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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-04551

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much legal aid expenditure was used in each of the last three years in order to provide independent assessment of fingerprinting evidence and what the estimate is for such expenditure in each of the next three years.

Question reference: S2W-04500

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 11 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the revenue income projections are for the (a) Erskine and (b) Skye Bridge in each of the next three years.

Question reference: S2W-04473

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what posts were held by staff from the Scottish Criminal Record Office who signed off final reports in respect of each of its last 100 cases.

Question reference: S2W-04435

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3413 by Cathy Jamieson on 12 November 2003, whether it will now consider recording this information on the submission of fingerprint evidence and collecting it centrally and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.

We do not at present haveany plans to collect centrally information on the number of cases where the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) has submitted fingerprint evidence and theaccused has been found guilty.

It is for the Crown todecide what evidence is led in criminal cases. There will not, therefore, necessarilybe a direct link between the submission of fingerprint evidence by SCRO and theoutcome of a particular case.

Question reference: S2W-04474

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the training requirements are for Scottish Criminal Record Office staff in respect of non-numeric fingerprinting evidence; what performance targets have been set for the quality of such evidence, and what performance targets have been achieved to date.

Question reference: S2W-04432

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how the Scottish Criminal Record Office is funded.

The Scottish Criminal RecordOffice (SCRO) is a common police service established through section 36 of thePolice (Scotland) Act 1967 under which the facilities and servicessupplied by the organisation are provided and maintained by the Scottish ministersfor promoting the efficiency or effectiveness of thepolice in Scotland. Police authorities and joint police boards currentlywill meet 50% of SCRO’s expenditure in accordance with the Common PoliceService (Scotland) Determination 2003 which came into force on 1 April 2003. the Scottish ministers also contribute 50%.

Question reference: S2W-04514

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2833 by Mr Jim Wallace on 6 October 2003, whether any of the 102 projects in 2000-01 did not begin; how many of the 14,346 jobs are still in situ, and whether any of the #1,763.3 million investment was withdrawn.

Question reference: S2W-04497

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of recruits to the modern apprenticeship programme complete their training with a positive outcome.

Question reference: S2W-04512

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2833 by Mr Jim Wallace on 6 October 2003, whether any of the 78 projects in 1998-99 did not begin; how many of the 10,867 jobs are still in situ, and whether any of the #761.2 million investment was withdrawn.

Question reference: S2W-04515

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive ; further to the answer to question S2W-2833 by Mr Jim Wallace on 6 October 2003; whether any of the 59 projects in 2001-02 did not begin; how many of the 6,386 jobs are still in situ, and whether any of the #272.2 million investment was withdrawn.