Questions and answers

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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Question reference: S1W-27170

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Transport and Telecommunications Council on 3 and 4 October 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27168

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Fisheries Council on 14 October 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27167

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the Justice and Home Affairs and Civil Protection Council on 14 and 15 October 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27184

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU General Affairs Council on 21 and 22 October 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27166

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Environment Council on 17 October 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27185

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the European Council in Brussels on 24 and 25 October 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27165

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the ECOFIN Council on 8 October 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27086

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what policies it (a) has implemented and (b) is planning to implement in order to tackle youth crime.

In January of this year we launched Scotland's Action Programme to reduce youth crime. This has already delivered multi-disciplinary youth justice teams in each area which have been supported by £25.5 million to identify offending young people in their areas and roll-out effective programmes to address their behaviour. On 27 June, we announced a 10-point action plan which sets out the Executive's action to tackle the problem of persistent offending, enhancing community safety and improve the effectiveness of Scotland's youth justice system.

Question reference: S1W-27164

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the informal ECOFIN meeting in Copenhagen on 7 and 8 September 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27182

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it will have at ministerial and official level at the EU Agriculture Council on 15 and 16 October 2002.

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