- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the number of court rooms in the High Court building in Edinburgh from two to three and what effect any such increase will have on the resources available to the High Court or any agencies which utilise the building.
Answer
There are no plans to increase the number of courtrooms in the High Court Building in Edinburgh. The refurbishment of the former Sheriff Court House in the Lawnmarket to provide accommodation for the High Court in Edinburgh was completed in 1997 and already provides four courtrooms for use by the High Court.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed on adult literacy projects in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding has been provided to the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council in each year since 1997.
Answer
The level of funding provided to the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council since 1997 is as follows:
1997-98 (£ million) | 1998-99 (£ million) | 1999-2000 (£ million) | 2000-01 (£ million) | 2001-021 (£ million) | 2002-031 (£ million) | 2003-041 (£ million) |
551 | 574 | 599 | 609 | 660 | 676 | 698 |
Notes:These are the proposed spending plans for the next three years, and exclude any additional funding transferred to SHEFC from other bodies in respect of newly designated institutions (Bell College, UHIMI and the Open University).
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take to promote direct air links with Canada.
Answer
The Scottish Executive, in partnership with the Enterprise Networks, VisitScotland and the airport operators, continues to encourage the development of more commercial and cost effective air services from Scotland to Canada and other destinations for the benefit of the travelling public and the Scottish economy.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average amount spent by visitors to Scotland from Canada was in each year since 1997.
Answer
The information requested is as follows:
Year | Average Spend (in 2000 prices) |
1997 | £504 |
1998 | £447 |
1999 | £502 |
2000 | £655 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what methodology is used for establishing the number of police officers employed by individual police forces and what account is taken of the number of police officers employed by individual forces on long-term sick leave.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. It is for chief constables in consultation with police authorities to decide on staffing levels within the resources available to them.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visitors to Scotland arrived in (a) a Scottish airport and (b) elsewhere in the United Kingdom on a direct flight from Canada in each year since 1997.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. However, the Office of National Statistics' Information Passenger Survey, as well as the Civil Aviation Authority, may be able to provide information on visitors arriving at/departing from airports in Scotland/UK. Contact details are as follows:ips@ons.gov.uk
www.caaerg.co.uk.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding has been provided to each further education college in each year since 1997.
Answer
The information requested is as follows:
College | Overall Funding 1997-98 (£ million) | Overall Funding 1998-99 (£ million) | Overall Funding 1999-2000 (£ million) | Overall Funding 2000-01 (£ million) |
Aberdeen College | 17,241,100 | 16,755,800 | 18,593,553 | 22,990,267 |
Angus College | 4,729,900 | 4,879,650 | 5,573,199 | 6,978,876 |
Anniesland College | 5,056,000 | 5,258,650 | 5,989,852 | 7,237,595 |
Ayr College | 5,585,000 | 5,803,608 | 6,741,197 | 8,436,411 |
Banff & Buchan College of Further Education | 4,676,600 | 4,660,050 | 5,392,707 | 6,426,805 |
The Barony College | 1,306,300 | 1,261,650 | 1,448,464 | 1,712,186 |
Bell of College of Technology | 4,736,900 | 4,481,950 | 7,577,500 | 6,613,501 |
Borders College | 5,198,000 | 4,809,500 | 5,562,143 | 6,258,662 |
Cardonald College | 8,146,300 | 10,285,450 | 9,790,222 | 11,478,917 |
