- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 18 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs associated with advertising Scottish Futures Trust posts are.
Answer
I have asked Barry White, Chief Executive of the Scottish Futures Trust to respond. His response is as follows:
The recruitment adverts for seven senior posts were published in the Scotsman, Herald, Times, Scotland on Sunday, Sunday Herald and Sunday Times newspapers at a cost of £16,079.41. The creation of a recruitment website and the placement of the adverts in six specialist multi-point online recruitment systems cost a further £10,000.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 17 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-18761 by Michael Russell on 27 March 2009, how much it has paid Sandi Thom directly or through an agent for attending or performing at Scottish Government-supported events since November 2008, broken down by individual payment and including expenses.
Answer
As stated in answer to question S3W-18761 Sandi Thom has not accepted a performance fee for any of the Scottish Government supported events she has participated in.
In line with our commitment to proactively publish information we have today made available the payments made for entertainment provided at official Government hospitality events and from the Europe and External Affairs Budget within the Office of the First Minister portfolio since end November 2008.
The information has been lodged in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49216).
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 17 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it has made to the Scottish Football Review Committee, chaired by Henry McLeish.
Answer
Both the First Minister (9 June) and Deputy First Minister (15 September) have hosted meetings with Henry McLeish at which the Scottish Football Review was discussed. The Minister for Public Health and Sport has also had a detailed discussion with Mr McLeish on 16 September.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of any foreign trips undertaken by Osama Saeed on behalf of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Islamic Foundation or any other relevant body funded by the Scottish Government.
Answer
Osama Saeed, Chief Executive of the Scottish Islamic Foundation, has not undertaken any foreign trips on behalf of the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Islamic Federation will be required to repay all or part of the grant awarded to it over a year ago for a festival that has not yet taken place.
Answer
The Scottish Islamic Foundation has repaid £128,000 of the original £200,000 grant for IslamFest to the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last held a major incident exercise and what plans it has for a further exercise.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Johnstone on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the total extra expenditure has been on the Parliament building since its commencement in use by MSPs.
Answer
The Parliament sets budgets annually for ongoing maintenance and any other works. Expenditure is reported as part of the Chief Executive''s Report to the SPCB. The Parliament does not have a budget category for extra expenditure.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive on what authority its civil servants can be encouraged by a senior civil servant to capitalise on conflict with UK Government departments as referred to in the report in The Scotsman on 7 September 2009.
Answer
The Civil Service Code makes it clear that civil servants in the Scottish Government are accountable to Scottish ministers and the role of Civil Servants is to support Scottish ministers in developing and implementing policies and decisions that Scottish ministers judge to be in the best interests of Scotland and its people. There are occasions when Scottish ministers disagree with and would wish to challenge decisions or positions taken by the UK Government, particularly where these appear to Scottish ministers to impact adversely on their devolved responsibilities. They would rightly expect the support of civil servants in presenting and pursuing their views and objectives.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scotland-domiciled students studying in Scotland are over the age of 25 and in receipt of a full student loan.
Answer
Data on student loans is provided by the Student Loans Company (SLC). 14,354 Scottish-domiciled students, studying in Scotland and at least 25-years-old were in receipt of a student loan in academic year 2007-08. Of those students, 14,181 took out the full loan amount to which the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) assessed they were entitled to.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated annual cost would be of removing the upper age limit to the Young Students’ Bursary.
Answer
The estimated additional cash cost to the Scottish Government of removing the upper age limit to the Young Students'' Bursary would be approximately £30.1 million.
