Friday, 30 October 2009

Scottish Parliament Written answers

• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive what the terms of reference are for the Scotland Transerv report regarding congestion on the Kessock Bridge.
• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether provisional financial resources have been set aside to take account of any work identified in the Scotland Transerv report regarding congestion on the...
• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to resurface the Kessock Bridge before 2012 and, if so, when it will appoint the contractor; when the work will start; when the work will conclude,...
• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive what duration it anticipates for lane closures on the Kessock Bridge during any resurfacing work.
• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether a park-and-ride scheme will be put in place in North Kessock prior to any major roadworks taking place on the Kessock Bridge.
• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether a ferry service for cars and pedestrians will be reintroduced from North Kessock to South Kessock prior to or during any major roadworks taking place on the...
• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the impact of rerouting traffic from the Kessock Bridge onto the old A9 through Clachnaharry and Beauly on congestion in Inverness...
• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive what provision has been made for access to the Kessock Bridge for emergency services during any period of resurfacing.
• Bridges
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether any resurfacing of the Kessock Bridge will be programmed to take place during a summer period.
• Credit Unions
  To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to support credit unions that are allegedly paying £1,500 a year in interest as a result of the bail-out of financial institutions.
• Employment
  To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people registered unemployed were aged (a) 16 to 24, (b) 25 to 34, (c) 35 to 44, (d) 45 to 54 and (e) over 55 in each of the last five years,...
• Energy Efficiency
  To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with utility companies regarding increasing the provision of thermal insulation in domestic homes.
• Enterprise
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27617 by Jim Mather on 6 October 2009, how many responses it received to the public consultation on the draft guidelines for...
• Enterprise
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27616 by Jim Mather on 6 October 2009, whether it will publish details of the registrations of interest for the Saltire Prize...
• Ferry Services
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27342 by Stewart Stevenson on 2 October 2009, whether it will list the combined weight of freight and freight vehicles or...
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive what experts have been appointed to assist the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry.
• Housing
  To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of funding was in (a) 1999-00, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03, (e) 2003-04, (f) 2004-05, (g) 2005-06, (h) 2006-07 and (i) 2007-08 for...
• Land
  To ask the Scottish Executive what authorities have responsibility for maintaining records of common land.
• Land
  To ask the Scottish Executive what support is available to help local communities identify and develop areas of common land.
• Land
  To ask the Scottish Executive what rights and responsibilities are attached to common land.
• School Transport
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-25448 by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009, whether it is concerned that school travel co-ordinator posts are decreasing and...
• School Transport
  To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to ensure that local authorities employ measures to encourage active travel to and from school, such as school travel co-ordinators.
• Schools
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the first supplementary to question S3F-1930 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 October 2009 ( Official Report c. 20201), whether it will list the 150...
• Schools
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the first supplementary to question S3F-1930 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 October 2009 ( Official Report c. 20201), whether it will list the...
• Schools
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in the City of Glasgow it has since May 2007 lifted out of schools that were in a poor or bad condition and how this has been achieved, broken down...
• Scottish Enterprise
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many applicants there were for the recently filled post of chief executive of Scottish Enterprise; how many were internal candidates, and how many were from abroad.
• Scottish Enterprise
  To ask the Scottish Executive who decided on the details of the remuneration package for the post of chief executive of Scottish Enterprise.
• Scottish Enterprise
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether consideration was given to reducing the salary level for the post of chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, given that the remit of the agency has changed...