- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 11 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take in light of the report by Audit Scotland, 'A safer place': revisited - A review of progress in property risk management in schools, to increase the use of closed-circuit television in primary schools.
Answer
School vandalism issues need to be considered on a local basis, and measures adopted which are appropriate to local circumstances. There is no single cause of school vandalism and, therefore, there can be no single solution. Education authorities will consider a range of measures appropriate to their assessment of the problem. The installation of closed circuit television is one of a number of such measures which education authorities and schools might consider appropriate in contributing to efforts to reduce the incidence of vandalism at particular schools.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 11 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take in light of the report by Audit Scotland, 'A safer place': revisited - A review of progress in property risk management in schools, to reverse the increase in malicious fire damage to schools across Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-16592.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 5 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of commissioning and publishing the research document Motivations to Public Service, produced by George Street Research Ltd on behalf of its Central Research Unit.
Answer
The cost of commissioning and publishing this research document was £19,660.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 5 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of commissioning and publishing the research document The What, Where and When of Being a Councillor, produced by the Scottish Local Government Unit on behalf of its Central Research Unit.
Answer
The cost of commissioning and publishing this research document was £7,250.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full cost was of the report Street Cleaning GAE Assessment prepared in 1999 by Pion Economics on its behalf and whether it will publish the report.
Answer
The cost of the report was £18,342. A copy of the report is held in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 14426).
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full cost was of the report GAE Population Distribution Indicators: Phase II prepared in 1998 by Pion Economics for the Scottish Office and whether it will publish the report.
Answer
The cost of the report was £23,855. A copy of the report is held in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 14427).
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full cost was of the report Corporate Economies of Scale Review prepared in 2000 by Pion Economics on its behalf and whether it will publish the report.
Answer
The cost of the report was £11,163. A copy of the report is held in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 14428).
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full cost was of the report Parks, Allotments, Open Spaces and Regional Element GAE Review prepared in 2000 by Pion Economics on its behalf and whether it will publish the report.
Answer
The cost of the report was £19,309. A copy of the report is held in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 14429).
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Ministerial Working Group established to examine the recommendations of the Report of the Renewing Local Democracy Working Group has now met and when it expects to be able to inform the Parliament of the outcome of the working group's deliberations.
Answer
The group has met on four occasions. Its work is continuing and it is not possible to give a firm date by which the Executive will announce its conclusions on the recommendations made by the Renewing Local Democracy Working Group.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of the costs involved in publishing Checking for Change, including launch, printing and costs associated with publishing online.
Answer
The Checking for Change consultation paper has primarily been disseminated electronically. The launch of Checking for Change was carried out by news release and by e-mail to a number of relevant organisations. There were no separately identifiable costs associated with this.Those paper copies which will be issued will be photocopies. About 200 copies are expected to be sent to those interested parties who, as far as we know, do not have e-mail accounts. Each copy uses only three sheets of paper as the document is printed double-sided. Therefore, approximately 600 sheets of paper will be used.The cost of publishing both the Checking for Change paper and the Entec Report on Sustainability Indicators for Waste, Energy and Travel for Scotland on the Sustainable Scotland website was £40.
