- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 7 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many markers were used by the Scottish Qualifications Authority to mark this year's Higher Grade Examination papers and what percentage of these markers had taught the course which they were marking in the last two years.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Scottish Qualifications Authority. I have asked the Chairman to reply to you, and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the existing law is as it applies to street collectors who persuade people to sign Standing Orders and Deeds of Covenant for donations to charity and whether it has any plans to reform the law that covers this method of soliciting and collecting donations.
Answer
The regulation of public charitable collections is governed by section 119 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and associated regulations.
Further to my announcement of 29 March, the independent commission to review and reform charity law in Scotland is currently at work and is due to report back to me by Easter 2001. As part of its work, the commission will consider the regulation of public charitable collections. I will consider any necessary reform of the law in the light of the recommendations of the commission.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 21 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6451 by Mr Jack McConnell on 16 May 2000, whether it can now give a date when cost estimates will be available for ancillary works associated with the Holyrood Project.
Answer
It is not yet possible to provide a firm date when cost estimates for ancillary works associated with the Holyrood Project will be available. This is dependent on further development of detailed design of the work and its programming.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 21 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive who is responsible for taking the decision as to what is commissioned in relation to any external works associated with the Holyrood Project.
Answer
Arrangements for commissioning and overseeing the external works in Holyrood Park associated with the Holyrood Project are the responsibility of the Holyrood Project Team. Funding will be provided by the Scottish Executive through Historic Scotland up to a ceiling to be agreed. Edinburgh City Council has been considering with the Scottish Executive what additional costs may fall on the Council as a result of the need for external works and how these will be met.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to detail, for the period since the Scottish Parliament was established, (a) the number of overseas trips made by each junior and senior Minister, (b) the total number of overseas trips made by all Ministers and (c) the total cost of these overseas trips.
Answer
I will write to Mr McLetchie with this information soon.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by John Home Robertson on 3 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what surveillance testing, based on serological, virological, microbiological or pathological findings, was conducted by it or other bodies and over what period, in terms of Article 13 of EC Directive 91/67/EEC, which enabled the United Kingdom to maintain that Scotland was free from Infectious Salmon Anaemia.
Answer
Article 13 of Directive 91/67/EEC does not apply to Infectious Salmon Anaemia. However, in order to meet UK and EC legislative requirements, annual fish disease inspection and sampling programmes for all fish farms in Scotland have been carried out since 1993. Use of internationally approved detection and diagnostic methods for Infectious Salmon Anaemia provided no evidence of the disease until 1998.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 2 August 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the design proposals for the Holyrood Parliament have been finalised.
Answer
The "Stage D" scheme design proposals for the Holyrood Parliament building were finalised at a meeting of the SPCB on 20 June 2000. The Holyrood Progress Group announced the achievement in Parliamentary News Release 029/2000 on 21 June 2000.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 1 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the #2.5 million allocated to Historic Scotland for 2000-01 from the year-end balances for last year will go towards ancillary works associated with the Holyrood Project.
Answer
I refer the member to my reply of 17 July to Lord James Douglas-Hamilton in which I confirmed that for 2000-01 expenditure on landscaping and the realignment of roads in Holyrood Park associated with the new Scottish Parliament will be covered by the £2.5 million transfer to Historic Scotland announced on 28 June 2000.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 31 July 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer what the end-year balance for each sub-heading of the Parliament's budget was in 1999-2000.
Answer
The information that you have requested is not available at this time. Audit Scotland is currently auditing the accounts of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. It is proposed that Summarised Accounts will be published within the Corporate Body's Annual Report, which is due for publication in September.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the end-year balance in each sub-heading of the justice budget was in 1999-2000.
Answer
I refer you to the figures I provided in my answer to question S1W-8299 which sets out the End-Year Balances claim agreed with Treasury. The Appropriations Accounts published in the autumn will contain a breakdown of end-year balances.
