- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, as a result of its proposed abolition of local enterprise companies and reorganisation of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, decisions affecting Shetland will still be taken by those with a full understanding of Shetland's business environment.
Answer
Under the reform proposals,there will be, as now, a Highlands and Islands Enterprise presence in Shetland.Any decisions which have an impact on Shetland will therefore continue to take intoaccount the appropriate business input and expertise currently provided throughthat presence.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, as a result of its proposed abolition of local enterprise companies and reorganisation of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, current HIE Shetland staff will remain based in Shetland; whether they will be given any decision-making responsibility and, if so, what decisions they will be permitted to make.
Answer
This will be an operationalmatter for Highlands and Islands Enterprise. However, as confirmedin the reply to question S3W-4864 on 23 October 2007, Highlands and Islands Enterprise will continue to maintaina presence in Shetland.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive who will appoint members of the strategic forum for enterprise; what budget will be allocated annually to running the forum; whether members of the forum will receive remuneration for their duties, and to whom the forum will report.
Answer
As the CabinetSecretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth set out in his statement toParliament on 26 September 2007, the strategic forumwill be led by myself and Mr Swinney and its membership will include the chairsand chief executives of Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and VisitScotland. The intention of the forum isto promote greater alignment and better integrated activities on the part ofthese bodies. There will be no separate budget or remuneration involved. The forumwill report to ministers.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, after its proposed abolition of the local enterprise companies and reorganisation of Highlands and Islands Enterprise have taken place, who will take decisions currently taken by HIE Shetland’s board and where the new decision takers will be based.
Answer
This will be an operationalmatter for Highlands and Islands Enterprise. However, as now, suchdecisions will reflect local Shetland priorities and be informed by a continuedHighlands and Islands Enterprise presence in Shetland.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what grants are currently administered through Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Highlands and Islands local enterprise companies and which of these are (a) under review, (b) to end, (c) to continue to be administered by HIE without review and (d) to continue without review but administered by a body other than HIE.
Answer
The following schemes,which are administered by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, provide grants tobusinesses in the Highlands and Islands area:
Initial Investmentand Job Creation scheme
Fisheries and Aquaculturescheme
Agriculture and Horticulturescheme
Training scheme
Small andMedium-Sized Enterprises (SME) Marketing Consultancy and Trade Fairs scheme
Research and Developmentscheme
Scottish PropertySupport scheme
Historic EnvironmentRegeneration scheme.
As the Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth announced in his statement, we intend in thelonger term to look at integrating national grant schemes and to review the useof small business grants in the Highlands and IslandsEnterprise area. This will thereforebe subject to further consideration and no decisions have yet been made as to timescales.In the meantime, Highlands and Islands Enterprise will continue to operate businessgrants in its area.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 15 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, as a result of its proposed changes to the structure of VisitScotland, there will be any change to the delivery of the marketing of tourism in Shetland and other parts of Scotland.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for VisitScotland. I have asked the Chief Executive of VisitScotland to writeto you direct on this matter.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 15 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, as a result of its proposed changes to the structure of VisitScotland, there will be any change to the funding provided to run the VisitShetland offices in Shetland and other local tourism offices throughout Scotland.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for VisitScotland. I have asked the Chief Executive of VisitScotland to writeto you direct on this matter.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 15 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, as a result of its proposed changes to the structure of VisitScotland, decisions currently taken by staff in VisitShetland offices in Shetland and in other local tourism offices will continue to be taken in the local offices or whether they will be taken at one or more central locations.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for VisitScotland. I have asked the Chief Executive of VisitScotland to writeto you direct on this matter.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 15 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, as a result of its proposed changes to the structure of VisitScotland, there will be any change to the activities carried out in the VisitShetland offices in Shetland and in other tourism offices throughout Scotland.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for VisitScotland. I have asked the Chief Executive of VisitScotland to writeto you direct on this matter.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 1 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4066 by Stewart Stevenson on 20 September 2007, whether it plans to consider setting limits on the charges that Scottish Water can apply to domestic water and sewerage customers lower than those currently set by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland and, if so, whether this consideration could include setting a freeze on water charges in line with its proposed freeze on council tax charges in 2008-09.
Answer
The Scottish Governmenthas no plans to limit the charges that Scottish Water can apply other than as setout in the Water Industry Commission’s final determination of charges for 2006-10.
