- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether no worker has faced less favourable terms and conditions as a result of a transfer of undertakings from the public sector to a PPP following the protocol agreed with the Scottish Trades Union Congress in 2002.
Answer
The Executive/STUC staffing protocolhas been implemented as part of the PPP process. I am not aware that any employeehas transferred since the introduction of the protocol.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive by how much the economy has grown since 1999 and how this compares with other European economies.
Answer
GDP growth in Scotland between1999 and 2003 was 7.2%. The comparable figure for the UK (at basicprices) was 9.0%. The UK growth figure for GDP at market prices is 10.1%.
GDP for Scotland is measuredin basic prices whilst GDP figures for other countries are measured in market pricesso they are not strictly comparable. The difference between the two measures isthat the basic price measure does not take taxes and subsidies into account.
Growth in GDP (Market Prices)
| Country | % Growth 1999-2003 |
| Austria | 6.6% |
| Belgium | 6.3% |
| Denmark | 5.5% |
| Finland | 10.7% |
| France | 7.9% |
| Germany | 4.2% |
| Greece | 18.2% |
| Italy | 5.6% |
| Netherlands | 4.2% |
| Portugal | 4.4% |
| Spain | 12.0% |
| Sweden | 9.6% |
| UK | 10.1% |
| EU15 | 7.6% |
Source: OECD Quarterly National Accounts
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 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-2298 by Cathy Jamieson on 9 September 2003, what conclusions the Scottish Prison Service has reached in considering how best to prepare and publish more disaggregated performance information for individual prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS has now introduced arevised performance framework from 1 April 2004 whichwill provide more disaggregated output performance information for all SPS establishments.This will be incorporated in the future editions of SPS annual reports.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-33537 and S1W-34414 by Mr Jim Wallace on 27 February and 31 March 2003 respectively, whether the Crown Office can provide a record of convictions in relation to offences of violence or other similar category of offences at HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
As the Crown Office and ProcuratorFiscal Service does not record cases by the locus of the offence, the informationrequested is not available.
- 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 Hugh Henry on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds it has made available to local authorities to cover the implications for them of the abolition of feudal tenure.
Answer
No funds have been made available.It is difficult to predict the administrative costs to local authorities arisingfrom the abolition of the feudal system, but it is expected that these can be metfrom existing resources. As with any other individual or corporate body, it is amatter of choice for the local authority as to what, if any, action it wishes totake. The legislation does not require any action generating unavoidable costs forcouncils.
It is unlikely that local authoritieswill have incurred much expense to date, as the feudal system will not actuallybe abolished until 28 November 2004. It is currently possible for authorities to registernotices in the property registers in order to save certain types of feudal rightand authorities have been advised of the best way to ensure that they will retaina say in relation to housing complexes where they still own some of the properties.It is not anticipated that authorities will wish to use a large number of notices,and so the registration costs should not prove to be significant.
- 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 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 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.
- 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.
