- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to publish a monthly list of all functions, receptions or other meetings held in Bute House, detailing who attended and the cost of catering for each such function or meeting.
Answer
There are no plans to publish such a list.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings have been held at Bute House since 1 May 2003, detailing the date of each meeting, who attended and the cost of the catering.
Answer
Meetings are held in ButeHouse for a wide range of purposes. The Cabinet meets there regularly and thereare also frequent meetings of Cabinet Sub-Committees and informal meetings of ministersand officials. Bute House is also used to welcome visitors of all kinds whohave a reason to meet ministers. No central record covering all such occasionsis held.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to publish a monthly list of all functions and receptions hosted by the First Minister at locations other than Bute House detailing who attended each such function and what the cost was of hiring the facilities and catering.
Answer
There are no plans topublish such a list.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the purpose was of the reception held on the evening of 11 March 2004 at Bute House; whether it was a private function; whether any of the public areas of Bute House were used for the reception, and whether the cost of catering was met from public funds.
Answer
No reception, nor any otherhospitality event, was held in Bute House on the evening of 11 March 2004.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people (a) in total, (b) under the age of 11, (c) aged from 11 to 13 and (d) aged 14 and 15 have been referred to each Reporter to the Children's Panel following an alleged assault on a teacher, in each of the last five years.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration. The information requested is notheld centrally.
www.childrens-reporter.org.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the young people referred to each Reporter to the Children's Panel following an alleged assault on a teacher in each of the last five years had special educational needs.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration. The information requested is notheld centrally.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people (a) in total, (b) under the age of 11, (c) aged from 11 to 13 and (d) aged 14 and 15 have been charged in each local authority area with assault on a teacher, in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. The Executive currently publishes data within the statisticalrelease on incidents of violence and anti-social behaviour against localauthority staff (Table 1: Incidents against local authority staff by sector) onthe number of incidents across pre-school, primary, secondary and specialschool sectors which are reported to the police (301, or 4% of incidents in2002-03). The information for the last five years is available in the Parliament’sReference Centre (Bib. number 30816).
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people charged with assault on a teacher in each of the last five years had special educational needs.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. The Executive currently publishes data within the statisticalrelease on incidents of violence and anti-social behaviour against localauthority staff (Table 1: Incidents against local authority staff by sector) onthe number of incidents across pre-school, primary, secondary and specialschool sectors which are reported to the police (301, or 4% of incidents in2002-03). The information for the last five years is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib number 30816).
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 24 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many eviction orders were awarded in respect of (a) Scottish Borders Housing Association, (b) Glasgow Housing Association and (c) Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership during the second quarter of 2003 and, in each case, how many such orders resulted in an abandoned dwelling.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive, Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is asfollows:
We are unable to supply theinformation requested. Communities Scotland collects on an annual basis (as at 31 March eachyear) information on the number of evictions carried out together with detailson the number of cases where tenancies are abandoned before the eviction date.We will be able to supply annual information about evictions carried out andabandonments from these organisations after they submit their returns in Junethis year.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next meet Fife Constabulary and what issues it intends to discuss.
Answer
TheExecutive is in regular contact with Fife Constabulary, as well as other forces,and takes such opportunities to discuss a range of issues.
