- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by John Home Robertson on 13 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any meetings with fishing co-operatives in Scotland and, if so, when these meetings took place, or whether it intends to meet them.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has received no representations from any fishing co-operatives in Scotland asking me to meet with them, but I would be happy to meet them if such a request were to be received.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to visit Mondragon Workers' Co-operative in order to examine best practice in developing local solutions to local problems.
Answer
There are no such plans.This is a matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. I will ask the Chief Executives to contact you with a view to discussing the issue of Worker's Co-operatives in the context of business development.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support has been given by Highlands and Islands Enterprise to co-operatives in the years 1997-98 and 1998-99.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and Islands Enterprise. I will ask the Chairman of this organisation to write to Helen Eadie.I will also ask the Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise to contact you with a view to discussing the issue of co-operatives in the context of business development.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to promote training on the principles of co-operative enterprise in colleges across Scotland.
Answer
The colleges themselves are responsible for providing a range of further education and training opportunities which reflect local demand and needs. Courses are on offer, which cover the principles of co-operative enterprise.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support has been given by Scottish Enterprise to co-operatives in the years 1997-98 and 1998-99.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. I will ask the Chairman of this organisation to write to Helen Eadie.I will also ask the Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise to contact you with a view to discussing the issue of co-operatives in the context of business development.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in hand to promote the key attributes of co-operative business development.
Answer
We recognise the value that the social economy can play in regenerating communities and tackling social exclusion. In our efforts to strengthen the social economy we are encouraging Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise to offer support and advice to social and community based enterprises as well as to mainstream business. My Ministerial colleague, Henry McLeish will ask Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise to contact Ms Eadie with a view to discussing the issue of co-operatives in the context of business development.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to incorporate work on co-operative enterprise development as part of its approach to Social Inclusion
Answer
I refer to the answer given to question S1W-01475.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 15 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what work has been undertaken to collate information on the number of employee owned businesses in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive currently has no specific plans to collate information on the number of employee owned businesses in Scotland.However, data were published in a Scottish Office Statistics Bulletin in November 1998 on the number of enterprises operating in Scotland in 1997 broken down by industry and employee sizeband. These data give a clear estimate of the number of enterprises run by self-employed people with no employees and those run by partnerships who don't have any employees (199,555 in total). This data will be updated for 1998 at the end of this year by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 6 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether universities in Scotland have developed links with universities in other parts of the world in order to share knowledge and experience on Co-operative Development
Answer
Universities in Scotland have a wide variety of links with universities in other parts of the world. We are not aware of formal university links for this particular purpose, but understand that some university staff do have specific overseas links in the area of business generation, which may include co-operative development.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 23 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what work has been undertaken to collate information on the number of community co-operatives in Scotland.
Answer
I refer to the answer given to question S1W-1467.
