Jackie Baillie

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprenticeships have been taken up by residents of the (a) West Dunbartonshire and (b) Argyll and Bute local authority area in each year since 1999.

Answer · Allan Wilson: The number of modern apprentices(MAs) broken down by local authority area and by year is an operational matter forScottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. This information is not heldcentrally.</p><p>However, Scottish Enterprisehave published…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of older people in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area received intensive home care in each year since 1997.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The statistics requested areavailable from 1999 onwards and are contained in the following table:</p><p>Table 1: Percentage ofPeople Aged 65 and Over Receiving Intensive Home Care</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td rowspan=2 …

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was allocated under the Sure Start Scotland programme to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1999 and what the money was spent on.

Answer · Robert Brown: Grant Aided Expenditure for SureStartScotland in Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire Councils was as follows:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=86 valign=top> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td width=112 valign=top> <…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding has been allocated to school sport in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1999.

Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to theanswers to questions S1W-33868 on 17 February 2003, S2W-13717 on 2 February 2005 and to S2W-20960 on 5 December 2005. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the searchfacility for which…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase the proportion of older people in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area who are able to live independently by increasing home care opportunities since 1997.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Executive has increased resourcessubstantially to Argyll and Bute and WestDunbartonshire Councils, as indeed to all councils in Scotland, toenable them to deliver community care policies in their areas. Grant Aided Expenditure for community care across Sc…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the budget for free personal care and nursing care has been allocated to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council since 2002.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE)is not a budget or money but is the methodology for apportioning funding to localauthorities.</p><p>Before Free Personal and NursingCare was introduced local authorities were already receiving funding to providepersonal care servi…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to reduce crime rates in disadvantaged areas in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area since 1997.

Answer · Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive has activelyencouraged the establishment of community safety partnerships led by the local authorityand the police and involving the public, private and voluntary bodies to tacklecommunity safety issues at a local level.</p><p>The speci…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated for crime prevention to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1999.

Answer · Hugh Henry: We have funded a range of measureswhich contribute to crime prevention including Make our Communities Safer Challenge Competition, the Community Safety Partnership Award Programme, AntisocialBehaviour funding and our investment in record numbers of police off…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on (a) police forces, (b) fire brigades and (c) the prison service in the (i) Argyll and Bute and (ii) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1999.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information isshown in the following tables. There are no prison establishments in either of theselocal authority areas.</p><p>Net revenue expenditure on policeforces and fire brigades in the Argyll andBute and West Dunbartonshire local authorit…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it has undertaken, or plans to undertake, to tackle drug misuse in the (a) Dumbarton parliamentary constituency, (b) Argyll and Bute Council area and (c) West Dunbartonshire Council area and how much money has been allocated to each area for this purpose in each year sinc…

Answer · Hugh Henry: Drug Action Teams are responsiblefor the strategic planning and co-ordination of action to tackle drug misuse intheir area. Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire are covered by the Argyll and Clyde ADAT and the Clydebank areaof West Dunbartonshire is covere…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time students from the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area have received bursaries to support them at university since the bursaries were introduced.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The following table highlightsthe number of full-time students domiciled in the (a) Argyll and Bute local authorityarea and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area who received bursaries tosupport them at university since 1997-98 (the earliest year for w…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of recipients of access bursaries have been domiciled in the (a) Argyll and Bute Council area, (b) West Dunbartonshire Council area and (c) Dumbarton parliamentary constituency since the bursaries were introduced.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: I understand that you are referringto the “young students’ bursary”. The following table highlights the percentageof young students’ bursary (YSB) recipients who were domiciled in the (a) Argylland Bute Council area, (b) West Dunbartonshire Council area and (…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency have gone into jobs from the New Deal.

Answer · Allan Wilson: The following table sets outthe number of people who have moved into jobs in Dumbarton through the various NewDeal programmes since their introduction.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> <p align=center>Programm…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to increase the employment rates of disadvantaged groups, such as lone parents or ethnic minorities, in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency.

Answer · Allan Wilson: On 12 June 2006, I launched WorkforcePlus, An Employability Framework for Scotland. The framework aims to help more disadvantaged individuals,including lone parents and ethnic minorities towards and into sustained employmentby setting out the actions required…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Further Education Funding Council allocated to Clydebank College in each year since 1997.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Further EducationFunding Council, a predecessor of the Scottish Further and Higher Education FundingCouncil, took over the responsibility of allocating funds to further education collegesfrom the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department …

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to reduce the gap between unemployment rates in the areas of lowest employment in (a) the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency and (b) Scotland as a whole and whether this gap has reduced since 1999.

