- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Answered by Tavish Scott on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21512 by Tavish Scott on 19 December 2005, whether the Permit to Use incorporates the transfer of entitled rights from the Secretary of State to the Skye Bridge concessionaire in order to operate the tolling regime in respect of charging and collecting tolls.
Answer
No. The assignation of the thenSecretary of States right to charge and collect tolls was contained in theconcession agreement relating to the Skye crossing.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Answered by Colin Boyd on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21513 by Colin Boyd QC on 19 December 2005, whether Crown Production 16 in respect of the Skye Bridge was an official document issued by an Executive department and, if so, which department.
Answer
Crown Production 16 was provided to the Crown by Skye Bridge Limited.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Answered by Colin Boyd on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21513 by Colin Boyd QC on 19 December 2005 and if Crown Production 16 was a “relevant document in establishing the legality of the tolling regime” at the Skye Bridge, whether it is satisfied that the convictions secured in the 20 months prior to its production in Dingwall Sheriff Court are safe and, if so, what its reasons are for taking this view.
Answer
I am satisfied that convictions secured prior to the introduction of Crown Production 16 are safe.
The Appeal Court made clear in their decision of 16 December 1999 that while Production 16 was a relevant document, what was subcontracted under the Operations and Maintenance Agreement was not something for which the Secretary of State’s consent was required.
The Appeal Court also made clear that while the Crown had seen fit to produce a large amount of documentation including some lengthy documents of a contractual nature, it should not be assumed that this was strictly necessary.
I also refer to the answer to question S2W-22388 on 30 January 2006. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21513 by Colin Boyd QC on 19 December 2005, in what legal capacity Crown Production 16 was a “relevant document in establishing the legality of the tolling regime” at the Skye Bridge.
Answer
Production number 16 was relevant, as it made clear that the Secretary of State was aware of the existence of the Operations and Maintenance Agreement.
I also refer to the answer to question S2W-22390 on 30 January 2006. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2006
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the ages of the female prison population in each of the last five years, broken down into (a) under 21, (b) 21 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 35, (e) 36 to 40, (f) 41 to 45 and (g) 46 and over.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The available information is given in the following table:
Number of Female Prisoners in Custody on 30 June in Each of the Last Five Years
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Under 21 | 40 | 51 | 42 | 41 | 53 |
| 21 - 25 | 48 | 61 | 86 | 79 | 88 |
| 26 - 30 | 39 | 51 | 58 | 45 | 57 |
| 31 - 35 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 44 |
| 36 - 40 | 23 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 54 |
| 41 - 45 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 27 |
| 46 and over | 12 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 |
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what role or input the UK Government had in respect of documents associated with the contamination of blood products recently released by the Executive under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
These documents were released in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. There was no involvement from the UK Government.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government in respect of documents associated with the contamination of blood products.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular discussion with the UK Government on a wide range of matters including the specific issue raised.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the UK Government has advised the Executive (a) which documents associated with the contamination of blood products have been destroyed, (b) in what format such documents were held, (c) where they were held and (d) by what process or mechanism they were destroyed and what explanation the UK Government has offered for the destruction of the documents.
Answer
The UK Government has not provided the Executive with any information beyond the explanation released publicly that files were destroyed due to being incorrectly archived after the HIV litigation process in the early 1990s.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2006
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Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made, and what steps it has taken, to address the dispute in respect of the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-21675 on 17 January 2006 relating to the rule of 85 in the Local Government Pension Scheme in Scotland. Officials from the Scottish Public Pensions Agency, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and trade union representatives began discussions of possible protection or alternative provisions for existing members, at their meeting on 18 January. These discussions will continue at future meetings.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the breastfeeding duration rates have been in the last five years in the fullest and most detailed form available.
Answer
A table detailing breastfeeding duration rates has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38624). This covers those NHS boards using the Child Health Surveillance Programme – Pre School (CHSP-PS) and gives details for those children who have received an eight to nine month pre-school review.
