Parliamentary questions

Adam Ingram

1,244 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12336 by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2001, which local authorities, schools and organisations have applied for assistance under the Alternatives to Exclusion Grant Scheme and which applications have been granted, specifying the amount awarded in each…

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The funding available through the Excellence Fund Alternatives to Exclusion programme is allocated to local authorities on a formula basis. It is for each authority to determine how best to use its allocation in line with its implementation plan for the area.…

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12336 by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2001, whether it will provide further details of the early intervention programme for children with special educational needs, in particular how the #1 million allocated to the programme is being utilised.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Early Intervention funding is specifically for the development and training of staff working with pupils with special educational needs in the early years. Local authorities receive a pro-rata share of the £1 million based on pupil numbers.A wide varie…

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10969 by Angus Mackay on 18 January 2001, what the precise role of each sub-contractor is in the design and production process of each document.

Answer · Angus MacKay: The contract between Tactica Solutions and the Scottish Executive requires Tactica to provide a complete service. It is the responsibility of Tactica to determine the role of its sub-contractors to meet the variations in both the nature and volume of demands …

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10969 by Angus MacKay on 18 January 200, whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre the tenders it received from other design and production companies for the contract to design and produce its documents and a copy of any not…

Answer · Angus MacKay: It is not Scottish Executive practice to publish commercial information provided to it in confidence by suppliers tendering for Scottish Executive contracts. The design, print and publications contract was awarded following the advertisemen…

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why it does not go direct to the sub-contractors used by Tactica Solutions and what profit margin Tactica Solutions charges on work carried out by these sub-contractors.

Answer · Angus MacKay: The contract with Tactica Solutions is for the provision of a managed service for the design, print and publication of documents. The Scottish Executive does not have the resources or skills required to manage the sub-contractors. Tactica Solutions was awarde…

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10967 by Angus MacKay on 18 January 2001, whether it will provide details of the companies sub-contracted by Tactica Solutions and how much each of them received from Tactica Solutions through its contract with them since 1 July 1999.

Answer · Angus MacKay: The commercial relationships between Tactica Solutions and its sub-contractors and suppliers are private, contractual matters.

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost was to it of each document which bears the phrase "Designed and produced for the Scottish Executive by Tactica Solutions" up to the point at which it was handed over to Tactica Solutions for design and production.

Answer · Angus MacKay: This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Tactica Solutions changes the content of any documents given to them for design and production on its behalf.

Answer · Angus MacKay: Tactica Solutions is responsible for managing the design and production of documents but not their textual content which is determined and approved in both draft and published format by the Scottish Executive.

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what stage documents are at when they are handed over by it to Tactica Solutions for design and production and whether it would be possible to publish the documents at this stage.

Answer · Angus MacKay: Documents are handed over to Tactica Solutions in a number of formats including electronic text, hand written notes, charts, maps, pictures and printed material. It is not possible to publish such material without it passing through a number of processes. Eve…

25 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the precise role of Tactica Solutions is in the design and production of its documents.

Answer · Angus MacKay: Tactica Solutions provides a managed service for the design, print and production of documentation for the Scottish Executive. Their role covers the full document life cycle, including creative design and artwork, lithographic and digital print production, pu…

12 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will answer parliamentary questions S1W-10967, S1W-10968, S1W-10969 and S1W-10970.

Answer · Angus MacKay: Parliamentary questions S1W-10967, S1W-10968 and S1W-10969 were answered on Thursday 18 January 2001. Parliamentary question S1W-10970 was answered on Thursday 25 January 2001.

12 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will answer parliamentary questions S1W-10883, S1W-10884, S1W-10885, S1W-10886 and S1W-10887.

Answer · Wendy Alexander: Parliamentary questions S1W-10883, S1W-10884, S1W-10885, S1W-10886 and S1W-10887 were all answered today, Tuesday 16 January.

12 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make the route action plan study carried out on the A77 between Ayr and Stranraer in 1994 available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Answer · Sarah Boyack: The A77 Route Action Plan (RAP) study report was not commissioned for external publication.As I explained in my letter to the member of 19 December 2000, the improvement measures recommended in the RAP will be progressed when fund…

9 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which areas have applied for funding from the #3 million made available through the Strategic Waste Fund in the current financial year to reduce the amount of waste landfilled and whether it will provide details of all approved projects, including the amount of funding allocated to each.

