- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs it has incurred in respect of (a) local authority and (b) the Scottish Parliament elections in (i) 1999, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2007, broken down by the relevant categories on the returning officer's forms.
Answer
The cost of administering and running local government elections is met by local authorities from their general allocation. The UK Government provides funding to local authorities for costs associated with administering and running the Scottish Parliament elections.
As a result the Scottish Government has not incurred expenditure against the categories on the returning officer''s forms for these elections.
The Scottish Government did, however, contribute approximately £4.8 million to the cost of the electronic counting system for the 2007 elections.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs it has incurred in each year since 1999 regarding the provision of information to the electorate on the (a) operation of and (b) voting system for the Scottish Parliament.
Answer
The Scottish Parliament elections are currently the responsibility of the UK Government. Since 2000, the Electoral Commission has been responsible for providing guidance for voters, including information on the operation of and the voting system for the Scottish Parliament. As a result the Scottish Government has not incurred any expenditure on these issues.
The Scottish Parliament itself also provides public information on the workings of the Parliament and the voting system.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 1 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will require a public local inquiry to be held into the proposal for the Viking wind farm on Shetland and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
Given the role of Scottish ministers in determining this application it would be inappropriate to comment on its specifics at this stage. A decision will be made on this application in due course.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether patients in Scotland suitable for transcatheter aortic valve implantation have been referred to centres in England to undergo the procedure.
Answer
Yes. NHS boards in Scotland, through individual patient treatment requests panels, have referred patients with severe aortic stenosis to centres in England for transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been referred to centres in England to undergo a transcatheter aortic valve implantation, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not available centrally in the format requested.
The UK Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Registry shows that, in 2009, 12 people were referred by NHS boards to a centre in England for transcatheter aortic valve implantation TAVI.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to supporting speed awareness courses in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Government has given a commitment in the Road Safety Framework to consider if the introduction of a speed awareness course would be an appropriate contribution to road safety in Scotland. This is a medium term commitment with a timescale of between two and five years from the publication of the framework which was in June 2009.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many speeding offenders have been detected at speeds that fall within the parameters of eligibility for the Speed Awareness Course in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason Scotland is the only part of the United Kingdom that does not offer drivers speed awareness courses as an alternative to prosecution for low-end speeding offences.
Answer
The Scottish Government has given a commitment in its Road Safety Framework to consider if speed awareness courses would be an appropriate contribution to road safety in Scotland. As part of this process it will consider research which has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of such courses. Notwithstanding this, the decision on whether a speed awareness course would be an appropriate means of case disposal would lie with the Lord Advocate.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scots have been offered places on speed awareness courses in England after being caught speeding in England and unable to attend such a course in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the 2010-11 budget for its Marketing Unit had been spent by 1 February 2011 and how much is budgeted to be spent in the coming months.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39418 on 22 February 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
