- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 27 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) funding and (b) assistance has been given to the (i) Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association and (ii) National Piping Centre to promote Scottish traditional music in each of the last nine years.
Answer
Information on the funding provided to the National Piping Centre by the Scottish Arts Council in each of the last nine years is set out in the following table. The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has not received any funding during that period. The National Piping Centre has, since 1998, received grants from the Scottish Government totalling £1 million to help clear debts. The centre also received £300,000 in 2001 to help provide high-quality music tuition. The Royal Pipe Band Association has not received any government grants.
National Piping Centre
| 1999-2000 | Towards the cost of feasibility funding to investigate setting up annual programme to run a National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland | £3,876 |
| 2000-01 | Towards the cost of an annual programme to run a National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland to bring more public focus to pipes | £69,599 |
| 2003-04 | Towards the cost of moving the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland into a training and performance phase | £49,997 |
| 2003-04 | Towards the cost of the National Youth Pipe Band consolidating core operation and activity | £68,548 |
| 2005-06 | Towards the cost of encouraging creativity, participation and skill through the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland | £70,600 |
| 2006-07 | Towards the cost of a National Youth Pipe band to encourage creativity, participation and teach new performance skills. | £82,779 |
| 2007-08 | Towards the cost of the employment of a Development Officer for the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. | £30,000 |
| 2007-08 | Towards the cost of developing the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland | £179,494 |
| | Total | £554,893 |
The following is the original answer (published on 27 May 2008); see below.
Information on the funding provided to the National Piping Centre by the Scottish Arts Council in each of the last nine years is set out in the following table. The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has not received any funding during that period. No other assistance has been provided to either organisation by the Scottish Government or the Scottish Arts Council.
National Piping Centre
| 1999-2000 | Towards the cost of feasibility funding to investigate setting up annual programme to run a National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland | £3,876 |
| 2000-01 | Towards the cost of an annual programme to run a National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland to bring more public focus to pipes | £69,599 |
| 2003-04 | Towards the cost of moving the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland into a training and performance phase | £49,997 |
| 2003-04 | Towards the cost of the National Youth Pipe Band consolidating core operation and activity | £68,548 |
| 2005-06 | Towards the cost of encouraging creativity, participation and skill through the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland | £70,600 |
| 2006-07 | Towards the cost of a National Youth Pipe band to encourage creativity, participation and teach new performance skills. | £82,779 |
| 2007-08 | Towards the cost of the employment of a Development Officer for the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. | £30,000 |
| 2007-08 | Towards the cost of developing the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland | £179,494 |
| | Total | £554,893 |
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were called to give evidence in courts in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
Answer
For criminal proceedings the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) retains information on the number of children who are required to be cited in the event of a not guilty plea. Between 2005 and 2008 the numbers were as follows:
2005-06 - 9,088 children
2006-07 - 9,673 children
2007-08 - 7,364 children.
The COPFS does not hold statistics on the number of children called to give evidence at trials, but this will be less than those marked to be cited or actually cited to give evidence since a number of cases do not proceed to trial for variety of reasons.
Information is not available on the number of child witnesses cited by the defence, but since the vast majority of witnesses are cited by the COPFS these numbers are likely to be very small.
The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of children called to give evidence in civil proceedings.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 2 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) funding and (b) assistance has been given to the College of Piping in each of the last nine years to promote Scottish traditional music.
Answer
The College of Piping does not receive funding or assistance from the Scottish Government.
In 1999, the Scottish Arts Council provided the College of Piping with £18,819 towards the cost of a study and options appraisal for new college premises.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with Caledonian MacBrayne regarding the introduction of new vessels for the ferry route between Gourock and Dunoon.
Answer
Scottish ministers are currently examining the options available for taking this route forward. Until such time as a decision has been reached, it would be premature for any discussion to take place about vessel solutions.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 30 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sites proposed for new schools have been (a) investigated and (b) rejected due to environmental concerns about the land in each of the last nine years.
Answer
The information requested is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has spent on the provision of CCTV facilities in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the review of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency’s Fleet Renewal Programme will be published.
Answer
I have today placed a copy of the review in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43082) and sent a copy to the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 24 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase cultural links with Asturias.
Answer
We have no such plans at present. However, we would be glad to consider opportunities to engage with Asturias where these are in line with the objectives set out in the Scottish Government''s International Framework, which I published on 22 April 2008.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde since January 2008 regarding the introduction of parking charges at hospitals.
Answer
Revised guidance on car park and arrangements for car park charging was issued on 18 January under the Scottish Government CEL 1 (2008). This revised guidance requires boards which have car parking schemes in place to review these schemes against the principles and criteria set out in the revised guidance and to provide a report to me by 30 June 2008. Once this further guidance has been considered, a full policy statement on the provision of car parking at NHSScotland facilities will be issued, together with proposals for updating the existing guidance.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde since January 2008 regarding its consultation on reviewing maternity services affecting Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire.
Answer
Officials have regular discussions with boards on the arrangements for and timing of consultation exercises. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and officials have had regular discussions leading up to the launch on 27 March of the board''s consultation on proposed changes to maternity services in the Clyde area.
