- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the relationship is between its music industry forum and the Scottish Arts Council's Scottish Music Industry Forum.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6499 on 9 March 2004.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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current priorities are of the music industry forum.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6449 on 9 March 2004.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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current membership of the music industry forum is.
Answer
A phased study into a proposal to create an Association for the Professional Music Industry in Scotland is currently being carried out by the Scottish Arts Council. This association will become the voice of the industry in Scotland and will, amongst its other responsibilities, assume the role previously taken by the Music Forum. There are, therefore, no plans to reconvene the forum. Past membership of the Music Forum can be found in the reply to parliamentary question S1W-28273. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has regarding the granting of rebates in respect of modes of transport other then buses, including aviation fuel for piston engines.
Answer
Taxation, including thelevel of duty applicable to transport, is a matter reserved to the UKGovernment. However, the Scottish Executive has general provision whichenables it to provide grants towards transport. Such grants are subject tospecific criteria as is the case with the Bus Service Operators Grant.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 8 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5903 by Ms Margaret Curran on 17 February 2004, whether it will provide a breakdown of the nature of housing provided in each local authority area into (a) general needs housing, (b) special needs housing, (c) low cost housing and (d) any other identifiable category.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
The table shows the planned number of housing approvals set out in answer S2W-5903 on 17 February 2004 in each local authority area split by general needs, special needs and low cost home ownership.
| Table 1 - Unit Approvals (2003-04) |
| Unitary Authority | Rent - | Rent - | Low Cost |
| | General | Special | Home |
| | Needs | Needs | Ownership |
| | No. | No. | No. |
| Aberdeenshire | 21 | 32 | 38 |
| Angus | 59 | 57 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 86 | 28 | 5 |
| City of Aberdeen | 10 | 128 | 64 |
| City of Dundee | 100 | 121 | 0 |
| City of Edinburgh | 251 | 68 | 21 |
| City of Glasgow | 1,233 | 197 | 272 |
| Clackmannanshire | 16 | 17 | 0 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 93 | 53 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire | 26 | 17 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| East Lothian | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 36 | 40 | 0 |
| Falkirk | 34 | 10 | 12 |
| Fife | 104 | 87 | 56 |
| Highland | 155 | 8 | 97 |
| Inverclyde | 143 | 36 | 0 |
| Midlothian | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Moray | 47 | 47 | 10 |
| North Ayrshire | 46 | 31 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 141 | 97 | 72 |
| Orkney | 19 | 17 | 25 |
| Perth and Kinross | 106 | 49 | 26 |
| Renfrewshire | 222 | 124 | 0 |
| Shetland | 36 | 0 | 13 |
| South Ayrshire | 38 | 43 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 254 | 42 | 60 |
| Stirling | 90 | 21 | 0 |
| The Scottish Borders | 44 | 13 | 2 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 155 | 63 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 90 | 10 | 0 |
| Western Isles | 37 | 8 | 22 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to promote the availability of Scottish literature in Scotland's major bookshops.
Answer
the Scottish Arts Council, working closely with the Scottish PublishersAssociation, is supporting a range of initiatives designed to promote thecommercial success of Scottish literature. The Council’s Review of ScottishPublishing in the 21st Century, to be published shortly, willprovide a further focus on support for, and consolidation of, the sector.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 1 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available to organisations such as Disablement Income Group Scotland who provide advice to individuals making benefit applications.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides grant funding to voluntary sector organisations through anumber of schemes. These are detailed in the Scottish Executive’s Guide forthe Voluntary Sector to Scottish Executive Grants 2003-04, which isavailable from Scottish Parliaments Reference centre. Funding is generallyavailable for activities that promote Scottish Executive objectives and for nationalinfrastructure organisations and associated local networks to promote thegrowth and effectiveness of voluntary and community organisations.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 27 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding sources are available to help reconstruct, or refurbish, places of worship.
Answer
It is for individual congregations,or their denominational bodies, to insure against damage or loss. Places of worshipin need of urgent repair may apply under a new Places of Worship Grants Schemeintroduced in 2002. The scheme is run in partnership by Historic Scotland and theHeritage Lottery Fund. The scheme has a total annual budget of £5 million andapplications are invited twice a year in March and September. A Directory ofGrants for Places of Worship in Scotland, compiled by Historic Scotland and the ScottishCivic Trust, is available and I am arranging for you to receive a copy.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) authorised and (b) actual police officers there were in Lothian and Borders Police in each month since April 2000, broken down by rank.
Answer
The (then) Scottish Office ceased authorising police numbers in forces in 1996. Since then, the responsibility for decisions on the recruitment and deployment of police officers, and the number of officers within each force has been an operational matter for individual chief constables.
Police officer numbers by rank are collected annually at 31 March by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary. The available information for Lothian and Borders Police is shown in the following table:
Lothian and Borders PoliceStrength by Rank
| Rank | 31-03-00 | 31-03-01 | 31-03-02 | 31-03-03 |
| Chief Constable | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Assistant Chief Constable (including Deputy Chief Constable) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Superintendent (including Chief Superintendent) | 35 | 30 | 32 | 33 |
| Chief Inspector | 36 | 46 | 44 | 45 |
| Inspector | 130 | 134 | 142 | 145 |
| Sergeant | 352 | 369 | 369 | 372 |
| Constable | 2,027 | 2,087 | 2,109 | 2,115 |
| Total | 2,584 | 2,670 | 2,700 | 2,714 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 26 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the book buying policy of Historic Scotland is and what emphasis Historic Scotland gives to books published in Scotland.
Answer
I have asked Graeme Munro,Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to reply. His response is as follows:-
Historic Scotland carriesa wide range of general interest and Scottish related publications, chosen fortheir appeal to its diverse visitor profile. Relevance to particular sites andto Scottish history and culture more generally is an important criterion and thereis thus a significant emphasis on books about Scotland, many of which arepublished in Scotland.
