- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15846 by Mr Tom McCabe on 5 May 2005, how many enquiries regarding the Fresh Talent initiative have been received from the United States of America (USA) and how many applications from the USA are expected in 2005.
Answer
To date, the Relocation Advisory Service has received over 470 enquiries from the United States of America. We have no estimates or targets for the number of applications expected from American students to the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland scheme.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15849 by Mr Tom McCabe on 5 May 2005, how many enquiries regarding the Fresh Talent initiative have been received from Poland and how many applications from Poland are expected in 2005.
Answer
To date, the Relocation Advisory Service has received over 1,000 enquiries from Poland. As Poland is a member of the European Union, individuals do not need to apply for a work permit to take up employment in the United Kingdom. They are therefore not eligible for the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland scheme which is designed to assist nationalities who are subject to work permit requirements.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote employment opportunities in Scotland and the Fresh Talent initiative at events around the world, broken down by country and type of activity.
Answer
We have undertaken a number of activities to promote the Fresh Talent initiative at events overseas. These are as follows.
| Name of Country | Date | Type of Activity |
| Hong Kong | 21 October 2004 | Education Fair. Also media interviews to coincide with the fair. |
| Singapore | 23-24 October 2004 | Education Fair. Also media interviews to coincide with the fair. |
| China (Beijing, Qingdao and Shanghai) | 26 February to 6 March 2005 | Three Education Fairs. Also media interviews to coincide with fairs. |
| Malaysia (Penang) | 26-27 February 2005 | Education Fair. Also media interviews to coincide with fair. |
| Singapore | 3-6 March 2005 | Education Fair. Also media interviews to coincide with fair. |
| Poland | 16-19 March 2005 | Two careers fairs. Also media interviews to coincide with fairs. |
| India (New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore) | 8-19 April 2005 | Three Education Fairs. Also media interviews to coincide with fairs. |
| USA (New York – Tartan week) | 1-10 April 2005 | Exhibition Stand within Scotland Village, Grand Central Station |
In addition, the Executive has carried out other activities overseas to promote specific employment opportunities. For example, the Executive’s teacher recruitment campaign has undertaken advertising in targeted press in England. In addition, promotional material for the campaign was made available at the Fresh Talent stands at the careers fairs in Poland in March, and an official from the Executive’s Teachers’ Division has appeared on Polish television to promote teaching in Scotland as a career. Scottish Development International and Talent Scotland have also undertaken considerable overseas activity to promote job opportunities in Scotland.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it defines "grey boats" and what categories of boats it classifies in this way.
Answer
The term “grey boats” (or “grey vessels”), as the Executive understands it, refers to boats or ships which have a naval/military function. Defence is a matter reserved to UK Ministers and, as such, the Executive does not have any responsibility for “grey boats”.
It should be noted that Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency patrol boats are civilian vessels which have no military role or capacity.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15849 by Mr Tom McCabe on 5 May 2005, why Poland was selected for promotion of the Fresh Talent initiative; whether there are plans to conduct similar promotional activities in other European countries and, if so, in which countries and when the promotional activities will take place.
Answer
We selected Poland as an early target for our Fresh Talent promotional activity as it was the largest of the EU Accession States, and from the evidence available, had a large and skilled pool of workers who might be interested in coming to work in Scotland.
We are currently evaluating our early promotional activity, with a view to reaching decisions about future activity, including whether to include other European countries in our future plans.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all orders for publicly-funded "grey boats" placed in Scotland by organisations in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom in each year since 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-16423 on 18 May 2005. Defence is a reserved matter and as such the Executive does not hold this information.
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: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all orders for publicly-funded "grey boats" placed outside the United Kingdom by organisations in Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-16423 on 18 May 2005. Defence is a reserved matter and as such the Executive does not hold this information.
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: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all orders for publicly-funded "grey boats" placed outside Scotland by organisations in Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-16423 on 18 May 2005. Defence is a reserved matter and as such the Executive does not hold this information.
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: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all publicly-funded "grey boats" commissioned by organisations in Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W 16423 on 18 May 2005. Defence is a reserved matter and as such the Executive does not hold this information. 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: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to promote the forthcoming EU Seventh Framework Programme to businesses, universities and colleges across Scotland
Answer
The European Commission’s proposals have yet to be approved by the member states and we are therefore not yet at the stage of promoting them to the various stakeholders.
The Executive has consulted stakeholders on the proposals and has provided input to the UK position.
The Executive is involved in the promotion of Framework Programme 6 through the Scottish Proposal Assistance Fund (SPAF) which helps industry participation. Additionally, the Proposal Assistance for the Co-ordination of European Research (PACER) helps Academia. It is intended to use similar methods to promote Framework Programme 7.
