- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what investigations have been carried out by the police into reported child trafficking through Scottish airports.
Answer
Child trafficking is a very seriouscrime, and the police will thoroughly investigate any reports they receive of childrenbeing trafficked into or out of Scotland. For operational reasons, it is not possible to disclosedetails of individual investigations into reports of child trafficking. However,Scottish police forces will be participating in Operation Pentameter 2 later thisyear, a UK-wide multi-agency operation targeted at all forms of human trafficking.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place between its officials and Strathclyde Police regarding reported child trafficking through Scottish airports.
Answer
Scottish Executive officialshave met with Strathclyde Police on a number of occasions to discuss a range ofissues relating to human trafficking. Executive officials sit on the Association of Chief Police Officers inScotland Working Group on Human Trafficking, which has been establishedto co-ordinate the Scottish police forces’ response to human trafficking.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the numbers of people in Scotland who are employed (a) directly and (b) via outsourcing on the two Government Pipeline and Storage System oil pipeline networks.
Answer
GovernmentPipelines and Storage System (GPSS) is reserved to the UK Government and run bythe Oil and Pipeline Agency. The function of this agency is to manage the GPSSon behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Information onthe pipelines and storage system can be obtained from the Defence Fuels Groupat the MoD.
The Address is asfollows:
Defence Equipmentand Support
Defence FuelsGroup
Ministry ofDefence
West Moors
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 6QS
United Kingdom.
Alternativelyinformation is available on the MoD website at www.mod.uk.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on what percentage of the oil sent through the two Government Pipeline and Storage System oil pipeline networks in Scotland are for (a) military and (b) commercial use.
Answer
GovernmentPipelines and Storage System (GPSS) is reserved to the UK Government and run bythe Oil and Pipeline Agency. The function of this agency is to manage the GPSSon behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Information onthe pipelines and storage system can be obtained from the Defence Fuels Groupat the MoD.
The Address is asfollows:
Defence Equipmentand Support
Defence FuelsGroup
Ministry ofDefence
West Moors
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 6QS
United Kingdom.
Alternativelyinformation is available on the MoD website at www.mod.uk.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of sites and locations in Scotland that have involvement with the two Government Pipeline and Storage System oil pipeline networks.
Answer
GovernmentPipelines and Storage System (GPSS) is reserved to the UK Government and run bythe Oil and Pipeline Agency. The function of this agency is to manage the GPSSon behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Information onthe pipelines and storage system can be obtained from the Defence Fuels Groupat the MoD.
The Address is asfollows:
Defence Equipmentand Support
Defence FuelsGroup
Ministry ofDefence
West Moors
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 6QS
United Kingdom.
Alternativelyinformation is available on the MoD website at www.mod.uk.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on what maintenance takes place, and who pays for the maintenance, of the two Government Pipeline and Storage System oil pipeline networks in Scotland.
Answer
GovernmentPipelines and Storage System (GPSS) is reserved to the UK Government and run bythe Oil and Pipeline Agency. The function of this agency is to manage the GPSSon behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Information onthe pipelines and storage system can be obtained from the Defence Fuels Groupat the MoD.
The Address is asfollows:
Defence Equipmentand Support
Defence FuelsGroup
Ministry ofDefence
West Moors
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 6QS
United Kingdom.
Alternativelyinformation is available on the MoD website at www.mod.uk.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on which towns, cities and villages in Scotland the two Government Pipeline and Storage System oil pipeline networks run through.
Answer
GovernmentPipelines and Storage System (GPSS) is reserved to the UK Government and run bythe Oil and Pipeline Agency. The function of this agency is to manage the Governmentpipelines and storage system (GPSS) on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Information onthe pipelines and storage system can be obtained from the Defence Fuels Groupat the MoD.
The Address is asfollows:
Defence Equipmentand Support
Defence FuelsGroup
Ministry ofDefence
West Moors
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 6QS
United Kingdom.
Alternativelyinformation is available on the MoD website at www.mod.uk.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 19 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will examine and review the results of any referenda on housing stock transfer options that have taken place in the last four years.
Answer
We have no plans to do so. Wherea landlord has conducted a ballot to establish whether its tenants wish a transferproposal to proceed, the Scottish Government will respect the choice made by thetenants at that ballot.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding increasing security at seaports around the Scottish coast and what action has been taken on the matter.
Answer
There is regular contactwith the UK Government at both ministerial and official level on a range of securityissues, including the security of sea ports.
The police, in partnershipwith the UK Border and Immigration Agency and HM Revenue and Customs, work withthe port operators to ensure that the security at sea ports in Scotland is appropriate to the local circumstances.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 27 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits the London Olympics will have for the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency.
Answer
The sportscotlandNational Centre at Inverclyde has applied to be promoted in the official brochureof venues for training camps to be produced by the London Organising Committee.Decisions on training camps will be taken in early 2008.
