- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take to promote direct air links with Canada.
Answer
The Scottish Executive, in partnership with the Enterprise Networks, VisitScotland and the airport operators, continues to encourage the development of more commercial and cost effective air services from Scotland to Canada and other destinations for the benefit of the travelling public and the Scottish economy.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average amount spent by visitors to Scotland from Canada was in each year since 1997.
Answer
The information requested is as follows:
Year | Average Spend (in 2000 prices) |
1997 | £504 |
1998 | £447 |
1999 | £502 |
2000 | £655 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what methodology is used for establishing the number of police officers employed by individual police forces and what account is taken of the number of police officers employed by individual forces on long-term sick leave.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. It is for chief constables in consultation with police authorities to decide on staffing levels within the resources available to them.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visitors to Scotland arrived in (a) a Scottish airport and (b) elsewhere in the United Kingdom on a direct flight from Canada in each year since 1997.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. However, the Office of National Statistics' Information Passenger Survey, as well as the Civil Aviation Authority, may be able to provide information on visitors arriving at/departing from airports in Scotland/UK. Contact details are as follows:
[email protected]www.caaerg.co.uk.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding has been provided to each further education college in each year since 1997.
Answer
The information requested is as follows:
College | Overall Funding 1997-98 (£ million) | Overall Funding 1998-99 (£ million) | Overall Funding 1999-2000 (£ million) | Overall Funding 2000-01 (£ million) |
Aberdeen College | 17,241,100 | 16,755,800 | 18,593,553 | 22,990,267 |
Angus College | 4,729,900 | 4,879,650 | 5,573,199 | 6,978,876 |
Anniesland College | 5,056,000 | 5,258,650 | 5,989,852 | 7,237,595 |
Ayr College | 5,585,000 | 5,803,608 | 6,741,197 | 8,436,411 |
Banff & Buchan College of Further Education | 4,676,600 | 4,660,050 | 5,392,707 | 6,426,805 |
The Barony College | 1,306,300 | 1,261,650 | 1,448,464 | 1,712,186 |
Bell of College of Technology | 4,736,900 | 4,481,950 | 7,577,500 | 6,613,501 |
Borders College | 5,198,000 | 4,809,500 | 5,562,143 | 6,258,662 |
Cardonald College | 8,146,300 | 10,285,450 | 9,790,222 | 11,478,917 |
Central College of Commerce | 5,055,500 | 5,240,900 | 5,555,110 | 6,349,883 |
Clackmannan College of Further Education | 2,920,300 | 3,000,600 | 3,270,101 | 3,926,079 |
Clydebank College | 7,432,900 | 8,346,450 | 8,386,494 | 9,058,602 |
Coatbridge College | 4,545,800 | 4,692,950 | 5,282,315 | 5,995,008 |
Cumbernauld College | 3,472,200 | 3,601,700 | 4,201,802 | 4,803,652 |
Dumfries & Galloway College | 6,214,100 | 5,894,600 | 6,403,190 | 6,949,326 |
Dundee College | 11,713,400 | 11,638,250 | 12,584,229 | 15,667,879 |
Edinburgh's Telford College | 15,086,400 | 15,383,288 | 16,422,257 | 17,773,126 |
Elmwood College | 3,488,900 | 3,464,650 | 4,028,392 | 4,515,789 |
Falkirk College of Further & Higher Education | 8,979,300 | 9,338,797 | 10,875,655 | 12,715,275 |
Fife College of Further & Higher Education | 7,565,600 | 7,237,050 | 8,560,912 | 10,325,151 |
Glasgow College of Building & Printing | 6,240,400 | 7,122,350 | 8,014,200 | 9,143,304 |
Glasgow College of Food Technology | 3,727,300 | 3,843,250 | 3,867,991 | 4,652,710 |
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies | 4,260,500 | 4,547,500 | 4,954,154 | 5,510,861 |
Glenrothes College | 5,890,900 | 5,989,400 | 6,531,901 | 6,923,956 |
Inverness College | 7,159,300 | 7,090,450 | 9,404,822 | 7,471,237 |
James Watt College of Further & Higher Education | 10,400,000 | 11,849,200 | 13,899,300 | 19,711,917 |
Jewel & Esk Valley College | 8,044,800 | 8,044,050 | 9,080,716 | 10,054,871 |
