- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 30 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the private business/public agency group as referred to in objective 1.1 of its Tourism Framework for Action 2002-05 will be established and start meeting.
Answer
The group will meet for the first time in the autumn.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 30 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Natural Cooking of Scotland initiative is as referred to in objective 3.1 of its Tourism Framework for Action 2002-05.
Answer
Natural Cooking of Scotland is an initiative that has been developed in conjunction with food and tourism leaders to raise awareness of the quality and range of Scotland's natural food products and cooking skills. Co-ordinated by Taste of Scotland, Natural Cooking aims to get across to businesses through training and information the important role that fresh local produce and straightforward quality cooking play in developing business and increasing income.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost each local authority to remove abandoned vehicles in the current year and how much it cost in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to address any increase in the number of deliberate vehicle fires.
Answer
A recent Joint Thematic Inspection carried out by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland and HM Fire Service Inspectorate for Scotland -
Fire: Raising the Standard - recommends that forces, brigades and local authorities work together to address the issue of abandoned and stolen motor vehicles, which is the main cause of deliberate vehicle fires. The Scottish Executive intends to seek the views of the Scottish Committee of the Fire Brigades Advisory Council on the establishment of a working group to prepare guidance on this subject. A copy of the thematic report is available on the Scottish Executive website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/frts-00.asp.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the travel line providing integrated travel information will be operational.
Answer
The basic journey planning information service provided by Traveline Scotland became operational on 3 January 2001. It currently handles in the region of 5,000 calls per week and a series of improvements to the service are planned over the next 10 months to give more pertinent and accurate information to travellers.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many miles of (a) motorway, (b) trunk road and (c) non-trunk road dual carriageway there are in each local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is given in Tables 5.1 and 5.2 of Scottish Transport Statistics, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 15770).
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for completion of the Rural Community Gateway website.
Answer
Work is under way on the development of the Rural Community Gateway website, and we hope to be able to launch it early in 2003. The website will be evaluated following its first year of operation.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 24 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why it is the responsibility of business to be aware of local public transport options and needs as referred to in objective 2.2 of its Tourism Framework for Action 2002-05.
Answer
One of the key objectives of the framework document is to assist businesses to identify actions that they can take, in order to provide a better standard of service to their customers. An example of improved service is the readily available provision of information about matters such as local public transport options.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 24 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how Highlands and Islands Enterprise plans to promote and provide opportunities for managers of tourism businesses to develop their business leadership skills as referred to in objective 1.1 of its Tourism Framework for Action 2002-05.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 24 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what work it is carrying out to attract major cultural and sporting events to Scotland as referred to in objective 2.4 of its Tourism Framework for Action 2002-05.
Answer
The Executive has established a Major Events Steering Group to take forward this work. This includes VisitScotland, sportscotland, the Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Glasgow and Edinburgh cities and COSLA. We have appointed consultants, Objective Performance Limited, to help us develop a major events strategy for Scotland. Their team includes Craig McLatchey, former Head of the Australian Olympic Committee, responsible for delivering the highly successful Millennium Olympic Games in Sydney. Consultation is in progress and I expect a report in the autumn.
