- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 28 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish domiciled students who have already enrolled at Scottish higher education institutions will be eligible to participate in the Scottish Graduate Endowment scheme.
Answer
The new student support scheme, including the Graduate Endowment, will be introduced in academic year 2001-02. The details of the new scheme will be subject to consultation. However, the proposal is that the new arrangements should apply only to those who begin their course in or after 2001. Students who are currently in the system, and those who begin in academic year 2000-01, will continue under the present arrangements until they complete their programme of study. They will not be required to pay the Graduate Endowment and will not have access to the new support package. However, from this autumn these students will not be liable to contribute towards their tuition fees.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 28 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether students will be reimbursed for fees already paid under the current system so as to take advantage of the Scottish Graduate Endowment scheme.
Answer
My reply to question S1W-4360 refers.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 23 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will supply MSPs in its report on the Holyrood Project promised at the end of February, details of which members of the Project Team have visited Barcelona and/or The Hague, and the costs of these visits.
Answer
The details which will not be covered in the report are as follows:
| Team Member | Date | Destination | Estimated Cost |
| Project Sponsor | July 1999 | Brussels/Hague | £750 |
| Project Sponsor | December 1999 | Barcelona | £980 |
| Assistant Project Manager | July 1999 | Barcelona | £950 |
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 23 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer what was the date of Enric Miralles' last visit to Edinburgh.
Answer
On 14 and 15 February 2000 Enric Miralles visited Edinburgh in connection with the Holyrood Project. He attended various meetings including with the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has identified a headline cost per MSP for the completed Holyrood Project.
Answer
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will report to MSPs at the end of February and this report will include details of the latest position on costs; a headline figure per MSP can be calculated thereafter.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether an independent assessment of the state of repair of the foundations of Queensberry House after the adjacent excavation has been carried out.
Answer
Such matters are the responsibility of our consultant engineers who continually monitor the structure of the building including foundations.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer how many visits to Enric Maralles' Barcelona offices, or elsewhere other than Edinburgh, have been undertaken by members of the Holyrood Project team; which members of the Project team have been involved and what the cost is of such off-site visits.
Answer
EMBT/ RMJM the team that won the competition to design the Holyrood building is a joint venture company with offices in Edinburgh and Barcelona. The Holyrood project team who work directly for the Parliament are based in Edinburgh, deal primarily with the company's Edinburgh office and visit Barcelona occasionally when it is an efficient and effective use of resources. The SPCB took responsibility for the project on 1st June 1999 and since then there have been 3 visits abroad, 2 to Barcelona and one to the Parliament in the Hague.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will make available to MSPs cost analysis packages for all aspects of the planning, construction and fitting out of the Holyrood Project.
Answer
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body's report to MSPs at the end of February will include the latest position on costs.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will make available to MSPs the latest drawings for the Holyrood Project.
Answer
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will report to MSPs at the end of February. The report will include suitable visual material.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Holyrood Project has an approved building warrant.
Answer
The City of Edinburgh Council's Planning Committee considered the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body's Notice of Proposed Development (NOPD) (Reserved Matters) Application on 15 September 1999 and approval was granted subject to certain conditions as reported to all MSPs on 29 September 1999.
