- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 24 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether brown tourist signage indicating accommodation is sufficiently informative in relation to the type of accommodation available, given that such signs do not specify what type of accommodation is available and whether this practice is consistent with the Executive's position in respect of grading hostel accommodation from one to five stars.
Answer
Commercial names on Thistle tourism signs are now being widely used to indicate the type of tourist accommodation or attraction being signposted. Only accommodation and other tourist facilities which are accredited under the VisitScotland Quality Assurance scheme can be signposted in this way; the VisitScotland Thistle logo is used to denote this.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 24 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30425 by Mike Watson on 25 November 2002, how many people have visited Scotland on holiday to participate in outdoor pursuits in each month of 2003 to date and what its estimate is of the total number of such visitors in 2002.
Answer
The information requested is not available for each month. Complete statistical information on tourism in 2002 should be available early in April.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adverse incidents regarding the use of Factor VIII and Factor IX blood products in the treatment of haemophiliacs were reported in each year from 1970 to 1987.
Answer
The number of adverse incidents relating to the use of SNBTS Factor VIII and Factor IX concentrates reported to SNBTS between the years 1970 to 1987 are as follows:
| Factor VIII | Factor IX |
| 1970 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | 6 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 | 3 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | 4 | 1 |
| 1984 | 16 | 1 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 39 | 10 |
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will transfer all cases relating to agricultural holdings disputes within the jurisdiction of the sheriff courts to the Scottish Land Court and, in particular, whether it will transfer jurisdiction of such matters in relation to section 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940.
Answer
Sections 59 and 62 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill provide that the Scottish Land Court shall have jurisdiction for all disputes between a tenant and a landlord relating to an agricultural holding that arise in future. The Land Court will be able to exercise the powers of enforcement that are available under section 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 in relation to all decrees that it issues.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orders were (a) sought and (b) granted under (i) section 1(1) and (ii) section 1(2) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 and how many such orders related to disputes regarding agricultural holdings in each case in each year since the act came into force.
Answer
The number of applications for civil imprisonment relating to decrees
ad factum praestandum in the years 1979 to 2001 were as follows:
| Year | Number of Applications |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 10 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 14 |
| 1984 | 8 |
| 1985 | 8 |
| 1986 | 9 |
| 1987 | 6 |
| 1988 | 15 |
| 1989 | 0 |
| 1990 | 59 |
| 1991 | 14 |
| 1992 | 15 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 |
Source: Civil Judicial Statistics.The figures in the table cover all applications based on decrees ad factum praestandum. We do not know how many of these applications relate to disputes regarding agricultural holdings.No figures are available in relation to the following:(a) the number of applications for civil imprisonment based on decrees
ad factum praestandum prior to 1979, and(b) how many of the applications were granted, either as a warrant for civil imprisonment under section 1(1) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 or as another order in lieu of imprisonment by virtue of section 1(2) of that act.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-18874 on 12 October 2001, whether any further work has been carried out by other contractors on (a) work initially carried out by Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd (FCAM) and (b) design and specialist cladding services provided by FCAM and, if so, whether he will give full details of (i) the services provided and (ii) the total cost of such services.
Answer
The Corporate Body has noted that these 36 questions are in addition to the 113 the member has already asked about the Holyrood Project. Accordingly, I shall write at length to the member in due course, placing a copy in SPICe. The following is a further answer (published on 13 March 2003); see below.Sir David Steel: Pursuant to my Answer of 12 February 2003. I have written to the Member and placed a copy of my letter in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 26936).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, with regard to paragraph 14 of The 2001/02 Audit of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by the Auditor General for Scotland, when the construction managers were first alerted by any member, employee or representative of the Bovis group of companies to any problems and difficulties in respect of the Canary Wharf project that was undertaken by Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd (FCAM) and terminated in August 2001; whether information received in respect of this matter was passed on to any member of the Holyrood project team, the Holyrood Progress Group or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and, if so, on what date, and whether, prior to award of the contract, references were received from any other member of the Bovis group and, if so, from which member and in respect of which other contracts undertaken by FCAM or any other member of the Flour City International group of companies.
Answer
The Corporate Body has noted that these 36 questions are in addition to the 113 the member has already asked about the Holyrood Project. Accordingly, I shall write at length to the member in due course, placing a copy in SPICe. The following is a further answer (published on 13 March 2003); see below.Sir David Steel: Pursuant to my Answer of 12 February 2003. I have written to the Member and placed a copy of my letter in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 26936).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer which works package contracts let in relation to the Holyrood project have (a) been completed and (b) not been completed and what the reasons are for any such contracts not having been completed; what the (i) original estimated cost was and (ii) current estimated cost is of any uncompleted contracts, and what the estimated date of completion is of each such contract.
Answer
The Corporate Body has noted that these 36 questions are in addition to the 113 the member has already asked about the Holyrood Project. Accordingly, I shall write at length to the member in due course, placing a copy in SPICe. The following is a further answer (published on 13 March 2003); see below.Sir David Steel: Pursuant to my Answer of 12 February 2003. I have written to the Member and placed a copy of my letter in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 26936).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer whether companies based in Scotland that expressed an interest in obtaining works packages, or a part thereof, in respect of the Holyrood project were treated fairly and properly; whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has been kept fully aware of all potential involvement by Scottish companies, and whether the SPCB will now carry out a review in respect of these matters.
Answer
The Corporate Body has noted that these 36 questions are in addition to the 113 the member has already asked about the Holyrood Project. Accordingly, I shall write at length to the member in due course, placing a copy in SPICe. The following is a further answer (published on 13 March 2003); see below.Sir David Steel: Pursuant to my Answer of 12 February 2003. I have written to the Member and placed a copy of my letter in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 26936).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, with regard to paragraphs 6 and 7 of The 2001/02 Audit of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by the Auditor General for Scotland, when the advert or adverts were placed for the tender of the cladding and windows package for the MSP block of the Holyrood project; whether copies of such adverts will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, and on what date, and by what means, the two bids received in respect of this package were submitted.
Answer
The Corporate Body has noted that these 36 questions are in addition to the 113 the member has already asked about the Holyrood Project. Accordingly, I shall write at length to the member in due course, placing a copy in SPICe. The following is a further answer (published on 13 March 2003); see below.Sir David Steel: Pursuant to my Answer of 12 February 2003. I have written to the Member and placed a copy of my letter in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 26936).
