- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was allocated to social work departments to provide allowances for 16 to 18 year olds in each year since 1999 and broken down by local authority.
Answer
Professor Alan Alexanderresigned as Chair of Scottish Water because he did not agree with the ScottishExecutive, the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland and the otherregulators that Scottish Water’s 2006-10 delivery plan fell short of theirrequirements for it in a number of material respects.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what supported accommodation facilities have been provided for adults with learning difficulties in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. Since 2003-04 statistics have been collected on the number ofclients with learning disabilities receiving housing support under theSupporting People programme, but no records are kept on the number of separatesupported accommodation facilities for adults with learning disabilities ineach local authority area.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports were made to the police in each year since 1999 in which the alleged victim was an adult with learning difficulties, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The recorded crime statisticscollected centrally do not include information on victim characteristics.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many successful prosecutions there have been in each year since 1999 in which the alleged victim was an adult with learning difficulties, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The statistics available on convictionsdo not include information on victim characteristics.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been in each year since 1999 in which the alleged victim was an adult with learning difficulties, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The statistics available on prosecutionsdo not include information on victim characteristics.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23721 by Lewis Macdonald on 18 March 2002, which local authorities have concessionary travel schemes for (a) children aged under 16, (b) 16 to 18 year olds in full time education courses and (c) 16 to 18 year olds who are not on full time education courses and who are not in receipt of jobseekers allowance, who are living independently and receive living allowance from social work, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority.
Answer
Professor Alan Alexanderresigned as Chair of Scottish Water because he did not agree with the ScottishExecutive, the Water Industry Commission for Scotland and the other regulators thatScottish Water‘s 2006-10 delivery plan fell short of their requirements for itin a number of material respects.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions have taken place in each year since 1999 in which the alleged victim was an adult with learning difficulties, broken down by category of offence.
Answer
The statistics available on prosecutionsdo not include information on victim characteristics.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information must be provided in support of requests for flights by aircraft chartered by the CIA, or by agencies to whom the CIA has outsourced services, to land at airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and, specifically, whether a list of passenger names is required.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer question S2W-21090 on 20 December 2005. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.In addition to theinformation contained in S2W-21090, an aircraft operator using any airportoperated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) must also obtain orprovide: prior permission to land, and a flight plan.
There is no requirement toprovide HIAL with a list of passengers’ names.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what legal basis there is for any Executive involvement in whether prisoners were transported via Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd operated airports to a third country.
Answer
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL), as the licensedoperator of its 10 airports, is responsible for meeting UK Civil AviationAuthority and Department for Transport regulatory, and all statutory,requirements relating to its duties as the licensee of these airports. HIAL isalso accountable via its Board of Directors to the Scottish ministers for theoperation and management of its business.The Scottish Executiverequested information from HIAL regarding any flights operated on behalf of theUS Government and its agencies. As S2W-22577 answered on 10 February 2006makes clear, HIAL has no information that such flights have operated to or fromits airports. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available onthe Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 10 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how long Monaghan Middlebrook Mushrooms at Drem in East Lothian sourced labour from gangmasters and when it claims that it ceased to do so.
Answer
The specific information requestedis not available.
