- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 6 August 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-11005 on 20 November 2000, what the breakdown now is of the gradings and level of seniority of the staff on secondment from the Scottish Executive.
Answer
Sir David Steel: The figures requested as at 24 June 2002 are set out in the table below:
| Grade | Number Of Employees |
| 8 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 6 August 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-10467 on 6 November 2000, how many of the Parliament's staff are now seconded from (a) the United Kingdom civil service, (b) other public sector bodies and (c) the private sector.
Answer
The information sought as at 24 June 2002 is as follows:
- the United Kingdom Civil Service - 44 secondees, including 14 members of the Holyrood Project Team
- other public sector bodies - two secondees
the private sector - 0 secondees
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 5 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its strategy is towards local loop unbundling (LLU) and what information it has on the number of telephone exchanges where LLU has taken place up to the present date and the number of exchanges where it expects LLU to take place over the next two years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no functions in relation to Telecoms regulation. OFTEL monitors the delivery of unbundling facilities throughout the UK on an on-going basis and information on LLU can be accessed on their website.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 5 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what national strategy it or anybody accountable to it or acting on its behalf has for rolling out broadband over the next (a) two, (b) five and (c) 10 years, other than project ATLAS.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27021 on 22 July 2002.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 5 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what effect the reduction in the share price of Omne Communications Ltd will have on the roll-out of the broadband strategy; whether any changes to the strategy are planned, and whether there will be any variation to the timescale and delivery of the strategy.
Answer
Omne Communications Ltd's share price has no impact on the Executive's broadband strategy.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact will be on the proposed congestion charging scheme for Edinburgh of drivers who are classified as untraceable as a result of variation in the records maintained by the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority and what percentage of drivers it estimates will be affected.
Answer
This is a matter currently being explored by the City of Edinburgh Council and Transport Initiatives Edinburgh as part of the development of their charging proposals.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated administration costs are of the proposed congestion charging scheme in Edinburgh expressed as a percentage of the estimated amount of revenue to be raised by the scheme.
Answer
This is a matter currently being explored by the City of Edinburgh Council and Transport Initiatives Edinburgh as part of the development of their charging proposals.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have been carried out into the issue of abandoned vehicles.
Answer
No studies on the issue of abandoned vehicles have been published by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26712 by Lewis Macdonald on 3 July 2002, who the operator would be in the event of the franchise not being let or re-let.
Answer
Under the Railways Act 1993, as amended by the Transport Act 2000, the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) becomes the operator (known as the "operator of last resort") when a franchise agreement comes to an end, but no further franchise agreement has been entered into.The SRA ceases to become the operator as soon as services begin to be provided under a franchise agreement.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26712 by Lewis Macdonald on 3 July 2002, who the operator of last resort would be in the event of the franchise not being let or re-let.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-27366.
