- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether planning permission has been sought for the new HMP Grampian.
Answer
I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
SPS are preparing to submit a planning application with Aberdeenshire Council and discussions are being held with relevant authorities including Aberdeenshire Council''s planning department. It is anticipated that the planning application will be submitted later this year.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has put contracts for construction of the new HMP Grampian out to tender.
Answer
I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
No. This will not be done until after planning permission has been obtained.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when construction of the new HMP Grampian will begin.
Answer
I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
It is anticipated that construction will begin in 2012.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with plans for the new HMP Grampian.
Answer
I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
SPS are preparing to submit a planning application with Aberdeenshire Council and discussions are being held with relevant authorities including Aberdeenshire Council''s planning department. It is anticipated that the planning application will be submitted later this year.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus monitoring officer posts there have been in the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland area in each year since their inception and how many such posts were funded by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency.
Answer
The post of Bus Compliance Officer (BCO) was created within the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) in 1999. The role of BCOs is to monitor bus services to ensure that they are operating in line with their service registrations. BCOs provide reports to the Traffic Commissioner who decides on what action should be taken. The following table outlines the number of posts there have been in the Scottish Traffic Area. Since 1999 VOSA have funded two BCO posts in Scotland. The remaining posts are funded by the Scottish Government. BCOs operate throughout Scotland.
In addition, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) created a specific bus warden role in 2008 in order to improve bus services in the SPT area. SPT bus wardens provide reports to the Traffic Commissioner when they see non-compliant operations. SPT bus wardens only operate within the SPT area.
| Year | VOSA BCOs | SPT Bus Wardens |
| 1999 | 2 | - |
| 2000 | 2 | - |
| 2001 | 2 | - |
| 2002 | 2 | - |
| 2003 | 2 | - |
| 2004 | 4 | - |
| 2005 | 4 | - |
| 2006 | 6 | - |
| 2007 | 6 | - |
| 2008 | 6 | 5 to 9 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6 | 14 |
Source: VOSA and SPT.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will lay before the Parliament the orders necessary to allow work to commence on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
The Orders for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route were laid before Parliament on the 18 January 2010.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to its news release on 26 November 2009, More new schools, what negotiations there were regarding the inclusion of one further primary school in Glasgow among the primary schools allocated funding through the school building programme and what role the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning played in such negotiations.
Answer
The announcement was made after engagement and discussion between the Scottish Government and COSLA at both ministerial and official levels.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to its news release on 26 November 2009, More new schools, for what reason the one further primary school in Glasgow included among the primary schools allocated funding through the school building programme is not named.
Answer
Each local authority was invited by the Scottish Government and COSLA to nominate two priority primary projects for consideration. Glasgow City Council was offered funding support for three projects and, since the announcement, has been invited to name a third project to be supported, in addition to Garrowhill and Glendale primary schools.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to its news release on 26 November 2009, More new schools, on what grounds one further primary school in Glasgow has been included among the primary schools allocated funding through the school building programme.
Answer
The following criteria were taken into consideration by the Scottish Government and COSLA in identifying the 21 schools announced on 26 November: distribution of needs, nationally, best available information about schools'' condition and unsuitability to deliver modern education, schools which are not part of a funded programme already, local authorities'' own priorities and readiness to proceed. Glasgow City council was offered funding support for three primary school projects, reflecting the scale of outstanding need for investment in primary schools in the city.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to its news release on 26 November 2009, More new schools, what criteria qualified the one further primary school in Glasgow for inclusion among the primary schools allocated funding through the school building programme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30033 on 15 January 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
