Parliamentary questions
Jackie Baillie
9,397 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
27 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated under New Community School projects to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1999 and on what the money was spent.
Answer · Robert Brown: For funding allocated under theNew Community Schools Programme to Argyll and Bute Council and West DunbartonshireCouncil in each year over the period 1999 to 2002, I refer the member to the answerto question S1W-19613 on 15 November 2001. All answers towritte…
27 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to rebuilding and refurbishing schools in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1999 and how the money has been used.
Answer · Robert Brown: The Scottish Executive’s SchoolsFund capital grant allocations to Argyll and Bute and to West Dunbartonshire are set out in table 1. The money is used for schools capital investmentprojects both large and small. In addition, the Executive has offered revenue …
27 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates that installation work under the central heating programme and the Warm Deal scheme will be completed for those on the waiting list in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency.
Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>It is expected that eligiblehouseholders who applied to the programme before 31 October 2006 will have receiveda central heating system or Warm…
27 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency are waiting for installation work under the central heating programme and the Warm Deal scheme.
Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Waiting list information aboutthese programmes is held at postcode area.</p><p>The number of householders waitingfor their eligibility to be es…
12 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been committed to addressing mental health problems in young people in each year since 1999.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
12 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what services are in place specifically to address mental health problems in young people.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: A wide range of mental healthservices are provided for young people in Scotland. Whilst we do not collect detailed information centrallyon every service, Children and Young People’s Mental Health: A Framework for Promotion,Prevention and Care was developed in…
12 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it takes to promote positive mental health for young people.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The mental well-being of childrenand young people is a cross-Executive priority with action underway in a range ofareas of policy and practice. Getting it Right for Every Child is the Executive’sover-arching programme of reform for children’s services which w…
12 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the use of funding allocated to local authorities to tackle anti-social behaviour.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The Executive monitors the useof funding allocated to local authorities to tackle antisocial behaviour throughannual reporting as part of the 2005-08 Outcome Agreement approach. Guidance onthis is available in <i>Guidance on: - Antisocial Behaviour Strategies…
12 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders have been applied for by Argyll and Bute Council in each year since the measure was introduced.
Answer · Hugh Henry: Latest available figures, toend March 2005, show that no antisocial behaviour orders have been applied for byArgyll and Bute Council since the measure was introduced.</p>
12 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been given to Argyll and Bute Council to tackle anti-social behaviour in each year since 2003.
Answer · Hugh Henry: The Executive has provided dedicatedfunding to local authorities to tackle antisocial behaviour (ASB) since 2004-05.Argyll and Bute Council’s ASB funding between 2004-05 and 2006-07 was as follows:</p><p>2004-05 – £184,000</p><p>2005-06 – £204,700</p><p>2006-…
11 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware that some local authorities operate a waiting list for direct payments for community care and, if so, whether it will indicate (a) which local authorities operate a waiting list and (b) the average length of wait.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: We are not aware of anylocal authorities currently operating waiting lists for direct payments.</p>
11 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is given to local authorities and others to improve and encourage the uptake of direct payments for community care.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Direct payments are a meansto allow an individual to purchase the support that would otherwise be arrangedby the local authority, and must be made from within existing overallresources. However, in recognition of additional costs incurred whilst directpayment…
11 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many people have been in receipt of direct payments for community care and (b) what the total value of these payments has been in each year since 2002, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The information is availableon the Scottish Executive website at the following link <ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/25160444/0">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/25160444/0</a>.</p><p>The information can be foundin tables…
11 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to monitor the training of social workers in the provision and implementation of direct payments.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive doesnot monitor the training of social workers in the provision and implementationof direct payments. As part of the grant aided expenditure for direct paymentsin 2006, we expect local authorities to provide training for their staff who…
11 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to monitor the extent to which local authorities have promoted the provision of direct payments for community care.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The focus of the ScottishExecutive’s monitoring activity on direct payments is to increase uptake ofsuch payments amongst eligible groups and, from 2006 onwards, to ensure thatlocal authorities provide the necessary local infrastructure to support thisaim.</p…
11 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to monitor the extent to which local authorities have instituted procedures to support those receiving direct payments for community care in the management of their payments, or in the management of the services purchased with such payments.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Executive monitors localauthorities’ activities on direct payments in two ways.</p><p>Local authorities are requiredto complete the quarterly statistical return DP1 of key monitoring information,which the Scottish Executive compiles into an annual statist…
