Parliamentary questions

Gil Paterson

788 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

15 Jun 2011 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the increase in VAT has had on the health budget for 2011-12.

13 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many arrests for domestic abuse related charges in Strathclyde in each of the last five years both partners were arrested and what the outcomes were.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information relating to arrests is not held centrally. The number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police is collected from police forces, however, the data collection is incident based and it is not possible to determine how many incidents invo…

13 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases of contact and residency disputes where child abuse was alleged in each of the last five years contact or residency was awarded to the alleged abuser and what the gender of each party was.

Answer · Angela Constance: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-769 on 24 June 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/…

13 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcomes were for women in Strathclyde arrested on domestic abuse related charges in each of the last five years.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information relating to arrests is not held centrally. The number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police is collected from police forces, however as the data held is incident based, it is not possible to match this data up with court proceeding…

13 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases of child contact and residency disputes children’s views were (a) sought and (b) implemented in each of the last five years.

Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: This information is not available. However, the Scottish Government published research in December 2010 on contact cases in the Sheriff Court. This research can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/08145916/0. In particular, chapter …

13 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases of contact and residency disputes where domestic abuse was alleged in each of the last five years contact or residency was awarded to the alleged abuser and what the gender of each party was.

Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: This data is not available in the form requested. No data on contact or residence cases is available for before April 2008, as the pre-April 2008 data does not include contact or residence as case types. Information on contact and residence cases in the Cou…

13 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcomes were for men in Strathclyde arrested on domestic abuse related charges in each of the last five years.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information relating to arrests is not held centrally. The number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police is collected from police forces, however as the data held is incident based, it is not possible to match this data up with court proceeding…

8 Mar 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to extend the duration of the public inquiry into the Clostridium difficile outbreak at the Vale of Leven Hospital.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: On 10 December 2010, Lord MacLean, Chairman of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry wrote to me seeking an extension to the duration of the Inquiry which was due to report by 31 May 2011.</p> <p >Lord MacLean has indicated that the evidence obtained by the Inq…

25 Nov 2010 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many apprenticeship places it is supporting in 2010-11.

Answer · Keith Brown: The Scottish Government, through Skills Development Scotland (SDS), initially offered 15,000 new apprenticeship places in 2010-11. Through the use of strategic European Social Fund funding, SDS were able to supplement this by an additional 5,000 places as ann…

28 Oct 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28850 by John Swinney on 17 February 2010, what the latest position is on the waiving of non-consolidated performance payments (bonuses) by chief executives of non-departmental public bodies and public corporations covered by the Scottish Government’…

Answer · John Swinney: 37 chief executives are covered by the Scottish Government''s Public Sector Pay Policy for Senior Appointments in 2010-11. Of these, 12 chief executives are not eligible to be considered for a non‘consolidated performance payment this pay year. Remuneration p…

23 Sep 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide the names of the special advisers currently in post; what their responsibilities are; what their pay bands are for 2010-11; how many special advisers are in each pay band, and what the total salary cost of employing special advisers was in 2009-10.

Answer · John Swinney: There are currently 10 special advisers including one part-time. The Special Advisers and their specific responsibilities are as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=154 valign=top > <p align=center >…

29 Apr 2010 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding proposals to increase national insurance contributions.

Answer · John Swinney: Besides the impact on Scottish employers in the private sector the increase in national insurance contribution rates will result in approximately £104 million of the Scottish Government''s budget being returned to the Treasury in the form of higher tax paymen…

25 Mar 2010 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to encourage businesses to recycle.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: Scottish Government funds the Zero Waste Scotland delivery programme to provide a one-stop-shop to businesses, organisations and individuals seeking advice and support on reducing waste, recycling and resource efficiency.</p>

2 Feb 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board spent on implementing the Gold Standards Framework Scotland in 2008-09.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally. The Gold Standards Framework Scotland (GSFS) programme ended in October 2006. The GSFS was funded in partnership by the Big Lottery Fund, Macmillan Cancer Relief and NHS Scotland via the three cancer networks (South Eas…

2 Feb 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board spent on performance reporting in 2008-09.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>

19 Jan 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to extend the duration of the public inquiry into the Clostridium difficile outbreak at the Vale of Leven hospital.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: On 10 December 2009, the Chairman of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry wrote to me seeking an extension to the duration of the Inquiry which was originally due to report by 1 October 2010.</p> <p >Lord MacLean has indicated that, in order to investigate tho…