- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 17 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications are of the recent decision by the Scottish Parking Appeals Service to uphold an appeal against a parking fine levied under the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Aberdeen City Council) Designation Order 2003.
Answer
This is a matter for theappellant to take up with Aberdeen City Council.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 17 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on what legal basis Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Perth and Kinross, Glasgow and South Lanarkshire councils collect fines from motorists who breach parking regulations in car parks.
Answer
Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth and Kinross, Glasgow and South Lanarkshire Councils have powers under theRoad Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Road Traffic Act 1991, as amended to imposepenalty charge notices on motorists who breach parking regulations in localauthority controlled car parks.
The City of Edinburgh Council does not have any local authority controlled off street car parks.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive who paid for the preparatory work and ballot costs for each ballot on local authority housing whole stock transfer since 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-29167 on 17 November 2006.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the preparatory work and ballot costs were for each ballot on local authority housing whole stock transfer since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executiveprovides councils and RSLs with a grant to meet transfer support costs,including the costs associated with tenant consultation, conducting a ballot,conveyancing, etc. Since 2004, the level of financial assistance available to councilsjoining the community ownership programme has been based on a unit cost whichranges from £209 to £397 per unit depending on the total number of housestransferring. A separate grant ranging from £163 to £268 per unit is available forreceiving landlords. These grants are not allocated to specific tasks and it isfor the parties themselves to manage the entire transfer process within theseamounts and, if necessary, to meet any additional costs from their ownresources.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2006
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will be in a position to give a substantive answer to my question S2W-25665, which was due for answer on 18 May 2006.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS (a) beds and (b) places on treatment programmes are available for the treatment of alcohol addiction.
Answer
This information is includedin annual Corporate Action Plans which are produced by the 22 alcohol and drugsactions teams in Scotland. This information can be found at:
http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/dat/cap/0607.htm.The numbers of NHS beds are not separately identifiable from beds funded fromother sources.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 15 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many methadone-related deaths there have been in each year since 1990, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in the following table. The increase in numbers observed in 1994 was, at leastin part, due to enhanced data collection methods introduced at that time.
Drug-Related DeathsInvolving Methadone, 1990-2005
| | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
| Scotland | 11 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 55 | 58 | 100 | 86 |
| Aberdeen City | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Aberdeenshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Angus | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Argyll and Bute | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Clackmannanshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dumfries and Galloway | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Dundee City | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| East Ayrshire | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
| East Dunbartonshire | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| East Lothian | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| East Renfrewshire | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Edinburgh, City of | 9 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 33 | 24 |
| Eilean Siar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Falkirk | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Fife | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Glasgow City | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 16 |
| Highland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inverclyde | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Midlothian | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Moray | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North Ayrshire | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| North Lanarkshire | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Orkney Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perth and Kinross | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Renfrewshire | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Scottish Borders | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Shetland Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Ayrshire | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 |
| South Lanarkshire | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Stirling | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| West Dunbartonshire | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 |
| West Lothian | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 |
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Scotland | 64 | 63 | 55 | 69 | 98 | 87 | 80 | 72 |
| Aberdeen City | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Angus | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Argyll and Bute | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Clackmannanshire | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dundee City | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 |
| East Ayrshire | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| East Lothian | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Edinburgh, City of | 18 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| Eilean Siar | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Falkirk | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Fife | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Glasgow City | 13 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 35 | 23 |
| Highland | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Inverclyde | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Midlothian | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Moray | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Ayrshire | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 |
| North Lanarkshire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Orkney Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perth and Kinross | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Renfrewshire | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Scottish Borders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shetland Islands | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| South Ayrshire | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | 3 |
| South Lanarkshire | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 5 | - |
| Stirling | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| West Dunbartonshire | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| West Lothian | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 15 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the principal construction contractor going into receivership has had on the ScotlandsPeople project.
Answer
The delay in the constructionworks has had limited impact on current business. One of the main search rooms inNew Register House (General Register Office for Scotland) has been unavailable forthe period between the receivership of the construction company and the completionof a replacement contract to refurbish that room. Alternative accommodation hasbeen made available. The affected room will re-open this month. The main impacthas been to delay the opening of the new ScotlandsPeople centre which, by integratingthe premises of the General Register Office for Scotland and the National Archivesof Scotland, will give much improved services to family historians.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 15 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact delays in the ScotlandsPeople construction works has had on (a) visitor numbers, (b) visitor access to the records and (c) staff recruitment efforts.
Answer
There has not been a noticeabledecrease in the number of visitors. No records have been removed from access andthe impact on visitors to the records has been limited by the use of a temporary search room to replace all but 10 of the places lostwith the closure of one of the main search rooms in New Register House. TheScotlandsPeople centre will be staffed almost entirely by those with similar dutieswho already work for the General Register Office for Scotland andthe National Archives of Scotland, so recruitment has been unaffected.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 15 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the extra cost to the ScotlandsPeople project has been of the principal construction contractor going into receivership.
Answer
The additional cost is currentlyestimated to be around £1.1 million (although there are on-going negotiations withthe receiver over a number of issues, including the ownership of materials currentlyon site). This sum comprises mainly the cost of works necessary to make the sitesafe and bring key public areas back into operation; the set up costs for the newcontractor taking over partially completed works, and additional professional fees,including legal fees associated with the receivership.