Answer · Sam Galbraith: Local authorities are currently working with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to prepare Area Waste Plans outlining how future waste management should be carried out in each area. I am pleased that the Executive has been able to assist authorities t…

9 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when area waste plans will be published and what the current state of readiness of each area is to draw down funds from the Strategic Waste Fund.

Answer · Sam Galbraith: I expect the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to have prepared all 11 Area Waste Plans for public consultation by October this year, although some may be published before then. The Executive has already announced that £3 million is to be available from …

9 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the 1995 baseline landfill tonnage figure is for each local authority area and how much waste has been landfilled in each local authority area in each year since 1995.

Answer · Sam Galbraith: I plan to publish later this year a consultation paper on the Executive's proposals for allocating the 1995 baseline municipal waste figures and landfill targets between Scottish local authorities.Information on the total amount of all wast…

9 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has applied or intends to apply for a four-year extension to the dates by which the targets for the reduction of the amount of waste being landfilled set in the Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) require to be met and what justification has been or would be given for any such requ…

Answer · Sam Galbraith: The Scottish Executive intends to take advantage of the provision in the Landfill Directive which allows the UK, as a member state that landfilled more than 80% of their municipal waste in 1995, to postpone the attainment of the landfill reduction target date…

8 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to local education authorities on the educational provision for children with attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Although no specific guidance has been issued on provision for children with attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD), general guidance on Special Educational Needs is contained in the Scottish Executive Manu…

8 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in each of the last three years, broken down by health board.

Answer · Susan Deacon: The information is not available centrally in the form requested. However, information from a sample of GP records in practices across Scotland whose population is nationally representative suggests the following numbers of patients with attention deficiency …

8 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it gave to the needs of children and adults with attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in any reviews of provisions for people with special educational needs or learning disabilities.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: There has been no specific consideration of provision for children and adults with attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) in recent reviews. However, the Scottish Executive is providing over £5 million per yea…

8 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information is being provided to health professionals and, in particular, GPs on the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Answer · Susan Deacon: The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) is currently developing a clinical guideline on Attention Deficit and Hyperkinetic Disorders in Children and Young People, which is due to be published in the spring. The guideline will be disseminated to…

8 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has allocated to voluntary organisations providing support to children and adults suffering from attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Answer · Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive does not currently fund any specific voluntary organisation involved exclusively in supporting children and adults with attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD). However, the Executive's I…

8 Jan 2001 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to health boards on the diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with attention deficiency disorder and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

17 Nov 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which department and minister will be responsible for representing its interests in relation to the structure of the post office network in Scotland.

Answer · Ross Finnie: The Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning has the overall responsibility for post office matters within the Scottish Executive but I am the lead Minister on day-to-day issues and in attending relevant meetings at UK level.

17 Nov 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will be participating in the planned review by Her Majesty's Government of the rural post office network due to report in autumn 2001.

Answer · Ross Finnie: The Postal Services Commission will advise the UK Government on the best way to channel financial assistance to rural post offices. It is due to report by autumn 2001. The Scottish Executive will be participating in the consultation process planned by the Com…

17 Nov 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which non-departmental public bodies have been abolished since May 1997.

Answer · Angus MacKay: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-11339 on 30 November.

13 Nov 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the main differences are between the planning application for IKEA received by Glasgow City Council and for the Heathfield development received by South Ayrshire Council.

Answer · Sam Galbraith: Both applications were notified to the Scottish Executive in terms of Scottish Office Circular 4/1997. Having carefully considered the respective cases, Scottish Ministers concluded, on the basis of the evidence before them, that, in planning policy terms, th…

13 Nov 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it used the same criteria when deciding whether to call in the applications for planning permission for (a) IKEA from Glasgow City Council and (b) the Heathfield development from South Ayrshire Council and why different decisions were taken in each case.

Answer · Sam Galbraith: Both planning applications were considered against a common background of National Planning Policy Guideline 8 (Town Centres and Retailing) and the relevant land use policies contained in the respective Structure and Local plans for the areas in which the dev…

10 Nov 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of planning permission applications referred to it in each of the last five years where the Minister found against the recommendations of the reporter.

Answer · Sam Galbraith: The information required is as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=616><TR><TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP">Year</TD><TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">Total number of decisions issued</TD><TD WIDTH="45%" VALIGN=…

8 Nov 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S1W-7142 lodged on 24 May 2000.

Answer · Sam Galbraith: The question was answered on 24 November.