Parliamentary questions
Tricia Marwick
552 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which public bodies have members' registers of interest under the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 and whether, and how, each such register is made available to the public.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Devolved public bodies which come within the ambit of the 2000 act will not need to have their register of interest in place until May 2003. The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000 (Register of Interests) Regulations 2003 (SSI/2003/135), …
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which public bodies have submitted members' codes of conduct that have not been approved under the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34456. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">ht…
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which public bodies have had their members' codes of conduct approved under the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34456. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">…
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public bodies have not submitted members' codes of conduct under the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34456. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa">…
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public bodies have had members' codes of conduct approved under the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34456 today. All answers to written parliamentary questionss are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/sear…
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public bodies have submitted members' codes of conduct under the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.
Answer · Andy Kerr: At 11 March 2003 a total of 104 devolved public bodies had submitted codes of conduct under the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000. Consideration of the codes of conduct for members of devolved public bodies will be finalised shortly an…
25 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the proposed single body for distributing lottery funding, whether it will make representations to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about establishing a single distributing body for lottery funding specifically for Scotland, in the context of devolved po…
Answer · Elaine Murray: I met the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language of the National Assembly for Wales on 27 February to discuss a range of issues on the National Lottery, including the proposed merger of the C…
5 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were, including legal costs, of drafting and printing and any other items associated with publishing the draft Local Governance (Scotland) Bill.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The costs of printing and web conversion for the draft Local Governance (Scotland) Bill amounted to £97.13. <P>The costs associated with preparing the draft bill cannot be identified separately. The preparation of the draft bill formed part of the overall wor…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many overseas visits each minister and deputy minister has made in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29052 on 9 September 2002, which provides the information requested from July 1999 to March 2002. The information for the current financial year will be published in June this year. All answers to written…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of overseas visits by each minister and deputy minister has been in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29052 on 9 September 2002, which provides the information requested from July 1999 to March 2002. The information for the current financial year will be published in June this year. All answers to written…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the deputy minister with responsibility for parliamentary business to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the minister with responsibility for parliamentary business to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the deputy minister with responsibility for tourism, culture and sport to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the minister with responsibility for tourism, culture and sport to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the deputy minister with responsibility for social justice to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the minister with responsibility for social justice to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the deputy minister with responsibility for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the minister with responsibility for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the deputy minister with responsibility for finance and public services to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the minister with responsibility for finance and public services to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the deputy minister with responsibility for education and young people to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the minister with responsibility for education and young people to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the deputy minister with responsibility for the environment and rural development to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the minister with responsibility for the environment and rural development to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by each Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the Minister for Health and Community Care to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the Deputy Minister for Justice to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33632 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits have been made by the First Minister to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002 and (e) 2003.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: Individual ministerial private offices make every effort to notify constituency MSPs, Regional MSPs and MPs when official visits take place. The information requested is not held centrally.
3 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33139 by Patricia Ferguson on 29 January 2003, why information about the number of official ministerial visits to each parliamentary constituency is not held centrally.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: There is no requirement and no perceived benefit in allocating resources for collecting and holding this information centrally.