- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-30117 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2007, how many overseas conferences on prison privatisation were attended by senior staff of the Scottish Prison Service in each year since 1999, showing the costs of flights to each conference.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
None.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-30117 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2007, whether it will provide a breakdown of the flight costs incurred by prison governors on official overseas trips in each year since 1999.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30117 on 14 February 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in undertaking the nationwide anti-sectarianism awareness raising campaign announced in December 2006.
Answer
We expect that a focusedanti-sectarian campaign around football will take place early in the 2007-08football season.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it plans to make available for the nationwide anti-sectarianism awareness raising campaign announced in December 2006.
Answer
My officials are discussingwith Football for All funding that might be provided by the Executive forproviding an anti-sectarianism in football awareness campaign.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it will provide for (a) start-up costs, (b) running costs and (c) an awareness campaign in respect of the anti-sectarianism body, Football for All.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has agreedto provide up to £65,000 in start up costs to Football for All during 2006-07,subject to the agreement of the grant offer by Football for All.
My officials are discussingwith Football for All funding that might be provided by the Executive forrunning costs and an anti-sectarianism in football awareness campaign.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in setting up the anti-sectarianism body, Football for All.
Answer
The Football for All charityis in the process of being established.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects Football for All to commence its first programme of action.
Answer
I understand that Footballfor All is planning a number of events from April 2007.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 1 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether minibuses and vehicles providing airport-to-hotel or other door-to-door services could be required to provide disabled access under local authority licensing powers.
Answer
Local authorities havediscretionary powers under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 todetermine the specification of vehicles which they will license as a taxi orprivate hire car having regard to the type, size and design of the vehicle andwhether it is safe for use. The Scottish Executive has encouraged local authoritiesto use those discretionary powers to improve the accessibility of taxis todisabled people.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offenders placed on the sex offenders’ register have been missing and untraced in each month since 2003.
Answer
As I stated in my response tothe answer to question S2W-28942 on 18 October 2006,this information is not held centrally. Thenumber of sex offenders on the register who are unaccounted for and being soughtchanges on an almost hourly basis due to the nature of proactive policing effortsto trace them. This will now include posting the details of certain high risk offenderson the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre website.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-30117 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2007, what accounting system is operated by the Scottish Prison Service; why it is unable to track air fares, and what information it holds on air fares.
Answer
Awaiting answer