11 Oct 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that the procurement process for the rolling stock required by the Airdrie to Bathgate rail link has been commissioned.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Transport Scotland continuesto have dialogue with train manufacturers, rolling stock leasing companies, NetworkRail and First ScotRail about the specification of a fleet of rolling stock fora range of projects (including Airdrie to Bathgate rail link) and oth…
27 Sep 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has collected from local authorities as a consequence of fixed penalty notices for car parking offences in each year since 2003-04.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The following table providesthe available information on the value of fixed penalty notices fornon-endorsable stationary traffic offences received by District Courts across Scotland andthe value sent to the Exchequer. It is not possible to separate out parkin…
13 Sep 2006 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in hand to procure the rolling stock required for the Airdrie to Bathgate railway line.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Work is in hand to ensure thatrolling stock manufacturers are ready to produce the trains we will require fora variety of projects across Scotland including those for Airdrie to Bathgate shouldParliament approve the bill.</p><p>The procurement process itselfw…
28 Aug 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to monitor trends in respect of the length of school break times.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to thequestion S2W-27986 answered on 14 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the searchfacility for which can be accessed at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp…
28 Aug 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has set targets or guidance in respect of the length of school break times.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the questionS2W-27986 answered on 14 September 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can beaccessed at: <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/weba…
28 Aug 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is held centrally in respect of the length of morning, lunch and afternoon breaks in schools.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The information requested isnot held centrally.</p>
28 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has invested in sport in each of the last five years and, of this, how much was targeted towards children and young people.
Answer · Patricia Ferguson: All Scottish Executive fundingfor sport is channelled through <b>sport</b>scotland, the national agency for sportin Scotland. Over the past five years <b>sport</b>scotland has investedExchequer and National Lottery monies directly in sport. The total investme…
23 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the voluntary sector is represented on the National Workforce Plus Partnership.
Answer · Allan Wilson: I am currently consideringthe overall structure of the National Workforce Plus Partnership. However, Ican confirm that the voluntary sector will be represented.</p>
14 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has detailed plans in place to procure electric and diesel rolling stock for the new infrastructure investments that it is planning for 2007 onwards.
Answer · Tavish Scott: A procurement plan is currentlybeing developed to deliver a fleet of new rolling stock for a range of major projects(including Airdrie to Bathgate) and passenger growth initiatives from 2009 onwards.</p><p>The procurement process willbe carried out with the c…
14 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that there will be no replacement of the electric rolling stock on existing electrified lines with diesel rolling stock to facilitate the introduction of new electrified services on lines such as the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line.
Answer · Tavish Scott: A procurement plan is currentlybeing developed to deliver a fleet of new rolling stock for a range of major projects(including Airdrie to Bathgate) and passenger growth initiatives from 2009 onwards.</p><p>At this time therefore, no decisionhas been made on t…
14 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the announcement of a study into the electrification of the Edinburgh to Glasgow rail line and the subsequent need to procure further electric rolling stock could have on the existing need to procure such stock for the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line and the Glasgow Airport Rail…
Answer · Tavish Scott: Transport Scotland has undertakena feasibility study into the possibility of the electrification of the Edinburghto Glasgow route. The rolling stock procurement plan currently being developed todeliver a fleet of rolling stock for the Scottish rail network, w…
14 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of the adequacy of Class 334 “Junipers” to provide the service on the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line, particularly in respect of acceleration, ability to deal with gradients on the new line and capacity compared with the trains that they would replace west o…
Answer · Tavish Scott: The rolling stock procurementplan, currently being developed by Transport Scotland, is exploring a range ofoptions. I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-26843 on 23 June 2006.</p><p>The class 334 train has beenused as the “base case” for the timeta…
14 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that services between Helensburgh and Glasgow will not be extended along the Airdrie to Bathgate rail line.
Answer · Tavish Scott: Network Rail, the project promoters,are developing the Airdrie to Bathgate project on the understanding that serviceswill run between Edinburgh and a point, or points, west of Glasgow. The servicesare planned to be in operation at the end of 2010, and it is i…
14 Jun 2006 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that the electric stock fleet of Class 458 “Junipers”, which has recently been rejected by South West Trains, and on which the customer information service is not compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, will not be considered for the Airdrie to Bathg…
Answer · Tavish Scott: The rolling stock procurementplan, currently being developed by Transport Scotland, is exploring a range ofoptions. I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-26843 on 23 June 2006.</p><p>The class 458 trains have beenconsidered for use in Scotland. Howe…