- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it will use to determine which contractors under contracted-out road maintenance contracts will be designated as public authorities under section 5 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
The Executive will carry outa public consultation by the end of Octoberthis year on the criteria that should beapplied to designate Scottish public authorities under section 5 of the act.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 12 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it will use to determine which operators of PFI/PPP prisons will be designated as public authorities under section 5 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
The Executive will carry outa public consultation by the end of Octoberthis year on the criteria that should beapplied to designate Scottish public authorities under section 5 of the act.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) statutory instruments made by a Minister of the Crown or Her Majesty in Council and (b) Acts of the UK Parliament have amended (i) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (ii) an Act of Parliament relating to a devolved area and (c) a Scottish Statutory Instrument in each year since 1 July 1999.
Answer
The information requested isnot recorded in the form specified. However, (a) statutory instruments and (b) actsof the UK Parliament are published on Her Majesty’s Stationery Office website, whichcan be accessed at
www.hmso.gov.uk, and includethose which have amended (i) an act of the Scottish Parliament, (ii) an Act of Parliamentrelating to a devolved area and (iii) a Scottish Statutory Instrument since 1 July1999. Also, in relation to (b) acts of the UK Parliament, any which amend legislationrelating to a devolved area will have been subject to one or more of the 54 Sewelmotions (covering the 49 bills listed below) so far approved by the Scottish Parliament.
Bills for which SewelMotions have been Approved
| Food Standards |
| Financial Services and Markets |
| Electronic Communications |
| Limited Liability Partnerships |
| Sea Fishing Grants (Charges) |
| Representation of the People |
| Sexual Offences (Amendment) |
| Political Parties, Elections and Referendums |
| Regulation of Investigatory Powers |
| Learning and Skills |
| Race Relations (Amendment) |
| Insolvency |
| Care Standards |
| Government Resources and Accounts |
| Criminal Justice and Courts Service |
| Health and Social Care Modernisation |
| Tobacco Advertising and Promotion |
| International Criminal Court |
| Outworking |
| Criminal Justice and Police |
| International Development |
| Culture and Recreation |
| Armed Forces |
| Adoption and Children |
| Proceeds of Crime |
| Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security |
| NHS Reform and Health Care Profession |
| Police Reform |
| Enterprise |
| Private Hire Vehicles (Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.) |
| Extradition |
| Waste and Emissions Trading |
| Criminal Justice |
| Crime (International Co-operation) |
| Local Government |
| Sexual Offences |
| Railways and Transport Safety |
| Health and Social Care (Community Health & Standards) |
| Fireworks |
| Legal Deposit Libraries |
| Planning & Compulsory Purchase* |
| Health Protection Agency* |
| Energy* |
| Gender Recognition * |
| Higher Education* |
| Asylum and Immigration (Treatment for Claimants)* |
| Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise)* |
| Civil Contingencies* |
| Justice (Northern Ireland)* |
Note:
*Signifies yet to be enacted.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what assurances it can give that Scottish Water will remain as a public corporation under the provisions of the draft Water Services Bill.
Answer
The Executive remains committedto retaining Scottish Water as a publicly owned corporation. Scottish Water's statuswill not be affected by the forthcoming Water Services Bill.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that liberalisation of the water service under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) would be beneficial for the service and, if not, what steps it is taking to oppose such liberalisation.
Answer
Mattersrelating to the regulation of international trade, including responsibility forGATS negotiations, are reserved to the UK Government. The UK Government has confirmedthat it has no intention of pressing for water services to be included in futureGATS commitments and that to date no requests have been received for the UK to do so in the current round of negotiations.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to the European Union on the inclusion of water services in the latest round of liberalisations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services
Answer
Matters relating to the regulationof international trade, including responsibility for GATS negotiations, are reservedto the UK Government. The Scottish Executive has ensured that the UK Government’s representationsto the European Union on GATS reflect the Executive’s commitment to retain Scotland’s publicwater services in the public sector.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs have been to the Scottish Legal Aid Board in respect of cases appealed to the House of Lords in each of the last five years.
Answer
The figures are:
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| House of Lords | £57,000 | £86,000 | £106,000 | £2,000 | £72,000 |
| Judicial Committee of the Privy Council | | | £228,000 | £99,000 | £110,000 |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners may occupy a prisoner place, as defined in the Scottish Prison Service's key performance targets.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service’sKey Performance Indicators do not specify a number of prisoners.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-30312 and S2W-113 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 17 October 2002 and 2 June 2003 respectively, how many reports to procurators fiscal were marked "no proceedings" for reason of (a) time-bar, (b) delay by police/reporting agency, (c) lack of court resources, (d) procurator fiscal staff shortage and (e) delay by procurator fiscal in 2003-04, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The figures requested are asfollows:
| 2003-04 | Time-Bar | Delay Police/RA | Delay PF | Lack of Court Resources | PF Staff Shortage |
| Aberdeen | 1 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Airdrie | 399 | 494 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Alloa | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arbroath | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayr | 11 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banff | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Campbeltown | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cupar | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dingwall | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dornoch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumbarton | 0 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries | 14 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee | 47 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunfermline | 12 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunoon | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duns | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh | 492 | 1,128 | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| Elgin | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Falkirk | 101 | 89 | 115 | 0 | 0 |
| Forfar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort William | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow | 957 | 1,812 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenock | 23 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haddington | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton | 226 | 485 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverness | 17 | 93 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Jedburgh | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 23 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkcaldy | 75 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkcudbright | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkwall | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanark | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lerwick | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linlithgow | 47 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lochmaddy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oban | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paisley | 23 | 153 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Peebles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth | 5 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterhead | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portree | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rothesay | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Selkirk | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stirling | 40 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Stonehaven | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stornoway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stranraer | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tain | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wick | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The effective partnership workingbetween Strathclyde Police and the Strathclyde Area Procurators Fiscal has maintainedan overall reduction in the number of cases marked no proceedings because of policedelay in Strathclyde of around 70% when compared to the previous year. Nationally,the number of cases marked no proceedings because of police delay has reduced byaround 60%.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3121 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 October 2003, who was responsible for the proportionate increase to the baseline figures in the calculation of the payment for the services of HM Prison Kilmarnock to reflect the provision of additional prisoner places being incorrect.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service.
