- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether out of undertaking peak sailings on the Gourock to Dunoon ferry route between 1986 and 2003 were provided on a commercial basis.
Answer
Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd carried out an analysis of the costs of providing peak sailings on the Gourock-Dunoon route in the mid-1980s, indicating that these additional out of undertaking sailings could be provided on a commercial basis. In 1986, the Scottish Transport Group, which the company then operated under, approved the introduction of the additional sailings. The peak sailings were absorbed into the undertaking in 2003 in order to remove any ambiguity about whether these sailings should be included in the final tender specification for this route.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14496 by Nicol Stephen on 16 March 2005, what information it receives from Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) when assessing whether the routes within the undertaking between it and CalMac are loss-making.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to question S2W-16233 on 12 May 2005 and question S2W-14498 on 16 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for funding under the Scottish Land Fund are awaiting consideration and what the value is of such applications.
Answer
The Big Lottery Fund Scottish Land Fund is a reserved matter for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Information can be sought from Mr Dharmendra Kanani, Director Scotland of the Big Lottery Fund.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults involved the use of reproduction or original historical swords such as claymores or basket-hilted broadswords in each of the last five years.
Answer
The statistics available centrally on crimes of assault recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstances of the assault, such as the type of any weapon involved.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to prohibit the private import of swords as part of its proposed ban on the sale of swords.
Answer
A number of weapons, including sword sticks, push daggers, death stars and butterfly knives, are already banned by means of Offensive Weapons Orders made under the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The act makes it an offence to import, manufacture, sell or hire, expose or possess for the purposes of sale or hire or lend or give to another person any specified offensive weapon.
The First Minister recently announced the Executive’s five point action plan on knife crime, including a ban on the sale of swords. The Executive plans to consult on those proposals in the new year.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults involved the use of non-domestic knives in each of the last five years.
Answer
The statistics available centrally on crimes of assault recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstances of the assault, such as the type of any weapon involved.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it defines a sword.
Answer
Recorded crime statistics available centrally record the number of homicide victims killed by a sharp instrument. They do not identify the types of weapons used and, consequently, there are no central definitions of weapons types.
The First Minister recently announced the Executive’s five point action plan on knife crime, including a licensing scheme for non-domestic knives and a ban on the sale of swords. The Executive plans to consult on those proposals in the new year.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults involved the use of swords in each of the last five years.
Answer
The statistics available centrally on crimes of assault recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstances of the assault, such as the type of any weapon involved.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults involved the use of combat or military-style knives in each of the last five years.
Answer
The statistics available centrally on crimes of assault recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstances of the assault, such as the type of any weapon involved.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it defines a non-domestic knife.
Answer
Recorded crime statistics available centrally record the number of homicide victims killed by a sharp instrument. They do not identify the types of weapons used and, consequently, there are no central definitions of weapons types.
The First Minister recently announced the Executive’s five point action plan on knife crime, including a licensing scheme for non-domestic knives and a ban on the sale of swords. The Executive plans to consult on those proposals in the new year.
