- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what correspondence has been sent and received between its ministers or their officials and representatives of the Royal Mail Group or its subsidiaries since May 2007 and what issues were dealt with by that correspondence.
Answer
Correspondence sent and received has referred to proposals for the Network Change programme; meeting arrangements; an invitation to open a new super-depot for Parcelforce Worldwide in Glasgow; and the Scottish Government''s response to the Independent Review of the UK Postal Service:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/06/postalreviewresponse.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place between ministers or their officials and representatives of the Royal Mail Group or its subsidiaries since May 2007 and what matters were discussed at these meetings.
Answer
A number of meetings have taken place between Ministers and officials with representatives of Royal Mail Group. Matters discussed during these meetings were primarily the Network Change Programme and alternative methods of delivering postal services (outreach services), with the aim of ensuring that sustainable business models underpin the Post Office branches that remain after the Network Change programme is completed.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what commitment has been given by each local authority to increase the provision of respite weeks to carers in their area in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
Answer
We have now agreed with COSLA that local authorities will provide an additional 2,000 respite weeks over 2007-08 levels this year, 6,000 extra weeks in 2009-10 and 10,000 extra weeks in 2010-11.
COSLA will monitor progress twice a year and will ensure delivery of the total Scotland-wide figures.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers have voluntarily resigned in each year since 1996-97, broken down by police force.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15085 on 25 July 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.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the number of civilians that will undertake the investigation of "more serious" crimes such as murder and serious sexual assault, currently normally performed by police officers, in each year to 2011-12, broken down by police force.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15094 on 25 July 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.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the number of police officers that will be recruited in each year to 2011-12, broken down by police force.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15088 on 25 July 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.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers have left the police force for reasons other than retirement or voluntary resignation, including death, discharge during probation, dismissal or resignation resulting from conduct hearings, conduct regulations and unspecified reasons, in each year since 1996-97, broken down by police force.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15085 on 25 July 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.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the number of civilians that will undertake duties which are currently normally performed by police officers, in each year to 2011-12, broken down by police force.
Answer
No estimate has been made. Levels of civilianisation within forces is a matter for individual chief constables and police boards.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the number of police officers that will retire, having served over 25 years or due to ill health, gratuity or compulsory retirement, in each year to 2011-12, broken down by police force.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the number of police officers that will voluntarily resign in each year to 2011-12, broken down by police force.
Answer
Voluntary resignation is, by its very nature, impossible to predict.
