- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which departments, other than its Education Department and its Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department, have issued written guidance, guidelines and official circulars that are still operational in respect of pre-school centres, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and tertiary education institutes.
Answer
The issue of material of the kind you have asked about is not subject to central logging. It is not possible, therefore, to provide a comprehensive list of all departmental sources of such material.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 5 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Arts Council's Youth Music Audit will be published.
Answer
The Audit of Youth Music Provision by the Scottish Arts Council, Youth Music and the Musician's Union, What's going on, was published on 26 February 2003.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 4 March 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer how much has been spent on providing free food and refreshments to MSPs and parliamentary staff in each of the last four years.
Answer
Details of annual spend by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and a brief explanation of the costs are outlined below. Costs for the supply of tea, coffee, bottled water and fresh fruit during plenary sessions, and sandwiches occasionally provided for late business are as follows:
| Year | Spend (£000) |
| 1999-2000 | 4.3 |
| 2000-01 | 4.8 |
| 2001-02 | 6.9 |
| 2002-03 | 6.6 (to end Jan 2003) |
In addition, members, parliamentary staff and other invited groups of people attend committees and other parliamentary business including functions. The total cost for these, including invited guests, has been:
| Year | Spend (£000) |
| 1999-2000 | 7.5 |
| 2000-01 | 18.4 |
| 2001-02 | 42.4 |
| 2002-03 | 29.4 (to end Jan 2003) |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 26 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Minister for the Environment and Rural Development has led the United Kingdom delegation to an EU Council meeting since 1999.
Answer
The Minister for Environment and Rural Development has been part of the UK delegation at EU Council meetings on 16 occasions since 1999. At these Councils, the leader of the UK delegation has been a United Kingdom Government Minister.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33057 by Lewis Macdonald on 21 January 2003, whether it has received a final copy of the Society of Chief Officers of Transport (SCOTS) roads condition report.
Answer
No. The national condition survey of local roads is being carried out by SCOTS on behalf of COSLA and local authorities. The findings of the first year's survey work have not yet been published and will be reported to those bodies in the first instance, not to ministers.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) net revenue expenditure on roads maintenance and winter maintenance and (b) gross capital expenditure on the structural maintenance of roads has been in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is given in tables number 11.1 to 11.4 of Scottish Transport Statistics No. 21, a copy of which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 23316). For trunk roads, expenditure is expressed for the network as a whole and is not broken down into local authority areas. For local roads, table 11.1 shows expenditure for all authorities year by year, while table 11.3 breaks the most recent year down by authority. A breakdown by authority for previous years is given in earlier editions of the publication (Bib. numbers 26533, 16385, 8690 and 15770).Figures are not yet available for the year to March 2002.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 20 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Arts Council's Youth Music Audit will be published and when it will respond to the report.
Answer
The publication of the report is a matter for the Scottish Arts Council and its commissioning partners. Ministers will respond after considering the report and the council's associated proposals.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance or guidelines there are for NHS boards in receipt of requests from patients wishing to leave hospital with the assistance of an ambulance provided by an independent health care provider.
Answer
None. Hospitals will arrange transport most appropriate to patients' clinical, social or other needs.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether each police force has targets for the recruitment and retention of special constables and whether any such targets are being met.
Answer
This is an operational matter for each police force. While no national targets relating to the Special Constabulary have been set by the Scottish Executive, Scottish ministers have made clear their desire to see an increase in the number of special constables.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of printing, publishing and distributing Building Our Future: Scotland's School Estate.
Answer
The costs of printing and publishing have amounted to £17,600, with a further £100 for distribution.