John Wheatley College | 3,979,400 | 4,045,849 | 4,380,680 | 8,546,865 |
Kilmarnock College | 6,970,100 | 7,179,921 | 8,050,087 | 8,759,018 |
Langside College | 7,382,000 | 7,055,229 | 8,179,466 | 9,534,995 |
Lauder College | 6,570,800 | 6,557,450 | 7,731,140 | 7,531,716 |
Lews Castle College | 2,231,200 | 4,191,700 | 4,710,731 | 2,637,081 |
Moray College | 6,017,400 | 5,916,250 | 6,342,001 | 6,652,851 |
Motherwell College | 9,769,500 | 9,852,050 | 10,537,104 | 12,411,060 |
North Glasgow College | 6,221,500 | 5,983,250 | 6,135,900 | 6,979,050 |
The North Highland College1 | 2,843,100 | 2,939,950 | 3,623,600 | 3,701,445 |
Oatridge Agricultural College | 1,997,200 | 1,992,900 | 2,154,223 | 2,496,591 |
Perth College | 6,722,500 | 6,453,705 | 6,817,254 | 7,800,698 |
Reid Kerr College | 9,635,300 | 9,409,650 | 10,542,874 | 11,593,673 |
South Lanarkshire College2 | 4,721,800 | 4,548,500 | 4,820,986 | 5,497,319 |
Stevenson College | 11,975,700 | 13,352,050 | 13,403,637 | 14,656,900 |
Stow College | 5,261,700 | 5,438,250 | 6,488,796 | 7,282,701 |
West Lothian College | 5,062,700 | 4,962,603 | 5,418,376 | 6,074,828 |
Orkney Islands Council | 457,000 | 730,900 | 1,131,720 | 1,162,050 |
Shetland Islands Council | 1,330,900 | 1,354,650 | 1,395,590 | 1,396,559 |
Sabhal Mor Ostaig | 400,000 | 529,450 | 846,880 | 656,856 |
Newbattle Abbey College | ------ | 264,250 | 291,790 | 320,719 |
Notes:1. Formerly Thurso College.2. Formerly Cambuslang College.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what volume of traffic using the new continental ferry from Rosyth could be carried to and from the port by rail if a rail link is created.
Answer
We understand that there would be no capacity constraints on carrying ferry traffic to and from the port by rail if a rail link was made between the proposed ferry terminal and the existing dockyard rail line. It should also be noted that the proposed ferry service from Rosyth to Zeebrugge is a roll-on/roll-off service and it is our understanding that the traffic that it is planned to carry will be drawn in the main from the road.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the PFI project for the new passenger terminal at Inverness airport, (a) when the PFI project was entered into, (b) what advice was taken and from whom regarding (i) the terms of the contract, (ii) the length of the contract and (iii) the ability to vary the contract; (c) what ability Highlands and Airports Limited (HIAL) has to obtain payments from franchise operators in the terminal; (d) what method of revenue raising is available to HIAL other than landing charges, and (e) whether it will make a copy of the contract available in SPICe, subject to the deletion of any commercially confidential details, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
The information is as follows:The contracts for the Inverness Airport Terminal PFI project were signed on 4 February 1998.Advice was taken from: Dundas and Wilson - legalErnst and Young - financialScottish Airports Ltd - estatesThomas and Adamson - value for money of building costs and content of Service Level AgreementScottish Office - value for money, finance issues and confirmation of PFI contract HM Treasury and its PFI Unit - policy mattersRevenues and concessionaires in the terminal building pass to Inverness Air Terminal Ltd, the owner and operator of the building.HIAL's revenue flows from:Landing charges based on weight of aircraftPassenger charges based on arriving passenger numbersAircraft parkingOn call chargesLease rentalsConcessionsRecovery of security costsCopies of the contract documentation to which Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) was a signatory are being made available in the Parliament's Reference Centre. The contract documents which did not involve, and were not signed by, HIAL are regarded as commercially confidential under the terms of the contract.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what grants have been made under the Challenge Competition Fund to each local authority for closed circuit television in each year since 1997.
