- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications would be for communities' awareness of their local history and for cultural heritage, democratic accountability and freedom of information of any lack of resources for archives.
Answer
The Scottish Executive fully recognises the importance of archives for all these purposes and will do all it can within available resources to encourage local councils and other public bodies to meet their responsibilities in this area.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will expedite the preparation of an Archives Bill to establish a responsibility on public bodies to preserve and manage their records and to enshrine the rights of individuals to access archives and records of their community.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has received valuable recommendations from the Scottish Records Advisory Council for modern archives legislation, though it has not yet been possible to allocate a place for an Archives Bill in the legislative timetable in view of the level of pressure from competing legislation.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what recognition it gives to the contribution made by national and local archives repositories to lifelong learning through the provision of source material for the study and teaching of family and community history and for responding to the range of personal and community interests.
Answer
The Scottish Executive recognises the importance of archives to lifelong learning and to community interests in general. The National Archives of Scotland is fully funded by government, and in addition to providing a public service, and to mounting exhibitions and publishing booklets of various kinds, it offers a wide variety of source material for history teachers, and advice and suggestions to the Scottish Consultative Committee on the Curriculum.The Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, sections 53 and 54, places archival responsibility at local level on local councils, and obliges them to submit their plans for managing their records to the Keeper of the Records of Scotland for his approval. The Keeper has issued general guidance to councils and commented on local services. Many local archives are able to provide at least some support to lifelong learning through publications and exhibitions, but such activities are limited by available funding.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any shortage of professional archives and conservation staff and, if so, how it intends to address the situation.
Answer
It has not on the whole been difficult to fill the archivist and conservator posts that have been advertised. The Scottish Executive expects that the obligations likely to be imposed on public bodies by forthcoming Freedom of Information legislation will encourage the recruitment of the additional qualified staff necessary to meet them.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 26 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8294 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 11 July 2000, how many people are qualified to train others to teach sign language.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 25 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it can take to ensure that the National Lottery distributing bodies in relation to which it has responsibility co-operate when an application for lottery funding is made by an organisation whose activities fall within the remit of more than one of these bodies.
Answer
The lottery distributors are already working together to co-ordinate their strategies and to provide better advice and support to applicants. The Executive welcomes these developments and maintains regular contact with the distributors.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with the various transport authorities concerning the establishment of a north/south Glasgow crossrail service.
Answer
I refer Ms White to my answer to question S1O-2132 and the subsequent supplementary questions.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 20 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what support and investment it intends to provide for the establishment of a north/south Glasgow crossrail service.
Answer
I refer Ms White to my answer to question S1W-7899.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 20 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with the various transport authorities concerning the establishment of a direct rail link to Glasgow Airport.
Answer
I refer Ms White to my answer to question S1O-1648.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 20 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to deal with any irregularities in relation to Social Inclusion Partnership funding.
Answer
Grant payments made by the Scottish Executive in respect of expenditure by Social Inclusion Partnerships are governed by standard conditions of grant. It is for grant recipients to ensure that they comply with the conditions of grant, which include a requirement to ensure the propriety and regularity of all payments. Scottish Ministers may reduce, suspend or withhold payment of grant, or require all or part of the grant to be repaid if it appears that an activity, or any part of it, has not been undertaken in accordance with the terms and conditions or for the purposes intended.
