- 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 the estimated annual costs to local authorities are of dealing with abandoned vehicles.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- 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 whether it has the powers to direct the Strategic Rail Authority to create a public not-for-profit trust company to take over the Scottish passenger rail franchise should such an action be deemed desirable at the end of the current ScotRail franchise.
Answer
Under The Railways Act 1993, as amended by The Transport Act 2000, public sector operators are not permitted to become franchisees.
- 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 funding will be made available to local authorities or any other relevant body to deal with abandoned vehicles.
Answer
Collection and disposal of abandoned vehicles is an established responsibility of local authorities, the cost of which is covered by the GAE. It is not yet clear what effect the new regulations will have on levels of abandonment or costs of disposal of abandoned vehicles. In these circumstances, the Executive has not yet determined whether additional funding should be made available.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it received a copy of The Direct Air Services Action Plan Final Report dated February 2000 from Scottish Enterprise National; if so, on what date it received the document; what action it took upon receiving it, and whether any budget was allocated to implement any of the report's recommendations, detailing the reasons behind its response on this matter.
Answer
The Scottish Enterprise Report Direct Air Services Action Plan was commissioned as part of that agency's continuing work to promote new air services to and from Scotland, and to identify and evaluate those routes which are best for the Scottish economy and business. The report did not recommend any action or expenditure by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will seek to have an assault upon a public transport official during the course of his or her employment viewed as an aggravation of the crime, detailing the reasons behind its position on this matter.
Answer
Individuals who are assaulted in the course of their duties are already treated as the victims of an aggravated assault. Procurators Fiscal treat such assaults as being more serious due to the employment status of the victim. The punishment for assault is not fixed in statute. The penalty imposed will depend on the circumstances of each case including the status of the victim.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take to protect public transport workers from assault and abuse during the course of their employment.
Answer
We are awaiting a report from the Scottish Business Crime Centre about crime on buses, which will make recommendations on the way forward, and we will continue to encourage bus operators and the police to deal with incidents of vandalism and assault with the utmost seriousness.Additional resources of £25.5 million will also be provided over the next four years to support the development of a national network of effective community-based programmes for persistent offenders and we have recently launched an action programme that identifies measures to reduce youth offending and build a safer Scotland.
- 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 Cathy Jamieson on 4 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what mileage rates are paid to foster carers, broken down by local authority.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26940.
- 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 Cathy Jamieson on 4 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current rates of remuneration are for foster carers, broken down by the age of the child and by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996 and the accompanying guidance make clear that it is for local authorities to decide their own types and scales of payment to foster carers, depending on local childcare needs and circumstances.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 3 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information was provided to the Lord Advocate about the cause of the crash of a Chinook helicopter in Wilmington, USA, and related litigation, given his responsibility for the fatal accident inquiry into the crash of the Chinook ZD576 in the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26831.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 3 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the (a) Procurator Fiscal who conducted the fatal accident inquiry into the crash of the Chinook ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994, (b) Crown Office and (c) Lord Advocate were advised of (i) the hellicopter crash of a Chinook helicopter in Wilmington, USA, (ii) litigation by the Ministry of Defence relating to this crash and (iii) the apparent cause of the crash.
Answer
Neither the Lord Advocate nor the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is aware of a crash of a Chinook helicopter in Wilmington USA. The Lord Advocate and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service are aware of damage to the engine and transmission/rotor system of a Chinook helicopter during a static test, on the ground, at the Boeing test facility at Wilmington during 1989 and of litigation arising from that. As to that incident, reference is made to the answer to questions S1W-2120 and S1W-2585.
