- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made a decision regarding the levying of Scottish Criminal Records Office checks on voluntary organisations.
Answer
The Part V Voluntary Issues Review Group, which is chaired by Jackie Baillie, has been examining a number of issues, of which charges is one, related to the possible impact on voluntary organisations of the introduction of criminal record checks under Part V of the Police Act 1997.I expect the group to report by the end of the calendar year on the outcome of its deliberations. Decisions about charges will be made as soon as possible thereafter.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what assurances it can give voluntary organisations at this time that they will not be charged for compulsory Scottish Criminal Records Office checks.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer I gave to question S1W-11272 today.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the Voluntary Issues Review Group dealing with Part V of the Police Act will be published.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer I gave to question S1W-11272 today.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times has the Voluntary Issues Review Group has met to date and, for each meeting, (a) what was on the agenda, (b) what decisions were taken and (c) what action was taken.
Answer
The Voluntary Issues Review Group which is chaired by Jackie Baillie has met on seven occasions. It has discussed a number of issues related to the impact on voluntary organisations of the criminal record checks which will become available under Part V of the Police Act 1997. Details can be found in the meeting minutes, copies of which have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.I expect the group to report by the end of the calendar year on the outcome of its deliberations.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a progress report on the work of the Voluntary Issues Review Group.
Answer
The Part V Voluntary Issues Review Group which is chaired by Jackie Baillie has almost completed its task and I expect it to report by the end of the calendar year on the outcome of the its deliberations.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 28 November 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer how many people are employed solely to produce the core parliamentary publications and how many work only on (a) internet publication and (b) paper publication.
Answer
The only staff employed solely to produce core parliamentary publications are those in the Official Report. No staff work solely on either the internet or the paper publication of core parliamentary publications.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 28 November 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer how much the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has spent to date on producing core Parliamentary publications and publishing them on the Internet.
Answer
The SPCB has a contract with TSO for the provision of print and electronic information publishing services. We currently operate on a management fee basis, which includes the page layout, construction and HTML mark-up of all core parliamentary publications. There is a common production process for much of the preparation for both print and electronic publication. It is therefore not possible to identify separately the cost of publishing them on the Internet.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 28 November 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer what recruitment processes are used to appoint Scottish Parliament staff and where and for how long each post created to date was advertised.
Answer
The SPCB became an employer in its own right on 1 April 2000. For staff appointed prior to that date, recruitment was conducted on behalf of the SPCB by the Scottish Office/Scottish Executive.
All recruitment to posts in the Scottish Parliament is carried out under the principles of fair and open competition. Sixty-one new posts have been filled by external recruitment since 1 April and details requested are set out in the table below. Advertisements in the press appear for only one day in each publication; the figure in the table shows the period in which applications were able to be submitted following the advertisement. In addition, details of all posts advertised externally are published on the Parliament's Internet site.
| New Posts Filled Since 1 April 2000 | |
| Post | No. of Posts | WHERE ADVERTISED | No. of Weeks Applications |
Clerk Team Leader | 1 | Scotsman & Herald | 4 |
Non Executive Bills Head | 1 | Scotsman & Herald | 4 |
Assistant Clerk | 1 | Scotsman & Herald | 4 |
Administrative Asst | 1 | Evening News | 4 |
Researcher | 9 | Scotsman & Herald | 4 |
Pt Cataloguer | 1 | Scotsman & Herald | 4 |
Finance Asst | 1 | Scotsman, Herald, Evening News & Job Centre | 4 |
Reporters | 5 | Scotsman & Herald | 4 |
Finance Administrator | 1 | Scotsman, Herald, Evening News & Job Centre | 4 |
Finance Assistant | 1 | Scotsman, Herald, Evening News & Job Centre | 4 |
Travel & Subsistence Manager | 1 | Scotsman, Herald, Evening News & Job Centre | 4 |
Travel & Subsistence Assistant | 1 | Scotsman, Herald, Evening News & Job Centre | 4 |
Typist | 1 | Evening News & Job Centre | 4 |
Administrative Asst | 1 | Evening News & Job Centre | 4 |
Gaelic Officer | 1 | Scotsman, Herald, West Highland Free Press, The Stornoway Gazette & An Gaidheal Ur | 2 |
Technical Assistant | 1 | Herald & Scotsman | 2 |
Senior Assistant Clerk | 1 | Scotsman & Herald | 3 |
IT Purchasing Manager | 1 | Herald & Scotsman | 3 |
Customer Services Manager | 1 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer Weekly | 3 |
Customer Support Manager | 1 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer Weekly | 3 |
Helpdesk Officers | 2 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer Weekly | 3 |
Network Support Officer | 1 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer Weekly | 3 |
Helpdesk Assistant | 1 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer Weekly | 3 |
PC Support | 1 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer Weekly | 3 |
Telecomms Assistant | 1 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer Weekly | 3 |
Web Assistant | 1 | Scotsman & Herald | 3 |
Electronic Sources Specialist | 1 | Herald, Scotsman & Library Record Association | 3 |
Head of Corporate Policy | 1 | Scotsman & Herald | 2 |
Corporate Policy Team Leader | 1 | Scotsman & Herald | 2 |
Sub-Editors | 2 | Scotsman, Herald & Guardian | 3 |
Reporters | 6 | Scotsman, Herald & Guardian | 3 |
Records Manager | 1 | Scotsman, Records Management Bulletin, Information Management & Society of Archivists Career Opportunities | 4 |
Holyrood - IT Business Manager | 1 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer | 3 |
Holyrood - IT Technical Manager | 1 | Scotsman, Herald & Computer | 3 |
Broadcasting Officers | 2 | Scotsman & Herald | 2 |
Assistant Clerks | 2 | Scotsman & Herald | 2 |
Support Assistants | 4 | Evening News & Job Centre | 2 |
Number of Posts: | 61 | | |
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial structure is in place to implement its Equality Strategy across all departments.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-11116
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether each of its departments will have to allocate funding from existing budgets to implement the Equality Strategy.
Answer
Implementation of the Equality Strategy will be mainstreamed across the Executive and the funding for equalities will assist this process. As equality is mainstreamed it will be resourced through departmental allocations.
