- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of drug gangs attempting to infiltrate Strathclyde Police, as reported in The Herald on 14 February 2011, what (a) plans it has to address such activity, (b) support it offers police forces and (c) suggestions it has received from chief constables.
Answer
The handling of matters relating to corruption within Scottish Police forces is the responsibility of individual chief constables.
The Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 allow police forces to impose a range of sanctions, including the option to dismiss officers who break the law or commit acts that breach the professional standards expected of a police officer.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive who it has contracted to deliver the 2011 census and at what cost.
Answer
The responsibility for delivering the 2011 census lies with the Registrar General for Scotland. The total cost of the census in Scotland, over its 10 year cycle, was estimated at £65.17 million in Scotland''s Census 2011 which was laid before the Parliament in December 2008.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 8 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its officials had discussions with City of Edinburgh Council officials in relation to the Craigmillar Settlement in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
Answer
There were no such discussions.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 8 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in his work for the Scottish Government, the senior policy officer in the City of Edinburgh Council’s equalities unit reports to the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Scottish Government Resilience.
Answer
No. In his work for the Scottish Government, the Equalities Manager for the City of Edinburgh Council does not report to the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Scottish Resilience.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 3 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many day care managers there are for children; how many have degrees, and how many of those who do not have degrees have more than (a) 10 and (b) 20 years’ experience as day care managers for children.
Answer
The number of managers of day care for children and their qualification levels are published on the Scottish Government website. The latest published data indicate there are 4670 managers of day care service and 34% hold a childcare qualification at degree level.
This data is taken from Statistics Publication Notice: Education and Training Series: Pre-School and Childcare Statistics 2010, published on 29 September 2010 (web only) at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/09/28130623/0.
Information on the number of years experience of day care managers is not held centrally.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2011
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S3W-39156, which received a holding answer on 10 February 2011.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2011
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S3W-39157, which received a holding answer on 10 February 2011.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Justice met the Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police to discuss the future of forensic services in Scotland before a decision was reached and whether the cabinet secretary asked the chief constable to meet him.
Answer
I has regular one to one meetings with the Chief Constables of all eight forces to discuss a range of matters.
I gave careful consideration to the written submissions received from all eight forces in response to the Scottish Police Services Authority''s forensics modernisation options paper published in July last year, prior to a decision being made.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many events it provided with grant funding in 2010, broken down by (a) level of grant, (b) name of event and (c) description of event.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to encouraging a sense of national identity and to promoting Scotland''s relations and interests in many sectors. Both are vital if Scotland is to prosper and if we are to achieve our goal of sustainable economic growth. Supporting and promoting events at home and abroad with a Scottish theme or element is an integral part of this process.
To collate and quantify the number and type of events with a Scottish theme or element, organised across the whole of the Scottish Government, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) agencies, (b) organisations and (c) public bodies and services it has provided with literature and other products for the purpose of encouraging a sense of national identity and at what total cost.
Answer
Taking pride in a strong, fair and inclusive national identity is one of the Scottish Government''s National Outcomes. It is supported by a wide-ranging and complex set of policies, programmes and initiatives across sectors. For example, the quality of our landscapes and cityscapes, our heritage, our education system, our languages, our sporting achievements and the place of key events in the Scottish calendar all help define Scots national and cultural identity.
To collate and quantify our combined efforts towards encouraging a sense of national identity could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
