- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to alter the date of the next local authority elections to 2003 from spring 2002.
Answer
This issue was included in our post-McIntosh consultation paper and we are presently considering the responses received. The outcome of the deliberations of the renewing local democracy group will also be relevant in reaching a decision.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to encourage the dispersal of civil service jobs to Fife.
Answer
The Executive's policy on the location and relocation of civil service jobs remains as set out by the First Minister in his answer of 15 September 1999 (S1W-0558, Duncan McNeil MSP).
Potential locations across Scotland will be considered on a case-by-case basis consistent with our objectives of efficiency and effectiveness.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to list all individuals and organisations who have made representations to it concerning the split-site nature of Bell Baxter High School, Cupar, Fife.
Answer
Yourself and Mr Iain Smith MSP on behalf of the Bell Baxter High School Board.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2000
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Answered by Wendy Alexander on 24 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all the task forces, working groups, review groups, action groups and similar committees established by the Minister for Communities and her deputy ministers since 6 May 1999.
Answer
Since 6 May 1999 my deputy ministers and I have established the following groups:
- Race Equality Advisory Forum
- Review of Councils for Voluntary Service
- Strategic Review of Executive Funding to the Black and Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector.
- Common Housing Registers Steering Group
- Common Repairs Working Group
- Single Social Tenancy Working Group
- Homelessness Task Force
- Renewing Local Democracy Group
- Leadership Advisory Panel
- Part V (Police Act 1997) Voluntary Issues Review
- Working Group on Houses in Multiple Occupation Guidance
Supporting People Stakeholders' Group
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-3756 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 6 March 2000, which budget the additional #600,000 funding offered to the Hampden rescue package will come from, given that all estimated end-year flexibility within the Education, Culture and Sport budget has been allocated.
Answer
I refer the member to my answer to question S1W-4931
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would cost each local authority to clear its backlog of road repairs and maintenance.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not hold the information requested.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans for the Scottish Cancer Group, or any other body within the NHSiS, to collate information on investment in cancer services on a national basis.
Answer
The Scottish Cancer Group is actively involved in the ongoing national review of the need and procurement policy for linear accelerators and is also assessing chemotherapy services nationwide and undertaking a series of projected modelling exercises to inform planning of cancer services over the next 10 to 15 years.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-972 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 September 1999, what total cost was incurred by Central Scotland Police in respect of the disciplinary hearing of Inspector John Bunyan.
Answer
I understand that Central Scotland Police met costs for legal fees and expert witnesses for the hearing of a little over £100,000.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 4 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Communities last met CoSLA and what issues they discussed.
Answer
I last met with CoSLA's Social Affairs Forum on 2 March 2000 to discuss housing matters.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the European Convention on Human Rights will have on Fire Brigade Boards.
Answer
When the Human Rights Act 1998 comes into force in October this year, it will be possible for the actions of fire authorities, in common with those of other authorities, to be challenged in the domestic courts on the grounds that they are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. We are not aware that any of the functions of fire authorities are particularly vulnerable to successful challenge. To the extent that challenges to the actions of fire authorities have to be responded to or are successful, there may be additional costs for them, but it is not possible to anticipate what these costs would be.
