- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
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Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21643 by Patricia Ferguson on 12 January 2006, how this indicates whether it will be making estimates at any stage as to how much additional growth the Scottish economy will accrue as a direct result of London hosting the 2012 Olympic Games.
Answer
As noted in S2W-21643, it is part of the remit of the Scottish Steering Group for London 2012 to consider the potential beneficial effects on the Scottish economy of the 2012 Games. However, that group will not estimate the effects on Scotland’s rate of economic growth: the Scottish Executive does not forecast Scotland’s economic growth rate.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22355 by Patricia Ferguson on 24 January 2006, why it has no plans at this time to undertake an analysis of whether the United Kingdom as a whole is likely to accrue benefits from Glasgow hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Answer
The bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is in its initial stages. A decision on analysis of the impact on the United kingdom as a whole will be made at a later stage.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22354 by Patricia Ferguson on 24 January 2006, whether, in its assessment of the financial support that Scotland has committed to the London Olympics, it has included an assessment of the lost lottery monies to Scottish recipients that could result as part of the expected displacement effect caused by the new Olympic lottery game.
Answer
The UK Government is hopeful that introduction of Olympic lottery games will continue to raise lottery ticket sales, and projections for existing good causes remain close to predicted levels until 2009 (the end of the current lottery license period). The lottery share for existing good causes is guaranteed to 2009. The UK Government is currently consulting widely on the shape of lottery funds for arts, film, sport and heritage, with their decisions to be announced in June 2006. The Scottish Executive has secured that the Scottish share of sports lottery funding (£25 million) will be spent in Scotland.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21629 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 January 2006, how it can state that placing prisoners in open prisons saves taxpayers more money than if they were placed in a regular prison, as it did in the answer to question S2W-21073 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 December 2005, if it does not have any figures to indicate that this is the case.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-21629. The lower security requirements in an open prison mean that staffing levels are for example generally lower and our open prisons do not have the same infrastructure costs associated with establishing perimeter security such as high walls or fences or with maintaining high level internal security systems required in closed establishments.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2006
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-21863 and S2W-21858 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 January 2006, why the answers are identical, given that they were answered respectively by the Minister for Justice and by the Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service on the minister’s behalf.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The answer to S2W-21858 contained a typographical error in line three where “him” should have read “me”.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21858 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 January 2006 and whilst question S2W-20863 did relate directly to the contract between the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd, why questions S2W-21260 and S2W-21858, which did not, were answered by the Chief Executive of the SPS.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Question S2W-21858 asked why the Chief Executive of the Prison Service had replied to S2W-21260. It was appropriate therefore for me to respond.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it commissioned TNS Media Intelligence to analyse media coverage of the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles and, if not, who engaged TNS for this purpose.
Answer
TNS Media Intelligence were engaged by SQW Economic Consultants to analyse media coverage of the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles. The Scottish Executive subsequently contracted TNS Media Intelligence directly for this analysis to be extended to some additional countries.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much TNS Media Intelligence was paid to analyse media coverage of the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles.
Answer
TNS Media Intelligence were paid £10,845.25 by SQW Economic Consultants to analyse media coverage of the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles. The Scottish Executive subsequently contracted TNS directly for this analysis to be extended to some additional countries and paid them £12,116.48. Both these figures include VAT.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21829 by Mr Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006, whether the £70,866 cost of engaging the services of SQW Economic Consultants to investigate the economic impact of hosting the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles includes the cost of employing TNS Media Intelligence to analyse media coverage of the same event.
Answer
The £70,866 figure given in the answer to question S2W-21829 includes the cost of employing TNS Media Intelligence to analyse media coverage.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or any of its agencies have signed any contracts with other individuals, agencies or organisations in which failure to meet a particular contractual commitment is not defined as a breach of contract.
Answer
As information on particular contractual commitments relating to every contract signed by the Executive and its agencies is not held centrally by the Executive, the answer to the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
