- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2013
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Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers worked on the paper, Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution, and how long they spent working on it.
Answer
Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution was drafted by a lead author civil servant with contributions from other civil servants, special advisers and ministers. For all of the individuals involved, consideration of the draft paper was only part of their overall workload. It is not practicable to give a detailed estimate of the total time spent by any individual in relation to this work.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Answered by Keith Brown on 21 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the average single bus fare is and how this compares with 2006-07.
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- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2013
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Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports students wanting to go into postgraduate education.
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Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2013
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that patients requiring radiotherapy after surgery receive it as soon as possible.
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Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2013
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to involve communities in the decision-making process in relation to new special protection areas required under EU directives.
Answer
The Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies use the UK Special Protection Area selection guidelines to identify the most suitable territories for the bird species that are covered by the provisions of the EU Wild Birds Directive. Once suitable locations have been identified Ministers will ensure that communities and authorities are engaged in discussions on the future management implications before a formal public consultation and classification process is undertaken.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2013
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Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when Protected Geographical Indicator status for Stornoway black pudding is expected to be granted.
Answer
Protected Geographical Indicator status (PGI) for Stornoway Black Pudding is expected to be granted around the end of January/mid February 2013. The EU wide consultation ended on 15 December following which the Commission will start making arrangements for the name to be added to the register of EU protected food names. Due to the administrative procedures including translation in the EU community languages this takes a further 6-8 weeks before publication of the registered name in the EU Official Journal.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2013
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Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether Gamesa has created the 300 jobs referred to on page 84 of the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13.
Answer
Gamesa confirmed in March 2012 that it has selected Leith as a location for its new offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility. This project is yet to proceed. The company is in close regular contact with Scottish Enterprise around the implementation of this project.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2013
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Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 180 jobs referred to on page 84 of the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13 Gamesa has created at its offshore wind technology centre at Strathclyde Business Park.
Answer
In June 2011, Gamesa announced it would create up to 180 jobs as part of a new offshore wind technology centre. This project was supported by a £1.5 million regional selective assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise.
All job numbers associated with RSA grants are the company’s forecast figures and are subject to change depending on future economic conditions and other factors affecting the businesses concerned. Payment of RSA is made in instalments, typically over several years during the lifetime of a project and only when job and capital expenditure targets are met.
As this is an on-going project, we cannot release details of job numbers associated it as it could impact on the company's commercial operations.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2013
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Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether Amazon has created (a) 750 permanent new jobs and (b) a further 1,500 temporary jobs during the peak Christmas period at its fulfilment centre at Dunfermline as announced in the Scottish Government news release of 15 November 2011, Amazon opens in Fife.
Answer
This project was supported by a £1.4 million regional selective assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise.
All job numbers associated with RSA grants are the company's forecast figures, and are subject to change depending on future economic conditions and other factors affecting the businesses concerned. Payment of RSA is made in instalments, typically over several years during the lifetime of a project and only when job and capital expenditure targets are met.
As this is an ongoing project, we cannot release details of associated job numbers, as this could impact on the company's commercial operations.
Figures covering temporary jobs during the Christmas period are currently being collated by Amazon and an announcement on these jobs numbers will be made in the next couple of weeks.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2013
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Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the planned 200 jobs referred to on page 84 of the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13 Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe Ltd has created.
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Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe has indicated that it is still within the five year period of creating these jobs (as stated in its original announcement of 3 December 2010) and as such the figures for the planned jobs are currently unavailable. However, it is anticipated that job numbers created will be available later this year.