- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has passed on to the police any allegations brought to its attention regarding the possibility that US agencies have used Scottish airports as refuelling stops for flights engaged in the process of “extraordinary rendition” and, if it has not done so, what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-22495 on 2 February 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Forth Estuary Transport Authority is funded; what its budget has been in each of the last three years, and what it will be in each of the next three years.
Answer
The Forth Estuary TransportAuthority (FETA) is principally funded through tolling revenues. Details ofFETA’s past and future budgets are available from the Authority, which producesannual operating reports and accounts.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the staffing levels have been at the headquarters of the Scottish Prison Service in each year since 1990.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Reliable information is readilyavailable only from 1999 and is as follows:
| 1 April 2000 | 277 |
| 1 April 2001 | 293 |
| 1 April 2002 | 307 |
| 1 April 2003 | 319 |
| 1 April 2004 | 317 |
| 1 April 2005 | 274 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21275 by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005, whether its estimate of the cost of constructing the M80 through the identified Kelvin Valley route is based on a motorway with the same amount of lanes which it plans for its preferred on-line upgrade of the A80 to full motorway status.
Answer
Yes, except for the section of the on line upgrade between M73 and Low Wood when the M80 and the M73 merge requiringadditional lanes.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more informationif required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many socially rented housing units have been lost to that form of tenure (a) by right to buy, (b) by demolition or (c) for any other reason in each year since 1980, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The tables produced for thisanalysis are too large to be included in this response and have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Two tables showing right to buysales for local authorities and registeredsocial landlords (RSL) are available underBib. number 39153. Information on RSL sales by local authority area is only availablefor 2002-03 onwards.
One further table showing alldemolitions by local authority area is available under Bib. number 39152. Data bycurrent local authority area is only available for 1991 onwards.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21275 by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005, whether it will revise these figures to include an estimate of what the total cost would be to (a) upgrade the A80 to full motorway status on the on-line route by one lane more than is presently planned, as recommended by consultants in 2002, and (b) construct the motorway through the Kelvin Valley route with an extra lane.
Answer
No. Neither of these isbeing proposed.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its planned on-line upgrade of the A80 to full motorway status is one lane smaller than that recommended by consultants as in 2002.
Answer
Yes.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of prisoners intentionally endangering the health or personal safety of others there have been in each prison in each year since 1999.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer question S2W-23890 on 16 March 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is still the case that replies to parliamentary questions in relation to the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) are drafted on behalf of ministers by the SCRO; if so, whether the draft replies are independently checked within the Executive; if so, by what procedure and by whom and, if not, what the reasons are for the position on the matter and whether the Executive has any plans to review this policy.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-20698 on 28 November 2005. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fingerprints from the scene of the Marion Ross murder in Kilmarnock in January 1997 were wrongly identified by the Scottish Criminal Record Office.
Answer
There was one disputed fingerprintmark at the Marion Ross murder scene.