Answer
Since 1997 Scottish local authority areas have received funding for CCTV from the Executive. The breakdown is as follows:
£000 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | Total |
Aberdeen | | 72,000 | | 50,000 | | 122,000 |
Angus | | 224,000 | | | | 224,000 |
Argyll & Bute | 111,531 | 71,000 | 71,350 | | | 253,881 |
Borders | 95,963 | 49,500 | 42,000 | | 70,000 | 257,463 |
Clackmannshire | 53,250 | | | 182,770 | | 236,020 |
Dundee | 193,000 | | | 33,000 | 60,000 | 286,000 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 65,000 | | | | | 65,000 |
East Ayrshire | | 107,085 | | 93,510 | 41,000 | 241,595 |
East Dunbartonshire | | 26,000 | | | 67,000 | 93,000 |
East Kilbride | | 59,000 | | 48,410 | | 107,410 |
East Lothian | 80,000 | 80,000 | 135,450 | | 20,000 | 315,450 |
East Renfrewshire | | 153,000 | 56,500 | | 180,000 | 389,500 |
Edinburgh | 142,500 | | | 258,270 | 246,000 | 646,770 |
Falkirk | 73,860 | 73,900 | 79,800 | 74,400 | 50,000 | 351,960 |
Fife | 194,535 | 9,000 | 35,000 | | 250,000 | 488,535 |
Glasgow | 188,207 | 422,500 | 399,800 | 288,600 | 350,000 | 1,649,108 |
Highland | 112,872 | | 26,600 | 27,500 | 101,000 | 267,972 |
Inverclyde | | | 25,000 | | | 25,000 |
Midlothian | 5,000 | | | 75,000 | 110,000 | 235,000 |
Moray | | 180,000 | | | | 180,000 |
North Ayrshire | | 47,000 | | 29,500 | | 76,500 |
North Lanarkshire | 221,000 | 135,500 | 97,500 | | 17,000 | 471,000 |
Perth & Kinross | | | 26,500 | 30,000 | | 56,500 |
Renfrewshire | 51,694 | 54,000 | 70,000 | | | 175,694 |
South Ayrshire | 45,000 | | 88,500 | 105,500 | | 239,000 |
South Lanarkshire | 64,000 | | 45,000 | | | 109,000 |
Stirling | | 15,000 | 52,500 | 49,100 | 50,000 | 166,600 |
West Dunbartonshire | 108,490 | 90,000 | | 269,440 | | 467,930 |
Western Isles | 66,000 | | | | | 66,000 |
West Lothian | | | 58,500 | | | 58,500 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, as part of its broadband strategy, it has information on how many telephone operators, other than British Telecom (BT), are installing Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line facilities within or adjacent to BT exchanges and what the location of each facility is.
Answer
Following requests from operators, BT has now completed build at six co-location sites across the UK. Work is on-going at a further 10 co-location sites. Work has been completed at 41 distant location sites and is on-going at a further six distant location sites across the UK. Once these sites have been handed over to the operators, they can install and operate their DSL equipment in accordance with their commercial roll out strategy.The Scottish Executive does not have details of which operators are involved in the process.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve and upgrade the A90 between the Forth Road Bridge and Barnton.
Answer
The A90 between the Forth Road Bridge and Barnton is classified as a local road. Plans to improve or upgrade that section of road are therefore matters for the City of Edinburgh Council.
