- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 22 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the independent expert, Tom Shaw, appointed to investigate historical institutional abuse in the care sector will report to Scottish ministers.
Answer
The HistoricalAbuse Systemic Review: Residential Care for Children and Young People inScotland 1950-1995 by the independent expert, Tom Shaw, was submitted tothe Scottish Government on 15 November 2007.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 22 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to implement the conclusions of the report by independent expert, Tom Shaw, of his investigation into historical institutional abuse in the care sector.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-6410 on 22 November 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2007
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Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve neonatal services.
Answer
We are undertakinga comprehensive review of all aspects of neonatal services. The first draft of thereport will be available at the end of this year. The Scottish Government will give full consideration tothe findings and recommendations of the report when it is published.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
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Answered by John Swinney on 20 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4830 by John Swinney on 31 October 2007, whether rules 4.15 and 7.22 of the Scottish Ministerial Code have been observed in relation to unpaid advisers.
Answer
Paragraph 7.22 of the Scottish Ministerial Code has been applied to the expenditure involved in oneoverseas visit by the one member of the special adviser team who is unpaid. Paragraph4.15 would apply only to an unpaid adviser who is not a special adviser.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
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Answered by John Swinney on 19 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4830 by John Swinney on 31 October 2007, how much was claimed in expenses by each special adviser.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4830on 31 October 2007 which provided overall travel and subsistenceexpenses for special advisers but this information was not broken down by individualname. Special Advisers are employed on the same terms and conditions as civil servants.It is not Scottish Government practice to publish such details on an individualbasis as this information is regarded as personal and thus is within the scope of the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
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Answered by John Swinney on 19 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-4824 and S3W-5415 by John Swinney on 15 October 2007, whether it is appropriate to use questions initiated by the Executive to provide information as an alternative to answering parliamentary questions already submitted on the same subject.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentguidance to staff on the answering of parliamentary questions states that when answeringquestions which are very similar or identical to previous questions it is acceptedpractice to refer the member to the question answered previously. The guidance alsostates that when answering inspired questions any other existing question on thesame subject is answered on the same day as the inspired question. Question S3W-4824asked for a subset of information that we were already committed to providing aspart of a routine release of information in the inspired question S3W-5415.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
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Answered by John Swinney on 19 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executivefurther to the answer to question S3W-4825 by John Swinney on 15 October 2007, whether there is any bar on citizens from nations outwith the United Kingdom working for the civil service.
Answer
UK nationals or people with dual nationalitywith one part being British may apply for any post in the civil service. In addition,about 75% of Civil Service posts are open to Commonwealth citizens and nationalsof any of the member states of the European Economic Area (EEA). The remainder,which require special allegiance to the state, are reserved for UK nationals. Non-UK candidates resident overseas are howevernot eligible to apply for civil service posts. Full civil service nationality guidelinesare available on the Civil Service Recruitment Gateway website at
http://careers.civil-service.gov.ukIt is possible fornon-UK nationals to be employed on a consultancy arrangement, depending on experienceor qualifications.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
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Answered by John Swinney on 19 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4825 by John Swinney on 15 October 2007, whether immigration status was a factor in Ms Erickson’s employment status with the Executive.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-6024 on 19 November 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.Ms Jennifer Ericksonwas not a permanent employee of the Scottish Government. She was engaged as a consultantfor a short period of time to provide continuity of advice in relation to a specificproject, the establishment of the Council of Economic Advisers. The fact that shewas a non-UK resident and would not, other than in exceptional circumstances, havebeen eligible for a civil service contract was therefore a consideration in thedecision to engage her on consultancy terms on a time-limited basis.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2007
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Answered by Bruce Crawford on 15 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-5391 by Bruce Crawford on 7 November 2007, which of the invitees listed attended the A National Conversation – Scotland’s Future without Nuclear Weapons conference.
Answer
The list of thosewho attended the conference is as follows:
| Mungo Bovey | QC |
| Stephen Boyd | STUCK |
| Shaun Burnie | Independent consultant |
| Adam Conway | Nukewatch |
| Bruce Crawford | Minister for Parliamentary Business |
| Roseanna Cunningham | MSP |
| Rob Edwards | Environmental Editor, Sunday Herald |
| Linda Fabiani | Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture |
| Janet Fenton | Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre |
| Rev Kath Galloway | Iona Community |
| Patrick Harvie | MSP |
| Gerard Hughes | Jesuit Community |
| Dr Rebecca Johnson | Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy |
| Isobel Lindsay | Scotland’s for Peace |
| John Mayer | Advocate |
| The Very Rev Dr Alan McDonald | Church of Scotland |
| Alan McKinnon | Scottish CND |
| Anthony Moulds | Scottish Government |
| John Mowat | KIMO Secretariat |
| Morag Mylne | Church of Scotland |
| Lesley Riddoch | Television/radio broadcaster |
| Cllr James Robb | Argyll and Bute Council |
| Angus Robertson | MP |
| Pete Roche | Greenpeace |
| Osama Saeed | Muslim Council for Scotland |
| Gillian Slider | Scottish Youth Parliament |
| Matt Smith | UNISON |
| Neil Smith | Ministry of Defence |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Deputy First Minister |
| Jane Tallents | Faslane 365 |
| Rev Ainslie Walton | Church of Scotland |
| Sandra White | MSP |
| Dr Helen Zealey | Friends of the Earth |
| Angie Zelter | Trident Ploughshares |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the first supplementary to question S3O-905 by Stewart Maxwell on 25 October 2007 (Official Report c. 2740), whether he has yet met Scottish Power.
Answer
I have written toJosé Luis Del Valle, the managing director of ScottishPower inviting him to meet with me as soon as possible to discuss thisimportant issue.
