- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to carry out the review of the Scottish climate change programme.
Answer
We are in discussion withthe UK Government regarding their approach to the review of the UK ClimateChange Programme, to which the Scottish Climate Change Programme contributes.The outcome of these discussions will inform the Executive’s approach to thereview of the Scottish Programme.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for the review of the Scottish climate change programme.
Answer
It is proposed to time thereview to coincide with a UK Government review of the UK Climate ChangeProgramme, to which the Scottish Programme contributes. The UK Programme reviewwill commence soon and we expect it to conclude later in 2004.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many child cyclist deaths there were in each year from 1992 to 2002.
Answer
The information requestedcan be obtained from the table on page 17 of “Road Accidents Scotland 2002”,published by the Scottish Executive in 2003, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30447).
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many child cyclist deaths were due to head injuries in each year from 1992 to 2002.
Answer
The number of child cyclist deaths where head injuries were recorded as contributing to the cause of death in each year from 1992 to 2002 are given in the table.
Transport Accident Deaths, Where Cyclists Under the Age of 16 Have Sustained Head Injuries1, Scotland 1992-2002
| Year | Number |
| 1992 | 4 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 2001 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 |
Source: General Register Office for Scotland
Note: 1 Other injuries contributing to the cause of death may have been sustained in the accident.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many child pedestrian deaths were due to head injuries in each year from 1992 to 2002.
Answer
The number of child pedestrian deaths where head injuries were recorded as contributing to the cause of death in each year from 1992 to 2002 are given in the table.
Transport Accident Deaths, Where Pedestrians Under The Age of 16 Have Sustained Head Injuries1, Scotland, 1992-2002.
| Year | Number |
| 1992 | 11 |
| 1993 | 4 |
| 1994 | 8 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 8 |
| 2000 | 7 |
| 2001 | 9 |
| 2002 | 7 |
Source: General Register Office for Scotland
Note: 1 Other injuries contributing to the cause of death may have been sustained in the accident.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many child pedestrian deaths there were in each year from 1992 to 2002.
Answer
The information requestedcan be obtained from the table on page 17 of Road Accidents Scotland 2002,published by the Scottish Executive in 2003, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30447).
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been undertaken into the employment pattern of graduates.
Answer
Theemployment of graduates has been the subject of academic research. Sources ofofficial data include the annual Survey of First Destinations and the LabourForce Survey. I and my officials are in regular contact with many researchersand academics in the field, both in Scotland and other parts of the UK.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-999 by Lewis Macdonald on 18 December 2003, what the timescale will be for a Sewel motion on the UK Energy Bill.
Answer
The Sewel motion andmemorandum was considered by the Enterprise and Culture Committee on Tuesday 27January.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 23 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S2O-615 by Tavish Scott on 9 October 2003, when it announced the criteria underpinning its relocation policy including that socio-economic factors are to account for some 50 per cent of the analysis in relation to a decision on a particular relocation.
Answer
Detailed information on thebackground to the policy and issues ministers expect to see addressed inreviews is issued each year as reviews are announced. This advice has developedover the four years since the policy was announced. Since December 2002, advicehas been offered to the bodies, beginning relocation reviews, on the weightingsto apply to socio-economic factors.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 21 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S2O-615 by Tavish Scott on 9 October 2003, given that socio-economic factors account for some 50% of the analysis in relation to a decision on a particular relocation, what other factors are considered and how they are weighted.
Answer
Relocation decisions arebased on a range of factors. The organisation carrying out the review isinvited to forward material bearing on key location criteria; socio-economicconsiderations; business efficiency (including the position of existing staff);sustainable transport links; accessibility and propertyavailability/suitability.
For relocation reviews, the Executive recommends that a weighting of 50% is allocated to socio-economic factorswhich shows a measure of its determination to assist disadvantaged areas in Scotland.The remaining assessment criteria, however, are weighted by each organisationto reflect their own strategic requirements.
