- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 28 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to make representations to Her Majesty’s Government to enable Scottish-registered charities to fundraise across the United Kingdom.
Answer
Scottish-registeredcharities can fundraise outside Scotland provided they comply with any relevant legislationin the jurisdiction in which they plan to fundraise. The Scottish Executive isliaising with officials in Whitehall over the development of a UK widescheme of self regulation of fundraising which is being developed by thefundraising sector.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 28 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many English-based registered charities have carried out fundraising in Scotland using the designation “UK national” but have not provided any service or support in Scotland in each year since 2001.
Answer
The Scottish Executive doesnot hold this information. However, under the Charities and TrusteeInvestment (Scotland) Act 2005if the body is not registered as a charity in Scotland, but recognised as a charityunder another jurisdiction, such as the Charity Commission for England and Wales, it isrequired to state that it is a charity registered elsewhere under section 14 of the Act. Therefore an English based charity which fundraises in Scotland isrequired to state that it is a charity registered in England and Wales and isunable to refer to itself as a Scottish charity.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unique visits there have been to www.scotlandistheplace.com in each month since its launch.
Answer
Data on the number of uniquevisits to www.scotlandistheplace.com each month since its launch in May 2004 isset out in the following table.
| 2004 | Number |
| May | 5,087 |
| June | 4,694 |
| July | 7,624 |
| August | 6,487 |
| September | 5,635 |
| October | 5,725 |
| November | 5,622 |
| December | 8,902 |
| 2005 | Number |
| January | 14,346 |
| February | 14,578 |
| March | 24,493 |
| April | 18,462 |
| May | 16,313 |
| June | 16,889 |
| July | 13,003 |
| August | 13,495 |
| September | 13,528 |
| October | 16,681 |
| November | 14,220 |
| December | 16,170 |
| 2006 | Number |
| January | 17,657 |
| February | 16,016 |
| March | 19,365 |
| April | 19,049 |
| May | 18,641 |
| June | 43,432 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to develop and maintain the www.scotlandistheplace.com website since its launch.
Answer
I shall reply to the member as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have been consulted by HM Treasury in respect of the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Ministers issueda collective response to the HM Treasury consultation on planning-gainsupplement. The response is available on the Scottish Executive website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/24153534/0.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects HM Treasury to come to a view on the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland.
Answer
The HM Treasury consultationpublished alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s 2005 Pre-Budget Reportindicated that the Planning-gain supplement would not be implemented prior to2008.
Executive officials willcontinue to keep in close touch with HMT officials to monitor the further developmentof these proposals.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any meetings between HM Treasury officials and Scottish ministers or officials about the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland and, if so, how many meetings there have been and when they took place.
Answer
Scottish Executive officialshave met with HM Treasury representatives on four separate occasions to discussthe possible introduction of a planning-gain supplement. Specifically, ScottishExecutive officials met with Treasury officials in Edinburgh on18 April 2005 and 23 February 2006, and in London on 28and 29 November 2005 and 6 June 2006.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it achieved its target of reducing the number of persistent young offenders by 10% from the baseline of 1201, as set out in its press release of 14 July 2005.
Answer
The 10% target reduction inthe number of persistent young offenders in Scotland was to be achievedbetween 2003-04 and the end of 2005- 2006.
The 2005-06 youth justicedataset was published on 11 July 2006 and laid in the Scottish Parliamen InformationCentre (Bib. number: 40065).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 14 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals there have been to the Reporter to the Children’s Panel regarding children with personal drug problems in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Children’s ReporterAdministration holds information relating to the number of referrals to the Children’sReporter under section 52(2)(j) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (i.e. “has misusedalcohol or any drug, whether or not a controlled drug within the meaning of theMisuse of Drugs Act 1971”). Children referred under section 52(2)(j) are referredbecause of concerns about their safety. It is not possible to separate alcohol anddrug misuse because of the nature of this ground for referral.
Count of Grounds forChildren Referred to the Children’s Reporter under s52(2)(j)
| Year | |
| 1999-2000 | 1,260 |
| 2000-01 | 1,272 |
| 2001-02 | 1,697 |
| 2002-03 | 1,854 |
| 2003-04 | 1,969 |
| 2004-05 | 1,521* |
Note: *SCRA Statistical Footnote:Receipt based. All other data are disposal based.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 14 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18056 by Robert Brown on 10 August 2005, how many referrals there have been to the Reporter to the Children’s Panel regarding children with personal alcohol problems in each year since 2004.
Answer
The Scottish Children’s ReporterAdministration holds information relating to the number of referrals to the Children’sReporter under section 52(2)(j) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (i.e. “has misusedalcohol or any drug, whether or not a controlled drug within the meaning of theMisuse of Drugs Act 1971”). Children referred under section 52(2)(j) are referredbecause of concerns about their safety. It is not possible to separate alcohol anddrug misuse because of the nature of this ground for referral.
Count of Grounds forChildren Referred to the Children’s Reporter Under s52(2)(j)
Note: *SCRA Statistical Footnote:Receipt based.
