- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the anticipated cost is of the marketing campaign for Learndirect Scotland.
Answer
While definitive figures are not available at this stage, it is anticipated that some £1.5 million will be available for the comprehensive marketing campaign learndirect scotland has planned for 2000-01.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the database being compiled by Learndirect Scotland will be completed prior to the introduction of individual learning accounts.
Answer
The national learndirect scotland database will be available prior to the full introduction of learn direct scotland and individual learning accounts this autumn. Thereafter the database will be refined and developed on a continuous basis to ensure that accurate, relevant and comprehensive opportunities continue to be available to potential learners across Scotland.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what government funding Northern Constabulary has received this year and in each of the previous five years.
Answer
Direct funding of Northern Constabulary by the Scottish Executive in the current financial year and by the Scottish Office in the previous five years is shown in the table below. Forces also meet a proportion of their costs from local authority funding.
Year | 1995-96 £'000 | 1996-97 £'000 | 1997-98 £'000 | 1998-99 £'000 | 1999-2000 £'000 | 2000-01 (estimate) £'000 |
Police Grant | 14,089 | 14,920 | 15,901 | 16,884 | 18,116 | 18,806 |
Loan Charges | 1,379 | 1,357 | 1,310 | 1,365 | 1,690 | 1,636 |
Civil Defence Grant | 52 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
Millennium Funding | | | | | | 409 |
Additional 100% Funding | | | | | | 523 |
SDEA Funding | | | | | | 100 |
DNA | | | | | | 91 |
TOTAL | 15,520 | 16,331 | 17,266 | 18,304 | 19,861 | 21,520 |
Police Grant was cash limited from 1996-97 onwards. Loan charges depend on the capital projects within the force area at any given time.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has adopted a policy of consulting more widely, in terms of both those consulted and the range of issues consulted upon, than was the case prior to May 1999; whether it has a policy of always consulting on certain types of issues; what criteria it uses in determining whether to consult on an issue and how it decides who should receive invitations to respond to different consultation exercises.
Answer
The management of consultations varies according to the type and scale of the consultation exercise. Measures are being undertaken to develop the Scottish Executive's handling of consultations. The policy was set out in the statement I made on 1 June (Official Report Column 1205-1215).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive who reads consultation responses and whether it sends acknowledgements to individuals and groups who submit responses.
Answer
The handling of responses varies according to the type and scale of the consultation exercise. Measures are being undertaken to improve the Scottish Executive's handling of consultations. The policy was set out in the statement I made on 1 June (Official Report Column 1205-1215).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many formal consultations it launched between May 1999 and June 2000 and whether it will list for each of these consultations (a) the cost of launching and promoting the consultation; (b) the cost of analysing the consultation responses; (c) the length of the consultation period; (d) the number of responses received and (e) the date, or expected date, of publication of a summary of responses.
Answer
This information is not currently held centrally. Measures are being undertaken to improve the Scottish Executive's handling of consultations. The policy was set out in the statement I made on 1 June (Official Report Column 1205-1215).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive in respect of how many consultations which were launched between May 1999 and June 2000 and where the consultation period is now closed have summaries of consultation responses received been compiled and who compiled each such summary.
Answer
This information is not currently held centrally. However such information will become available in the future as measures are being undertaken to improve the Scottish Executive's handling of consultations. The policy was set out in the statement I made on 1 June (Official Report Column 1205-1215)
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will obtain copies of all the title deeds of the Black Cuillins on Skye recorded in the Register of Sasines, including evidence of the title of the current owner, a full prescriptive progress, all burden writs, and any undischarged security writs.
Answer
All title deeds in the Register of Sasines are publicly available.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to in response to the findings in The Quality of Services in Rural Scotland that 62% of respondents to survey expressed dissatisfaction with activities for young children and 83% with activities for teenagers and in particular how it plans to increase the provision of activities for teenagers, given the role such activities can play in preventing teenagers becoming involved in drug taking and underage drinking.
Answer
Local provision is primarily a matter for local authorities to decide in the light of local priorities, needs and resources. The Executive operates a number of grant schemes to assist youth organisations and to support services in rural areas.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 12 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking in response to the findings in The Quality of Services in Rural Scotland that 20% of respondents were dissatisfied with primary schools, 29% dissatisfied with secondary schools and 33% with pre-school opportunities.
Answer
All our policies for schools are directed to ensuring that children benefit from education of the highest quality, and this objective is as important in rural areas as in other parts of Scotland. It is encouraging to note the report's findings that 91% of parents were satisfied with the primary school attended by their child and 88% were satisfied in the case of secondary schools. Since the data were collected, we have achieved universal provision of pre-school education for four year olds; and provision for three year olds in rural areas is growing rapidly.
