- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 11 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing “Thistle Awards” for success in each of the niche markets promoted by VisitScotland.
Answer
VisitScotland’s “Thistle Awards”are firmly established as the most prestigious tourism awards in Scotland, andcover a very wide range of activity. Although consideration has been given to introducingan award for each of the niche markets promoted by VisitScotland, the view is thatthe range of tourism endeavour already covered by the awards is wide enough.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 11 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met Aberdeen City Council, whether the council’s budget was discussed and what the outcome was.
Answer
I met AberdeenCity Council on 1 October 2004 where the Counciladvised me of their funding concerns.
Following themeeting, the council has since written to the Executive outlining their concernswhich are primarily in relation to funding children’s services. The Deputy Ministerfor Education and Young People will be responding shortly to address these concerns.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to change the criteria for allocating funds from the Changing Children’s Services Fund and, if so, whether it will consider the level of referrals for placement by children's panels as a factor.
Answer
The 2005-06 allocations for the Changing Children’s Services Fund were announced in 2003. From 2006-07 the fund will be progressively re-aligned towards on-going frontline delivery of improved children’s services through transfer to local authority Grant Aided Expenditure. Any changes to distribution arrangements will be agreed with COSLA and any local authority wanting to make representations as to changes should do so to COSLA in the first instance.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many providers of tourism attractions there are, broken down by area tourist board and local authority area.
Answer
This information is not available, since some visitor attractions are not members of their area tourist boards, neither do they participate in VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance scheme.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will increase funding to the Grampian police force to cover additional costs, outwith Pittodrie stadium, arising from Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC playing its home games in Aberdeen this season.
Answer
We have no plans to do so. Funding for police forces in 2004-05 is at record levels. Grant aided expenditure for Grampian Police has risen by over 16% since 2002-03. It is due to rise by a further 21% by 2007-08. It is for the chief constable to determine, using the resources at his disposal, how best to meet local needs and circumstances.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many providers of tourism accommodation are members of area tourist boards, broken down by area tourist board and local authority area.
Answer
The number of tourism accommodation providers which are members of their area tourist boards are shown in the table. Information on the number of tourism accommodation providers by local authority area is not available.
| Area Tourist Board | Number of Accommodation Providers |
| Aberdeen and Grampian | 614 |
| Angus and Dundee | 211 |
| Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs | 1,360 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 414 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 569 |
| Edinburgh and Lothians | 735 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley | 311 |
| Highlands of Scotland | 1,700 |
| Kingdom of Fife | 437 |
| Orkney | 284 |
| Perthshire | 497 |
| Scottiah Borders | 404 |
| Shetland | 142 |
| Western Isles | 315 |
| Total | 7,993 |
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many providers of tourism attractions are members of area tourist boards, broken down by area tourist board and local authority area.
Answer
The number of tourism attraction providers which are members of their area tourist boards are shown in the table. Information on the number of tourism accommodation providers by local authority area is not available.
| Area Tourist Board | Number of Attraction Providers |
| Aberdeen and Grampian | 97 |
| Angus and Dundee | 48 |
| Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs | 281 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 50 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 153 |
| Edinburgh and Lothians | 117 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley | 63 |
| Highlands of Scotland | 86 |
| Kingdom of Fife | 52 |
| Orkney | 50 |
| Perthshire | 51 |
| Scottiah Borders | 87 |
| Shetland | 23 |
| Western Isles | 35 |
| Total | 1,193 |
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many providers of tourism attractions are members of VisitScotland’s quality assurance scheme, broken down by area tourist board and local authority area.
Answer
The number of tourism attraction providers which participate in VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance scheme are shown in the table. Information on the number of tourism accommodation providers by local authority area is not available.
| Area Tourist Board | Number of Attraction Providers |
| Aberdeen and Grampian | 129 |
| Angus and Dundee | 60 |
| Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs | 106 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 51 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 84 |
| Edinburgh and Lothians | 125 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley | 81 |
| Highlands of Scotland | 138 |
| Kingdom of Fife | 53 |
| Orkney | 14 |
| Perthshire | 78 |
| Scottiah Borders | 72 |
| Shetland | 24 |
| Western Isles | 9 |
| Total | 1,024 |
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when its local concessionary travel scheme will be rolled out nationally.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to delivering its Partnership Agreement commitment on a national bus scheme for older and disabled people by 2007.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many providers of tourism accommodation there are, broken down by area tourist board and local authority area.
Answer
This information is not available, since a small proportion of accommodation providers are not members of their area tourist boards, neither do they participate in VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance scheme.