Answer · Allan Wilson: West Dunbartonshire is one of the seven areas identified in the ScottishExecutive’s Closing the Opportunity Targets as having the highest levels of workingage benefit claimants in Scotland. Along with Dundee, Glasgow, South and North Lanarkshire, Inverclyde a…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making on the implementation of the 10-point action plan arising from Scotland's Action Programme to Reduce Youth Crime 2002 in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: I refer the member to the followinglink to the dedicated youth justice website, which provides a summary update onaction plan progress as at June 2006:</p><p><ahref="http://www.youthjusticescotland.gov.uk/library/10%20point%20action%20plan%20on%20Youth%20Just…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what policies it has implemented in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency to tackle youth crime and what funding it has allocated for such policies in each year since 1999.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The Scottish Executive haslaunched and implemented a range of policy initiatives aimed at preventing,tackling and cutting youth crime across Scotland. These are not broken down by constituency area. Formore detail on local strategic and service delivery arran…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many inclusiveness projects there have been in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1999 and how much funding has been allocated to each such project in each year.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>Communities Scotland managesa number of programmes aimed at promoting social inclusion. Until 31 March 2005, theseincluded the Social Inclusio…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what new road safety projects there have been in the (a) West Dunbartonshire Council area, (b) Argyll and Bute Council area and (c) Dumbarton parliamentary constituency since 1999.

Answer · Tavish Scott: The information is not availablein the format requested. However the following road safety schemes have been implementedon trunk roads in these areas since 1999.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=625> <thead> <tr> <td width=74 valign=to…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was invested in tackling anti-social behaviour through neighbourhood wardens, support schemes and other local initiatives in the (a) Dumbarton parliamentary constituency, (b) Argyll and Bute Council area and (c) West Dunbartonshire Council area in each year since 1999 and in what…

Answer · Hugh Henry: Scottish Executive funding totackle antisocial behaviour has been made available to local councils on behalfof their Community Planning Partnerships since 2004. We do not hold records centrallyon locally funded initiatives prior to that date. Funds were alloc…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding, including through the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund and other such initiatives, it has awarded to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1997.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:</p><p>The Better Neighbourhood ServicesFund operated between 2001-02 and 2004-05 when it was merged with the funding providedto Social Inclusion Par…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people in the (a) West Dunbartonshire and (b) Argyll and Bute local authority area have received education maintenance allowances in each year since 2001.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: Education Maintenance Allowances(EMAs) were launched across Scotland in August 2004 for eligible 16-year-olds. The nationalroll out to all eligible 16 to 19-year-olds will be complete in 2007-08.</p><p>West Dunbartonshire took part in the pilot phase of EMAs,…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding for childcare has been allocated to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council since 1999.

Answer · Robert Brown: The information requested isprovided in the following table.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> <p align=center>Childcare Strategy</p> </td> <td valign=top> <p align=center>1999-2000</p> <p align=right>(…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to improve transport links between the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency and Glasgow since 1999.

Answer · Tavish Scott: The Executive has made availableto East and West Dunbartonshire Councils since 1999, the provision shown in thefollowing table for local roads.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=86 valign=top> <p align=center>&nbsp;<…

9 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the grant aided expenditure settlement has been for (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1997, showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The information requested isshown in the following table.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> <p align=right><b>&nbsp;</b></p> </td> <td valign=top> <p align=center>Argyll and Bute Council</p> <p align=ce…

8 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the capital consent has been for (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1999.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The capital consents issuedunder section 94 of the <i>Local Government (</i><i>Scotland</i><i>) Act 1973 </i>to each council fornon-housing capital borrowing is shown in the following table.</p><p>£ million</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <th…

8 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what reduction there has been in mortality rates from coronary heart disease in the (a) West Dunbartonshire and (b) Argyll and Bute local authority area in each year since 1999.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Information on mortality fromcoronary heart disease by local authority is available from GRO death data. Theage standardised coronary heart disease mortality rates from 1999 to 2004 for Argylland Bute and West Dunbartonshire are shown in the following table.<…

8 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households with children have been in temporary accommodation in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1999 and what action is being taken to reduce these figures.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive collectssnapshot data on the number of households in temporary accommodation as at the endof each quarter. Data on households with dependent children have been collectedsince March 2001. The following table shows the numbers of househol…

8 Jun 2006 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to the rough sleepers initiative in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area since the inception of the initiative and how successful the initiative has been.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Rough Sleepers Initiative(RSI) was launched in 1997. Between 1997 and 2002 local authorities received fundingfrom the Rough Sleepers Initiative on the basis of bids made to the Executive settingout the need for such funding in their area.</p><p>Local auth…