- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 15 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remits relating to transport are of (a) the Executive, (b) Scottish Enterprise, (c) Highlands and Islands Enterprise and (d) the Scottish Tourist Board.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is responsible for transport other than in those areas set out in Schedule 5 (E) of the Scotland Act 1998.The remits of Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Visit Scotland do not extend to transport.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 14 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprentices there have been in construction industry trades at the site of the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in each year since work began.
Answer
The information is not gathered centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trips have been made outwith the United Kingdom by (a) the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and (b) the Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and Gaelic in each month since October 2000, detailing the location, purpose and cost of each visit.
Answer
Tables of the trips undertaken are attached.
Trips undertaken by Ms Alexander
Month | Location | Purpose | Cost |
October 2000 | - | No Visits | - |
November 2000 | - | No Visits | - |
December 2000 | - | No Visits | - |
January 2001 (18-21 Jan) | France | Franco-British Colloque Network with opinion leaders from Britain & France. Ms Alexander gave a speech on the new economy and regional development from a Scottish perspective. | £337.00 |
February 2001 (18-23 Feb) | USA | University/economic development linksMeetings with key universities were aimed at effecting knowledge technology transfer and researching their support for entrepreneurs, incubation of spin-out companies and commercialisation of university-developed technologies. Additionally, the Minister had a briefing with Stanford University on the proposed E-Bridge project (with Edinburgh University and SEn).Silicon Valley entrepreneurshipThe Minister met with STI, LIS, Scottish entrepreneurs in US and local venture capital firms in California on their work with new entrepreneurs, corporate finance for new technology companies and business incubation. | £10,370.00 |
March 2001 | - | No Visits | - |
April 2001 (2-6 Apr) | USA | Tartan Week Supporting Scottish businesses and promoting Scotland both as a destination for American tourists and as a high tech base for US direct investment. Also visited Motorola Global Headquarters. | £3,902.58 |
May 2001 | - | No Visits | - |
June 2001 (5 June) | Republic of Ireland | Social Partnerships Fact finding visit. Minister met with the key people involved in implementing social partnership in Ireland. | £335.39 |
July 2001 (9-13 Jul) | USA | Biotech visit Building links between Scottish and US biotechnology companies to develop global biomanufacturing capacity in Scotland; support inward investment and assist Scottish biotech companies. Also visited Polaroid Headquarters. | £5,418.05 |
Trips undertaken by Mr Morrison
Month | Location | Purpose | Cost |
October 2000 | - | No Visits | - |
November 2000 | - | No Visits | - |
December 2000 | - | No Visits | - |
January 2001 | - | No Visits | - |
February 2001 (5-6 Feb) | Frankfurt, Germany | Twin City Launch Seeking to attract visitors to both Edinburgh & Glasgow, supported by Scottish Tourist Board, British Tourist Authority, Scottish Airports Ltd and both Local Tourist Boards. | £1778.82 |
March 2001 (8 March) | Brussels, Belgium | Opening of Cultural Tourism Seminar Seminar focused on the use of culture to promote tourism and economic development and was attended by representatives of European tourism, trade and cultural organisations. | £859.50 |
April 2001 (1- 4 April ) | USA | Tartan Week Supporting Scottish businesses and promoting Scotland both as a destination for American tourists and as a high tech base for US direct investment. Also visited Motorola Global Headquarters. | £3150.19 |
May 2001 | - | No Visits | - |
June 2001 | - | No Visits | - |
July 2001 | - | No Visits | - |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for Freight Facilities Grant have been received in each year since 1997 and what the average turnaround time for processing these was, broken down by mode of transport.
Answer
Eleven awards of FFG have been made in respect of applications received since 1997. Of these, 2 rail applications were received in 1998, one inland waterway and 6 rail applications were received in 1999 and one rail and one inland waterway application was received in 2000.
The average turnaround time for processing rail applications was 7 months and for inland waterways was 8 months.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money is available for Freight Facilities Grants in relation to the ferry link from Rosyth to Europe.
Answer
The funds available for Freight Facilities Grants over the 3 year period from 2001 to 2004 totals £36m of which £11.5m is already committed.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it received an application from Forth Ports for a Freight Facilities Grant in relation to the ferry link from Rosyth to Europe and when a decision will be made on the application.
Answer
The initial application was received on 9 May. Information on the identity of the destination port, which is needed to enable the application to be processed, was received on 22 June.
Freight Facilities Grant applications are subject to a rigorous assessment process and once this is complete a decision will be made on the application.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it received an application for a Freight Facilities Grant from Superfast Ferries in relation to the ferry link from Rosyth to Europe and when a decision will be made on the application.
Answer
The application was received on 29 May. Information on the identity of the destination port, which is needed to enable the application to be processed, was received on 22 June.
Freight Facilities Grant applications are subject to a rigorous assessment process and once this is complete a decision will be made on the application.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what effect the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, as drafted, will have on tourism.
Answer
The purpose of Part 1 of the draft Land Reform Bill is to create greater opportunity for people to visit and enjoy the Scottish countryside. This will further enhance the attractiveness of Scotland to our visitors.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it (a) sought and (b) obtained from visitscotland prior to the drafting of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
visitscotland has been consulted along with other interested organisations and individuals at each stage of the development of the draft Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. This includes early consultations by the Land Reform Policy Group as well as the White Paper and draft Bill stages in July 1999 and February 2001, respectively. VisitScotland is also a member of the Access Forum which has been active in assisting Scottish Natural Heritage in formulating its advice to Ministers on access to the countryside and in drafting the Scottish Outdoor Access Code.
The comments received from VisitScotland will be taken into account in finalising the legislation for introduction to the Parliament.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it was advised of the recent changes at director level at the Scottish Tourist Board; if so, at what stage and what advice it gave regarding the changes.
Answer
The Executive was kept in regular touch with visitscotland's restructuring process implementing the relevant recommendation of the PWC Management Review Report including the decisions relating to the appointment of three new senior directors and the staff changes which ensued.
