- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 28 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding allocated under the action plan for youth football has gone to commercial clubs.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-32343 on 28 March 2007.All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 28 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what structures are in place to ensure that money allocated under the action plan for youth football is spent at grassroots level.
Answer
The implementation steering group which includes the ScottishFootball Association, sportscotland, the Scottish Executive, affiliated nationalfootball bodies and a representative from local authorities have agreed projectsat grassroots level and attached spend. The Steering Group is updated on progressand reviews spend annually.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 28 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been given to grassroots clubs under the action plan for youth football.
Answer
It is professional clubs that areundertaking the grassroots work associated with youth football.
£1.2 million of public money has so far been spent on implementingthe Action Plan for Youth Football. These funds have come from the contributionsto the Action Plan for Youth Football by sportscotland and the Big Lottery Fund.At the end of 2006, professional clubs have been given £415,657 from the ActionPlan for Youth Football for their grassroots work: £398,622 is from the PerformanceDevelopment Programme and paid directly to professional clubs and £17,035 throughthe Quality Mark Scheme. In addition, clubs have benefited from in-kind supportequating to around £270,000. This relates to the creation of regional structures,professional staffing and related programmes.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the source of funding is for the £500,000 Scottish Music Futures Fund and whether the funding is new money or existing money diverted from (a) the creative industries budget or (b) another budget.
Answer
The funding will be from theEnterprise budget for 2007-08. The funding will not be diverted from the creative industriesbudget within the Education portfolio.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 15 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all ministerial engagements that have taken place since 1 September 2006, broken down by (a) ministerial portfolio, (b) name of minister and (c) Scottish parliamentary constituency.
Answer
The information requested isnot held in this format, as we do not plan engagements on the basis of parliamentaryconstituencies.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 9 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered what the impact would be of an acquisition of Clydeport by a foreign buyer; what effect such an acquisition would have on Glasgow and its economy, and what action it plans to take on the matter.
Answer
We are not aware of any proposalsfor acquisition of Clydeport by a foreign buyer.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the economic and social impact will be on the Highlands and Islands parliamentary region of a £30 million reduction in spending at the Faslane naval base.
Answer
HM Naval Base Clyde(Faslane) has launched a project which aims to reduce annual expenditure by £30million by the end of 2011-12. Theproject is planned to report later in the year and no decisions have yet beentaken, with implementation of any proposals unlikely before April 2008. It istherefore not possible to estimate the potential economic and social impacts atthis time, as the specific nature of the spending reductions are unknown.
The project is fully coherentwith the Naval Base Review, which is currently looking at infrastructure requirementsfor the Royal Navy.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the economic and social impact will be on the Scottish parliamentary constituency of Argyll and Bute of a £30 million reduction in spending at the Faslane naval base.
Answer
HM Naval Base Clyde(Faslane) has launched a project which aims to reduce annual expenditure by £30million by the end of 2011-12. Theproject is planned to report later in the year and no decisions have yet beentaken, with implementation of any proposals unlikely before April 2008. It istherefore not possible to estimate the potential economic and social impacts atthis time, as the specific nature of the spending reductions are unknown.
The project is fullycoherent with the Naval Base Review, which is currently looking atinfrastructure requirements for the Royal Navy.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the economic and social impact will be on Scotland of a £30 million reduction in spending at the Faslane naval base.
Answer
HM Naval Base Clyde(Faslane) has launched a project which aims to reduce annual expenditure by £30million by the end of 2011-12. Theproject is planned to report later in the year and no decisions have yet beentaken, with implementation of any proposals unlikely before April 2008. It istherefore not possible to estimate the potential economic and social impacts atthis time, as the specific nature of the spending reductions are unknown.
The project is fullycoherent with the Naval Base Review, which is currently looking atinfrastructure requirements for the Royal Navy.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the economic and social impact will be on the Scottish parliamentary constituency of Clydebank and Milngavie of a £30 million reduction in spending at the Faslane naval base.
Answer
HM Naval Base Clyde(Faslane) has launched a project which aims to reduce annual expenditure by £30million by the end of 2011-12. Theproject is planned to report later in the year and no decisions have yet beentaken, with implementation of any proposals unlikely before April 2008. It istherefore not possible to estimate the potential economic and social impacts atthis time, as the specific nature of the spending reductions are unknown.
The project is fullycoherent with the Naval Base Review, which is currently looking atinfrastructure requirements for the Royal Navy.
