- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the creation of an indoor football centre remains an objective of the National and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy.
Answer
The creation of an indoor football centre remains a priority under the National and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on development of an indoor football centre at Westfield Stadium in Falkirk, as part of the National and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy.
Answer
We are aware that Falkirk Council held a meeting on 8 April and recommended that members agree not to proceed with the indoor football centre at Westfield Stadium in Falkirk. area.
The Scottish Government and sportscotland have had no formal notification of Falkirk Council''s decision.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has held discussions with Falkirk Council with regard to an indoor football centre at Westfield and, if so, what the outcomes were of these discussions.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not had any discussions with Falkirk Council in regard to the indoor football centre at Westfield Stadium in Falkirk.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 16 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning’s announcement on 26 March 2008 of additional funding support for science projects, what the breakdown will be of the £615,000 allocated.
Answer
A breakdown of the funding awarded from the 2008-09 science engagement grant scheme is given in the table below:
| Organisation | Project Title | Award £ |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science | BAAS National Science and Engineering Week | 21,000 |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science | Revitalising Science | 10,000 |
| Dundee Science Centre | Educational Energy Certificate | 27,800 |
| Earth Sciences Trust | Outdoor Environmental Science for Communities | 15,000 |
| Edinburgh International Science Festival | EISF Workshops | 25,000 |
| Edinburgh International Science Festival | Wonderama | 30,000 |
| Edinburgh International Science Festival | Generation Science Touring Scotland | 30,000 |
| Engineering Development Trust | GO4SET (GO for Science Engineering and Technology) | 5,000 |
| Engineering Development Trust | Engineering Education Scheme | 2,500 |
| Fife Council | Sci-dentity- A Creative Learning Festival | 15,000 |
| Glasgow Science Centre | Environmental Chemistry Higher Level Workshop | 10,000 |
| Global Web Ltd | Climate Change-Your Future | 30,000 |
| Going Nova | Travelling Scholars Programme - 2008 Highland Festival | 3,750 |
| Institute of Physics | Lab in a Lorry | 20,000 |
| Moray College | Moray Science Festival | 10,000 |
| Orkney Science Festival | Orkney Science Festival Schools and Community Programme | 4,641 |
| Our Dynamic Earth | Closer2Nature Outreach Project | 30,000 |
| Our Dynamic Earth | Stunning Summer Science | 30,000 |
| Our Dynamic Earth | Earth Hero Toolkits | 22,246 |
| Robert Clark Centre for Technological Education | Sounds Like Science | 20,000 |
| Royal Observatory Edinburgh | Deep Space | 30,000 |
| Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | Wild Science at Kelvingrove | 24,240 |
| Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | Homes for Scotlands Wildlife | 8,000 |
| Science Made Simple Ltd | Visualise -The Beauty of Science | 21,855 |
| Scottish Association for Marine Science | Towards a Marine Science Festival | 5,000 |
| Shetland Science and Technology Group | Shetland Science Workshops | 12,500 |
| Techfest -SetPoint | STEM Out & About in the Community | 5,050 |
| Techfest -SetPoint | Techfest in September | 25,000 |
| Techfest -SetPoint | STEM Outreach Programme | 4,800 |
| University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen Science Engagement Plan | 19,000 |
| University of Dundee | University/Science Centre networked Public Engagement Events | 30,000 |
| University of Edinburgh | Gene Jury | 25,037 |
| University of Edinburgh - School of Chemistry | Making the Chemical Connection | 8,396 |
| University of Glasgow | Caf© Scientifique | 2,320 |
| University of Glasgow | Opening Doors to 21st Century Science and Engineering | 10,000 |
| University of Strathclyde | The Angina Monologues | 20,000 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning’s announcement on 9 March 2008 of additional investment in colleges and universities, what the breakdown will be of the £10 million being allocated to colleges to allow for further strategic investment in key priority areas.
Answer
The allocation of this additional investment of £20 million, £10 million for universities and £10 million for colleges, is a matter for the Scottish Funding Council.
The council expects to make a full announcement on the breakdown of the £10 million allocation to colleges in April 2008. However, I understand that allocations will be made to all colleges to support young people who need more choices and more chances, to support improved articulation and to support innovative approaches to learning delivery.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether activities such as bowling and judo promote the “advancement of public participation” in determining whether they qualify as charitable sports under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.
Answer
Decisions as to whether a body passes the charity test and is eligible for charitable status are a matter for the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, as an independent regulator.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what activities fit the definition of sport as that which “involves physical skill and exertion”, as defined in the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.
Answer
It is a matter for the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, as an independent regulator, to decide which activities meet the definition of sport as defined in the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits it believes would be gained through the introduction of a development management scheme under the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
The development management scheme will be a useful model for developers which they can either adopt or adapt. The scheme will make it clear where obligations and liabilities lie, for example for maintenance, in relation to shared facilities and thereby reduce the scope for conflict.
A further benefit of the development management scheme is that it will create a new form of corporate body to form the owners' association which will run a development in accordance with the terms of the scheme.
The scheme is intended for use in larger, more complex developments. The Tenement Management Scheme in the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 already applies to all tenement property in Scotland. This ensures that all tenements in Scotland benefit from default rules which allow for management and maintenance to be carried out by a majority of owners where this is not provided for in the title deeds.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing a development management scheme in line with that proposed during the passage of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
Officials are currently working on a section 104 Order under the Scotland Act 1998 to make provision in consequence of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 for the development management scheme.
The development management scheme will create a new form of corporate body to form the owners'' association which will run a development in accordance with the terms of the scheme. The creation and regulation of such a corporate body is in terms of the Scotland Act 1998 reserved to the Westminster Parliament.
The scheme is intended for use in larger, more complex developments. The Tenement Management Scheme in the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 already applies to all tenement property in Scotland. This ensures that all tenements in Scotland benefit from default rules which allow for management and maintenance to be carried out by a majority of owners where this is not provided for in the title deeds.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the introduction of a development management scheme under the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
Officials are in discussion with their counterparts at the Scotland Office, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate General on the terms of the section 104 Order to implement the development management provisions in the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9311 on 19 February 2008. 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/wa.search.
