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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: S1W-27163

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 ASEM Ministers of Finance meeting in Copenhagen on 5 and 6 July 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27179

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 Informal Agriculture Council meeting in Nyborg from 8 to 10 September 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27162

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 12 July 2002.

The Seville European Council on 21 and 22 June 2002 agreed to reduce the number of Council formations from 16 to 9. The Danish Presidency has indicated it will apply these new Council formations with immediate effect, and is working on a wholesale revision of its presidency programme. This means that the dates and Council meetings referred to may no longer exist. Decisions on Scottish Executive attendance at Council meetings will be made when this situation becomes clearer and the agendas for the meetings are available.

Question reference: S1W-27181

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 level and official level at the Informal Employment and Social Policy Council in Kolding on 12 and 13 July 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27180

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 22 and 23 July 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27178

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 Informal Justice and Home Affairs Council in Copenhagen on 12 and 13 September 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27177

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 meeting on 23 and 24 September 2002.

Question reference: S1W-27176

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 (a) the EU Internal Market Council and (b) the EU Consumer Affairs and Tourism Council on 26 September 2002.

Question reference: S1W-26405

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mike Watson on 2 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on tourism (a) in each of the last two years, (b) in the current year and (c) has been allocated for next year, broken down by department and agency.

The Information requested is as follows:

OrganisationYear	VisitScotland (£ million)	Highlands and Islands Enterprise (£ million )	Scottish Enterprise (£ million)	Scottish Natural Heritage (£ million)	Historic Scotland (£ million)	Local Authorities (£ million)	Total (£ million)
2000-01	25.9	5.3	27.9	4.6	10.2	7.9	81.8
2001-02	40.6	6.2	19.5⁷	5.4	10.6	7.8	90.1
2002-03	28	n/a¹	n/a³	3.9	7.4	n/a⁴	n/a
2003-04	28	n/a²	n/a⁵	2.8⁶	7.7	n/a⁴	n/a

Notes:1 Local spend unavailable before July 2002.2 No planned allocation at this time.3 Local spend by LECs unavailable before July 2002.4^{Figures unavailable before summer 2002}.5 No planned allocation at this time.6 Committed to date.7 Estimate.

Question reference: S1W-26696

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 25 June 2002

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-26404 on 12 June 2002, what indemnity arrangements were put in place in regard to the contract with Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd.