- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the commissioning of the new Milngavie water treatment works has rendered unnecessary a number of security measures put in place following a direction by the Home Secretary in 2003 under the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (Direction in the Interests of National Security) Order 2002.
Answer
Scottish Water has agreed with the government security adviser what changes can take place to the security measures following the commissioning of the new works.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review in conjunction with Home Office ministers the continuing need for security fences at Milngavie reservoir on national security grounds.
Answer
A review of the existing security measures has already taken place and Scottish Water has agreed in principal with the Government security adviser on what changes can be made. My officials have asked Scottish Water to estimate the cost of these changes and to consider the funding options available to them. Once we know the cost and the funding has been agreed, we will consult the Home Office about Directing Scottish Water to carry out the work.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28953 by Alex Neil on 3 December 2009, whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of what the £72,000 not returned by Scottish-Islamic Foundation was spent on; whether any of that money was passed on by the Scottish-Islamic Foundation to other organisations or paid out to any individual, and what public benefit was gained from this expenditure.
Answer
The £72,000 spent by the Scottish Islamic Foundation has been to develop IslamFest in order to help strengthen community cohesion in Scotland. A programme of IslamFest events was published by the Scottish Islamic Foundation on 17 February 2010. A breakdown of the £72,000 is already in the public domain and can found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1137/0089899.pdf.
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15067 on 3 September 2008 and S3W-31179 on 26 February 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Scottish Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15005 by Fergus Ewing on 3 September 2008, whether it will publish a breakdown of the uses to which £10,152 and £5,600 awarded to the Scottish-Islamic Foundation for set-up costs and training costs respectively were put and what individuals or organisations were paid to provide the services procured.
Answer
A breakdown of the uses for which the £10,152 and £5,600 grants were given has already been published and can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Equality/18934/SIFapplicationofficecosts.
The grant offer letter detailing conditions of grant for the set-up and training cost funding is already in the public domain and can be found at:
http://www.scotlandagainstracism.com/onescotland/files/FOI%20-%2000825.pdf.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it continues to support the Scottish-Islamic Foundation in its attempt to promote an Islamic Expo and, if so, what financial and non-financial form this support takes.
Answer
No further funding is being provided by the Scottish Government to support the delivery of IslamFest activity and no further requests for support of any kind for IslamFest has been received. It is right that the Scottish Government is supportive of all activity which will promote community cohesion and help support economic activity.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are in place regarding grants being made to charitable bodies that are not yet registered as charities; whether the procedures adopted in providing grants to the Scottish-Islamic Foundation in advance of that organisation being registered as a charity were fully in accordance with these guidelines or the normal practice of the relevant directorate, and, if not, whether ministers were informed.
Answer
Individual organisations do not need to be registered charities to receive funding from the Scottish Government. I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31179 on 26 February 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Scottish Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28953 by Alex Neil on 3 December 2010, on what basis ministers did not demand the return of the full amount of £200,000 awarded to the Scottish-Islamic Foundation and whether at any point the reporting officer indicated that they were not satisfied that the money allocated was properly accounted for or expressed concern that it might not represent value for money
Answer
The IslamFest grant was provided for the development of activity to help strengthen community cohesion in Scotland. A programme of IslamFest events was published by the Scottish Islamic Foundation on 17 February 2010.
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31185 on 26 February 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Scottish Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish-Islamic Foundation’s literature in connection with its proposed Islamic Expo has featured Scottish Government branding; if so, whether it continues to feature such branding and, if not, what actions were taken by ministers, special advisers or officials to secure discontinuation of the branding.
Answer
All projects and initiatives which receive Scottish Government funding are entitled to use the appropriate Scottish Government branding in relation to the work for which they received that funding. While all projects are obliged to acknowledge the support they receive from the Scottish Government in relation to the initiatives being funded, there is no obligation for the organisation to also use Scottish Government branding.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to a report in The Sunday Herald on 24 January 2010 about money awarded to the Scottish-Islamic Foundation, on what the remaining £30,200 of the £72,416 not returned to the Scottish Government was spent and whether any of this amount is recoverable.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31185 on 26 February 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Scottish Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
The Scottish Government is not seeking to recover the £72,000 used to develop IslamFest. The programme of IslamFest events has been published and is taking place in March and April 2010.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to a report in The Sunday Herald on 24 January 2010 about money awarded to the Scottish-Islamic Foundation, how many staff were paid out of the £41,216 spent on salaries; what period their employment covered; what the annual salaries of the individuals concerned were, and what proportion of their salaries was paid from the Scottish Government grant.
Answer
The figure of £41,216 for the 2008-09 financial year was from the Scottish Government grant awarded for IslamFest. This represents the project manager salary of £33,923; an administrator''s salary of £5,813, and national Insurance contributions of £1,480. Project management of the IslamFest initiative is part the chief executive''s role.
I also refer the member to the answer to questions S3W-15067 on 3 September 2008 and S3W-31179 on 26 February 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Scottish Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
