- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to prevent any future loss of data from its departments or agencies.
Answer
The Scottish Government (SG) is currently reviewing its data handling arrangements in line with a similar UK exercise. A working group under the Director-General Justice is directing this review in which the data handling processes at all public sector bodies in Scotland are being reviewed to ensure they meet the required standards.
When the review is complete, guidance will be revised if appropriate and issued to SG staff and agencies. An action plan will be produced to ensure any deficiencies identified are addressed.
Pending the review, reminders have been issued to all SG staff of the processes which exist to protect data both at rest and in transit and of their responsibilities to ensure these are complied with.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many laptops lost or stolen from its departments or agencies since May 2007 contained encrypted information.
Answer
Departments do not exist in what is now the Scottish Government (SG). Six laptops have been lost or stolen since May 2007 from the SG or agencies which use its IT services. Two of these were new and unused and contained no data. The other four, in line with all SG laptops, had their data automatically encrypted.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures its departments and agencies have in place for the storage and use of data.
Answer
The Scottish Government (SG) applies relevant government, UK and European standards and methodologies in the design, development and use of its information technology systems including the storage and use of the data held within these systems.
These standards include ISO 27001 (the information security standard) and ITIL (the IT infrastructure library covering service and support standards).
In addition, the SG adhere to relevant legislation relating to the use of data such as the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act together with the Computer Misuse Act, Copyright Act, the Official Secrets Act and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.
The SG also applies the guidance and recommendations of the Cabinet Office (Her Majesty''s Government Infosec standards) which detail the methods by which data must be gathered, stored, accessed, shared and deleted. The SG''s own internal guidance is based on that material.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-9305 by Maureen Watt on 29 February 2008, how many of the 45 school building contracts referred to were initiated prior to 3 May 2007.
Answer
All seven contracts were under negotiation prior to 3 May 2007.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many laptops have been issued to staff in its agencies since May 2007.
Answer
A total of 105 laptops have been issued to staff in agencies using the Scottish Government IT network since May 2007.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many laptops have been issued to staff in its departments since May 2007.
Answer
A total of 151 laptops have been issued to staff in the Scottish Government since May 2007.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-9305 by Maureen Watt on 29 February 2008, how many of these contracts were not already under negotiation prior to 4 May 2007.
Answer
All seven contracts were under negotiation prior to 4 May 2007.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trips by (a) official ministerial car, (b) private hire car, (c) taxi and (d) train the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth took from October 2007 to January 2008.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10421 on 12 March 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, 26 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trips by (a) official ministerial car, (b) private hire car, (c) taxi and (d) train the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth took from May 2007 to January 2008.
Answer
The information requested is listed as follows.
| Official Ministerial Car | 512 |
| Private Hire Car | 15 |
| Taxi | 6 |
| Rail | 2 (S) |
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 11 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many lay members of school inspection teams are in full-time employment.
Answer
HM Inspectorate of Education does not retain information on the number of lay members who are currently involved in full-time employment. This information does not have any bearing on their role as lay members during the inspection process.
