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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-20374

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Mike Watson on 17 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what appointments have been made to Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board in each year since 1997 and what the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each appointee was.

Question reference: S1W-20542

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19401 by Lewis Macdonald on 26 November 2001, whether the Private Finance Initiative contract relating to the new terminal at Inverness, or any other contract, requires Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd to charge a minimum landing charge per passenger at Inverness and, if so, what that charge is.

Question reference: S1W-20541

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19401 by Lewis Macdonald on 26 November 2001, who the principal shareholders of Inverness Air Terminal Ltd are and what lease rentals and concessions provide income to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd.

Question reference: S1W-19068

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Mike Watson on 12 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made or plans to make to Her Majesty's Government to promote the claiming back of VAT by tourists and visitors to Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-20442

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many councillors from the City of Edinburgh City Council have been appointed to non-departmental public bodies, Social Inclusion Partnerships or other publicly remunerative posts in each year since 1997 and what the (a) posts and (b) remuneration received were in each case.

Edinburgh City Councillors appointed to non-departmental public bodies are listed in the table below:

Name	NDPB	Party political affiliation	Appt from	Appt to	Remuneration
Iain Whyte	National Galleries of Scotland	Conservative	04/98	03/02	none
Kingsley E F Thomas	Scottish Advisory Committee on Drugs Misuse (declassified 1/9/01)	Labour	01/00	12/02	none
Daphne Sleigh	Scottish Homes	Conservative	09/90	03/99	7,464
Elizabeth Maginnis	General Teaching Council For Scotland	Labour	03/93	01/99	none
Donald Anderson	VisitScotland	Labour	12/98	09/05	7,628
Marilyne A Maclaren	Central Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace (Scotland)	Liberal Democrat	12/96	10/01	none
James L Walls	Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee (Edinburgh)	Conservative	03/97	02/03	none
Lesley Hinds	Health Education Board for Scotland	Labour	07/98	03/04	2,118
Moyra Forrest	Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee (Edinburgh)	Liberal Democrat	06/97	05/06	none
Robert Cairns	East of Scotland Water Authority (Chair)	Labour	04/98	03/02	27,025
Robert Cairns	Historic Buildings for Scotland		12/95	12/01	none
Eric Milligan	Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee (Edinburgh)	Labour	05/99	05/03	none
Brian Houston	VisitScotland	Labour	06/01	06/05	7,628

Full details of appointments made to health trusts and boards in the Lothian and NHS Borders areas since 1997 were given in the answer to S1W-20382 on 10 December.Information on Edinburgh City Councillors who have been appointed to Social Inclusion Partnerships or other publicly remunerative posts in each year since 1997 is not held centrally.The Executive has provided a corrected table (published on 4 February 2002); see below.

Name	NDPB	Party political affiliation	Appt from	Appt to	Remuneration
Kingsley E F Thomas	Scottish Advisory Committee on Drugs Misuse (declassified 1/9/01)	Labour	01/00	12/02	none
Daphne Sleigh	Scottish Homes	Conservative	09/90	03/99	7,464
Elizabeth Maginnis	General Teaching Council For Scotland	Labour	03/93	01/99	none
Donald Anderson	VisitScotland	Labour	12/98	09/05	7,628
Marilyne A Maclaren	Central Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace (Scotland)	Liberal Democrat	12/96	10/01	none
James L Walls	Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee (Edinburgh)	Conservative	03/97	02/03	none
Lesley Hinds	Health Education Board for Scotland	Labour	07/98	03/04	2,118
Moyra Forrest	Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee (Edinburgh)	Liberal Democrat	06/97	05/06	none
Robert Cairns	East of Scotland Water Authority (Chair)	Labour	04/98	03/02	27,025
Robert Cairns	Historic Buildings for Scotland		12/95	12/01	none
Eric Milligan	Justice of the Peace Advisory Committee (Edinburgh)	Labour	05/99	05/03	none

Question reference: S1W-20443

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any record is kept of councillors who (a) are nominated for and (b) take up remunerated posts on boards and organisations in local authorities adjacent to their own; if so, whether it will give details of any such nominations or appointments in each year since 1997, and, if not, whether it will establish such a record.

Question reference: S1W-19897

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many criminal offences committed by children were reported to the Reporter to the Children's Panel for Edinburgh and what action was taken on each case in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S1W-19896

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases have been prosecuted at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S1W-19944

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government regarding the Executive's range of powers in relation to short sea shipping.

Question reference: S1W-20380

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Richard Simpson on 10 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of any councillors who have sat on the Lothian and Borders Fire Board in each year since 1974, including the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each councillor.