- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will deliver its policy priority of "protecting and developing our cultural heritage and promoting a high quality built environment" and what the timescale is for achieving this policy.
Answer
From April 2005, Architecture and Design Scotland will become the nation’s champion for good architecture and design in the built environment, taking over and expanding the present activities of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland. The aim of Architecture and Design Scotland will be to inspire higher design quality across the public and private sectors, so as to improve the overall quality of our built environment.
Historic Scotland is responsible for safeguarding the nation’s historic built environment, and the Executive’s investment in Historic Scotland will increase from £39.6 million in 2004-05 to £47.7 million in 2007-08. Part of this increased funding will be used to boost Historic Scotland’s spending on Historic Building Repair Grants, which support the repair of Scotland’s most important historic buildings and areas, and the enhancement of the quality of Scotland’s historic city centres.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what regulations are in place for the mandatory installation of thermostatic mixing valves; which types of buildings must comply with such regulations; when such regulations come into force, and how many properties have had to comply with such regulations since their introduction.
Answer
I have asked Dr Paul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency, to answer. His response is as follows:
There are no regulations, at present, which cover the mandatory installation of thermostatic mixing valves.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will deliver its policy priority of "fostering an environment in which creativity and the creative industries can flourish" and what its timetable is for achieving this policy.
Answer
A wide range of strategic policies are being deployed to this end across the Executive and its cultural and enterprise agencies. In addition, the Cultural Commission has creativity as a central concern and will make its recommendations to Scottish ministers in summer 2005. However, improving the climate for creativity is an activity that is not time limited but rather needs to be continuously addressed in the light of changing social, cultural, technological and economic circumstances.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations have been made to the Department for Trade and Industry regarding the current review of the newspaper and magazine supply chain in the United Kingdom and whether it will publish details of any such representations.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues including the current review of the newspaper and magazine supply chain. Representations between the Scottish Executive and the UK Government are conducted on a confidential basis.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it received from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport regarding the still life “Le Paté de Jambon”, prior to the publication of the spoliation advisory panel’s recently published report.
Answer
The department sent the Executive an advance copy of the panel’s report and conveyed the views which have now been published on its website (
http://www.culture.gov.uk Press Notice 155/04 of 24 November 2004).
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 10 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any representations from the City of Edinburgh Council or the Festival Theatre Trust in respect of the future of the Kings Theatre, Edinburgh, and, if so, how it responded.
Answer
The Festival City Theatre’s Trust has both met and corresponded with the Executive at ministerial and official level in connection with the King’s Theatre. While the Executive recognises the important part that the King’s Theatre plays in the cultural life of the city, it is for the City of EdinburghCouncil to consider the Theatre within the context of its own strategic needs.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated in each of the last five years to assist disabled artists, broken down by organisation in receipt of funding.
Answer
Ministers are committed to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to participate in cultural activities. The Scottish Arts Council currently provides annual support for five organisations which work primarily with arts and disability. (Table illustrates a breakdown of funding over the last five years). The European Year of Disabled People 2003 also saw the Executive’s cultural agencies and national institutions invest in arts and disability projectsthroughout the year.
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | Total |
| Theatre Workshop | 135,092 | 215,749 | 139,745 | 149,560 | 529,430 | 1,169,572 |
| Project Ability | 37,225 | 46,950 | 168,692 | 186,838 | 86,735 | 529,440 |
| Artlink Edinburgh | 36,500 | 60,020 | 105,427 | 35,680 | 106,447 | 344,074 |
| Artlink Central | 12,640 | 10,864 | 53,632 | 17,133 | 48,824 | 143,096 |
| Lung Ha’s | 24,000 | 67,120 | 33,000 | 37,526 | 123,600 | 285,246 |
Source: Arts and Disability 2000-2004, a review, 2004, Scottish Arts Council.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Cultural Commission has spent on travel costs.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12465, answered on 7 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any job vacancies or consultancies at the Cultural Commission were not advertised.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12017, answered on 19 November 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 7 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Cultural Commission has spent on research.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12465, answered on 7 December 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
