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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S3W-05654

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, what assurances it can give that under the new Scottish Enterprise structure funding for enterprise and economic development in Fife will not fall below current levels.

Question reference: S3W-05649

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, who under the new structure will make decisions currently made by Scottish Enterprise Fife and where the new decision-makers will be based.

Question reference: S3W-05648

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, what body or bodies will make decisions on the allocation of funding to Fife for enterprise and local economic development under the new Scottish Enterprise structure and (a) where the body will be based, (b) from which individuals and organisations it will be formed and (c) for which areas, other than Fife, the body will make such funding decisions.

Question reference: S3W-05663

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, what powers and assets will be transferred from Scottish Enterprise Fife to Fife Council.

Question reference: S3W-05659

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, what the financial costs and savings will be of co-locating Scottish Enterprise staff with local authority staff in (a) Fife and (b) Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-05658

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many VisitScotland and Scottish Enterprise staff will be relocated to the Fife region.

Question reference: S3W-05652

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, how community partnerships in Fife will be able to have input to operations at local, regional or Scotland-wide level under the new Scottish Enterprise structure.

Question reference: S3W-05653

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been invested in Fife for enterprise and local economic development in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S3W-05661

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, what decisions regarding enterprise and economic development will continue to be made at the local level in Fife.

Question reference: S3W-05656

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish Enterprise full-time equivalent staff are employed in the Fife area and whether the Executive will ensure that these levels do not fall following restructuring of the enterprise networks.