- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place to allow unhindered access for emergency vehicles during the blockades on the A814 caused by the Faslane 365 protests at HMNB Clyde.
Answer
Maintenance of road access isan operational policing matter and is the responsibility of the relevant Chief Constable.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-11927 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 February 2007, how many arrests there have been during the Faslane 365 protests at HMNB Clyde.
Answer
From 1 October 2006 to 3 June 2007, 785people have been arrested, by either Strathclyde Police or the Ministry ofDefence Police, in relation to the Faslane 365 campaign.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 11 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what new initiatives it will develop to support credit unions.
Answer
We will consider the needfor further activity to support credit unions in the 2007 review of theFinancial Inclusion Action Plan. As social enterprises, credit unions areincluded in the strategic aims of Better Business - a strategy and actionplan for social enterprise in Scotland published in March2007 which aims to grow and develop social enterprises in Scotland todeliver services and improve communities.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that care staff and medical staff are able to reach the population of the Rosneath Peninsula during blockades of HMNB Clyde by the Faslane 365 protesters.
Answer
Maintenance of road access isan operational policing matter and is the responsibility of the relevant Chief Constable.NHS Highland and the Scottish Ambulance Service regularly consult with the policeto ensure that disruption to those requiring medical services on the peninsula iskept to a minimum.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 8 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will invite trade unions to be represented on its council of economic advisers.
Answer
The First Minister will makea further statement to Parliament on the council’s role and membership before thesummer recess.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers have been deployed in relation to the Faslane 365 protests at HMNB Clyde and whether alternative police cover was provided for communities from which these officers were drawn.
Answer
The organisation of police operationsin Strathclyde, including the deployment of police officers to this operation fromacross the force, is a matter for the Chief Constable of Strathclyde.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive which executive agencies and quangos it intends to abolish or otherwise change in this session of the Parliament.
Answer
As I announced during thedebate on our Approach to Government, a criticalelement of our approach to simpler, smaller government is to declutter thelandscape, in particular with reference to executive agencies and non-departmentalpublic bodies. I plan to discuss this with the people who are involved inpublic services, to build consensus within Parliament that the public sectorlandscape has become too complicated and to reassess the relationship betweenthe Executive its agencies and public bodies. Specific proposals will flow fromthose discussions and reassessment.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what savings have been identified in the (a) civil service and (b) ministerial team as a consequence of the changes made to departmental structures and to what extent these savings are real or notional.
Answer
Changes made to departmentalstructures will result in real savings of a minimum of £300,000 per year in thecivil service and a minimum of £230,000 per year in terms of ministerialchanges. Further savings are likely to become apparent over time. A number ofScottish Executive staff have been redeployed to other duties.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what services it considers to be core hospital services.
Answer
There is no definitive listof core services although our manifesto expressly included accident andemergency and maternity services as services that the public would expect tohave local access to. Of course, all services must be able to be deliveredsafely and sustainably within available resources.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 31 May 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to keep healthcare local, following NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s plans to downgrade the Vale of Leven Hospital and transfer services to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35 on 31 May 2007. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website. The searchfacility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
