- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of claims by chief constables reported in The Herald on 18 May 2010 that senior civil servants intimated that, if the chief constables allowed police numbers to fall, the final tranche of a £40 million Scottish Government funding package would be withheld.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33743 on 1 June 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it (a) was aware of senior civil servants advising or (b) instructed senior civil servants to advise chief constables that, if forces allowed police numbers to fall, the final tranche of a £40 million Scottish Government funding package would be withheld.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33743 on 1 June 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most up-to-date estimate is of the completion date of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-10610 on the 20 May 2010 which is available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-10/sor0520-02.htm - Col26427.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30121 by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010, whether it remains its position that it expects construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route to commence in 2011.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-10610 on 20 May 2010 which is available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-10/sor0520-02.htm - Col26427.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made since January 2010 on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
Since the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth announced on the 21 December 2010 to proceed with the scheme significant progress has been made.
The relevant Schemes and Trunk Road Orders were made and laid before the Scottish Parliament for final approval on 15 January 2010. These were approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament on 3 March 2010. Following approval of the Scottish Parliament the remaining Orders and Compulsory Purchase Orders were made on 11 March 2010 and published on 24 March 2010. Following this publication 3 legal challenges were lodged with the Court of Session.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-6711 by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2010 (Official Report c. 16959), when it will announce what funding mechanism will be used for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-10135 on 15 April 2010 which is available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-10/sor0415-02.htm#Col25389.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact it considers that the legal challenge to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route will have on the timescales for delivering the bypass.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-10610 on 20 May 2010. The answer to the oral parliamentary question is available on the Parliaments website, the official report can be viewed at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-10/sor0520-02.htm - Col26427.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs it expects to be created during each stage of the lifecycle of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project; for how long, and what impact it will have on the local economy.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-9075 on 14 January 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many racist incidents were recorded in each police force area in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09, broken down by ethnic origin of the victim.
Answer
The information requested is given in tables 3 and 4 of Racist incidents by ethnic group of victim, 2007-08 and 2008-09 published by the Scottish Government in 2010, a copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 50919).
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences have been recorded by the police under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and other relevant legislation for offences relating to mephedrone and other cathinone derivatives since their ban on 16 April 2010, broken down by (a) type of offence and (b) police force area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
