Neil Bibby

8 Sep 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact assessment it has carried out on the Town Centre Regeneration Fund.

Answer · Alex Neil: Research into town centre regeneration will shortly be published on the Scottish Government website. Whilst the impetus for this research was the Town Centre Regeneration Fund (TCRF), the researchers have drawn on wider lessons for town centre regeneration an…

31 Aug 2011 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding the future of the children’s ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.

7 Jul 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to police officers regarding their relationship with the media.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Scottish Government police circular 2 of 1991 gives guidance to forces on “Dealing with the media at the scene of major incidents”.

7 Jul 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is taken to prevent payments being made by media organisations to police officers.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: It is a criminal offence to make such payments.

7 Jul 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reported incidents there have been since 2007 of police officers receiving payments from media organisations, broken down by police board area.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The information requested is not held centrally.

8 Jun 2011 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to prevent the abandonment of animals in Scotland.

7 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to reduce youth unemployment in North Ayrshire.

Answer · Alasdair Allan: The Scottish Government is continuing to support North Ayrshire Council to identify opportunities to boost employment and solutions to counter youth unemployment. For young people at the beginning of the employability pipeline, the delivery of 16+ Learning Ch…

7 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to reduce unemployment in North Ayrshire.

Answer · Alasdair Allan: Scottish Government is continuing to support North Ayrshire Council to identify opportunities to boost employment and solutions to counter adult unemployment. Starting in 2010-11, Skills Development Scotland has aligned its pre-employment programmes (Get Rea…

7 Jun 2011 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is regarding the arming of transport police officers in Scotland in light of the Secretary of State for Transport confirming that British Transport Police in London are to be issued with firearms.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: There are no current plans to arm British Transport Police officers based in Scotland.