- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to intervene in the dispute relating to hospital car parking charges in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
Answer
Theintroduction of car park charging is a local matter for NHS boards in accordance with the current Scottish Government guidance.
However, I amcurrently deciding whether that guidance should be reviewed and will make anannouncement shortly.
- 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 the owners of Scottish airports regarding reported child trafficking through Scottish airports.
Answer
Scottish Executive officialshave not met directly with the owners of Scottish airports regarding child trafficking.
However, the UK Action Planon Human Trafficking, jointly published by the Scottish Executive and the HomeOffice in March 2007, identifies a number of actions designed to tackle traffickingthrough airports and other ports of entry. In particular, police and UK Border &Immigration Agency staff working at ports of entry to the UK are receiving specialisttraining to ensure they have the tools and expertise to identify victims of trafficking.Work is also being undertaken by the Home Office in collaboration with the airlineindustry to develop a Code of Practice on the carriage of minors.
- 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 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 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 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.
