- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of men aged between 55 and 64 years of age is in work or looking for employment.
Answer
The proportion of men aged between 55 and 64 years of age in work or looking for employment for the autumn quarter in 2004 was 66.4%. This proportion is commonly referred to as the economic activity rate.
The 2004 autumn quarter runs from September 2004 to November 2004.
The proportion is estimated from the Labour Force Survey which is carried out by the Office for National Statistics.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of all discussions between the Executive and (a) HM Treasury, (b) the Department for Trade and Industry, (c) the Scotland Office and (d) the European Commission on the funding of the European Union from 2007 to 2013 and the impact of future European budget settlements on the level of European structural funding available to Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government and the European Commission on a wide range of issues, including the funding of the European Union from 2007 to 2013 and the impact of future European budget settlements on the level of European structural funding available to Scotland.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to investigate how the draft interim report on the Objective One funding projects in the Highlands and Islands, delivered to it by the European Commission on 27 September 2004, came to be in the hands of the BBC.
Answer
Copies of the report were legitimately in the hands of a number of organisations involved in the audit. The leak is regrettable and serves no constructive purpose. It would be impractical to attempt to establish the BBC’s source.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations in Scotland had access to the draft interim report on the Objective One funding projects in the Highlands and Islands delivered to the Executive by the European Commission on 27 September 2004.
Answer
The Scottish Executive, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Highland Council, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scottish Water and Highlands and Islands Partnership Programme.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what preparations it has made to comply with the follow-up audit of the Objective One projects in the Highlands and Islands and to ensure that the information requested by the European Commission is provided in a timeous and efficient manner.
Answer
Officials are working closely with applicants to ensure that all documentation is available at the time of the visit. However, ultimately it is the responsibility of the individual applicants to ensure that all the necessary documentation is to hand.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it took to ensure that the draft interim report on the Objective One funding projects in the Highlands and Islands, received by the Executive from the European Commission on 27 September 2004, remained confidential until the completion of the audit process.
Answer
The document is a draft European Commission report. It forms part of a relatively open process between the Commission, the Scottish Executive and applicant organisations to allow preliminary findings to be made known, a detailed response provided and a final report produced. Circulation by the Scottish Executive was limited to applicants involved in the audit.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports any change to the privative jurisdiction of sheriff courts.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-14050, on 28 February 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to alter the privative jurisdiction of sheriff courts.
Answer
The setting of a privative limit filters out the lowest value cases from the Court of Session. We believe that the case is made for an increase in the privative limit. The current limit of £1,500 dates from 1988. We believe that should rise to a more realistic level, reflecting current circumstances. We are continuing to consider all arguments and representations as to what the right level should be.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the actions for damages relating to personal injuries in the Court of Session in each of the last three years sought damages totalling (a) £5,000 or less, (b) £5,001 to £10,000, (c) £10,001 to £20,000 and (d) more than £20,000.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Some information for an earlier period on personal injuries case volume by value is contained within the research report
Personal Injury Litigation, Negotiation and Settlement published in 2002. It is available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/pil-00.asp.
- Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average duration of a civil proof, excluding civil jury trials, in the Court of Session was in each of the last three years.
Answer
The average duration of a civil proof in each of 2002, 2003 and 2004 was 3.9 days, 3.5 days and three days respectively.
| 2002 | 3.9 days |
| 2003 | 3.5 days |
| 2004 | 3 days |
