- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31753 by John Swinney on 8 March 2010, whether account is taken of the effect on global warming when ministers decide to use the Government Car Service rather than public transport.
Answer
Yes. I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32333, on 16 March 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions (a) the First Minister and (b) each Scottish minister has had a meeting with Aamer Anwar and what subjects were discussed in each case.
Answer
No Scottish minister in a ministerial capacity, including First Minister, has had a meeting with Aamer Anwar. However, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Justice took part in the recent Scotland United rallies against racism in Glasgow and Edinburgh along with Aamer Anwar and others.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers and officials visited Copenhagen at the time of the UN Climate Change Conference; what mode and class of transport they used; what meetings they attended, and what the total cost was.
Answer
The First Minister and the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change represented Scotland in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change conference in December 2009 to promote Scotland''s world-leading targets set out in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The First Minister took part in a number of activities and meetings including signing a joint statement with President Nasheed of the Maldives and addressed The Climate Group''s Climate Leaders Summit of over 60 state and regional government ministers. He also held a number of other meetings including with the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and DONG Energy, a major Danish energy company. The Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change hosted Scotland''s Low Carbon Mission event with keynote speaker Mary Robinson, and met Joan Ruddock MP Minister of State and held bilateral business meetings with Ministers from New Zealand, Baden-W¼rttemberg and Ontario amongst others. He also attended a meeting of the UN Conference of the Parties.
The First Minister, the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change and 10 Scottish Government officials travelled by business or economy flights, which are subject to a Scottish Government carbon levy. It is the policy of the Scottish Government to proactively publish the costs of ministerial overseas travel, accommodation and expenses and ministers'' costs for Copenhagen are available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/climatechange/international-action/Copenhagen/costs.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many officials accompanied the First Minister on his visit to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference; what the mode and class of travel was in each case, and what the total cost was.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29975 on 17 March 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive from whom the invitation to the First Minister to attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen was received; who the organisers were of the events that he attended in Copenhagen, and what is being done to follow up issues discussed during the visit.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29975 on 17 March 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
The Scottish Government will continue to work with the EU, UK Government, The Climate Group and bilateral contacts made at Copenhagen to help influence the international community to agree ambitious action on climate change.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many officials accompanied the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change on his visit to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference; what the mode and class of travel was in each case, and what the total cost was.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29975 on 17 March 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31753 by John Swinney on 8 March 2010, what the reasons were for ministers using the Government Car Service rather than public transport.
Answer
Travel arrangements are based on the nature of the diary engagement. The location of engagements, security and environmental considerations and business needs are carefully considered for each engagement.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth will write to provide the information requested in S3W-27400 in line with his holding response of 29 September 2009.
Answer
I wrote to the member on 3 March 2010. A copy of the letter was also placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49262).
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to information provided in response to the question S3W-30534 by John Swinney on 10 February 2010, for what reason other ministers did not use public transport when carrying out their ministerial duties during the time period specified in the same way as the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change.
Answer
Scottish Government Ministers either used the Government Car Service or walked when carrying out ministerial duties.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what visits the First Minister has made to (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) prisons since 1 October 2009.
Answer
The First Minister has visited Montrose Academy, St Brigid''s Primary School, Cults Academy, Lauriston Nursery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and also officially opened the new Victoria Hospital and the new Stobhill Hospital, both in Glasgow.
In addition the First Minister undertook a visit to Sunnybank Nursing Home in Aberdeenshire on New Year''s Day.
