- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive to which elected body the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland is accountable.
Answer
The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) is the collective organisation of Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and Assistant Chief Constables serving in Scotland. Formally a staff association, ACPOS is not accountable to any elected body.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will have formal input into the gender equality consultation being undertaken by the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Answer
An official from the Scottish Executive’s Equality Unit will be making a presentation on the Gender Duty to attendees at the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Code of Practice consultation events being held across Scotland in February and March. Officials from across the Executive are represented on the Equal Opportunities Commission (Scotland) Gender Duty Advisory Group and an Executive official also attends the EOC (GB) Gender Duty Advisory Group.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether good neighbour agreements will be an integral part of any new planning legislation.
Answer
Provisions for Good Neighbour Agreements are contained in s23 of the Planning Etc (Scotland) Bill.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive who will be responsible for maintaining any form of community land use negotiated under a good neighbour agreement.
Answer
The agreement should set out the responsibilities of all parties to the agreement. The key land use issues associated with a development will continue to be addressed under the terms of the planning permission, and enforced by the planning authority.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will clarify the position if there is a dispute or objection to a land use matter arising from a good neighbour agreement.
Answer
Scottish ministers would only become involved in individual good neighbour agreements in the event of one party appealing to them following a failure to agree modifications to an agreement locally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be a notification procedure for good neighbour agreements.
Answer
There are no proposals for a notification procedure for entering into good neighbour agreements.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the recent pilot scheme for sign video relay service (SIGNVRS) technology launched in London whereby a small device attached to a videophone can enable deaf people to make phone calls using British sign language, it will consider launching such a pilot scheme in Glasgow.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to linguistic access for Deaf people in Scotland and has noted the development of the SIGNVRS scheme.
We have no plans at present to launch such a pilot scheme in Scotland. However, we are aware of the interest in the use of sign video relay technology and will explore with our BSL and Linguistic Access Working Group how we might learn from this development.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 22 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider reinstating the ability of local authorities to recover money spent on enforcement of planning regulations which was removed by the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
The Building (Scotland) Act 2003 has not affected planning enforcement. In relation to building regulations, powers exist under the act which enable local authorities to recover expenses incurred on enforcement.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it operates a policy of flexible working hours in respect of its own employees.
Answer
In line with its aim of helping staff to achieve a satisfactory work life balance, the Scottish Executive offers flexible working hours to all of it’s employees, in it’s core departments, including part-time staff and senior civil servants. A small number of employees who work shifts are excluded.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on advertising in The Herald in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Executive advertising spend with
The Herald is as follows:
| Financial Year | Spend |
| 2002-03 (1 January to 31 March 2003) | £33,300 |
| 2003-04 | £35,700 |
| 2004-05 | £66,076 |
| 2005-06 (to 31 January 2006) | £24,673 |
| Total | £159,749 |
