letter in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
4 May 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4192 by Donald Dewar on 13 April 2000, whether it will provide a detailed breakdown by department of the number of items of correspondence from MSPs received during the period 1 November 1999 to 31 January 2000 for which a substantive reply remains o…
Answer · Tom McCabe: The information is detailed in the table below.<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=616><TR><TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Department</TD><TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Number of Outstanding Replies to MSPs (as at …
4 May 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer what unforeseen site conditions have been experienced during the planning period for the Holyrood complex and the period of construction of the substructure and what additional costs have been incurred as a result.
Answer · David Steel: During the planning phase of the Holyrood project, geotechnical surveys revealed the presence of rock, subterranean wells and ground water. The design for the substructure of the building took these ground conditions into account, and therefore no additional …
4 May 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the outcome of the tendering exercise for management and maintenance of the Scottish trunk road network will be announced.
Answer · Sarah Boyack: I refer the member to the reply I gave to question S1W-6196.
18 Apr 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the review of regional Eurostar services has been the subject of discussion, at ministerial level, between it and representatives of (a) the Scotland Office or (b) the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Answer · Sarah Boyack: European rail services are a reserved matter. During its review of Regional Eurostar for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Arthur D. Little consulted officials of the Scottish Executive.
18 Apr 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place a copy of its submission to Arthur D Little consultants in respect of the review of regional Eurostar services in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer · Sarah Boyack: I have arranged for the summary report and its appendices to be placed in SPICe.
17 Apr 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer whether any consultations have been held with the Lord Lyon regarding the logo proposed for use by the Scottish Parliament.
Answer · David Steel: Consultations with the Lord Lyon have of course been held during the process of selecting the logo and he has provided his professional advice and support. He has granted the necessary permissions for the logo.
17 Apr 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the proposed Scottish Parliament logo is to be subject to any application for copyright; if so, to whom and what the penalties will be for any breach of copyright.
Answer · David Steel: The SPCB has copyright in the logo and there is no requirement for an application for copyright as such. If any third party were to breach the SPCB's copyright, infringement proceedings under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 could result. Any penalt…
13 Apr 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer who were commissioned to submit proposals for the Scottish Parliament "logo".
Answer · David Steel: Only one logo design has been commissioned for the Scottish Parliament. Redpath were commissioned to propose design ideas to accompany their existing text-based corporate identity, one of which was based upon the winning entry in the students competition held…
13 Apr 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer when the proposed Scottish Parliament "logo" will be laid before the Parliament for ratification or otherwise and why the "logo" has been printed on Scottish Parliament documentation prior to such ratification or otherwise.
Answer · David Steel: One of the primary functions of the SPCB is to provide property, staff and services for the Parliament's purposes. Provision of a logo is the provision of property for the Parliament's purposes and so it was considered by the SPCB that ratification by the Par…
13 Apr 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer how many Scottish Parliament "logo" designs were commissioned by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and at what cost individually and in total.
Answer · David Steel: Only one logo design has been commissioned for the Scottish Parliament. Redpath were commissioned to propose design ideas, one of which was based upon the winning entry in the students competition held last year. One of the designs proposed by Redpath was dev…
13 Apr 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer whether a patent application has been made regarding the Scottish Parliament "logo", whether any previous application had been made for any proposed Scottish Parliament "logo", and what were the associated costs.
Answer · David Steel: Application for a patent is not appropriate in this instance. An application for registration of the Scottish Parliament logo as a trademark has been made to the Trademark Registry of the Patent Office.
3 Apr 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-232 by him on 8 July 1999, whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will list the numbers and categories of staff to be accommodated in the new Parliament building for each of the cost reports contained in paragraph 4.2 of the Spencely Report.
Answer · David Steel: I have updated in the table below the information given in my answer to question S1W-232 to reflect the staff and wider occupancy levels covered in the latest design scheme. It is not possible for me to provide figures that can be readily applied to fit in wi…
3 Apr 2000 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Presiding Officer what estimate of works costs would be used in determining outstanding fees for each member of the Holyrood design team if the project is cancelled.
Answer · David Steel: The base works cost estimate will be used in the final fee calculation for each of the design team members and will directly relate to the amount of work done to the date of cancellation. The SPCB's agreement will be required.