- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24726 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 May 2002, how many projects were included in the proposals from each local authority in respect of the Changing Children's Services Fund and how many such projects relate (a) exclusively to statutory sector provision, (b) exclusively to voluntary sector provision and (c) to partnership projects.
Answer
The overall aim of the Changing Children's Services Fund is to encourage better integration of all resources available for Children's Services across the statutory and voluntary sectors. Proposals are therefore expected to demonstrate evidence of genuine partnership working across these sectors.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of each local authority's budget was allocated to youth work in each of the last ten years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will develop a national youth strategy.
Answer
The Executive is committed to raising the profile of youth issues and increasing the involvement of young people in policy issues that affect them. We are working with YouthLink Scotland to map youth provision throughout the country. We will also be seeking views soon on priority areas for development of youth work in Scotland and will use this information to inform future policy on youth work.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school days were lost by pupils absent due to (a) sickness and (b) respiratory illness in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive collects statistical returns on levels of authorised and unauthorised absence in Scotland's schools from local authorities. However, the more specific information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11266 by Nicol Stephen on 11 December 2000, whether, in the context of the on-going review of adoption and fostering, any consideration is being given to amending regulation 12 of the Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996.
Answer
As indicated in answer to question S1W-25630 on 20 May 2002, the precise remit of phase two of the review has yet to be decided, but it is intended that it will cover a range of legal and policy issues in relation to fostering.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2002
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 5 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding sport will receive as a result of the increase in National Insurance contributions announced in the UK Budget 2002.
Answer
We will take the impact of recent employer National Insurance contributions changes into account in making allocations in the current spending review, the results of which will be announced in September.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the article in The Sunday Herald of 5 May 2002, when the first "berry tsar" will be appointed, what input it will have into the appointment of this person and what the exact remit of the post will be.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has recently agreed to fund the Berry Scotland Project for two years to cover the appointment of a Scientific Co-ordinator. The post will be filled by open competition and has been advertised. Scottish Executive officials participated in drawing up the job description and person specification and, at the invitation of the Berry Team, a representative from the Scottish Executive will sit on the interview panel. The duties of the post-holder will be to:
- conduct a consultation exercise to review current research and research capacity in relation to berries and key aspects of the food chain (e.g. production, processing, consumption, health) in the UK and review the place of berry production and manufacture in the economy;
- identify research (and development) capacity within Scotland and help to facilitate funded opportunities for research collaborations with academic and industrial partners;
- facilitate applications for competitive funding schemes, and
seek to secure further funding support for Berry Scotland.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what use it and the Crown Office have made of the opinion of 16 December 1999 given by Lord Sutherland in Smith and others when considering issues relating to the Skye Bridge crossing; whether this opinion has been reported and, if so, when and, if not, what the reasons were for this position.
Answer
Both the Scottish Executive and the Crown Office have made reference to the Opinion of Lord Sutherland and other relevant case law in responding to parliamentary questions and correspondence on the subject of the Skye Bridge, and in preparing for subsequent court proceedings. Reporting of individual cases is a matter for the editor of the Scots Law Times and other reporting agencies. However, I understand that a copy of the Opinion is available on the Scottish Courts website.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24918 by Lewis Macdonald on 7 May 2002, whether Scottish ministers are "prescribing" when fulfilling any statutory obligation to "specify" a maximum toll given that "to prescribe" can be interpreted as meaning "to specify".
Answer
Article 4 of The Invergarry - Kyle of Lochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order (Variation) Order 1999 states that the maximum toll for each description of traffic is the figure "specified" in the schedule to the order. Any further interpretation of the word "specified" is a matter for the Scottish courts.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 extends to Scotland.
Answer
Yes.
