Mr Brian Monteith

28 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure per head was in each local authority, broken down into (a) education, (b) highways and transport, (c) social services, (d) housing, excluding housing revenue account (HRA), (e) culture, (f) environmental, (g) planning and development, (h) police, (i) courts, (j) centr…

Answer · Tom McCabe: The answers to questions (a)to (c) and (e) to (k) can be obtained from the following links on the Scottish Executivewebsite. Table 3 in the first link gives local authority expenditure by servicearea. The second link is to the most recent mid-year population …

27 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases were dropped at each sheriff court in each year since 1999, broken down by category of crime or offence.

Answer · Colin Boyd: The information requested is not available. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database records details of the charges against each accused in terms of the specific common law or statutory offence that is alleged to have been com…

27 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each sheriff court has received in each year since 1999.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Scottish Court Service delegates certain budgets to each sheriff court but a large proportion of running costs are managed at a central level. The following table gives a breakdown of the total of these direct running costs for each of the sheriff courts.…

27 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget has been for each police force in each year since 1999, broken down into the (a) Executive and (b) local authority contribution.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information relating toPolice Grant Aided Expenditure is shown in the following table.</p><p>1999-2000</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=509> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Force</p> </td> <td> <p align=center>Executive Contribution </p> …

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what investigations it has undertaken into the full economic impact of the G8 summit and G8-related protests and demonstrations, such as costs for extra security, added insurance and loss of business, broken down by local authority area. 

Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19841 on  1 December 2005. 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/weba…

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional payments it has made or allocated to local authorities for costs associated with extra security relating to the G8 summit and G8-related protests and demonstrations, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Tom McCabe: We will publish the costs and benefits associated with the G8 summit by the end of the year.</p>

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have had charges relating to G8 protests dropped and for what reasons, broken down by the (a) police force and (b) local authority area where the alleged offence took place.

Answer · Colin Boyd: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19837 on 9 November 2005. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been found guilty of crimes and offences relating to G8 protests, broken down by the (a) police force and (b) local authority area where the offence took place.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Information at the level of detail requested is not available in the statistics held centrally.</p>

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are still awaiting prosecution for crimes and offences relating to G8 protests, broken down by the (a) police force and (b) local authority area where the offence took place.

Answer · Colin Boyd: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19837 on 9 November 2005. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/…

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been prosecuted for crimes and offences relating to G8 protests, broken down by the (a) police force and (b) local authority area where the offence took place.

Answer · Colin Boyd: Comprehensive information isnot available. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's Case ManagementDatabase records details of the charges against each accused in terms of thespecific common law or statutory offence that is alleged to have beencommitt…

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were cautioned for crimes and offences relating to G8 protests, broken down by (a) police force and (b) local authority area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The police in Scotland donot issue formal cautions. Should an individual be suspected of committing anoffence, he or she will be charged and a report will be prepared for theProcurator Fiscal.</p>

12 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were arrested for crimes and offences relating to G8 protests, broken down by (a) police force and (b) local authority area.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Statistics on the number of individualsarrested for G8 related offences during the period of the Summit were recordedby the Scottish Police Information and Co-ordination Centre (S-PICC). These figuresare broken down by police force area and are included in th…

11 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people worked in the (a) public and (b) private sector, broken down by industry in (i) Edinburgh, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Aberdeen, (iv) Dundee, (v) Perth, (vi) Inverness and (vii) Stirling in each of the last six years.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The preferred source forpublic sector employment estimates is the recently published public sectoremployment statistics series, which isbased on the agreed National Accounts definition of the public sector. Theseestimates are constructed from administrative a…

11 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of GDP was spent on public services in each local authority in each of the last six years.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>

11 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17445 by Nicol Stephen on 25 July 2005, what the gross domestic product per head of population was in (a) Inverness, (b) Perth, (c) Stirling in (i) the most recent year for which figures are available, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 1997.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Figures are not availablefor the geographical areas requested. However, the following table provides thegross value added (GVA) per head for the NUTS3 areas which contains these areas.Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at basic prices is commonly referred to as GVA…

4 Oct 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated to public agencies, non-departmental public bodies and any other quangos to enable them to pay their non-domestic rates in each year since 1997.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive does not allocate specific sums for non-domestic rates to public agencies, non-departmental public bodies and other quangos. It is for these bodies to find the appropriate resources from within the budgets provided by the Scottish Execu…

