Parliamentary questions
Jackson Carlaw
1,088 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
7 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost of running quangos has been in each year since 1995, also giving staffing costs in (a) cash and (b) real terms.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-4108 on 19 September 2007. 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/webapp/…
7 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed by each quango in each year since 1995.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-4108 on 19 September 2007. 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/webapp/…
7 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many quangos there have been in each year since 1995, giving the name of each.
Answer · John Swinney: The following tableshows the trend in the number of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) from1999 to 2006.</p><p>Number of NDPBs: 1999to 2006</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td width=52 valign=top> <p align=center>1999</p> </td> <…
7 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what knife crime figures have been in each year from 1995 to 2007, also showing the number of (a) street robberies involving blades, (b) people who died following blade attacks and (c) number of people admitted to hospitals with knife wounds, broken down by day of the week.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: With theexception of homicide cases, statistics on knife crimes are not held centrally.The number of homicide cases in each year from 1995 to 2006, in which themethod of killing was with a sharp instrument, are shown in the following table.Homicide figures fo…
7 Sep 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much local authority (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure was in the West of Scotland parliamentary region in each of the last two years, broken down by single transferable vote ward.
Answer · John Swinney: The informationrequested is only collected at council level. The West of Scotland regionalconstituency does not match an exact aggregation of whole council areas.</p><p>The following tablecontains 2004-05 and 2005-06 revenue and capital expenditure for each o…
5 Sep 2007 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it has had with EU ministers and officials since May 2007 and what issues were discussed.
Answer · Linda Fabiani: The ScottishGovernment has had many meetings with the EU since May 2007. Focusing on ministerialmeetings, the First Minister met European Commissioners Borg (Fisheries andMaritime Affairs), Grybauskaite (Budget), Mandelson (Trade) and McCreevy(Internal Market…
29 Aug 2007 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what investigations it has undertaken in relation to the recent outbreak of E.coli O157 in Paisley.
Answer · Shona Robison: This outbreakwas a matter for the local health board. The outbreak in Paisley was therefore investigated andmanaged by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in close collaboration with Environmental Health, the Food StandardsAgency, Health Protection Scotland and the…
3 Aug 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Scottish Government has had with the European Commission regarding the tendering of the Gourock to Dunoon ferry route
Answer · Shona Robison: I referthe member to the answer to question S3W-2934 on 23 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.…