- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when the results of the next Scottish Student Income, Expenditure and Debt Survey will be published.
Answer
The results of the
Scottish Student Income, Expenditure and Debt Survey 2007-08 will be published before the summer recess 2009. The report and accompanying research findings are currently at a draft stage and have yet to be fully quality assured. Once the report and research findings have been finalised a publication date can be determined, however it is anticipated that this will be before the summer recess 2009.
The full report and accompanying research findings will be published online.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cleaning vacancies in hospitals there were in each month of the last two years for which information is available, broken down by NHS board and hospital.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it produces guidance for police forces on costing the policing of major events.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23840 on 19 May 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that the practice of police forces charging the full cost of policing will not discourage organisers holding major events in Scotland.
Answer
It is an operational matter for individual chief constables to decide what services they can charge for the policing of major events and to reach agreement with organisers on the total amount to be charged. In general forces aim to cover the full costs and we would not expect the cost of policing major events to discourage organisers from holding events in Scotland.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the events for which policing costs are charged.
Answer
This information is not held centrally and is a matter for individual chief constables.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how police forces should calculate policing costs for major events.
Answer
It is an operational matter for individual chief constables to decide what they can charge for the policing of major events and to reach agreement with organisers on the total amount to be charged.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that costs for policing major events do not vary across police forces.
Answer
It is an operational matter for individual chief constables to decide what they can charge for the policing of major events and to reach agreement with organisers on the total amount to be charged.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will help the organisers of major events plan for policing costs years in advance.
Answer
It is a matter for individual organisers to consult with the force concerned at the earliest opportunity to ensure that the policing requirements can be fully discussed and costed. For large scale events such as the Commonwealth Games Scottish Executive officials will work with events organisers and the police to facilitate these negotiations.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much colleges have saved from the 2.5% reduction in the standard rate of VAT, broken down by institution.
Answer
The impact of the reduction in the standard rate of VAT for colleges is an operational matter for the Scottish Funding Council. I have asked the Chief Executive of the Scottish Funding Council to write to the member with this information.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much universities have saved from the 2.5% reduction in the standard rate of VAT, broken down by institution.
Answer
The impact of the reduction in the standard rate of VAT for universities is an operational matter for the Scottish Funding Council. I have asked the Chief Executive of the Scottish Funding Council to write to the member with this information.
