Parliamentary questions
Stewart Stevenson
2,358 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
29 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to nursing students in rural areas who may have to travel considerable distances each day to their clinical placements.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The nursing and midwifery studentbursary provides normal day to day living support, including daily travellingcosts from home to the student’s institution. When they are on placement,students can apply for expenses they incur that are above what they normally…
29 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to encourage Lothian University Hospital NHS Trust to reduce the current #10 per day parking charge at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI) for (a) NHS staff, (b) other ERI staff and (c) visitors.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I issued revised guidance to the NHS on hospital car park charging on 1 April 2004.</p><p>The guidance states that car park charging should not be introduced as a means of generating income but charging may be justified if it is to cover any significant costs…
29 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that nurses and other healthcare staff employed by the NHS who are required to use their own vehicles when working in the community are fairly and fully reimbursed for the costs they incur.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The levels of mileageallowances and all other travel and subsistence allowances for nurses and otherhealth care staff are negotiated nationally through the General WhitleyCouncil.</p><p>Discussions with stafforganisations have resulted in an agreement in prin…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many telecommunications-related jobs have been lost to overseas competition in the last six years.
Answer · Jim Wallace: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women were employed in the science, engineering and technology industries in each of the last 10 years, expressed also as a percentage of all workers in those industries.
Answer · Jim Wallace: he following table shows thenumber of women employed in science, engineering and technology industries ineach of the last 10 years, expressed also as a percentage of all workers inthose industries.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=203> <th…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of (a) printing and production of and (b) postage for (i) consultation and (ii) guidance documents issued to representative bodies has been within its Justice Department in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3705 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of (a) printing and production of and (b) postage for (i) consultation and (ii) guidance documents issued to representative bodies has been within its Education Department in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Consultation and guidance documents are issued in various formats from a number of areas within the department.The costs of printing, production and postage of such documents form part of the general running costs of each constituent part of the department an…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of (a) printing and production of and (b) postage for (i) consultation and (ii) guidance documents issued to representative bodies has been within its Development Department in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3705 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target 5 of the Scottish Executive Administration and Associated Departments chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target 8 of the Finance and Public Services chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target 4 of the Environment and Rural Development chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target 8 of the Transport chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 2 and (b) 12 of the Communities chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 4 and (b) 10 of the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any civil servant responsible for delivering target 3 of the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning chapter of its draft budget 2004-05 is also responsible for delivering target 3 of the Tourism, Culture and Sport chapter of the budget.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/w…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of its targets outlined in the Health and Community Care chapter of its draft budget 2004-05 relate to improving NHS dental services.
Answer · Tom McCabe: No.</p>
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional dentists will be required in each NHS board area to meet target 6 of the Health and Community Care chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/weba…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 3 and (b) 6 of the Health and Community Care chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 6 and (b) 8 of the Tourism, Culture and Sport chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to target 1 of the Tourism, Culture and Sport chapter of its draft budget 2004-05, what proportion of adults currently takes part in sport, broken down by sporting activity.
Answer · Frank McAveety: Data for the sport elementof target 1 will be measured using data collected by NFO WorldGroup (previouslyundertaken under the name System Three) as part of their omnibus householdsurvey, the Scottish Opinion Survey. The most recent data available relates topa…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 2, (b) 7 and (c) 11 of the Education and Young People chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target 6 of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is included as “other means” in target 10 of the Justice chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer given to questionS2W-3676 on 11 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/we…
28 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a specific civil servant responsible for delivering target (a) 3, (b) 4, (c) 7 and (d) 10 of the Justice chapter of its draft budget 2004-05.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Scottish Executive ministers are responsible forthe delivery of all the targets set out in the <i>Draft Budget 2004-05</i>.</p><p>Full technical details of the targets set out in <i>Building a Better Scotland: Spending Proposals2003-06: What the Money Buys</i…
22 Oct 2003 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take forward the suggestion of closed areas for conserving cod stocks in the North Sea, proposed by Scottish fishermen, to the EU Fisheries Council in December 2003.
Answer · Ross Finnie: The Scottish Executive will consider all reasonablearguments for securing cod recovery, especially those that have been developedwith or by fishermen themselves. We will aim to promote a balanced package of effectiveand equitable measures. Its precise content…
17 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish details of the projections from Communities Scotland in regard to housing referred to at the Communities Committee on 8 October 2003 (Official Report c 138).
Answer · Margaret Curran: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Acting Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>The information previouslyprovided in the Communities Scotland Research Report No. 21, <i>Local HousingNeed and Affordability Model for…
15 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on support for carers by (i) local authorities and (ii) other organisations in each of the last four years.
Answer · Tom McCabe: The following table sets outthe pre-existing provision for carers and the total new resources allocated bythe Scottish Executive to local authorities this year and over the last fouryears under (i) the Carers Strategy and (ii) specifically to develop respites…
14 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of economic inactivity has been in each quarter since 1997.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The following table showsthe level of economic inactivity in Scotland, from spring 1997 to summer 2003, which is thelatest quarter for which this information is available.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=center>…
14 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of employment has been in the construction industry in each quarter since 1997.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The following table showsthe level of employment in the construction industry, in Scotland,from spring 1997 to summer 2003.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td> <p> </p> </td> <td> <p>No. employed in Construction</p> </td> </tr> <t…
14 Oct 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of employment has been in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector in each quarter since 1997.
Answer · Ross Finnie: The following table showsemployment levels by quarter between 1997 Quarter 1 and 2003 Quarter 2 withinthe “Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry, and Fishing”, using data from the LabourForce Survey.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <t…