- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 26 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board has met in the past year.
Answer
The Board met on eight occasions in the calendar year 2000.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2000
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Lucy Crone, recently appointed as part-time chairman of Employment Tribunals, holds a position with UNISON and whether this has any implications for her ability to be a neutral chairman on employment matters.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-12076.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Lucy Crone, recently appointed as a part-time chairman of Employment Tribunals, is a member of the Law Society of Scotland and what credentials she holds with respect to practising in Scottish law.
Answer
Appointments to the Panel of Chairmen of Employment Tribunals in Scotland are made by the Lord President of the Court of Session. The information requested is not held by the Scottish Executive. Ministerial responsibility for Employment Tribunals rests with the UK Government.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2000
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Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many student applications were made to Paisley University in academic years (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000 and (iv) 2000-01.
Answer
The information for applications made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) is given in the following table:
Year | Number |
| 1997-98 | 6,606 |
| 1998-99 | 7,084 |
| 1999-2000 | 6,963 |
| 2000-01 | 5,966 |
Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Business Faculty students there were at Paisley University in academic years (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii)1999-2000 and (iv) 2000-01.
Answer
Information on student numbers by faculty is not held centrally. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show there were 1,625 students on Business Administration courses at Paisley University in 1997-98 and 1,589 in 1998-99. Data for 1999-2000 will be available in February 2001, but figures for 2000-01 will not be available centrally until early 2002.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve the performance of the Paisley University Business Faculty.
Answer
None. The performance of the faculty is a matter for Paisley University, in consultation if appropriate with the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the management structure and staffing numbers were at the Paisley University Business Faculty in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 2000-01.
Answer
Management structures within institutions is a matter for those institutions and information is not held centrally. Information collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency indicates that, in 1997-98, there were 24 staff at Paisley University recorded under the heading "Business and Administrative Studies", the same as in the previous year. Figures for 2000-01 are not yet available. Staffing information is not collected by faculty.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2000
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Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of retail crime is attributed to action by (a) individuals and (b) organised groups.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-11618.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of retail crimes can be attributed to (a) customer theft, (b) staff theft and (c) burglary.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-11618.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to combat retail crime.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is a founder partner and major funder of the Scottish Business Crime Centre. The centre is a collaboration involving the police, business sector and Scottish Executive whose main aim is to combat crime in the business sector. It is currently involved in a number of initiatives. These include, Retailers Against Crime Scotland (RACS), a leading example of how the business sector can act collectively to combat a specific crime risk, Business Crime Check (BCC), a data base on good practice in business crime prevention and Safer Trading Environment (STE), a community safety model which has been developed by SBCC to encourage collective action in city centres, shopping centres and trading estates.
