- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 2 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce CCTV to the South Kessock area following the recent spate of attacks by young people using fireworks.
Answer
The Scottish Executive funds CCTV through its 'Make Our Communities Safer' Challenge Competition. Applications are submitted to the Scottish Executive through Chief Executives of local councils and Chief Constables. I understand that no application is being considered for South Kessock for the 2000-01 round of the Competition which starts next April.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 23 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will widen the scope of its recently announced review of the Careers Service to include a consideration of the issue of ownership, taking into full account the recommendations of the McIntosh Commission on local government.
Answer
The terms of reference for the review of the careers service are: "To examine the role of the careers service in Scotland, and the scope for change and development of that role in the light of trends and initiatives in education, lifelong learning, and the labour market".All careers service companies are jointly owned by the relevant local enterprise companies and local authorities. The review's remit suggests a concentration on the role, rather than the ownership and organisation of the careers service, but remains sufficiently wide to allow the committee to consider all options for the future of the careers service.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to lift the restrictions on scallop farms that have fallen within the permitted toxin level on two consecutive tests.
Answer
This is the general rule operated. However, if toxin levels remain above the statutory limit in adjacent waters additional data will be required.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to lift the restrictions on scallop farms that have fallen within the permitted toxin level on two consecutive tests.
Answer
This is the general rule operated. However, if toxin levels remain above the statutory limit in adjacent waters additional data will be required.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to increase funding for the Agricultural Business Improvement scheme to fund current applications.
Answer
Industry interests have been consulted on how best to deal with the substantial number of applications received under the Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme. I am now considering those comments and will be announcing my decision as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to increase funding for the Agricultural Business Improvement scheme to fund current applications.
Answer
Industry interests have been consulted on how best to deal with the substantial number of applications received under the Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme. I am now considering those comments and will be announcing my decision as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what account it has taken of the European Committee's comments on the plan for the Highlands and Islands Special Programme.
Answer
Following the completion of the consultation process, and in response to representations made to me on the Plan, I have decided to increase the provisional allocations of finance to the agriculture, fisheries and water provisions of the Plan. I am writing to the Convenor of the European Committee with detailed responses to the questions put to me by the Committee following the meeting on 19 October. I am also asking the Plan Team to take on board some detailed comments by the Committee.A copy of the Plan as submitted to the Commission will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 28 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a breakdown on how music tuition is funded by local authorities throughout Scotland.
Answer
In Scotland, music and instrumental tuition are curriculum matters and as such are the responsibility of education authorities and headteachers. It is for councils to meet demand from current levels of funding, to determine their own spending priorities and the detailed allocations of the resources made available in the annual local government finance settlements. The level of funding directed to music tuition by local authorities is not determined centrally.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 8 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made for the undertaking of checks on animal feedstuffs to ensure that they meet common quality and safety standards.
Answer
Regulations for the implementation in GB of measures aimed at ensuring more even enforcement of EC legislation have now been laid at Westminster. These Regulations are part of a package of controls which have already been introduced on a GB basis and which, taken together, will ensure that feed produced throughout the Community and imported from third countries meets common quality and safety standards.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 29 June 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to decentralise Civil Service jobs.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to ensuring that local and central government in Scotland are efficient and decentralised, as part of a wider vision of more accessible, open and responsive government. It will be important to make sure that these plans are based on sound evidence, are practically achievable, and take proper account of all of the relevant factors. In the meantime, plans were announced earlier this year to move 60 - 70 posts from Edinburgh to Glasgow. These moves are planned to take place later this year.
