– Scottish Parliament written question – answered am ar 28 Mawrth 2007.
Jim Wallace
Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol
Question S2W-32070
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the official visits made by Scottish ministers to Orkney since the inception of the Parliament.
Tom McCabe
Llafur
The information requested is shown in the following table. The information identified in the table has been gathered from the various Ministerial Private Offices and is as complete as our records allow.
| Name of Minister | Title | Date of Visit | Purpose Of Visit Including Organisation Met | |
| Donald Dewar | First Minister | 6 August 1999 | Launch of Land Reform Website | |
| Creamery Visit and Announcement | ||||
| Exam Results Announcement | ||||
| Q and A Event Kirkwall Arts Centre | ||||
| 24 March 2000 | Visit To Balfour Hospital | |||
| Opening of Orkney College | ||||
| Signing of Orkney World Heritage Site Contract | ||||
| Henry McLeish | First Minister | 2 March 2001 | Official Opening Balfour Hospital | |
| Glaitness Primary School | ||||
| Radio Orkney Interview | ||||
| Jack McConnell | First Minister | 14 May 2005 | 30th Anniversary of Islands Council Gala Events | |
| 15 May 2005 | Tour of Scapa Flow | |||
| 23 April 2006 | Service of thanksgiving St Magnus Cathedral | |||
| Visit to St Magnus Festival Offices | ||||
| 24 April 2006 | Highlands and Islands Convention | |||
| Official Opening of Garson Dental Practice | ||||
| Visit to European Machine Energy Centre Offices | ||||
| Visit to Firth Primary School | ||||
| Jim Wallace | Deputy First Minister | 3 September 1999 | Opening of Orkney Science Festival | |
| 22 November 1999 | Speech at Conference for Lifelong Learning | |||
| 8 September 2000 | Opening of Orkney Science Festival | |||
| 10 November 2000 | Attending Orkney Disability Forum | |||
| 15 February 2001 | Speech at Orkney Youth Crime Seminar | |||
| 2 March 2001 | Opening of Balfour Hospital | |||
| Visit to Glaitness Primary School | ||||
| 25 November 2002 | Launch of the Orkney drug, Alcohol and Smoking Action Plan | |||
| 30 August 2002 | Chairing Criminal lecture at Orkney Science Festival | |||
| 15 October 2002 | Speech at the Renewable Reality Seminar at Stromness Academy | |||
| 29 November 2002 | Speech at Homelessness Awareness day | |||
| BBC Question Time, Kirkwall Grammar | ||||
| 31 May 2003 | International Council on Monuments and Sites UK Buffet Supper in Orkney | |||
| 2 June 2003 | Speech at Orkney’s Health Everyone’s Business Conference | |||
| 2 September 2003 | Royal Engagement | |||
| 14 May 2004 | Reception for the success of open university graduates in Orkney | |||
| 28 May 2004 | Visiting Volunteers Centre Orkney | |||
| 1 September 2004 | Attending Orkney Science Festival | |||
| 3 June 2005 | Visiting St Rognvlads Residential Care, Orkney | |||
| Nicol Stephen | Deputy First Minister | 14 August 2006 | Visit to Orkney Industry Committee, Economic Development Group | |
| Visit to European Machine Energy Centre and Open Hydro | ||||
| Meeting with Orkney Renewable Energy Forum | ||||
| International Centre for Island Technology | ||||
| 15 August 2006 | Visit to Orkney College | |||
| Nicol Stephen | Minister for Transport | 25 to 26 August 2003 | Visit to Flotta | |
| Visit to Hatston Ferry Terminal | ||||
| Meeting with Orkney Islands Councillors | ||||
| Margaret Curran | Deputy Minister for Social Justice | 17 April 2001 | Meeting with Orkney Housing Association | |
| Sam Galbraith | Minister of Education and Young People | 26 November 1999 | School Visits | |
| Peter Peacock | Minister of Education and Young People | 9 June 2006 | School Visits and Ministerial Reception | |
| Euan Robson | Deputy Minister for Education & Young People | 6 August 2004 | Meeting Chairman of Children’s Hearing Panel | |
| Meeting with Orkney Islands Council | ||||
| Meeting with Orkney Pre-School and Play Association | ||||
| Meeting with Chief Executive Orkney Islands Council | ||||
| Ross Finnie | Minister for Environment and Rural Development | 8 12 August 2000 | Orkney County Show | |
| 9 October 2001 | Reception for Ministers, Convention of Highlands and Islands | |||
| 10 October 2001 | Convention of Highlands and Islands | |||
| 6 December 2003 | Meeting Orkney Fisherman’s Association | |||
| 23 August 2004 | Visit to Agronomy Institute, Orkney College | |||
| Visit to Orkney Auction Mart | ||||
