- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-3355, S2W-3356, S2W-3357, S2W-3358, S2W-3360, S2W-3361, S2W-3362, S2W-3363 and S2W-3364 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 November 2003 and S2W-3965 by Mr Jim Wallace on 20 November 2003, to whom the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise is accountable for matters regarding its supply partner proposal and whether the Executive will write to Highlands and Islands Enterprise with regard to the matters raised.
Answer
The Board of Highlands andIslands Enterprise (HIE) is responsible to Scottish ministers for ensuringefficient and effective use of resources throughout that organisation. A managementstatement for which the Scottish Executive is responsible sets out,among other matters, requirements in respect of procurement. As the previousanswers stated, it is then for HIE to meet these requirements in its day to dayoperations.
The Scottish Executive has no plans to write to the board of HIE in relation to supplypartners. The Chief Executive of HIE recently wrote to all MSPs within the HIEarea fully explaining the reasons behind this business delivery initiative.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2003
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Scottish Water regarding waste water and sewage disposal at Campbeltown.
Answer
As you know, officialscontacted Scottish Water earlier this year in order to provide information formy reply to you of 3 March 2003 about the situation at Campbeltown. But since thisis an operational matter for Scottish Water, the Executive would not normallyhave discussions with them about such issues. I have asked the Chief Executiveof Scottish Water to write to you about this matter.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Highlands and Islands Enterprise is considering reducing the number of staff employed as a result of any reduction in the workload of staff who manage business advice services in light of its planned arrangements for supply partners.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise approved the proposed arrangements for supply partners to deliver business advice services.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and IslandsEnterprise.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements Highlands and Islands Enterprise is putting in place for supply partners for business advice services and whether these arrangements are anti-competitive.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Highlands and Islands Enterprise examined the implications for self-employed advisers under the Inland Revenue IR35 assessment rules as part of any assessment of the impact of arrangements for the development of supply partners for business advice services and what the results were of any such assessment.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and IslandsEnterprise.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the supply partner arrangements established by Highlands and Islands Enterprise will be the only route through which a business will be able to source advice in the highlands and islands and whether independent business advisers will be required to refer their clients to supply partners in order to access public sector support.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and IslandsEnterprise.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Highlands and Islands Enterprise consulted with any self-employed advisers or advisory representatives prior to announcing the launch of its supply partner scheme and advertising for suppliers.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and IslandsEnterprise.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what role local enterprise companies and Highlands and Islands Enterprise will play in economic development in the highlands and islands once it has completed its arrangements for supply partners to secure business advice services.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and IslandsEnterprise.
- Asked by: Maureen Macmillan, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Highlands and Islands Enterprise has ensured uniform quality standards for the provision of business advice services throughout its 10 local enterprise company areas and whether it has quality-assured other aspects of its operations.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and IslandsEnterprise.