27 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the facilities at the Glasgow Dental School are fit for the purpose and whether there are any plans to upgrade student and staff facilities.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Ensuring that the standards of facilities at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School is the responsibility of Glasgow University and Glasgow Health Board.</p> <p>Glasgow Dental Hospital is housed within a variety of buildings, the oldest of which dates back to the…

27 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Dundee Dental Hospital has a resident consultant in oral medicine, if not, how long it has not had one for and when one will be appointed.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This is an operational matter for NHS Tayside. I have, however, had enquiries made of NHS Tayside and understand that it is in the process of recruiting a replacement Consultant in Oral Medicine. This post has been vacant for two years. Although NHS Tayside h…

21 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to meet Scottish Prison Service and senior Reliance staff from England to establish and confirm Reliance's commitment to the delivery of an effective service within the Scottish justice system.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p>The SPS already meet regularly with Reliance staff as necessary to ensure that the effective and efficient operation of the escortin…

21 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive why seven senior staff of Reliance Security have resigned within weeks of each other.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p>Staffing is a matter for the company. Our aim is to ensure the proper operation of the contract and that we continue to receive a good ser…

21 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the measures in place to monitor the performance of Reliance.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p>I believe that the monitoring arrangements we have in place for the escorting contract are both robust and effective. These arrangements a…

21 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers, now that Reliance has been providing a service to the Scottish Prison Service for 16 months, that the service provided offers value for money.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:</p> <p>In short, the answer is yes. We are now seeing the benefits of this contract, not just in terms of a greater degree of transparency in esc…

20 Sep 2005 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the total cost has been of purchasing and installing netting to prevent pigeon access to the Parliament's campus.

Answer · John Scott: The cost to install pigeon deterrentnetting to the east elevation of the MSP building is £4,815.</p>

20 Sep 2005 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the total cost is of removing pigeon guano from the Parliament building.

Answer · John Scott: <p class=MsoHeader>The total cost that can be attributedto cleaning pigeon guano is £6,034. This relates to the east elevation of the MSPbuilding. Guano will also have been cleaned as part of routine external cleaning,these costs can not be broken down.</p>&n…

14 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18440 by Peter Peacock on 8 September 2005, what figures are available for PPP payments in respect of (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools in each year since PPP was introduced.

Answer · Peter Peacock: My answer to question S2W-18440 indicated that, in the case of Public Private Partnership projects, the capital expenditure is incurred by the private sector partner, not the local authority.</p> <p>The estimated amounts of capital spend on school buildings b…

14 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18440 by Peter Peacock on 8 September 2005, whether the figures provided for local authority capital expenditure on schools, excluding expenditure funded from revenue, in the financial years 1975-76 to 2004-05 are in cash terms or real terms.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The figures in the answer to S2W-18440 are in cash terms. 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/wa/search">http…

12 Sep 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive under what statutory authority it is withholding from the public domain the 106 productions to the public inquiry by Lord Cullen into the shootings at Dunblane primary school which are subject to a 100-year closure order.

Answer · Colin Boyd: On the issue of statutory authority, I refer to the answer to question S1W-34924 on 18 March 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:</p> <p><a href="http://…

22 Aug 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to evaluate the impact of the ban on smoking in public places, particularly in respect of the turnover of pubs and nightclubs.

Answer · Andy Kerr: We will be undertaking a comprehensive programme of monitoring and evaluation of the health, economic and cultural impact of the smoke-free legislation. As part of that programme we will make use of existing datasets which provide detailed information on the …

22 Aug 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the administration costs are expected to be for the Individual Learning Account scheme in each of the next five years.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Administration costs for ILA Scotland in year 2005-06 are forecast to be around £2.6 million, estimated to rise to £2.7 million in 2006-07 and £2.75 million in 2007-08. The administration costs are expected to reduce from 2006-7 onwards as a proportion of the…

22 Aug 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be any restrictions in respect of the companies or institutions that can provide computer training funded under the Individual Learning Account scheme and, if so, what these restrictions will be.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The application process for learning providers applying to become ILA Scotland registered is an open one. There are, however, a number of minimum quality standards and additional quality criteria which individual providers must satisfy before they can be appr…