- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements there are for national workforce planning on a Scotland-wide basis for (a) teachers, (b) doctors, (c) dentists, (d) nurses, (e) veterinary surgeons, (f) chiropodists and podiatrists, (g) physiotherapists and (h) social workers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15836 on 24 September 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15225 by Stewart Stevenson on 28 August 2008, whether it will guarantee that free travel for elderly and disabled people will be maintained for the same times of day, seven days per week, for the next three years for all people aged 60 and over, for the whole of Scotland
Answer
We have already confirmed that the eligibility criteria, for all those people who currently benefit from the scheme, would be maintained.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to bringing First ScotRail into some form of public or mutual ownership.
Answer
The extension of the ScotRail franchise contract allows time for options concerning the status of ScotRail to be included in the consultation exercise prior to any refranchising process.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings and discussions Scottish ministers have had since May 2007 with ministers and officials of the Department for International Development regarding the Executive’s work on international development.
Answer
The Secretary of State for International Development has not yet scheduled my requested meeting with him. However, there have been a number of official level discussions with the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and I met with the Head of DFID Malawi during my visit to the country in February 2008.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of all international development programmes it (a) is funding in 2008-09 and (b) will fund in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11, and which Scotland-based agencies are or will be involved in delivery.
Answer
Funding decisions for the Malawi development programme will be made in the next few weeks. The funding process for the Sub-Saharan Africa development programme has begun and decisions will be made towards the end of the year. The Indian Subcontinent programme is currently under development.
All information regarding the funding awards will be provided on the Scottish Government website when available.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is of the two non-departmental bodies recommended by the Scottish Prisons Commission for each of the next three financial years.
Answer
The Scottish Government will produce its reply to the findings of the Prisons Commission''s report by the end of the year.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes it proposes to the 2011 Census questions compared to those in 2001.
Answer
Recommendations for the questions to be included in the 2011 Census will be presented to Parliament later this year, as a preliminary to the formal approval of the Census Regulations early in 2010.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have produced their single outcome agreements under the concordat with local government.
Answer
Single outcome agreements were agreed with all 32 councils on 30 June 2008.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15237 by John Swinney on 25 August 2008, how many of the 218 full-time employees in its directorates and agencies aged between 60 and 64 are men.
Answer
Of the 218 full-time employees aged between 60 and 64 in the Scottish Executive directorates and agencies as given in answer to question S3W-15237, 161 are men. The numbers in each of the directorates and agencies is as follows:
| | Age 60 to 64 |
| DG Economy | 11 |
| DG Education | 7 |
| DG Environment | 30 |
| DG Health | 4 |
| DG Justice | 11 |
| Permanent Secretary''s Office | 34 |
| Accountants In Bankruptcy | 2 |
| Fisheries Research Service | 12 |
| General Registers Of Scotland | 12 |
| HM Inspectors of Prisons | 1 |
| HM Inspectorate of Education | 6 |
| National Archives of Scotland | 7 |
| Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator | 1 |
| Student Awards Agency for Scotland | 3 |
| Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | 7 |
| Scottish Public Pensions Agency | 5 |
| Transport Scotland | 8 |
| Total | 161 |
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what further consideration it has given to the Glasgow Crossrail scheme since the Members’ Business debate on 17 April 2008.
Answer
Transport Scotland received a copy of the final STAG report from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), which was fed into the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR).
Transport Scotland has now delivered its initial findings from the STPR to ministers and they will need to give careful consideration to these findings before being in a position to make any public announcement.
