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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: S4W-17371

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to measures to tackle antisocial behaviour in Aberdeen.

The Scottish Government is providing local government in Scotland with over £10.3 billion in 2013-14. The vast majority of this funding is being provided by means of a block grant. It is the responsibility of each local authority to allocate the total financial resources available to it on the basis of local needs and priorities having first fulfilled its statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local priorities including the Scottish Government’s key strategic objectives.

The Scottish Government has continued to maintain its commitment to keeping 1,000 extra police officers in our communities with the latest quarterly statistics on police numbers, as at 30 June 2013, showing 17,324 full-time equivalent officers. This represents an increase of 1,090 officers compared to the position as at 31 March 2007.

Question reference: S4W-17379

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take if companies in the consortia bidding for the contracts for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project have been identified as operating a blacklist.

Question reference: S4W-17376

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the make-up is of each consortium bidding for work on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.

The make-up of each consortium bidding for work on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is as follows

Consortium

Members

Granite City Roads

Macquarie Capital

Vialia

Kier

Iridium

North East Roads Partnership

Cintra Infrastructures SA

John Laing Investments

Connect Roads

Balfour Beatty Investments

Carillion Prívate Finance

Galliford Try

Question reference: S4W-17375

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what consortia are bidding for the work relating to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.

Question reference: S4W-17377

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what reasons Scotia Roads Group gave for withdrawing from the bidding process for work on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.

Question reference: S4W-17378

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when an announcement will be made regarding the awarding of contracts for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.

Question reference: S4W-17238

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the provision of community policing by officers with limited local knowledge.

Question reference: S4W-17237

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements Police Scotland is putting in place to ensure effective policing cover on bank holidays in the former Grampian Police region.

Question reference: S4W-16692

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote tourism in the north east.

The Scottish Government is determined to maximise tourism growth and draw more visitors to Scotland.

The North East is marketed by VisitScotland using the fantastic assets which it can offer its visitors. These great assets are promoted across the UK and overseas by VisitScotland in a number of ways, such as websites, print, direct mail and PR activity. Some of this focuses entirely on the North East, e.g. the relevant Visitor Guides and dedicated regional micro-sites, while others campaigns feature the North East as part of the wider promotion of Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-16693

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent to promote tourism in the north east in each of the last five years.

The North East is marketed by VisitScotland using the fantastic assets which it can offer its visitors. These great assets are promoted across the UK and overseas by VisitScotland in a number of ways, such as websites, print, direct mail and PR activity. The resource for this type of marketing activity is not hypothecated to specific areas.

Other Scottish Government public bodies (e.g. Scottish Enterprise) also provide funding to support enterprises across Scotland, many of whom are involved in tourism activities.