- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 9 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it has provided to curling in Scotland in each year since 1997.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write to themember with the information that they have available.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 9 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many curling rinks there have been in each year since 1997.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write to themember with the information that they have available.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the process is for seeking membership of, or observer status to, the Nordic Council and whether it has any plans to make any such application.
Answer
There is no formalprocess for seeking membership of the Nordic Council. Nor does the council grant observer status.
The Executive hasno plans to seek to change its existing, very positive, relationship with the NordicCouncil or the Nordic Council of Ministers.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 9 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many curling rinks there are in Scotland, listed by location and giving the number of sheets in each rink.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write to themember with the information that they have available.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 9 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it provides to curling in Scotland.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write to themember with the information that they have available.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 9 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on participation levels in curling.
Answer
In 2004
sportscotland published a research report on curling participation.The research was undertaken in 2003 by MORI, on behalf of
sportscotland,following the success at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. This report can be accessedat:
http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/Resource+Library/Publications/Curling+Success+and+its+Impact+on+Participation.htm.I have arranged for a copy of the report to be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number39530).
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many instances there have been of prisoners who have been released or granted bail following a court appearance being returned by Reliance to the prison in which they were originally incarcerated, providing details of each instance, including the (a) date of the incident, (b) prisoner involved, (c) prison involved, (d) court involved and (e) amount of time the prisoner was detained after being released or granted bail by the court.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is notavailable.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visitors to Scotland were from (a) the United States of America, (b) Canada, (c) Germany, (d) Italy, (e) France, (f) the Netherlands (g) Belgium, (h) Australia, (i) New Zealand and (j) EU accession states in each year since 1999.
Answer
The number of visitors fromthe United States of America, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and the EU accession states in each year since 1999is shown in the following table:
| Country(ies) | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| United States of America | 451 | 416 | 421 | 390 | 414 | 405 |
| Canada | 119 | 145 | 93 | 118 | 88 | 150 |
| Germany | 196 | 179 | 155 | 134 | 175 | 198 |
| Italy | 105 | 70 | 62 | 56 | 16 | 75 |
| France | 132 | 79 | 61 | 121 | 87 | 109 |
| The Netherlands | 78 | 70 | 95 | 66 | 34 | 78 |
| Belgium/Luxembourg | 45 | 61 | 34 | 34 | 24 | 27 |
| Australia | 112 | 98 | 86 | 100 | 107 | 119 |
| New Zealand | 37 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 24 |
| EU accession states | 68 | 105 | 114 | 97 | 119 | 230 |
Source: InternationalPassenger Survey.
Note: Numbers are inthousands.
Data relating to theaccession states has been sourced from the International Passenger Surveyfigures for Cyprus/Malta/Gibraltar, former Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland,former USSR and Eastern Europe.
The number of visitors fromoverseas continues to recover from a decline which culminated in 2001-02, whentourism was significantly affected by Foot and Mouth Disease, September 11, andSARS.
The estimated number ofvisitors for 2005 is not available yet.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2006
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Answered by Allan Wilson on 8 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has over the Civil Nuclear Constabulary’s operations in Scotland.
Answer
Nuclear security is a reservedmatter. Under Section 62 of the Energy Act 2004,theUK Civil Nuclear Constabulary is subject to voluntary inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary (HMIC). The act also allows the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to initiate an inspection, and places a duty on the Secretary of State to make the report of an inspection public, subject to national security considerations.Where an inspection covers the constabulary’s activities in Scotland then HMIC for England and Wales must consult the HMIC for Scotlandabout the Scottish aspects of the inspection.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has given to football in each year since 1999 and which organisations received any such funding.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. However, I have asked the Chair of sportscotland to write tothe member with the information that they have available.
