- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on research and development, broken down by portfolio, in each of the last five years.
Answer
Government spend on research and development (R&D) is collected through the Office for National Statistics Annual Government Research and Development Survey. The latest published figures are for the financial year 2008-09.
Scottish Government spend on research and development, 2004-05 to 2008-09
| Year | R&D spend by Portfolio (£ thousands) | Total |
| Education & Lifelong Learning | Finance & Sustainable Growth | Health & Wellbeing | Justice | Rural Affairs & Environment |
| 2004-2005 | 2,480 | 8,943 | 54,992 | 2,651 | 61,753 | 130,819 |
| 2005-2006 | 3,074 | 9,997 | 57,109 | 2,710 | 63,965 | 136,855 |
| 2006-2007 | 3,309 | 8,313 | 63,362 | 2,661 | 54,439 | 132,084 |
| 2007-2008 | 2,778 | 8,218 | 61,187 | 4,300 | 60,595 | 137,078 |
| 2008-2009 | 3,163 | 8,728 | 63,371 | 5,044 | 59,291 | 139,597 |
Source: Government Research and Development Survey, Office for National Statistics.
The table includes R&D spending by Scottish Government directorates, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
However the table excludes:
Scottish Funding Council grants to universities for Research and Knowledge Transfer.
One-off funding mechanisms e.g. the £10 million Saltire Prize, £13 million WATERS scheme.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it funds work in Scotland in the fields of conflict resolution, non-violence and cooperation; whether it has received proposals regarding a role for Scottish Churches House in this respect, and, if so, what its response is to such proposals.
Answer
Whilst recognising the merits of the proposal and the potential role that Scotland could play in promoting conflict resolution, non-violence and cooperation, the Scottish Government is not in a position to fund activity of the kind proposed at the current time. As a result the Scottish Government has, with regret, been unable to lend its support to the proposal relating to Scottish Churches House.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 8 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-36630 by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010, whether it considers that police officers are not bound by the prohibition in section 3 of the Firearms Act 1968 on making guns without being registered as a firearms dealer.
Answer
It is not for the Scottish Government to provide detailed legal interpretation of the provisions in the Firearms Act 1968. Firearms policy and legislation is reserved to the UK Parliament.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-36630 by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010, whether it considers that police officers are not bound by the prohibition in section 4 of the Firearms Act 1968 on conversion of weapons.
Answer
It is not for the Scottish Government to provide detailed legal interpretation of the provisions in the Firearms Act 1968. Firearms policy and legislation is reserved to the UK Parliament.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its position on the entitlement of chief constables to deploy Taser weapons to frontline officers extends to the other weapons with the same legal classification under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968.
Answer
It is not for the Scottish Government to provide detailed legal interpretation of the provisions in the Firearms Act 1968. Firearms policy and legislation is reserved to the UK Parliament.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-36630 by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010, whether it considers that police officers are not bound by the prohibition in section 25 of the Firearms Act 1968 on the supply of firearms to anyone who is drunk or insane.
Answer
It is not for the Scottish Government to provide detailed legal interpretation of the provisions in the Firearms Act 1968. Firearms policy and legislation is reserved to the UK Parliament.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-36630 by Kenny MacAskill on 21 October 2010, whether it considers that police officers are not bound by the prohibition in section 24 of the Firearms Act 1968 on the supply of firearms to minors.
Answer
It is not for the Scottish Government to provide detailed legal interpretation of the provisions in the Firearms Act 1968. Firearms policy and legislation is reserved to the UK Parliament.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 3 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what private sector employers it has met to discuss the implementation of a living wage policy and when.
Answer
The Scottish Government is supportive of living wage commitments in the private and voluntary sectors. Beyond the levels set by the National Minimum Wage, which is reserved to the UK Government, private sector pay is a matter for companies, their employees and Trade Unions.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 3 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will establish a unit to monitor the implementation of the living wage in the public sector.
Answer
The Scottish Government will monitor the implementation of the living wage in relation to those bodies covered by the Scottish Government Public Sector Pay Policy 2011-12 through its pay remit process. Pay across the rest of the public sector in Scotland is determined through separate processes outwith the Public Sector Pay Policy.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 3 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to encourage living wage agreements in the private and voluntary sectors.
Answer
The Scottish Government is supportive of living wage commitments in the private and voluntary sectors. Our Public Sector Pay Policy for 2011-12 requires organisations covered by the policy to pay their employees a living wage of £7.15 per hour - the current living wage level proposed by the Scottish Living Wage Campaign. However, beyond the levels set by the National Minimum Wage, which is reserved to the UK Government, pay is a matter for organisations, their employees and trade unions.
