- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to restrict chain migration, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more immigrants to Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact it expects that the new four-tier points system for economic immigration, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will have on the Executive's aim of increasing immigration to Scotland.
Answer
I welcome the recognition in the Home Office’s Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain that Scotland faces particular demographicchallenges. We are pursuing these challenges through our Fresh Talent policy withinthe framework of the UK immigration system. I look forward to workingclosely with the Home Office as details of the plan are developed.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to phase out schemes for low-skill immigration, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Scottish labour market.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14430 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to introduce mandatory English language tests for immigrants, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more economic immigrants to Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects that the UK Government's plans to introduce mandatory UK knowledge tests to achieve permanent residence in the United Kingdom, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain, will impact on the Executive's aim of attracting more economic immigrants to Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-14428 on 10 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is, with regard to the situation in Scotland, on the Home Office view that following EU enlargement it is unlikely that there will continue to be a case for low-skill immigration schemes and that the schemes currently in existence should be phased out, as announced in the Home Office document, Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain.
Answer
I welcome the recognition in the Home Office’s
Controlling our borders: Making migration work for Britain that Scotland faces particular demographicchallenges. We are pursuing these challenges through our Fresh Talent policy withinthe framework of the UK immigration system. I look forward to workingclosely with the Home Office on the detail of how the five year plan will be implemented.
The existing low-skill schemesaccount for only a very small proportion of low-skilled migration to the UK. Accessioncountry nationals are increasingly filling low-skill jobs in the hospitality andagriculture sectors. Almost 8,000 workers from these countries have registered inScotland since the worker registration scheme came into effect on 1 May 2005 and we arelooking at ways in which we can promote Scotland in these countries and raise this figure still higher.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 10 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what further action it is taking to support the installation of new generation artificial football pitches in Scotland.
Answer
The Executive welcomes and issupportive of proposals which will deliver modern facilities capable of supportingan increase in sports participation. A number of artificial pitches are being developedthrough the New Opportunities for Physical Education and Sports (NOPES) Lotteryprogramme and funding is also available to support their development through sportscotland’sBuilding for Sport programme.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to the public purse will be of completed or planned refurbishment and redecoration of buildings or sites associated with the forthcoming G8 summit, detailing work carried out or being planned and the buildings or sites involved.
Answer
Some limited refurbishmentand redecoration (amounting to less than £500) has taken place in a number ofpolice buildings as part of the planning being taken forward for the summit.Other property costs are being incurred or are planned in connection withsecurity but it is not our policy to comment on security aspects. I understandthat some additional work is being commissioned by the Foreign and CommonwealthOffice but any costs will be a matter for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of speeding and road traffic offences committed by drivers of foreign-registered vehicles; how many speeding offences were not proceeded with or prosecuted due to the vehicle being registered outwith the United Kingdom in each year since 1999, and what action it is taking as a result.
Answer
The information requested isnot separately identifiable in the available statistics.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12927 by Cathy Jamieson on 23 December 2004, what the average length of time spent in prison is, including any time spent on remand, for prisoners sentenced to (a) less than three months, (b) three to six months and (c) six months to one year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
The estimated availableinformation is for 2003 and was (a) 23; (b) 56 and (c) 113 days.
