- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many airline operators it has met in the last year to discuss the provision of budget air between Scotland and countries outside the UK.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has met a number of airlines and had discussions with Scottish Enterprise, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Scottish Airports Ltd and Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd about the promotion of more direct air services serving Scotland. These discussions have not been restricted to any one type of air service and we shall continue to encourage the development of more commercial and cost-effective air services for the benefit of the travelling public and the Scottish economy.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what its target is for the level of swimming facilities which should be provided by local authorities per 15,000 persons.
Answer
Local authorities are responsible for the provision of leisure and recreation facilities, including swimming pools, in their area and the Scottish Executive does not set targets for facility provision.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given to councils regarding underused assets in the preparation for resource accounting and budgeting.
Answer
Advice regarding the treatment of assets for resource accounting and budgeting purposes is contained in the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether crime which is reported to the police is recorded in a consistent way across all police forces and how it monitors the consistency of such recording.
Answer
Continuing efforts are made to ensure that police forces record crime in as consistent a way as possible through circulation of guidance in the Criminal Statistics Handbook. The guidance is discussed with police representatives through the Scottish Criminal Statistics Committee and is ratified by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland.Audit visits to police forces are made by the crime statistics team to monitor police recording practice and confirm that the guidance is being followed. It is also a regular feature of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary Primary Inspections to audit processes and procedures used within forces to record crime.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Answered by Angus MacKay on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government regarding the implications for its policies and for public services in Scotland of any proposed changes to the Barnett formula.
Answer
The present Government has no plans to change the Barnett formula, therefore the Scottish Executive has had no discussions with the UK Government in this respect.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it will commit, as part of its plans to improve health, to supporting community aerobic exercise provision, such as swimming pools.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to improving health. One way of doing this is to increase levels of participation in physical activity and plans are currently at an advanced stage to establish a national Physical Activity Task Force which aims to recommend ways of doing this. A full announcement on the task force will be made in the near future.The resourcing of facilities such as swimming pools are however a matter for individual local authorities and others.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it will play in the appointment of a chief executive of visitscotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15448.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2001
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vehicles have been converted to date for liquid petroleum gas fuel use in the ambulance service.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service has looked at the possibility of such a fuel conversion for their fleet of vehicles and decided that it is not feasible.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vehicles in its fleet have the ability to use liquid petroleum gas fuel.
Answer
There are 83 cars within the Scottish Executive vehicle fleet which can operate on either liquid petroleum gas or unleaded petrol. In addition, the Scottish Executive has two electric cars for use on short journeys in the Edinburgh area.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vehicles have been converted to date for liquid petroleum gas fuel use in the health service.
Answer
The information is not available centrally in the detail requested.
