- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact a reported drop in recruitment levels in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, resulting in a possible reduction from five battalions to four within a year, would have on the Scottish economy over the same period.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24794 on 18 April 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact a reported drop in recruitment levels in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, resulting in a possible reduction from five battalions to three in five years, would have on the Scottish economy over that time period.
Answer
Defence is a reserved matter.The Ministry of Defence have not announced any plans to reduce the number of battalionsfrom Scotland beyond the five battalions that will be created by themerger of The Royal Scots Battalion and The King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 1 August 2006.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken a comparison of the cost-effectiveness of its public service broadcasts in the south of Scotland and the rest of Scotland and, if so, what the conclusion was.
Answer
We continually review the cost-effectivenessof all of our media platforms to ensure that we use the right media to reach therelevant audience for each of our campaigns.
The south of Scotland is coveredin a number of ways including television (Channels 4 and 5), radio (Radio Bordersand Westsound) and press (Tweeddale Press Group and Dumfries and Galloway Group).
We do not currently use BorderTV as it is not competitive in both cost and reach.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the cost-effectiveness of its public information broadcasts.
Answer
The Scottish Executive procurestelevision and radio airtime through its contracted media buyer, Mediacom, who areresponsible for purchasing cost effective media pertinent to the target audiencefor the campaign in question.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of recently reported allegations anent plans to undermine the Wilson government in the 1960s, whether it holds any intelligence regarding potential subversive activity to undermine the democracy of Scotland by (a) senior British military officers and (b) the British Security Service and, if so, what that intelligence is.
Answer
In line with established practice,it would not be appropriate to comment on operational matters relating to the Securityand Intelligence Service.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities provide a frozen-meals delivery service as standard to vulnerable, frail and elderly people.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been undertaken into the social and medical impact on vulnerable, frail and elderly people of the replacement of a meals-on-wheels service with a frozen-meals service.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has notcarried out any such research and is not aware of any other research into the socialand medical impact of a frozen meals service.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will seek views on the impact of replacing daily hot meals with frozen meals during its Strategy for an Ageing Population consultation.
Answer
The consultation on the Strategyfor a Scotland with an Ageing Population has six broad ranging questions, anddoes not ask about any particular existing service. However, it encourages respondentsto contribute their views on a wide range of topics, including the provision ofservices.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Reid on 30 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what contingency plans are in place should the debating chamber be temporarily unavailable.
Answer
The SPCB adopted contingencyplans for the loss of the Holyrood Chamber in September 2005, following areport by officials on alternative venues considered or used by the parliamentsince 1999. These plans address the implications of using various alternativevenues for meetings which would otherwise be held in the debating chamber.Contingency plans identify the facilities available at a number of them and thestaffing and other resources required to procure, set up and run meetings atthose alternative venues.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates emergency prohibition orders related to the Chernobyl incident will be revoked, in part or in whole.
Answer
I am advised by the FoodStandards Agency that Chernobyl-related restrictions will continue until thereis no longer a risk of sheep which exceed the control level entering the foodchain.
Since1987, the number of restricted farms in Scotland has gradually reduced from 73 to 10 as of 10 February 2006. Radioactive levels continue to decline on the fewremaining restricted farms in Scotland; however environmental variability ofthese levels means it is not possible to specify when restrictions may beremoved.
