- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 7 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have been held with the (a) Scotland Office and (b) Ministry of Defence in advance of the A National Conversation – Scotland’s Future without Nuclear Weapons conference.
Answer
No discussions wereheld with the Scotland Office. There were discussions at official level with theMinistry of Defence about representation and the submission of papers for the meeting.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 7 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all costs, including staff time, arising from the organisation of the A National Conversation – Scotland’s Future without Nuclear Weapons conference.
Answer
The totalcost arising from the organisation of the A National Conversation – Scotland’s Future withoutNuclear Weapons conference was £4,843.37. This covers venue hire, catering,branding and technical support.
Calculatingthe costs associated with officials making arrangements for the conference is notpossible, as relevant staff would have undertaken such work alongside a range ofother duties and the time spent on any given day on such work would have variedconsiderably.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many disabled parking bays are advisory, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many disabled parking bays are enforceable, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many traffic regulation orders for disabled parking bays have been promoted by local authorities since 1999.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue existing funding streams beyond March 2008 to help support women experiencing domestic abuse.
Answer
Until the currentSpending Review is complete the Scottish government will not be in a position tomake any announcements about funding, including the possible extension of existingfunding streams. However, we will make a decision about the future of the fundingas soon as possible after the Spending Review outcomes are known.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29 by John Swinney on 30 May 2007, what travel, accommodation and subsistence allowances have been claimed by each special adviser since appointment.
Answer
The expenditure recordedin table A shows the total expenses incurred by special advisers since their appointmentin May. It includes accommodation and meals, travel expenses and personal incidentalexpenses. The expenditure was either incurred by the adviser and claimed back throughthe Scottish Government Travel & Subsistence system, booked through the officialtravel agency or paid directly to suppliers via the travel & subsistence chargecard.
Special Adviser expensesare incurred in the course of carrying out official business on behalf of the ScottishGovernment.
Table A
| Accommodation | Air | Rail Travel | Taxi | Incidental |
Special Advisers | £471 | £2,221 | £1,334 | £847 | £10 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will continue and develop the media campaign to challenge attitudes to domestic abuse.
Answer
The 2007-08 campaignwill commence on Boxing Day with the main aim of highlighting the unacceptabilityof domestic abuse in our society. This year’s focus will highlight the effects thatdomestic abuse has on children and young people. As in previous years the targetaudience will be women experiencing domestic abuse with the recognition that thecampaign will seek to influence the wider Scottish public.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 31 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will improve and develop services for women and children experiencing domestic abuse.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentis committed to addressing all forms of violence against women, including servicesfor women and children experiencing domestic abuse.
To assist in that process the Scottish Government is inthe process of developing a National Violence Against Women Strategy and actionplan for broader work on violence against women.
Furthermore, the National Domestic Abuse Delivery Groupfor Children and Young People is also working on a plan for addressing issues forchildren and young people affected by domestic abuse.
The Scottish Government will continue to work with keystakeholders on the National Group to Address Violence Against Women and the NationalDomestic Abuse Delivery Group for Children and Young People to ensure that effectiveprotection and support is available to those affected.
The exact detailsof how these services will be developed, beyond March 2008, will be made in an announcementfollowing the outcome of the spending review.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for (a) warrant sales, (b) reporting of poindings and (c) reports of sales were disposed of in the sheriff courts in each year since 2002.
Answer
The information requestedfor 2002 is given in table 5.2 of
Civil Judicial Statistics 2002, which canbe found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/02/18897/33079.The Debt Arrangementand Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 replaced poindings and warrant saleswith the new diligence of attachment on 30 December 2002.