- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-7671 by John Swinney on 20 December 2007, whether it will publish the records of telephone calls between the Chief Planner and the First Minister in his capacity as MSP for Gordon and their content.
Answer
Information in the formrequested is not held by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on who made the request that led to the meeting between the First Minister in his capacity as the MSP for Gordon and the Trump Organization on 3 December 2007 and on when and to whom this request was made.
Answer
Mr Salmond undertook thismeeting in his capacity as constituencymember for Gordon. It is not for the Scottish Government to comment on ministers’constituency business.
However, Mr Salmond has madeclear in earlier statements that the Trump Organization had called hisconstituency office on 3 December 2007 to request a meeting, which was held inAberdeen for convenience, as he was already due to be travelling to Aberdeen toconduct government business with his special adviser and prepare for governmentbusiness in Aberdeen the next day.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth had any conversations about the Trump planning application with the First Minister on 2, 3 or 4 December 2007 prior to the application being called in and, if so, what the timing was of each conversation.
Answer
No such discussions tookplace.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what role the Head of Planning Decisions Division has in relation to any planning application and, in particular, what role he has in relation to the called-in Trump planning application.
Answer
Planning DecisionsDivision’s primary purpose is to consider planning applications and otherplanning cases notified or referred to Scottish ministers, advising ministers asappropriate. It is the role of the Head of Planning Decisions Division to leadand oversee the work of the whole division. As such in relation to the calledin planning application for the Menie Estate, he is responsible for the division’swork in considering the application and advising ministers.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the statement by the First Minister that the MSP for Gordon did not discuss the Trump planning application at his meeting with representatives of the Trump Organization on 3 December 2007 is accurate, given that he placed a call to the Chief Planner about this subject on the same day as the meeting.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-7663 on 20 December 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 16 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions have been brought under section (a) 311, (b) 313, (c) 315, (d) 316, (e) 317 and (f) 318 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in each year since the Act came into force and how many of the prosecutions have resulted in conviction.
Answer
Since the implementation of theMental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003, four charges have been prosecuted undersection 311 of the act. As at 17 December 2007, only one of these charges had reacheda conclusion and the accused was convicted of an alternative charge of breach of the peace. Charges can also be reported to the Procurator Fiscal under the MentalHealth (Scotland) Act 1984 if alleged offences took place before the 2003act came into force.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 15 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6782 by Bruce Crawford on 3 December 2007, what the likely date of publication is for the revised version of the Scottish Ministerial Code.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-7755 on 20 December 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reconvene the Scottish Fuel Poverty Forum.
Answer
I am currently carrying out areview of fuel poverty programmes. As part of this review, I will consider whatwould be the most appropriate avenue for stakeholder engagement.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what further action it will take to combat fuel poverty.
Answer
We have allocated £45.9 millionin each of the years 2008-11 to fuel poverty programmes. I am currently reviewingthese programmes to ensure they are still fit for purpose and serve the needs of the people of Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the full Scottish Fuel Poverty Forum last met.
Answer
The forum last met on 20 June2006.
