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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-17003

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what surplus capacity at Stracathro Ambulatory Diagnostic Treatment Centre will be utilised by the private sector.

Question reference: S2W-16698

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what development work it has undertaken on improving the Kindallachan junction on the A9.

Question reference: S2W-16697

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive when it is planned to improve the Kindallachan junction on the A9.

Question reference: S2W-16902

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what companies domiciled in Scotland have successfully tendered to provide services in connection with the G8 summit at Gleneagles.

Question reference: S2W-16901

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a route improvement study on the A9 between Perth and Blair Atholl.

Question reference: S2W-16903

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been relocated to Perth and Kinross in each year since 2000.

Under the Scottish Executive’sRelocation policy no jobs have been relocated to Perth and Kinross since 2000. Relocationdecisions have been made on a case-by-case basis taking into account the natureand requirements of the organisation under review. Perth and Kinrosshas been assessed equally along with all other parts of the country using a specificset of “weighting and scoring” criteria as each relocation opportunity arises.

Question reference: S2W-16904

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been relocated to Angus in each year since 2000.

Under the Scottish Executive’sRelocation policy no jobs have been relocated to Angus since 2000. Relocation decisionshave been made on a case-by-case basis taking into account the nature and requirementsof the organisation under review. Angus has been assessed equally along with allother parts of the country using a specific set of “weighting and scoring” criteriaas each relocation opportunity arises.

Question reference: S2W-15382

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement (a) it and (b) the Scottish Prison Service has in the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA).

Question reference: S2W-15383

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what expenditure (a) it and (b) the Scottish Prison Service has incurred in connection with its involvement in the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) in each financial year since 2001-02.

Question reference: S2W-15381

Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is in respect of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA).

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

In pursuit of our Vision, the Scottish Prison Service supports the aims of the ICPA which has the following objectives:

promoting, maintaining and strengthening co-operation between individuals, institutions, organisations and associations interested in corrections and criminal justice policies which affect corrections and prisons;

encouraging the involvement of victims, offenders' families, volunteer organisations and other elements of the community in finding helpful and workable solutions to correctional and criminal justice issues;

promoting best practices;

organising conferences, seminars and workshops;

being a centre for the dissemination of information and literature on activities and research;

promoting co-operation and collaborative initiatives between jurisdictions in areas of common interest;

encouraging and promoting research;

promoting staff exchanges and study visits between interested jurisdictions;

enhancing public education, understanding and involvement in correctional matters;

providing support for, collaborating with, and generally facilitating the work of bilateral and multilateral agencies providing technical assistance or training, and

promoting the study of correctional matters at a tertiary level of education.

2001-02	£184.48
2002-03	£168.58
2003-04	£3,045.41
2004-05	£2,845.89