Parliamentary questions
Alex Neil
3,059 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Research Council on 30 September 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU General Affairs Council on 30 September and 1 October 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Agriculture Council on 15 and 16 July 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Budget Council on 19 July 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the Informal Environment Council in Sonderborg on 19 to 21 July 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Transport and Telecommunications Council on 3 and 4 October 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Employment and Social Policy Council on 8 October 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Fisheries Council on 14 October 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the Justice and Home Affairs and Civil Protection Council on 14 and 15 October 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Environment Council on 17 October 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the ECOFIN Council on 8 October 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the informal ECOFIN meeting in Copenhagen on 7 and 8 September 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27162.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the ASEM Ministers of Finance meeting in Copenhagen on 5 and 6 July 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The ASEM summit will deal with the European Union's relationship with Asia. Foreign Policy is a reserved matter and therefore there will be no Scottish Executive representation at this meeting.
27 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the ECOFIN Council on 12 July 2002.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The Seville European Council on 21 and 22 June 2002 agreed to reduce the number of Council formations from 16 to 9. The Danish Presidency has indicated it will apply these new Council formations with immediate effect, and is working on a wholesale revision of…
26 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each guideline document that it has issued to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last three years.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: Written material issued by the Scottish Executive can take a number of forms and is issued from a number of areas within the Executive. Central logging of this written material is not undertaken and a comprehensive answer cannot, therefore, be provided to que…
26 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to produce and circulate documents that it sent to each police force in each of the last three years.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The Executive is in regular contact with police forces and there is a regular flow of material, in both directions, across a range of subjects. This flow includes e-mails and letters, in addition to circulars and other papers. There is no central monitoring o…
26 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to produce and circulate documents that it sent to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last three years.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-24233 on 3 April 2002 and S1W-24781 on 29 April 2002.
26 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list by title each document that it has sent to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last three years.
Answer · Nicol Stephen: I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-24233 and S1W-24781.
26 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list by title each document that it has sent to each police force in each of the last three years.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The Executive is in regular contact with police forces and there is a regular flow of material, in both directions, across a range of subjects. This flow includes e-mails and letters, in addition to circulars and other papers. There is no central monitoring o…
26 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what policies it (a) has implemented and (b) is planning to implement in order to tackle youth crime.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: In January of this year we launched Scotland's Action Programme to reduce youth crime. This has already delivered multi-disciplinary youth justice teams in each area which have been supported by £25.5 million to identify offending young people in their areas …
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive who decides whether a policy adviser should be appointed; what the criteria are for such appointments; what the function of a policy adviser is and why such posts have been created.
Answer · Andy Kerr: There are a number of posts that carry the title of policy adviser in the Policy Unit and elsewhere. This role is not confined to a single band and the occupants are, in almost all cases career civil servants. They cover a wide range of duties within division…
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a breakdown of all foreign trips it has funded in each of the last two years, detailing the cost of each trip, its purpose and whether reports on the outcome of each trip have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on the cost of each journey to attend meetings and engagements overseas, and its purpose, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Reports on the outcome of each such journey are not placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister's special advisers are classed as civil servants.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27038.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the pension rights and duration of contract are of the First Minister's principal special adviser and each of the special advisers.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27038.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the salary is of the First Minister's principal special adviser and each of the special advisers.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27038.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of each of the First Minister's special advisers.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27038.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to advertise and appoint each of the First Minister's current seven special and principal special advisers.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27038.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what process was followed to appoint the First Minister's six special advisers.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27038.
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what process was followed to appoint the First Minister's principal special adviser.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Provision for the appointment of special advisers is made in article 3 (4) of the Civil Service Order in Council 1995 as amended by the Civil Service (Amendment) Order in Council 1999. These provisions give the First Minister delegated authority from the Prim…
25 Jun 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what process and codes were followed and which individuals were involved in the re-appointment of Harold Mills as Chairman of Caledonian MacBrayne.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The reappointment was carried out in line with the Commissioner for Public Appointments' Code of Practice. It was made by ministers on the basis of a performance assessment prepared by officials in the Scottish Executive Development Department, the department…