- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what hourly rates and what grades are applied for staff when calculating the costs of individuals working in the Corporate Services Department on projects and tasks.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33042 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific benefits are expected to accrue to the Banff and Buchan parliamentary constituency as a result of its announcement on 17 December 2002 regarding investment in the railways.
Answer
Whilst the national rail network does not run into or through the Banff and Buchan parliamentary constituency, travellers from that constituency do make use of the rail network from Aberdeen station. The announcement on 17 December 2002 will result in tightening Scotrail's performance targets for a more reliable service as well as new trains operating on the Aberdeen to Edinburgh and Glasgow routes, which will provide passengers with a better quality of journey experience.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to increase the number of cycle trips taken in the light of the targets of the National Cycling Strategy not being met.
Answer
Figures to show whether the targets of the National Cycling Strategy are being met in Scotland are not currently available. The Executive is promoting cycling by a number of means, including financial support for local authorities and the voluntary sector.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2002
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Answered by Hugh Henry on 15 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30876 by Dr Richard Simpson on 18 November 2002, whether it will give a breakdown of costs for each of the studies undertaken by Lambda Research and Consultancy and whether each of these studies will be made available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
The following reports are available from the Parliament's Reference Centre. The cost of the project is given against each entry.Business-Related bankruptcies under the bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, (Bib. number 24356) - contract cost £32,461.25 including VAT. Retained, auxiliary and volunteer firefighters in the Scottish Fire Service, (Bib. number 20422) - contract cost £13,915.37 plus VAT.A rural Community Gateway Website for Scotland - scoping study, (Bib. number 23333) - contract cost £29,022.50 including VAT.Feasibility Study for a victim and witness support services in Scotland, (Bib. number 25338) - contract cost £47,200 plus VAT.Audit of ICT Initiatives in Social Inclusion Partnerships and Working for Communities Pathfinders in Scotland, (Bib. number 6313) - contract cost £3,440 plus VAT.The following reports are not available from the Parliament Reference Centre:The Information Needs of Policy Makers in Civil Law research carried out by LAMBDA was not published. The total cost of this work was £32,750 plus VAT.Research on Dealing with Sex Offenders in Scotland was consultation work for the Expert Panel on Sex Offending chaired by the Honourable Lady Cosgrove and did not result in a formal report. This contract was with Douglas Maclean rather than with LAMBDA.The Crown Office commissioned Evaluation of Pilot Victim Liaison Service in Grampian and Hamilton is on-going. The total contract cost is £59,900.The Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary research into Family Liaison Officers is still in progress. This research was commissioned to inform the Thematic Inspection of Family Liaison Officers. The inspection report will be published in February 2003 and will be available from the Parliament's Reference Centre. The cost of the project is £10,935.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 15 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30876 by Dr Richard Simpson on 18 November 2002, whether the "Know the Score" study by Lambda Research and Consultancy will be made available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
A copy of the Know the Score evaluation report was sent to the Parliament's Reference Centre in September 2002 (Bib. number 24390).
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 15 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30876 by Dr Richard Simpson on 18 November 2002, whether the cost for the "Know the Score" study by Lambda Research and Consultancy is inclusive of VAT.
Answer
The cost of £29,000 was inclusive of VAT.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32128 by Lewis Macdonald on 18 December 2002, whether any independent research has been carried out into the effectiveness of the Learn To Let Go campaign.
Answer
Faulds Advertising have already carried out their own research into the effectiveness of the campaign and System Three Social Research have recently been commissioned to follow up the baseline research on Public Awareness and Perceptions of Travel Awareness they carried out in 2001. As well as covering travel awareness generally, the System Three research will include a number of questions which relate specifically to the Learn to Let Go campaign. These are the only pieces of research into the effectiveness of the Learn to Let Go campaign which we have commissioned.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 15 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the formula used to determine the funding of fire brigades relies too heavily on statistics derived from FBRI forms completed after fires, given that these forms do not indicate the fire service's wider workload in terms of attending road accidents, floods and other incidents.
Answer
The distribution of general grant support to fire brigades is based on firefighter numbers (standardised establishment) and actual expenditure on pension costs. Brigades subsequently make their own decisions about the allocation of resources to meet their responsibilities within their areas. The FDR1 form plays no part in the process.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will reply to my letter of 4 October 2002 regarding my constituent G Banks of Maud, Aberdeenshire.
Answer
I replied to the member on 9 January 2003.
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what study it has made of the use of wind power in Denmark.
Answer
We have not undertaken any specific study, although we keep up to date in all important areas of wind power development.
