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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-09288

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what mileage costs have been incurred by or on behalf of the Scottish Legal Aid Board since 1997 on an annual basis.

Question reference: S1W-09263

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 11 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Tourist Board and the British Tourist Authority have spent on marketing Scotland in Vienna since the opening of the direct flight by Tyrolean Airlines.

Question reference: S1W-09286

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 11 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what European funding is available in total for roads in Scotland; what level of European funding is available in respect of which roads, and what representations and applications have been made regarding European funding for roads.

Of the new Structural Fund Programmes for the 2000-06 Programming period, only the Highlands & Islands Special Transitional Programme provides support for strategic investments in communications and infrastructure, including roads and bridges. No specific amount is set aside for particular projects. The deadline for first round applications for European Funding was 7 September with decisions expected on 6 December.

Question reference: S1W-09266

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 11 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent since 1997 on promoting Scotland at the annual International Tourist Board travel fair in Berlin and what input it had to any such promotion.

Question reference: S1W-09267

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 11 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it or other organisations acting on its behalf have taken to market Scotland as a golf tourism destination.

Question reference: S1W-09264

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 11 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has given the Scottish Tourist Board and the British Tourist Authority any instructions or input regarding the marketing of Scotland in Austria, what funding it has provided to these bodies for this purpose and how much they have spent on any such marketing.

Question reference: S1W-09008

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 8 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the bulk buying of liquid petroleum gas.

Question reference: S1W-09291

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 8 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the mileage rates payable to staff and users in each non-departmental public body where these are available on an annual basis since 1997, and for which non-departmental public bodies these details are not available.

Question reference: S1W-09170

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the costs of the public inquiry and planning appeal into the route of the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit scheme will be met from funding already allocated to the project or from other public funds, what the anticipated costs are of these inquiries and who will meet these costs.

Each party to the planning appeal process is required to meet its own expenses. The Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unit meets the cost of providing a Reporter and associated administration of the inquiry including advertising the inquiry arrangements and hire of the venue. The costs of the public inquiry and planning appeal into the route of the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit scheme are therefore for the respective parties to meet. The extent of such costs will depend upon, for example, the number of parties involved; the complexity of the issues raised; and duration of the inquiry. The City of Edinburgh Council will not be able to use resources awarded under the Transport Challenge Fund to meet the cost of its participation in this inquiry.

Question reference: S1W-09173

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support and encourage tram or light rail links to the Waterfront development at Granton.