Parliamentary questions
Sandra White
1,617 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
9 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many supply teachers are on temporary contracts, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Maureen Watt: The statistical Bulletin<i>Teachers in Scotland</i> provides detail of the number of permanently employedsupply staff by authority. The latest bulletin for 2006 can be accessed at:</p><p><ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/27085753/97">htt…
9 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many supply teachers are currently employed, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Maureen Watt: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3126 on 29 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.…
1 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the remit and focused plan of action of the proposed housing supply task force.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Housing SupplyTask Force will be charged with tackling the obstacles, such as land supply andplanning issues that have been hampering the delivery of more housing of all types.I expect it to challenge the way things are done so that more homes are built w…
1 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the proposed housing supply task force will be set up.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The first meetingof the task force is scheduled to take place on 29 August 2007 and it will meet regularly thereafter.</p>
1 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an ambulance worker's refusal to attend an emergency call due to safety concerns constitutes grounds for dismissal.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There is Scottishcase law that requires staff to attend emergency calls. If a member of staff refusedto attend a location, i.e. refused to go to the area to conduct a dynamic risk assessment,then they would be liable to disciplinary action.</p>
1 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-1142 by Shona Robison on 27 June 2007, whether ambulance workers in single-staffed units have the right to refuse to attend an emergency call on safety grounds.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Ambulance staff wouldbe expected to attend the scene of an emergency call and make a dynamic risk assessment.If that assessment showed that the scene was too dangerous, staff would be expectedto withdraw to a safe area and call for assistance.</p>
1 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of all Health and Safety Executive improvement notices issued in respect of the Scottish Ambulance Service in 2005 and what action has been taken to comply with such notices.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Details of all Healthand Safety Executive (HSE) Notices can be found on the HSE’s website at <ahref="http://www.hse.gov.uk/notices">www.hse.gov.uk/notices</a>. A brief summaryof the seven HSE improvement notices from 2005 and the Scottish Ambulance Service’sa…
1 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any outstanding Health and Safety Executive improvement notices in place in respect of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There are no outstandingHealth and Safety Executive improvement notices in place in respect of the ScottishAmbulance Service.</p>
1 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by the Scottish Ambulance Service to comply with the Health and Safety Executive improvement notice issued to it on 19 January 2005.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish AmbulanceService complied with all Improvement Notices issued in 2005 to the satisfactionof all parties and within the relevant timeframes.</p>
25 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what reasons were given when disqualification orders were not issued to those prosecuted under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information isnot held centrally.</p>
25 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many disqualification orders have been issued under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: A disqualificationorder is one of the options available to the court on conviction. To date, courtproceedings have been completed in 12 cases and four disqualification orders havebeen issued, banning convicted persons from keeping animals for periods rangingf…
25 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases reported to procurators fiscal under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 have resulted in a guilty verdict.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-2412 on 20 August 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
25 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases reported to procurators fiscal under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 have proceeded to court.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-2412 on 20 August 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
25 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases have been reported to procurators fiscal under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Answer · Elish Angiolini: As at 26 July 2007, 234 charges had been reported to procurators fiscalunder the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006. Thesecharges were contained in a total of 119 cases, involving 141 accused persons. Thefollowing table shows the outcome of all 234…
25 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is monitoring the implementation of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: Scottish Executive officialshave provided training on the provisions of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland)Act 2006 for local authority, Scottish SPCA and Animal Health staff. Localauthority and Animal Health staff and Scottish SPCA officers are in regul…
18 Jul 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish Government’s position is on recently reported concerns regarding the use of public funds by members of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
Answer · John Swinney: ProjectScotland isa company limited by guarantee and registered as a charity whose aims and objectivesare to promote the welfare and relieve the needs of the population in Scotland by encouraging and assisting young people to providetheir skills and services …
27 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the issue of an amnesty for asylum seekers who have resided in Scotland for over six years has been raised with Her Majesty’s Government at official or ministerial level.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: A number of issues regardingasylum seekers will be raised with Her Majesty’s Government at both official andministerial level shortly.</p>
27 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the children of asylum seekers who have graduated from a Scottish higher or further education institution with an HND, degree, masters or PhD will be eligible to apply for leave to remain for up to two years without requiring a work permit under the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotla…
Answer · Linda Fabiani: As you will be aware,immigration policy is currently reserved to the UK government and as such we donot set the criteria.</p><p>However, I have been advisedthat under the current immigration rules, asylum seekers and their dependentsin the UK would not be all…
27 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether asylum seekers in Scotland can apply to the fresh talent initiative.
Answer · Linda Fabiani: The Fresh Talent initiativeis about attracting to Scotland those individuals who have the legal right to live,work and study here by promoting Scotland as a destination and providing information to thosethinking of coming here. Therefore, in its broadest sens…
26 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs to Scottish police forces have been of any supporting work required in relation to asylum seekers in each year since 1999.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information is not held centrally and is a matter for individual chief constables.</p>
26 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive from where the costs associated with policing requirements, legal aid and legal costs in dealing with detainees at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre are met.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The costs associated withpolicing requirements are met from within the overall funding of £1.1 billionavailable to the police. Strathclyde Police receive £504.2 million of thistotal. Information on the cost of policing requirements for dealing withDungavel is…
26 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the legal costs have been of investigating any incidents involving detainees at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in each year since 1999.
Answer · Adam Ingram: Information on the legalcosts of investigating incidents involving detainees at Dungavel is not heldcentrally.</p>
26 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the legal aid costs have been of representing detainees at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in each year since 1999.
Answer · Adam Ingram: Information on Legal Aidprovided in relation to those detained at Dungavel is not held centrally.</p>
26 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it receives from the Home Office under the March 2006 agreement on the number of children (a) detained in and (b) deported from Scotland and the ethnicity of such children.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The Executive does notreceive any information on the number of asylum seeker children detained in ordeported from Scotland under the March 2006 Agreement. Officials havehowever recently asked the Border and Immigration Agency to provide a detailedmonthly stat…
26 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in order to carry out its responsibilities in respect of asylum seeker children, what information it receives from the Home Office on the number of children (a) detained in and (b) deported from Scotland and the ethnicity of such children.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The Scottish Executive doesnot have any legal responsibilities in relation to asylum seeker children. Scottishlegislation such as the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 places specific responsibilities on localservice providers to care for and support children in t…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many children in total were detained at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in the period from December 2006 to June 2007.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The Scottish Government doesnot have information on how many children were detained at the Dungavel ImmigrationRemoval Centre since the operation of Dungavel is a matter for the Home Office.</p>
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost is of social work support for children at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The operation of Dungavel isa matter for the Home Office. The Executive does not hold this information.</p>
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many social work assessments of children were carried out on the 122 children detained at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in the first 11 months of 2006.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The operation of Dungavel isa matter for the Home Office. Social work assessments of children at Dungavel arecarried out by South Lanarkshire Council. The Executive does not hold informationon the number of assessments undertaken in the specified period.</p>
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in improving the recording of child protection work and in providing a child protection log at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The operation of Dungavel isa matter for the Home Office. The Scottish Government is clear that the welfareof all children in Scotland is paramount and we will raise with the Home Officethe progress made in improving the recording of child protection work and…
21 Jun 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many children are currently being held at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre.
Answer · Adam Ingram: The operation of Dungavel isa matter for the Home Office. We do not currently have information on the numberof children currently detained in Dungavel.</p>