Parliamentary questions

George Foulkes

1,927 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

4 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many laptops lost or stolen from its departments or agencies since May 2007 contained encrypted information.

Answer · John Swinney: Departments do not exist in what is now the Scottish Government (SG). Six laptops have been lost or stolen since May 2007 from the SG or agencies which use its IT services. Two of these were new and unused and contained no data. The other four, in line with a…

4 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which of its departments have lost laptops since May 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: Four laptops have been lost or stolen from the Scottish Government since May 2007 (one from a directorate in the Finance and Sustainable Growth portfolio, one from Change and Corporate Services and two new and unused laptops that were being delivered to Chang…

4 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many laptops have been lost or stolen from its agencies since May 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: Two laptops have been lost or stolen since May 2007 from agencies which use the Scottish Government IT services and which acquire such equipment through the government.

4 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many laptops have been lost or stolen from its departments since May 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: Four laptops have been lost or stolen from the Scottish Government since May 2007. Three contained no government data and the other contained no sensitive data.

4 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many laptops have been issued to staff in its agencies since May 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: A total of 105 laptops have been issued to staff in agencies using the Scottish Government IT network since May 2007.

4 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many laptops have been issued to staff in its departments since May 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: A total of 151 laptops have been issued to staff in the Scottish Government since May 2007.

3 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive which MSPs, other than cabinet secretaries and ministers, act as government spokespersons.

Answer · Bruce Crawford: No MSPs other than the First Minister, Cabinet Secretaries and ministers act as Government spokespersons.

3 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of MSPs who act as government advisers to the First Minister or other members of the cabinet.

Answer · Bruce Crawford: No MSPs act as Government Advisers to the First Minister or other members of the Cabinet.

3 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of MSPs who serve as parliamentary private secretaries to cabinet secretaries and ministers.

Answer · Bruce Crawford: The Scottish Government does not have a system of Parliamentary Private Secretaries.

3 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many lay members of school inspection teams are retired.

Answer · Maureen Watt: HM Inspectorate of Education does not retain information on the number of lay members who are now retired. This information does not have any bearing on their role as lay members during the inspection process.

3 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many lay members of school inspection teams are in full-time employment.

Answer · Maureen Watt: HM Inspectorate of Education does not retain information on the number of lay members who are currently involved in full-time employment. This information does not have any bearing on their role as lay members during the inspection process.

3 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many lay members there are of school inspection teams.

Answer · Maureen Watt: HM Inspectorate of Education retains the services of 107 lay members who are deployed within its inspection teams. Only one lay member is involved in any school inspection team. However, where a new lay member is on induction, they will shadow an experienced …

29 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-9305 by Maureen Watt on 29 February 2008, how many of the 45 school building contracts referred to were initiated prior to 3 May 2007.

Answer · Maureen Watt: All seven contracts were under negotiation prior to 3 May 2007.

29 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-9305 by Maureen Watt on 29 February 2008, how many of these contracts were not already under negotiation prior to 4 May 2007.

Answer · Maureen Watt: All seven contracts were under negotiation prior to 4 May 2007.