| Meeting with Orkney Fisherman’s Association | ||||
| Meeting with Orkney National Farmers Union | ||||
| 11 August 2006 | Visit to Orkney Herring Company, Stromness | |||
| 12 August 2006 | Orkney County Show, Kirkwall | |||
| Rhona Brankin | Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development | 23 24 April 06 | Convention of the Highlands and Islands | |
| Tom McCabe | Minister for Finance | 24 April 2006 | Meeting with Orkney Islands Council Leadership | |
| Meeting with Jim Wallace & Alistair Buchan | ||||
| Speech, Highlands & Islands Convention | ||||
| Andy Kerr | Minister for Finance | 2 August 2004 | Mgt with Orkney Community Planning Partners | |
| Lunch with Orkney Islands Council | ||||
| Official opening of OrkneyIslands Customer Service one stop shop | ||||
| Visit to European Machine Energy Centre | ||||
| Press meeting | ||||
| Dinner with Orkney Islands Council | ||||
| 23 May 2002 | Modernising Government Fund visit to East Kirk | |||
| Finance Committee Meeting | ||||
| 2 August 2004 | Orkney Islands Council | |||
| Andy Kerr | Minister for Health and Community Care | 3 August 2005 | NHS Orkney Annual Review 2004 2005 | |
| Meeting with Area Clinical Forum | ||||
| Meeting Partnership Forum | ||||
| Visit to Balfour Hospital Radiography Dept | ||||
| 31 July 2006 | NHS Orkney Annual Review 2005 2006 | |||
| Meeting Chair and Chief exec, NHS Orkney | ||||
| Lunch with NHS Orkney Board members | ||||
| Meeting Area Partnership Forum | ||||
| Meeting Area Clinical Forum | ||||
| Meeting Patients / Service Users | ||||
| Opening new Renal Unit, Balfour Hospital | ||||
| Press Briefing | ||||
| Tavish Scott | Deputy Minister for Finance | 7 August 2003 | Meeting with Orkney Council | |
| Tavish Scott | Minister for Transport | 28 October 2005 | Meeting with Ferries, Transport Grant and Regional Transport Partnerships | |
| Inter Island Air Service, Orkney Island Council | ||||
| Livestock meeting, Orkney Island Council | ||||
| 29 October 2005 | Container HubScapa Flow Oil Port, Director of Harbours & Director of Development Services OrkneyOrkney Enterprise Ltd | |||
| 5 March 2007 | Community Council Visit | |||
| Tour of Orkney Ferries | ||||
| Kirkwall Travel Centre | ||||
| George Lyon | Deputy Minister for Finance and Parliamentary Business | 7 February 2007 | Meeting with Orkney Council | |
| Susan Deacon | Minister for Health and Community Care | 22 October 1999 | Tour of Balfour Hospital | |
| Tour of New Community Facilities at Glaitness Project for People with Physical Disabilities and Glaitness Very Sheltered Housing | ||||
| Malcolm Chisholm | Minister for Health and Community Care | 6 August 2002 | Meeting NHS Orkney Senior Management team | |
| Visit to Community Social Services, Laing Street, Kirkwall | ||||
| Tour of Balfour Hospital | ||||
| Visit Health Centre, Kirkwall | ||||
| Dinner with NHS Orkney Board members | ||||
| 7 August 2002 | Meeting with Partnership Forum, Balfour Hospital | |||
| Meeting with members of Carers and Users Patient Information Database | ||||
| Tour of Balfour Hospital | ||||
| Frank McAveety | Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care | 11 to 12 November 2002 | Visit to Westray and Papa Westray, Initiative at the Edge | |
| Dr Richard Simpson | Deputy Minister for Justice | 27 May 2002 | Visit to Orkney Drug Action Team | |
| Orkney College | ||||
| Patricia Ferguson | Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport | 17 to 18 June 2006 | Attendance at St Magnus Festival | |
| Elish Angiolini | Solicitor General | 17 May 2004 | Installation Sheriff of Grampian, Highlands and Islands | |
| 29 August to 1 September 2004 | National Lighthouse Board Inspection | |||
| Colin Boyd | Lord Advocate | 24 to 28 August 04 | National Lighthouse Board Inspection | |
| 23 July 2001 | Visit to local Procurator Fiscal Office | |||
| Iain Gray | Minister for Social Justice | 19 March 2002 | Voluntary Action Orkney - Active Communities Conference & Lunch | |
| Visit Orkney Women’s Aid and Orkney Victim Support | ||||
| Orkney Housing Association | ||||
| Dr Elaine Murray | Deputy Minister for Sport, The Arts and Culture | 3 to 4 May 02 | Meeting with Orkney Tourist Board | |
| Launch of Orkney Tourism Strategy | ||||
| Visit to Skara Brae Visitor Centre | ||||
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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