- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what surplus capacity at Stracathro Ambulatory Diagnostic Treatment Centre will be utilised by the private sector.
Answer
The capacity at Stracathro being considered for utilisation by the independent health care sector is likely to be in terms of beds and theatre availability. A project team has been established to scope the detailed specification.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients it expects will be treated by the private sector at the Stracathro Ambulatory Diagnostic Treatment Centre.
Answer
The number of patients to be treated in a partnership arrangement with the private sector at Stracathro Ambulatory Diagnostic Treatment Centre has yet to be determined. This will be agreed through a future tendering process.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what development work it has undertaken on improving the Kindallachan junction on the A9.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-16697 on 10
June 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it is planned to improve the Kindallachan junction on the A9.
Answer
The A9 Kindallachan junction improvement, which will provide a right turn facility, is programmed for construction in 2006. The scheme is currently being designed by BEAR Scotland Ltd.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what companies domiciled in Scotland have successfully tendered to provide services in connection with the G8 summit at Gleneagles.
Answer
The arrangements for lettingcontracts to provide services in connection with the G8 summit are a matter forthe Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a route improvement study on the A9 between Perth and Blair Atholl.
Answer
A consultant has been appointed to take forward a study of potential route improvements between Perth and Blair Atholl. The consultants report is expected to be published in the spring of next year.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been relocated to Perth and Kinross in each year since 2000.
Answer
Under the Scottish Executive’sRelocation policy no jobs have been relocated to Perth and Kinross since 2000. Relocationdecisions have been made on a case-by-case basis taking into account the natureand requirements of the organisation under review. Perth and Kinrosshas been assessed equally along with all other parts of the country using a specificset of “weighting and scoring” criteria as each relocation opportunity arises.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been relocated to Angus in each year since 2000.
Answer
Under the Scottish Executive’sRelocation policy no jobs have been relocated to Angus since 2000. Relocation decisionshave been made on a case-by-case basis taking into account the nature and requirementsof the organisation under review. Angus has been assessed equally along with allother parts of the country using a specific set of “weighting and scoring” criteriaas each relocation opportunity arises.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what expenditure (a) it and (b) the Scottish Prison Service has incurred in connection with its involvement in the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) in each financial year since 2001-02.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Amounts paid by the SPS to the ICPA are given in following:
| 2001-02 | £184.48 |
| 2002-03 | £168.58 |
| 2003-04 | £3,045.41 |
| 2004-05 | £2,845.89 |
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement (a) it and (b) the Scottish Prison Service has in the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA).
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service, an agency of the Scottish Executive, is a national member of the association. I was honoured to be elected President of ICPA in October 2004. Ed Wozniak, Head of SPS Analytical Services is Chair of the ICPA Research Group.
