- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the five most common subjects of complaints to local authorities were in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff left its employment in each year since 1999, broken down into staff who (a) resigned, (b) were made redundant and (c) were dismissed as a result of disciplinary action.
Answer
The following table shows thenumber of staff in Scottish Executive core departments that resigned, were maderedundant, or were dismissed as a result of disciplinary action in each year since1999.
Reason for Leaving
| Year | Resigned | Redundant | Dismissed |
| 1999 | 189 | 4 | 7 |
| 2000 | 187 | 6 | 5 |
| 2001 | 200 | 29 | 5 |
| 2002 | 175 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 134 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 99 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 113 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 (up to end June) | 54 | 0 | 0 |
The table does not include anumber of other ways staff leave the Scottish Executive, such as transferring toanother government department and leaving at normal retirement age.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Northern Constabulary to release all the relevant papers which it holds surrounding the death of Mr Willie Macrae in April 1985.
Answer
None. The release of materialby Northern Constabulary is a matter for the Chief Constable of that police force.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 31 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to preventing people with alcohol addiction from having children.
Answer
There is no consideration beinggiven to preventing people with alcohol addiction from having children. Instead,action by NHSScotland is being focused on ensuring that accessible maternity servicesare available to ensure service users with drug and alcohol problems feel comfortableabout presenting for treatment, and these same services place the children’s bestinterests at the centre of any decisions or assessments that are made.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 28 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to make representations to Her Majesty’s Government to enable Scottish-registered charities to fundraise across the United Kingdom.
Answer
Scottish-registeredcharities can fundraise outside Scotland provided they comply with any relevant legislationin the jurisdiction in which they plan to fundraise. The Scottish Executive isliaising with officials in Whitehall over the development of a UK widescheme of self regulation of fundraising which is being developed by thefundraising sector.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 28 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many English-based registered charities have carried out fundraising in Scotland using the designation “UK national” but have not provided any service or support in Scotland in each year since 2001.
Answer
The Scottish Executive doesnot hold this information. However, under the Charities and TrusteeInvestment (Scotland) Act 2005if the body is not registered as a charity in Scotland, but recognised as a charityunder another jurisdiction, such as the Charity Commission for England and Wales, it isrequired to state that it is a charity registered elsewhere under section 14 of the Act. Therefore an English based charity which fundraises in Scotland isrequired to state that it is a charity registered in England and Wales and isunable to refer to itself as a Scottish charity.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unique visits there have been to www.scotlandistheplace.com in each month since its launch.
Answer
Data on the number of uniquevisits to www.scotlandistheplace.com each month since its launch in May 2004 isset out in the following table.
| 2004 | Number |
| May | 5,087 |
| June | 4,694 |
| July | 7,624 |
| August | 6,487 |
| September | 5,635 |
| October | 5,725 |
| November | 5,622 |
| December | 8,902 |
| 2005 | Number |
| January | 14,346 |
| February | 14,578 |
| March | 24,493 |
| April | 18,462 |
| May | 16,313 |
| June | 16,889 |
| July | 13,003 |
| August | 13,495 |
| September | 13,528 |
| October | 16,681 |
| November | 14,220 |
| December | 16,170 |
| 2006 | Number |
| January | 17,657 |
| February | 16,016 |
| March | 19,365 |
| April | 19,049 |
| May | 18,641 |
| June | 43,432 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to develop and maintain the www.scotlandistheplace.com website since its launch.
Answer
I shall reply to the member as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have been consulted by HM Treasury in respect of the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Ministers issueda collective response to the HM Treasury consultation on planning-gainsupplement. The response is available on the Scottish Executive website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/24153534/0.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects HM Treasury to come to a view on the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland.
Answer
The HM Treasury consultationpublished alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s 2005 Pre-Budget Reportindicated that the Planning-gain supplement would not be implemented prior to2008.
Executive officials willcontinue to keep in close touch with HMT officials to monitor the further developmentof these proposals.
