- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Beattie Inclusiveness Projects cost in year 1.
Answer
The budgeted cost for Beattie Inclusiveness Projects in year 1 (2001-02) was £3.5 million.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the mechanisms are for competitive tendering when selecting employment programmes for disabled people.
Answer
Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government which takes the lead on funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing Scottish organisations.Competitive tendering arrangements in relation to employment programmes are principally an operational matter for Jobcentre Plus.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what research is currently being undertaken into the causes of allergies.
Answer
The National Research Register (NRR), a UK-wide research database, records that there are 66 research projects in the UK on the causes of allergies. Details of these projects are available from the NRR, a copy of which is in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 17404).
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has made available for research into the causes of allergies.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO), within the Scottish Executive Health Department, has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland. The CSO is not currently directly funding any research projects on the causes of allergies. The CSO is primarily a response mode funder and would be pleased to consider proposals for research into the causes of allergies which would be subject to the usual peer and committee review.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what account was taken of the numbers of pensioners in each local authority area when funding was allocated for the national concessionary travel scheme.
Answer
General support for local authority expenditure on concessionary travel is provided through the general Grant Aided Expenditure formula based on shares of retirement age population. The additional resources to fund the enhanced concessionary travel arrangements introduced on 30 September were allocated by the same mechanism.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what account was taken of the frequency of existing bus services in each local authority area when funding was allocated for the national concessionary travel schemes.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30165 today. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what account was taken of levels of car ownership in each local authority area when funding was allocated for the national concessionary travel scheme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30165 today. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits each minister and junior minister plans to make to each parliamentary constituency between now and 1 May 2003.
Answer
The number and location of visits undertaken by Scottish Executive ministers will be dependent upon the invitations received by each minister and other engagements and meetings requiring the attendance of ministers.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the independent task group reviewing the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 intends to look at the vendors of fireworks.
Answer
No. General policy on the sale of fireworks is reserved to the Department of Trade and Industry. The Department of Trade and Industry are currently undertaking a review of the legislation and my officials are liaising closely with them on this. Additionally, I am also aware that COSLA have set up a Fireworks Task Group and we will consider their findings, once published, in order to determine what if any action can be taken by Scottish ministers.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the remit of the independent task group reviewing the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 covers the licensing of vendors of fireworks.
Answer
No. The sale and supply of fireworks is a consumer protection matter and therefore reserved. The Department of Trade and Industry is currently considering what action can be taken within the existing legislation to address problems with fireworks. A COSLA Fireworks Task Group is also looking at this issue.
