- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish on its website the minutes of meetings and any supporting papers considered by the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde.
Answer
Minutes of the working group will be published on the Scottish Government website within three months of each meeting. It is intended that Scottish Government papers from the meetings will also be published.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde will report.
Answer
As set out in its remit, the working group will report regularly to ministers. It will do so via the Minister for Parliamentary Business, who chairs the group.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning applications have been publicly supported by ministers since June 2007, what those planning applications consisted of and the support provided, and whether it has any information on any of the applicants having made a political donation to the SNP in the preceding 36 months.
Answer
This information is not held.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the work programme of the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde.
Answer
The work programme of the Working Group on Scotland without Nuclear Weapons will be published on the Scottish Government website once finalised, and within three months of the first meeting.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the members of the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde.
Answer
The list of members of the Working Group on Scotland without Nuclear Weapons is available on the Scottish Government website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/swnw-working-group/membership.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde is considering the loss of all jobs at Faslane and Coulport or a proportion of such jobs and the justification for doing so.
Answer
The Working Group on Scotland Without Nuclear Weapons has been asked:
In the event of a decision to remove nuclear weapons from HM Naval Base Clyde, to examine the economic impact and to identify options for the development of alternative employment opportunities.
It will be for the working group to establish how consider the opportunities this offers, while remaining within the designated remit.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will commence consultation on the use of funds from dormant bank accounts, as promised during the parliamentary debate on 24 January 2008 (Official Report c. 5388).
Answer
The consultation process will begin with an initial scoping seminar to be held in Edinburgh on 13 May 2008, hosted by the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations. This will involve the Big Lottery Fund, national umbrella and intermediary bodies and voluntary sector networks. The dates and venues for regional events across Scotland will be announced shortly.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde replies to my letter dated 8 October 2007, and subsequent reminders dated 28 January and 29 February 2008, in relation to Agenda for Change.
Answer
It is the responsibility of NHS boards to deal with any correspondence sent to them and ensure that appropriate responses are issued. Since receiving your question my officials have been in touch with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. I understand that a preliminary response was sent on 26 February confirming that the matter you had raised was being looked into and that a final reply will be issued once further information is available.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Tricia Marwick on 18 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many freedom of information requests were made to the Parliament by (a) members of the public, (b) MSPs, (c) parliamentary researchers and (d) journalists in each year since the enactment of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
| | Requests from Members of the Public | Requests from MSPs | Requests from Parliamentary Researchers | Requests from Journalists |
| 2005 | | | | |
| January | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| February | 17 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| March | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| April | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| May | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| June | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| July | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| September | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| October | 12 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| November | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| December | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 140 | 11 | 7 | 132 |
| 2006 | | | | |
| January | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| February | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| March | 10 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| April | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| May | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| July | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| August | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| November | 12 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| December | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 91 | 6 | 8 | 107 |
| 2007 | | | | |
| January | 10 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| February | 15 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| March | 6 | 4 | 3 | 114 |
| April | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| June | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| July | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| September | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| October | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| November | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| December | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 78 | 13 | 6 | 337 |
| January | 3 | 0 | | 4 |
| February | 12 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 16 | 1 | 2 | 62 |
| Grand Total | 325 | 31 | 23 | 638 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Tricia Marwick on 18 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many freedom of information requests have been made to the Parliament by journalists since the enactment of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, broken down by (a) newspaper and (b) cost of processing.
Answer
The supply of a breakdown of information to the level of detail requested would incur a disproportionate cost. However, we can identify that during 2006, 2007 and in 2008 to date, two journalists from two different newspapers have submitted the highest number of freedom of information requests.