Central College of Commerce | 5,055,500 | 5,240,900 | 5,555,110 | 6,349,883 |
Clackmannan College of Further Education | 2,920,300 | 3,000,600 | 3,270,101 | 3,926,079 |
Clydebank College | 7,432,900 | 8,346,450 | 8,386,494 | 9,058,602 |
Coatbridge College | 4,545,800 | 4,692,950 | 5,282,315 | 5,995,008 |
Cumbernauld College | 3,472,200 | 3,601,700 | 4,201,802 | 4,803,652 |
Dumfries & Galloway College | 6,214,100 | 5,894,600 | 6,403,190 | 6,949,326 |
Dundee College | 11,713,400 | 11,638,250 | 12,584,229 | 15,667,879 |
Edinburgh's Telford College | 15,086,400 | 15,383,288 | 16,422,257 | 17,773,126 |
Elmwood College | 3,488,900 | 3,464,650 | 4,028,392 | 4,515,789 |
Falkirk College of Further & Higher Education | 8,979,300 | 9,338,797 | 10,875,655 | 12,715,275 |
Fife College of Further & Higher Education | 7,565,600 | 7,237,050 | 8,560,912 | 10,325,151 |
Glasgow College of Building & Printing | 6,240,400 | 7,122,350 | 8,014,200 | 9,143,304 |
Glasgow College of Food Technology | 3,727,300 | 3,843,250 | 3,867,991 | 4,652,710 |
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies | 4,260,500 | 4,547,500 | 4,954,154 | 5,510,861 |
Glenrothes College | 5,890,900 | 5,989,400 | 6,531,901 | 6,923,956 |
Inverness College | 7,159,300 | 7,090,450 | 9,404,822 | 7,471,237 |
James Watt College of Further & Higher Education | 10,400,000 | 11,849,200 | 13,899,300 | 19,711,917 |
Jewel & Esk Valley College | 8,044,800 | 8,044,050 | 9,080,716 | 10,054,871 |
John Wheatley College | 3,979,400 | 4,045,849 | 4,380,680 | 8,546,865 |
Kilmarnock College | 6,970,100 | 7,179,921 | 8,050,087 | 8,759,018 |
Langside College | 7,382,000 | 7,055,229 | 8,179,466 | 9,534,995 |
Lauder College | 6,570,800 | 6,557,450 | 7,731,140 | 7,531,716 |
Lews Castle College | 2,231,200 | 4,191,700 | 4,710,731 | 2,637,081 |
Moray College | 6,017,400 | 5,916,250 | 6,342,001 | 6,652,851 |
Motherwell College | 9,769,500 | 9,852,050 | 10,537,104 | 12,411,060 |
North Glasgow College | 6,221,500 | 5,983,250 | 6,135,900 | 6,979,050 |
The North Highland College1 | 2,843,100 | 2,939,950 | 3,623,600 | 3,701,445 |
Oatridge Agricultural College | 1,997,200 | 1,992,900 | 2,154,223 | 2,496,591 |
Perth College | 6,722,500 | 6,453,705 | 6,817,254 | 7,800,698 |
Reid Kerr College | 9,635,300 | 9,409,650 | 10,542,874 | 11,593,673 |
South Lanarkshire College2 | 4,721,800 | 4,548,500 | 4,820,986 | 5,497,319 |
Stevenson College | 11,975,700 | 13,352,050 | 13,403,637 | 14,656,900 |
Stow College | 5,261,700 | 5,438,250 | 6,488,796 | 7,282,701 |
West Lothian College | 5,062,700 | 4,962,603 | 5,418,376 | 6,074,828 |
Orkney Islands Council | 457,000 | 730,900 | 1,131,720 | 1,162,050 |
Shetland Islands Council | 1,330,900 | 1,354,650 | 1,395,590 | 1,396,559 |
Sabhal Mor Ostaig | 400,000 | 529,450 | 846,880 | 656,856 |
Newbattle Abbey College | ------ | 264,250 | 291,790 | 320,719 |
Notes:1. Formerly Thurso College.2. Formerly Cambuslang College.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 26 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what volume of traffic using the new continental ferry from Rosyth could be carried to and from the port by rail if a rail link is created.
Answer
We understand that there would be no capacity constraints on carrying ferry traffic to and from the port by rail if a rail link was made between the proposed ferry terminal and the existing dockyard rail line. It should also be noted that the proposed ferry service from Rosyth to Zeebrugge is a roll-on/roll-off service and it is our understanding that the traffic that it is planned to carry will be drawn in the main from the road.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has regarding the amount of Air Passenger Duty collected from passengers in Scotland and any consequential impact on the economy, visitor numbers and transport strategy.
Answer
Air Passenger Duty (APD) is paid by airlines to Customs and Excise and there is no geographical breakdown. Passengers travelling from airports in the Highlands and Islands do not pay APD.
