- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sonic posters will be in use as part of the 2004 Western Isles Tourist Board campaign in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh and (c) London.
Answer
This is an operational matterfor Western Isles Tourist Board. However, I understand that one sonic poster willbe in operation in each of these locations during April.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been provided for the 2004 Western Isles Tourist Board campaign by (a) it, (b) Executive agencies and (c) the Western Isles Tourist Board.
Answer
None. The funding of the WesternIsles Tourist Board campaign is an operational matter for the board.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-885 by Nicol Stephen on 20 June 2003, what performance indicators are publicly available with regard to the digging up, and reinstatement, of roads by utility companies.
Answer
Performance indicators are containedin the Code of Practice Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings inRoads and the Code of Practice for Inspections. Detailed figures area matter for the relevant roads authority.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-885 by Nicol Stephen on 20 June 2003, what changes have been made, or are under consideration, to the national agreed standards for reinstatement of roads by utility companies.
Answer
A revised Code of Practice
Specificationfor the Reinstatement of Openings in Roads which sets out revised requirementson materials, workmanship and the standard of reinstatement came into force on 1 October 2003.
This Code of Practice was preparedin conjunction with the Road Authorities and Utilities Committee (Scotland) (RAUC(S))and was subject to consultation with interested organisations and individuals.
Additionally, the Executive hasrecently completed a consultation exercise on the regulation of utility companyroadworks. The responses are currently being analysed.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-885 by Nicol Stephen on 20 June 2003, how many fines have been levied on utility companies under section 130 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 in each year since its inception.
Answer
The Executive is not aware ofany such fines being levied.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any intention to review family contact orders and registered agreements, including the enforcement of such orders, to ensure a better degree of compliance.
Answer
The Scottish Executive believe that it is generally best for both parents to continue to be involvedin their child’s upbringing following separation or divorce, where this is in theinterests of the child. We have no immediate plans to review contact orders andregistered agreements.
We are aware of recent work bythe UK Government in this area which we are considering with interest. Our consultationFamily Matters: Improving Family Law in Scotland, published on 5 April, seeksviews on how the law works in practice.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to pilot family mediation schemes, either based on the New Approaches to Contact schemes or the family resolution pilots taking place in England.
Answer
The Scottish Executive recognise the importance of mediation in helping families to resolve difficultiesand arrange contact arrangements that are in the best interests of their children.
To this end, we provide grantaid to Family Mediation Scotland and ten local mediation services. We have no immediateplans to pilot schemes like those currently taking place in England. However,we will consider the outcomes of those schemes with interest.
We published on 5 April our consultationFamily Matters: Improving Family Law in Scotland. Our consultation containsproposals that we believe will minimise acrimony between separating couples, andseeks views about how we can strengthen the contribution of the voluntary sectorin securing good outcomes for families.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 21 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated budget is for the implementation of access rights, including core path networks, local access forums and an education programme, and what funding will be made available to local authorities and agencies for the implementation of these rights and any on-going management and maintenance.
Answer
A total of £22 million for theperiod 2003-4 to 2005-6 has been made available to local authorities in respectof access related activity. Over the sameperiod, the two national park authorities are spending £0.7 million on the developmentand the provision of access and ScottishNatural Heritage (SNH) is spending over £28 million to promote and facilitate access.A proportion of this SNH spend is in the form of grants to local authorities toassist them in preparing for their new functions under the legislation.
We are continuing to work withSNH and local authorities to estimate the costs of implementing the new arrangementsfor access. Some of these costs will arise soon after the legislation comes intoeffect, which we plan should be in the autumn of this year. However, the costs associatedwith core paths provision are likely to be later because it is expected that itwill be some years before most local authorities are in a position to adopt theircore paths plans.
We are currently consideringSNH and local authority funding requirements for the period 2005-06 to 2007-08,and an announcement on this will be made in the autumn.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding it has provided to Caledonia Youth in each year since 1999 and what additional funding has been provided to the organisation for the establishment of new clinics in Falkirk and Aberdeen.
Answer
The funding provided is set out in the following table by financial year. The Executive’s support for Caledonia Youth is in the context of an integrated project to provide start-up costs for the establishment of four new centres, and to contribute to the running costs of these centres and the existing centre in Edinburgh. Centres in Glasgow and Dundee have been opened. The centre in Falkirk, which will soon have its formal opening, and the proposed centre in Aberdeen haveformed part of the project from the outset.
| Financial Year | Funding |
| 1999-2000 | £9,000 |
| 2000-01 | £159,000 |
| 2001-02 | £124,800 |
| 2002-03 | £307,700 |
| 2003-04 | £269,000 |
The following is a corrected answer (published on 10 January 2005); see below.
Malcolm Chisholm: The funding provided is set out in the following table by financial year. The Executive’s support for Caledonia Youth is in the context of an integrated project to provide start-up costs for the establishment of four new centres, and to contribute to the running costs of these centres and the existing centre in Edinburgh. Centres in Glasgow and Dundee have been opened. The centre in Falkirk, which will soon have its formal opening, and the proposed centre in Aberdeen have formed part of the project from the outset.
| Financial Year | Funding |
| 1999-2000 | £ 9,000 |
| 2000-01 | £159,000 |
| 2001-02 | £124,800 |
| 2002-03 | £307,700 |
| 2003-04 | £469,000 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3235 by Mr Andy Kerr on 31 October 2003, how much has been spent on advertising the healthyliving advice line in each month since November 2003.
Answer
To reiterate my previous answers to similar questions the Healthy Living call centre information line is an integral, but only one, facet of a campaign designed to raise awareness, stimulate attitudinal and behavioural change as well as provide advice and information.
The advertising campaign ceased in October 2003 and since then advertising expenditure to promote the advice line has been confined to sponsoring the Daily Record Vital Supplement column on healthy living.
The advertising expenditure figures requested are detailed below
| Nov 2003 | Dec 2003 | Jan 2004 | Feb 2004 | Mar 2004 |
| 0 | £6,219 | £3,554 | £988 | 0 |
