Scottish Parliament Written answers

Tuesday, 14 May 2002

  • Aggregates Tax

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered, or will consider, the introduction of a sustainability fund for Scotland’s share of the aggregates levy.

  • Alcohol Misuse

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) children and (b) adults with alcohol-related problems were admitted to each (i) children's hospital and (ii) acute hospital in each of the last three...

  • Anti-Social Behaviour

    To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to tackle disorder and anti-social behaviour in Inverclyde.

  • Apprenticeships

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many people completing modern apprenticeships in the last two years have obtained national qualifications.

  • Apprenticeships

    To ask the Scottish Executive what assessments are made of those companies and organisations which provide modern apprenticeship schemes for young men and women and how often such assessments...

  • Apprenticeships

    To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance is given to those organisations and companies which offer modern apprenticeship schemes to enable them to meet adequate skill and training standards.

  • Cremation

    To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to (a) review and (b) revise the planning criteria for crematoria by amending the Cremation Act 1902 or by any other means.

  • Crime

    To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had about how the police can make an impact on street crime.

  • Devolution

    To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the transfer of reserved powers from Her Majesty’s Government to the Scottish Parliament, whether an Order in Council requires the approval of...

  • Domestic Abuse

    To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to strengthen awareness and action around linkages between domestic violence and other forms of male violence at a local level.

  • Domestic Abuse

    To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has provided for domestic abuse prevention projects in each of the last three years.

  • Domestic Abuse

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether a date has been set for the release of the evaluation of the Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust’s "Respect" educational project.

  • Elections

    To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21589 by Peter Peacock on 29 April 2002, whether a list of those who voted in the Teith ward by-election in April 2002 will be...

  • Ferry Services

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether any economic assessments have been carried out into the viability of introducing half-hourly ferry services between Gourock and Dunoon operated by Caledonian...

  • Ferry Services

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for the delivery of replacement vessels for the ferry service operated by Caledonian MacBrayne between Gourock and Dunoon; what the proposed...

  • Genetically Modified Crops

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any funding from biotechnology companies involved in genetic modification in each of the last three years and, if so, how much it has...

  • Health

    To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23200 by Hugh Henry on 15 March 2002, whether it plans to make any representations to Her Majesty’s Government regarding...

  • Higher Education

    To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to act on the recommendations in the report Research and Knowledge Transfer in Scotland produced by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council and...

  • Higher Education

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many acceptances there were for degrees in (a) mechanical engineering, (b) civil engineering, (c) electrical engineering and (d) chemical engineering at higher...

  • Higher Education

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there were for degrees in (a) mechanical engineering, (b) civil engineering, (c) electrical engineering and (d) chemical engineering at higher...

  • Historic Buildings

    To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) the British Army about withdrawal of guards from Edinburgh Castle.

  • Historic Buildings

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it owns any part of Edinburgh Castle and what role it plays in the operation of the castle.

  • Hospitals

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of violence and aggression were reported at each hospital in each of the last three years, showing the percentage increase year on year and...

  • Individual Learning Accounts

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests have been made in connection with any fraud involving the Individual Learning Accounts scheme.

  • Justice

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under the age of 18 appeared before the courts in respect of more than three different matters in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

  • Justice

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that immediate action is taken by the Crown Office and the police in order to make certain that there is no further destruction or mislaying...

  • Justice

    To ask the Scottish Executive when training standards for fingerprint experts were last reviewed.

  • Local Government

    To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) financial and (b) other support it has provided to the Association of Scottish Community Councils (ASCC) in each of the last three years.

  • Local Government Finance

    To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has allocated to the concessionary fares scheme in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.

  • Mining

    To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support has been provided to Scottish Coal, or any of its subsidiaries, from Scottish Enterprise in the past three years.

  • Mining

    To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support has been provided to Scottish Coal, or any of its subsidiaries, from Scottish Enterprise in relation to the Longannet Deep Mine, what the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    To ask the Scottish Executive what areas of Edinburgh Castle are occupied or used by (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) the British Army and whether any rent is paid or payment made by each in...

  • NHS Funding

    To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated by each NHS board for schemes to tackle (a) alcohol misuse and (b) drug misuse in (i) the current year and (ii) each of the last three...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications are of the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions for local authorities as employers and whether it will make any assistance...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual financial impact will be of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions for (a) Scottish Enterprise, (b) Highlands and Islands...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost will be to each local authority in 2003-04 of the changes to employers’ National Insurance contributions announced in the UK 2002 Budget.

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the additional cost to the NHS will be of the increase in National Insurance contributions announced in the UK 2002 Budget.

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions are for each (a) police and (b) fire board and...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions are for the Civil Service and what the estimated...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions are for each higher education institution and what...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions are for housing associations and what the...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance contributions will be for each local authority and what the...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Scottish Executive what the current annual pay bill and amount paid in employers’ National Insurance (NI) contributions is for each NHS board and what its estimate is of the...

  • Police

    To ask the Scottish Executive how much per capita funding was allocated to each police force in (a) the current year and (b) each of the last three years.

  • Police

    To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding for special responsibilities was allocated to each police force in (a) the current year and (b) each of the last three years.

  • Police

    To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources are being made available to the police in order to reduce levels of street robberies and violent crime.

  • Police

    To ask the Scottish Executive what information it collects on the proportion of police officers involved in patrolling public places (a) on foot and (b) in vehicles.

  • Recycling

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has met the recovery and recycling targets for 2001 set by the EC Packaging Waste Directive.

  • Residential Care

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to raise the capital limit at which care home residents become liable to pay accommodation charges, currently set at £18,500, and what the...

  • Rural Development

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many grants for owner occupation (GRO grants) were made in Dumfries and Galloway in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02; what the value was of each grant;...

  • Rural Development

    To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to award grants for owner occupation (GRO grants) in Dumfries and Galloway in 2002-03; what the value of each grant will be; who the recipient...

  • Rural Development

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many Rural Home Ownership Grants were made in Dumfries and Galloway in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02; what the value was of each grant; what the...

  • Rural Development

    To ask the Scottish Executive what role it anticipates for Rural Home Ownership Grants in Dumfries and Galloway and what anticipated levels of resources will be allocated to such grants for each...

  • Young Offenders

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people under the age of 17 appeared before the courts in respect of more than three different matters in each of the last three years for which...

  • Young Offenders

    To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the number of young offenders who offended while on bail in each of the last three years.

  • Young Offenders

    To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the number of young offenders who committed offences during school hours in each of the last three years.

  • Scottish Parliament Information

    To ask the Presiding Officer what steps have been taken, or will be taken, to publish a daily document entitled "What’s On in the Scottish Parliament" publicising parliamentary business,...

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