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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what date the Scottish Executive will take responsibility for those matters currently the responsibility of his Department which are to be devolved under the Scotland Act 1998; what the arrangements will be in respect of accountability to Parliament for matters which...

Asked by

David Marshall (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 February 1999

Reference

326 c216W; 72512;72513;72514

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will provide a breakdown of all allocations of money over £10,000 for research projects into crime, the causes of crime, the prison system, the police or the criminal justice system; if he will give the allocations over £10,000 already made...

Asked by

John Swinney (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 January 1999

For answer on

25 January 1999

Answered on

25 January 1999

Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of all allocations of money over £10,000 for research projects into crime, the causes of crime, the prison system, the police or the criminal justice system; if he will give the allocations over £10,000 already made for such research projects for financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; if he will give the total funds available for each of the next three financial years for such projects; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65812] Mr. McLeish: [holding answer 18 January 1999]: Research on crime, the causes of crime, the prison system, the police and the criminal justice system is commissioned by The Scottish Office from its criminal law research vote and, in part, from the social work research vote (offender social work services). Funds available from these research votes over the next three years are shown in the following table. From July 1999, these funds will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Criminal law research vote Social work research vote 1999-2000 532,000 150,000 2000-01 532,000 150,000 2001-02 532,000 150,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Research projects for 1998-99 and 1999-2000 costing over £10,000 are listed in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Research projects 1998-99 1999-2000 Young men and offending 65 -- Young women and offending 8 2 Women offenders -- 60 Evaluation of Freagarrach (President Young 13 17 Offenders) Children Jointly Reported to Reporters and -- 18 Procurators Fiscal Children's Hearing's Cohort Study (not soley offenders) Evaluation of Diversion 30 10 Taking Account of Victims Views 12 -- Social Work and Criminal Justice 9 5 Programme--Phase 3: Re-conviction of probationers and ex-prisoners Evaluation of Supervised Attendance Orders -- 34 Evaluation of Airborne Initiative -- 28 Research To Develop A New Police Standard 36 -- Entrance Test Child Witness Support Initiative 13 -- Intermediate Diets and the Agreement of 22 9 Evidence Evaluation of the Strathclyde Police Witness 17 -- Protection Pilot Project Comparison of Homicide Rates in Scotland, 14 -- England and Wales Evaluation of the Open Doors Programme HMP 20 19 Barlinnie Young Offenders Held in Custody 31 -- Repeat Victimisation 21 3 Evaluation of the Young Offender Mediation 11 -- Evaluation of Electronically Monitored 15 25 Restriction of Liberty Orders Survey of Crimes Against Business in 46 69 Scotland Experience of Violence and Harassment of Gay 11 3 Men in the City of Edinburgh _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

25 January 1999

Reference

65812; 324 c119-21W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will provide a breakdown of allocations of money over £10,000 made from the Challenge Fund in the financial year 1997-98, indicating allocations over £10,000 already made from the fund for financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; what is the total available...

Asked by

John Swinney (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 January 1999

For answer on

25 January 1999

Answered on

25 January 1999

Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of allocations of money over £10,000 made from the Challenge Fund in the financial year 1997-98, indicating allocations over £10,000 already made from the fund for financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; what is the total available under the fund for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. The Minister for Home Affairs and Devolution, Scottish Office, The Minister for Home Affairs and Devolution, Scottish Office, [65952] Mr. McLeish: [holding answer 18 January 1999]: The information is set out in the tables. The allocations shown are fully committed for those projects that were successful in the 1997-98 Central Challenge Fund and the 1997-98 and 1998-99 Transport Challenge Funds. These resources will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament. (a) Central Challenge Fund £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Authority 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Angus 2,613 1,705 854 -- -- Aberdeenshire 1,701 1,500 199 -- -- Clackmannanshire 310 210 -- -- -- Dumfries and Galloway 700 1,175 -- -- -- East Ayrshire 1,520 910 -- -- -- East Dunbartonshire 185 -- -- -- -- East Renfrewshire 300 200 -- -- -- Edinburgh, City of 2,935 1,416 2,649 -- -- Eilean Siar 800 1,200 1,200 650 -- Glasgow City 1,076 1,842 1,488 157 99 Moray 100 700 200 -- -- North Lanarkshire 500 1,000 2,300 -- -- Perth and Kinross 0 4,400 8,100 3,600 380 South Ayrshire 375 503 -- -- -- West Dumbartonshire 127 173 158 -- -- West Lothian 1,646 1,898 1,888 -- -- Total 14,888 18,832 19,036 4,407 479 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The figures describe original awards which, due to slippage and other factors, are subject to change Source: Scottish Office Development Department (b) Transport Challenge Fund £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Authority 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Aberdeen City -- 2,400 2,900 Angus 1,000 1,000 -- Argyll and Bute 3,000 -- -- East Renfrewshire -- 800 1,700 Edinburgh, City of 4,000 7,200 5,000 Falkirk -- 500 2,500 Fife -- 900 1,800 Highland 3,000 -- -- Midlothian -- 1,000 1,500 Scottish Borders 4,000 2,500 -- South Lanarkshire -- 500 2,000 Stirling -- 1,200 2,800 SPTA -- 800 4,200 Total 15,000 18,800 24,400 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: 1. The figures describe original awards which, due to slippage and other factors, are subject to change. 2. There are no Transport Challenge Fund awards due in 2000-01 or 2001-02. Source: Scottish Office Development Department

Date

25 January 1999

Reference

324 c126-7W; 65952

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues regarding the transfer of funding for United Kingdom programmes operating in Scotland where sole or joint responsibility transfers to the Scottish Parliament or Executive; if he will list the projects he has identified...

