Parliamentary questions
Hugh Henry
645 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
8 Mar 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of Scottish Enterprise’s role in attracting Amazon’s investment in Scotland as noted by the First Minister (Official Report, c. 33861), whether it will make representations to Amazon regarding reports that it sent temporary staff home in the middle of the night without pay becau…
Answer · Jim Mather: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40330 on 15 March 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/…
7 Mar 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the First Minister’s comments concerning Amazon (Official Report, c. 33861), what discussion it has had with Scottish Enterprise regarding reports that Amazon sent temporary staff home in the middle of the night without pay because it had no further work for them.
Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government supports the implementation of fair employment practices. If Amazon are found to have breached contracts with employees this would be a matter for the Trade Unions in the first instance.</b></p>
28 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many government staff are employed on a fixed-term contract, broken down by (a) directorate, (b) agency and (c) job title.
Answer · John Swinney: Table 1 lists the number of staff employed on a fixed term contract broken down by directorate. Directorates with no staff on a fixed term contract are not included. Table 2 covers those agencies for which data is held centrally. The Scottish Government does …
28 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether staff employed in its directorates or agencies on renewed fixed-term contracts have the same rights as permanent staff when these contracts end.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40030 on 11 March 2011. 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/Apps2/…
28 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its directorates or agencies employ staff on fixed-term contracts as an alternative to permanent contracts to carry out the same work.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40030 on 11 March 2011. 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/Apps2/…
28 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its directorates or agencies employ staff on fixed-term contracts to avoid compulsory redundancies.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40030 on 11 March 2011. 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/Apps2/…
28 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its directorates or agencies employ staff on fixed-term contacts.
Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government and its agencies do employ staff on fixed-term contracts. These are used to fill posts where there is a temporary need for staff (for example where there are seasonal fluctuations in workload) or there is a need for staff with specific…
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether people who fail to pay a fixed penalty notice will be eligible to be considered for a community payback order
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: As set out in section 303 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, failure to pay a fixed penalty is enforceable by civil diligence only. Criminal sanctions, such as a community payback order, do not apply.</p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what categories of offence will be considered for community payback orders
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Sections 227A and 227M of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, as inserted by section 14 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, set out the circumstances in which a court may impose a community payback order: in particular, that a c…
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unpaid fixed penalty notice cases were taken before a fines court in 2009-10
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines were not paid in 2009-10
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is taken when a person fails to pay a fiscal fine
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is taken when a person fails to fulfil a community payback order
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The sanctions for breaching a requirement of a community payback order, and how the courts may deal with these, are set out in section 227ZC of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, as inserted by section 14 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotla…
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have failed to fulfil community payback orders since their introduction
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Provisions for the community payback order are not yet in force. They will be commenced on 1 February 2011.</p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have reappeared at a fines court following a failure to fulfil previous requests in each year since 2007
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many warrants were issued for those who failed to appear at a fines court in 2009-10
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is taken when a person fails to pay an outstanding fine despite being instructed to do so by a Justice of Peace
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what disposal is available to a Justice of the Peace when a person appearing for non-payment of a fixed penalty notice is unable to pay
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p> <p > </p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a Justice of the Peace, when presiding in a fines court, is given information relating to the reason for the issue of a fixed penalty notice
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p> <p > </p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has instructed those responsible for issuing supervised attendance orders not to consider people who are subject to a fixed penalty notice
Answer · Frank Mulholland: Supervised attendance orders can be imposed as an alternative to imprisonment by a court when an offender has failed to pay a court imposed fine. As supervised attendance orders are a sentencing matter it would be inappropriate for COPFS to issue guidance or …
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Justices of the Peace have been instructed not to put people subject to a fixed penalty notice on supervised attendance orders
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court Service (SCS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCS who will reply in writing.</p> <p > </p>
13 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which police forces have set targets for the issuing of fixed penalty notices
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The information requested is not held centrally.</b></p>
25 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would have cost to prepare a state of readiness for the Scottish variable rate in 2009-10.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37864 on 9 December 2010. 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/Apps…
25 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would have cost to prepare a state of readiness for the Scottish variable rate in 2008-09.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37864 on 9 December 2010. 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/Apps…
25 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would have cost to prepare a state of readiness for the Scottish variable rate in 2007-08.
Answer · John Swinney: As I indicated to the Parliament during the debate on the Scottish Variable Rate (SVR) on 24 November, following the election in May 2007 I was told that the earliest tax year in which the SVR could be introduced reliably was 2009-10, at a cost of £2.9 millio…
25 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much Departmental Expenditure Limit underspend was returned to HM Treasury in 2009-10.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37861 on 3 December 2010. 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/Apps…
25 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much Departmental Expenditure Limit underspend was returned to HM Treasury in 2008-09.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37861 on 3 December 2010. 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/Apps…
25 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much Departmental Expenditure Limit underspend was returned to HM Treasury in 2007-08.
Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government does not return underspend to HM Treasury but draws down from HM Treasury only the resources it requires to fund expenditure over the course of each financial year. The final Departmental Expenditure Limit underspends for 2007-08, 2008…
12 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-35643 by Kenny MacAskill on 23 August 2010, whether Peter Tobin will be considered for early release on licence on compassionate grounds if he is diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35643 on 23 August 2010. 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…
4 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service answers parliamentary questions on issues that are the responsibility of ministers.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: I would refer the member to Scottish Government guidance and practice which has been followed since the establishment of the Parliament, and which clearly indicates that questions of an operational nature for a Scottish Executive agency should be referred to …