- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive in relation to how many cases involving the Scottish Police Services Authority and its predecessor bodies was the crime scene examined for fingerprint evidence in each of the last five years, broken down by regional bureau.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33036 on 26 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much public money has been spent on the investigations into the four Scottish Criminal Record Office fingerprint officers following the Shirley McKie case.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) legal fees and (b) management time costs were incurred by the Scottish Police Services Authority in defending the unfair dismissal case brought by Fiona McBride.
Answer
Employment of staff is an operational matter for the Scottish Police Services Authority. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of the Mackay investigation into the four Scottish Criminal Record Office fingerprint officers.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold information on the costs of this investigation.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of James Black’s investigation into the four Scottish Criminal Record Office fingerprint officers.
Answer
As employer of the four fingerprint officers, Strathclyde Joint Police Board established an ad hoc investigation and disciplinary procedure in September 2001. This work was taken forward under the auspices of an Independent Scrutiny Committee and James Black was appointed as investigating officer. The Scottish Government does not hold information on the cost of that investigation.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) legal fees and (b) management time costs were incurred by the Scottish Police Services Authority in appealing the decision of the employment tribunal regarding reinstatement in the unfair dismissal case brought by Fiona McBride.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32943 on 26 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 23 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in identifying and agreeing the funding needed to build a new Eastwood High School in East Renfrewshire.
Answer
The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) wrote to East Renfrewshire Council in January 2010, setting out the maximum amount of funding that the Scottish Government will contribute towards the construction costs of the new Eastwood High School. The SFT''s letter indicated that the council should anticipate receiving a maximum funding contribution of £17.75 million, which represents two-thirds of the capital cost of building the new school.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 23 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for building a new Eastwood High School in East Renfrewshire.
Answer
The replacement of Eastwood High School, together with Lasswade High School in Midlothian, is part of the pilot project being taken forward by the Scottish Futures Trust. The design team for the pilot project will be appointed shortly. The tendering process to secure a building contractor commenced on 31 March 2010. It is anticipated that a contractor will be appointed by summer 2011 and that construction will commence in January 2012, for completion by summer 2013.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 23 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the funding needed to build a new Eastwood High School has been provided to (a) the Scottish Futures Trust and (b) East Renfrewshire Council.
Answer
The Scottish Government support towards the construction costs of the new Eastwood High School will be provided directly to East Renfrewshire Council. No funding has yet been provided to the council as the project is still in procurement.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of a reduction in the number of hours of in-service training on Modern Languages in the Primary School courses since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collect information on the numbers of hours of Modern Languages in the Primary School training offered by local authorities. However, as specified in my answer to your question S3W-31088 on 4 February 2010, we do engage closely with interested parties, particularly through meetings of the Cultural Organisations and Local Authorities (COALA) network, where issues around modern languages in the primary school, and other matters pertaining to the learning and teaching of modern languages in schools, are routinely discussed.
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
