- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had discussions with Her Majesty’s Government about the extension of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to apply to cross-border public authorities.
Answer
There have been no discussions with Her Majesty’s Government about the extension of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to apply to cross-border public authorities.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the individual membership of those cross-border public authorities listed in Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1319 The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999.
Answer
The information requested is already in the public domain and can be found on the websites of the relevant bodies.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times it has been consulted by any of the cross-border public authorities, as listed in Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1319 The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999, in each year since 2002, broken down by authority.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it has had in the appointment of members to those cross-border public authorities listed in Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1319 The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999.
Answer
Lead responsibility for appointments of board members to cross border bodies is usually a matter for UK Government departments, with the Scottish Government playing a secondary role. This role involves Scottish ministers being consulted or invited to agree by their UK counterparts on an appointment. On other occasions, however, Scottish ministers will appoint board members to cross-border bodies. The different approaches are dependent on the particular arrangements agreed between officials in different UK departments and ministers on either side of the border for appointments to specific cross-border bodies.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive who monitors the effectiveness of cross-border public authorities as listed in Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1319 The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999.
Answer
Cross-border public authorities, in common with all other public authorities, are subject to the regulation, audit and inspection which is appropriate to their functions.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis (a) Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, (b) Scottish Committee of the Council of Tribunals, (c) Scottish Consumer Council and (d) Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area were defined as cross-border public authorities and included in Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1319 The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999.
Answer
All of the bodies mentioned operate in both reserved and devolved areas. Cross-border public authorities are designated as such by virtue of their remit falling partly within the legislative competence of the Parliament. Such bodies can include those dealing with matters which are wholly devolved in Scotland, but which operate both in Scotland and England. They can also include Scotland-only bodies which operate in both reserved and devolved areas.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the cross-border public authorities included in Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1319 The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999 have since been removed from the list of such authorities.
Answer
The order referred to in the question sets out the cross-border public authorities as specified under section 88 of the Scotland Act 1998. A copy of this order can be found in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 23320).
Only one such order has ever been made. Any provision in respect of alterations to bodies named in the section 88 order would be made in relevant statute.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 31 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many instances nuclear waste has been transported by (a) road, (b) rail, (c) air and (d) sea through or across Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer
The transportation of nuclear waste through or across Scotland is reserved to the UK Government.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 31 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors the cost of the concessionary travel scheme for pensioners and disabled people going across the Scottish border and, if so, what the cost of such travel has been in each year since the introduction of the scheme.
Answer
Cross-border travel (i.e. journeys made to and from Carlisle and to and from Berwick-upon-Tweed) is not monitored as the information cannot be identified from the reimbursement claims submitted by bus operators. Operator claims are generally at service number level, not individual passenger flow level.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18457 by Lewis Macdonald on 30 August 2005, whether it monitors cross-border flows in respect of the uptake of free personal care.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not monitor cross-border flows in respect of the uptake of free personal care.
