- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 15 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hits its Know the Score website has had (a) in total and (b) each month and how these figures compare to pre-launch projections.
Answer
Up until 31 October 2002, there had been a total of 153,179 hits to the Know the Score website. On a month-by-month basis, this is broken down as follows:
| April | 11,073 |
| May | 14,579 |
| June | 17,548 |
| July | 19,874 |
| August | 24,925 |
| September | 30,389 |
| October | 34,791 |
No pre-launch projections were made, but the performance of the website will form part of a wider evaluation of the Know the Score Drugs Communications Strategy, which will commence early next year. The website was established as part of the Communications Strategy in response to independent research, commissioned by the Executive, which showed that there was a desire from the public for access to factual information on drugs, and the risks associated with their use.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 15 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hits its Funding for Learners website has had (a) in total and (b) each month and how these figures compare to pre-launch projections.
Answer
The Funding For Learners website was launched in March 2002 and, at the end of September 2002, had received 29,122 hits. This figure compares favourably with our pre-launch projections.The total number of hits by month is:
| March | 7,637 |
| April | 11,920 |
| May | 1,802 |
| June | 2,640 |
| July | 1,779 |
| August | 1,338 |
| September | 2,006 |
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-22444 and S1W-30578 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 February and 28 October 2002, on what estimates of prisoner population any contracts for prisoner places with private prison providers in respect of any period from 2011 to 2033 will be based.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Procurement decisions for prisoner places, whether in the public or private sector, are based on the best available population projections at the time of the decision and the contract term or projected asset life which provides the best economic value to taxpayers.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent studies it has undertaken in regard to the Balmoor Bridge on the A90 north of Peterhead and whether it has any plans to replace the bridge.
Answer
Recent maintenance inspections of Balmoor Bridge and an assessment of the structure for its load carrying capacity have confirmed that the bridge is suitable for current trunk road purposes. There are no plans to replace the bridge.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive with what private and public organisations the Scottish Road Safety Campaign has established partnerships as part of the Foolsspeed campaign; what the specific achievements of each partnership have been, and how these achievements have impacted on the speeding behaviour of drivers.
Answer
The Foolsspeed campaign was supported by 25 local authorities, for example through the display of the Foolsspeed logo on council vehicles, letter heads and road safety related material. Many authorities also negotiated free advertising space to display the logo, such as bus backs, parking tickets and library book carrier bags. All 22 Road Safety Units in Scotland promoted Foolsspeed in various ways, such as using the message to encourage slower speeds in the vicinity of schools in Fife. The display of the logo on wheelie bins in certain areas highlights the campaign to residents and makes it very visible to drivers when the bins are on the pavement. All police forces in Scotland have supported the campaign, partly through police road safety units, but also during periods of high profile enforcement initiatives such as Speedwatch.A number of commercial organisations, including Tesco, Safeway, Robert Wiseman Dairies and Transco have been involved in a variety of ways, for example displaying the logo on fleet vehicles and milk cartons, and promoting the Foolsspeed message with their drivers. Other companies agreed to promote Foolsspeed on their safe driving courses and to their drivers.An evaluation of the Foolsspeed campaign was published on 30 October. Copies of the research report, Changing Speeding Behaviour in Scotland: An Evaluation of the 'Foolsspeed' Campaign, have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 24874). This includes findings about the impact of the campaign on driver behaviour.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to establish its "Property Pages" website and what the annual operating costs are of the site.
Answer
The Scottish Executive set up the Scottish public sector property website to speed up sales and lettings of public sector property and expose it 24 hours a day to a wider market than other property marketing methods.It cost £12,000 to establish, £9,470 running costs in the first year and will cost £9,000 for each of the succeeding two years, all plus VAT. There are currently over 1,700 properties currently on the site.Over time we expect there will be a reduction in advertising and marketing costs.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to establish its "M74 Completion" website and what the annual operating costs are of the site.
Answer
The M74 Completion website is designed to provide information to communities or businesses which will be affected by the M74 motorway construction proposals, and is jointly funded by the Scottish Executive, Glasgow City Council, South Lanarkshire Council and Renfrewshire Council. Total set-up costs were £18,100, and total operating costs of the site to date, from May 2002, are £8,490.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to establish its "Learn to Let Go" website and what the annual operating costs are of the site.
Answer
It cost £25,000 to establish the Learn to Let Go website and the most recent annual operating costs of the site were £1,434 for hosting of the site and £3,246 for additions and updates in the course of the year.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to establish its Do a Little - Change a Lot website and what the annual operating costs are of the site.
Answer
The Do a Little, Change a Lot website
www.dochange.net was redesigned and re-launched on 2 September to coincide with the new phase of the campaign. The new website cost £26,000 to establish. Annual operating costs of £7,300 cover hosting of the site, application rental and support and marketing. The previous version of the site cost £89,517 to establish and operate.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to establish its Know the Score website and what the annual operating costs are of the site.
Answer
The total cost of establishing the Know the Score website was £15,000. It is estimated that the operating costs in the first year will amount to £2,025 (we are currently in discussion with the website designers about updating the site, but do not yet have projected costs for this). All of the above costs are exclusive of VAT.