Asked by

Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 1998

Reference

63302; 322 c277W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, What plans he has to transfer funding from local authorities in Scotland to the Scottish Parliament. - My right hon. Friend has no such plans. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Ian Bruce (Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 1998

Reference

61283; 322 c158W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many concordats remain to be published; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 1998

Reference

322 c161W;322 c215W; 62186

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council must use Scots law practice and precedent in deliberating on disputes relating to the powers of the Scottish Parliament. - Inc ref to Scotland Act.

Asked by

Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 1998

Reference

62500; 322 c32W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

Statement on what is the purpose and scope of the reservation of intellectual property in the Scotland Bill. - Inc ref to Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Patents Act 1977, Trade Marks Act 1994, Registered Designs Act 1949, Plant Varieties Act 1997.

Asked by

David Stewart (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 November 1998

For answer on

17 November 1998

Answered on

17 November 1998

Mr. David Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the purpose and scope of the reservation of intellectual property in the Scotland Bill. [60441] Mr. McLeish: The purpose of the reservation is to ensure the continuation of uniform intellectual property laws across the UK. This will avoid difficulties for owners of intellectual property rights arising from, for example, difference in what can be protected, the extent of the protection and remedies for breach of rights. Indeed, the benefits of harmonisation in this area are becoming increasingly recognised with the ever wider harmonisation of intellectual property rights and related matters across Europe and the rest of the world. Patents, designs, registered trade marks and copyright are well known examples of intellectual property rights and are reserved. The reservation also embraces all other existing and future analogous rights and matters, such as rights in performances and semi-conductor topographies, moral rights, the law of passing off and trade secrets, and the new database right. Moreover, rights such as those in utility models and matters such as technical measures for the protection of copyright works and information relating to the management of rights, all of which are included in recent draft EC Directives on intellectual property, fall within the scope of the reservation. Furthermore, all matters relating to the Patent Office are reserved, as are current and future ancillary matters. The existing major legislation on intellectual property, namely the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, he Patents Act 1977, the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Registered Designs Act 1949, exemplifies but does not limit the range of provisions relating to `intellectual property' which falls or may in the future fall within the reservation. There is just one exception from the reservation, that is UK plant breeders' rights within the meaning of the Plant Varieties Act 1997. Agricultural Ministers, that is the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, are jointly responsible for UK plant breeders' rights. Devolution in this one area of intellectual property is therefore consistent with the joint responsibility which already exists for plant breeders' rights.

Date

17 November 1998

Reference

319 c466W; 60441

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the responsibilities in respect of the (a) regulation of and (b) payment of subsidy to the railways to be transferred to the Scottish Parliament.

Asked by

John Marek (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 June 1998

Reference

43132; 313 c84W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, What plans he has to decentralise Government departments and agencies throughout Scotland. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Eric Forth (Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 April 1998

Reference

37635; 310 c582-3W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he or his Ministers authorised a written briefing for the Press on the subject of the debates on the Scotland Bill in Committee on 30th March that was issued prior to those debates; and if he will place a copy of...

Asked by

Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 April 1998

Reference

37505; 309 c612W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he plans to have with the RSPB over Schedule 5 of the Scotland Bill. - (Holding answer 16 January 1998).

Asked by

Tam Dalyell (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 1998

Reference

307 c577W; 23307

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reason the promotion of private legislation in Scotland to permit the building of new railway lines is to remain a Westminster matter. - (Holding answer 16 January 1998).

Asked by

Tam Dalyell (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 February 1998

Reference

23303; 306 c365W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the plans for the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood involve the closure to vehicular traffic of (a) Holyrood Road and (b) Horse Wynd.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 1998

Reference

24948; 305 c175W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what date the Scottish Office was informed by Scottish and Newcastle that the Holyrood site would be available for the Scottish Parliament.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 1998

Reference

24950; 305 c175W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his statement of 12th January, Official Report, 304 c115, on which devolved matters, arising out of Clause 27(7) of the Scotland Bill, the United Kingdom Parliament can legislate after the Scottish Parliament is established. - (Holding answer 16 January 1998).

Asked by

Tam Dalyell (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

23304; 304 c686W;304 c680W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what basis the Minister of State asserted in his oral statement on 13th January, Official Report, 304 c157, that asymetric devolution should improve the Government of the United Kingdom. - (Holding answer 16 January 1998).

Asked by

Tam Dalyell (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

23532; 304 c686W;304 c680W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library the reports by consultants on the various aspects of the competing sites for a Scottish Parliament. - In Library.

Asked by

Donald Gorrie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 January 1998

Reference

23539; 304 c444W;304 c440W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance which he circulated to returning officers in each of the unitary authority areas in Scotland for the counting procedure for the referendum which took place on 11th September 1997, together...

Asked by

Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 January 1998

Reference

304 c303W;304 c299W; 23275

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list those unitary authorities in Scotland which, during the course of the referendum count on 11th September changed the basis of interpretation as to whether a ballot paper was to be accepted as valid, or to be declared spoilt;...

Asked by

Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 January 1998

Reference

304 c302W;304 c298W; 23274

House

House of Commons

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