- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 5 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has undertaken regarding the role of new nuclear power stations in reducing carbon emissions.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not commissioned or undertaken any studies on the role of new nuclear power stations in helping to reduce carbon emissions.
The Scottish Government believes that Scotland neither wants nor needs new nuclear power. We believe that improved energy efficiency measures, together with renewable energy generation and clean coal and carbon capture technology, will meet our energy requirements, while also contributing to our 2050 emissions reductions target.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider differentiating between teachers (a) retiring and (b) leaving for other reasons in its annual teacher workforce planning exercise.
Answer
For the purposes of teacher workforce planning it is only necessary to know the number of teachers leaving each year. The teacher employment working group is currently examining teacher workforce planning processes to see if they are fit for purpose.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what change there has been in the volume of traffic across the Forth and Tay road bridges since the abolition of tolls.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13873 on 18 June 2008. 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: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the number of police officers eligible to retire from the service when developing its police workforce planning policy.
Answer
Workforce planning for the police service is a matter for individual forces and police boards.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what systems are in place for managing provision for (a) women, (b) children, (c) young offenders, (d) life sentenced prisoners, (e) sex offenders and (f) foreign nationals in the prison system and who is (i) responsible and (ii) accountable for the overall direction of management in each case.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Governance for the provision of services to prisoners is set out in the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006.
Further details of the service delivery requirements for different groups of prisoners are contained in the “Service Agreements for Public Sector Prisons” and “Contracts for Private Sector Prisons and Services”.
The responsibility and accountability for the overall direction of management in each case is divided between SPS Directorates.
The Directorates of Partnerships and Commissioning and Health and Care develop policy and direction in relation to offender management and prisoner care issues.
Prisons Directorate has responsibility for delivery across publicly run prisons whilst the Directorate of Partnerships and Commissioning has responsibility for overseeing delivery for contracted services (HM Prison Kilmarnock and Prisoner Escort and Court Custody Services). Each prison also has responsibility for arranging the provision of services for specific prisoner group(s).
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister travelled at any time by official car in (a) Scotland and (b) London in relation to his attendance in the House of Commons on Wednesday 11 June 2008.
Answer
Yes. Use of official cars on 11 June 2008 was fully in line with guidelines on use of Government cars. The First Minister met with the Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on 11 June 2008 at Victoria Street in London to discuss the recent tanker drivers dispute.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trips have been made by government car between the Parliament and Bute House since May 2007.
Answer
One hundred and ninety-two journeys were made between the Parliament and Bute House from 16 May 2007. This includes all official car journeys organised by the Government Car Service for the entire ministerial team.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many flights the First Minister has taken in an official capacity since May 2007.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13835 on 28 July 2008. 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: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the (a) departure and (b) destination point of each flight taken by the First Minister in an official capacity since May 2007 and how many staff accompanied him on each occasion.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13835 on 28 July 2008. 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: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours the First Minister has spent travelling by plane in an official capacity since May 2007.
Answer
Information on air travel by the First Minister from 3 May 2007 to 31 May 2008 is detailed in the following table. On each occasion the First Minister was accompanied by a member of his private office and/or a special adviser.
| Route | Number of Flights | Number of Hours Travelling |
| Dundee:Belfast | 1 | 50 minutes |
| Belfast:Edinburgh | 1 | 50 minutes |
| Glasgow:Islay:Glasgow | 2 | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Edinburgh:Brussels:Edinburgh | 2 | 3 hours 20minutes |
| Dundee:Belfast | 1 | 50 minutes |
| Belfast:Glasgow | 1 | 50 minutes |
| Edinburgh:London Heathrow: Edinburgh | 2 | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Edinburgh:Kirkwall:Edinburgh | 2 | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Edinburgh:London City | 1 | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| London Heathrow:New York | 1 | 7 hours 40 minutes |
| New York:Edinburgh | 1 | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Glasgow:Dubai:Colombo:Dubai:Glasgow | 4 | 24 hours 15 minutes |
| Aberdeen:London Heathrow | 1 | 1 hour 35 minutes |
| London City:Glasgow | 1 | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Dundee:London City | 1 | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| London City:Edinburgh | 1 | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Edinburgh:London Heathrow | 1 | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| London City:Edinburgh | 1 | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Aberdeen:Shetland:Aberdeen | 2 | 2 hours |
| Edinburgh:London City:Edinburgh | 2 | 3 hours |
| Edinburgh:Dublin | 1 | 1 hour |
| Dublin:Glasgow | 1 | 55 minutes |
| Edinburgh:London Heathrow | 1 | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| London City:Edinburgh | 1 | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| Edinburgh:New York:Boston: | 2 | 8 hours 58 minutes |
| Boston:Washington:Charlottesville | 2 | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| New York:Glasgow | 1 | 6 hours 40 minutes |
| Edinburgh:Brussels:Edinburgh | 2 | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Dundee:London City | 1 | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| London City:Edinburgh | 1 | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Edinburgh:Manchester | 1 | 1 hour 10 minutes |
| Total | 43 | 98 hours 25 minutes |
