Parliamentary questions

Sandra White

1,617 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with a learning disability had regular contact with social work and health services, broken down by local authority area, in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03 and (e) 2003-04.

Answer · Rhona Brankin: Statistical information on the number of adults with learning disabilities known to local authorities was first collected in 2003. This showed that at May 2003 18,066 adults with learning disabilities were known to local authorities in Scotland. Information b…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

Answer · Tom McCabe: The Executive publishes the number of current appointees who have stated that they consider themselves to have a disability on its public appointments website at <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/government/publicbodies">www.scotland.gov.uk/government/publi…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

Answer · Tavish Scott: The following table presents the latest available information. It combines deaths from intentional self-harm with deaths from events of undetermined intent, as the majority of the latter are likely to have been suicides. Because of the small numbers involved,…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many families living with a registered disabled person in Glasgow receive free school meals or clothing grants for dependent children, broken down by council ward area.

Answer · Peter Peacock: The Scottish Executive does not hold information on the number of families living with a registered disabled person in Glasgow who receive free school meals. Clothing grants are given at the discretion of the local authority, and no information is held centra…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average income is of disabled people living in Glasgow, broken down by council ward area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Average income estimates are not currently available at local authority level.

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered disabled people there are in Glasgow, broken down by council ward area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: There is no statutory register of disabled people. The table gives the number recorded as having a limiting long-term illness in the 2001 Census of Population in each ward in Glasgow City. Persons with Limiting Long Term Illness are those who answered “Yes” t…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of children in Glasgow lived in non-working families, broken down by council ward area, in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03 and (e) 2003-04.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Table 1: Percentage of Children in Glasgow who Live in Households with No Adults in Paid Employment<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> Year </td> <td> % </td> <td> <p align=cen…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the rate of recorded burglary was per thousand population in Glasgow, broken down by council ward area, in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03 and (e) 2003-04.

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following table. Information at council ward area is not available centrally.The Number of Offences of Housebreaking per 1,000 Population Recorded in the City of Glasgow, 1999-2000 to 2003-04<table border=1…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people in Glasgow lived in overcrowded housing, broken down by council ward area, in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03 and (e) 2003-04.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Table 1: Percentage of People in Glasgow Who Live in Overcrowded Households<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> Year </td> <td> % </td> <td> Base </td> </tr> </t…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

Answer · Peter Peacock: It is not possible to supply this information in the requested format as we do not hold data on home postcodes of school leavers for these years. The figures for Glasgow City as a whole are as follows:% of Pupils Leaving School as Soon as Reaching Scho…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

Answer · Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is not available centrally.

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the levels of child poverty were in Glasgow and what monies were allocated to address this issue, broken down by council ward area, in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03 and (e) 2003-04.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Estimates of the numbers and proportion of children living in low income households are available at Scotland level only, not by local authority or ward area. Estimates on the full range of income thresholds and explanation of how these estimates are calculat…

12 Jan 2005 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has estimated the cost of ending child poverty in Glasgow.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: No. This is a complex issue for which costs cannot be estimated.However, significant Executive programmes address aspects of child poverty, including the Community Regeneration Fund and Working for Families.

20 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all board members of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and Executive agencies who have registered membership of the Labour or Liberal Democrat party in Scotland, broken down by NDPB and agency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001, (d) 2002, (e) 2003 and (f) 2004 to da…

Answer · Tom McCabe: The Executive publishes details of the declared political activity of all current regulated ministerial appointments on its public appointments website at:<a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/government/publicbodies">www.scotland.gov.uk/government/publi…

20 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how the allocation of monies from the Community Regeneration Fund will be determined for each local authority ward.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:Community Planning Partnerships are responsible for determining how the Community Regeneration Fund (CRF) is spent across their area, as set …

20 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding Glasgow will directly receive following the introduction of the Community Regeneration Fund.

Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:Glasgow Community Planning Partnershiphas been allocated Community Regeneration funding of £124,669,000 over three financialyears beginning in …

20 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost will be of administering the Community Regeneration Fund in Glasgow.

Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:We are currently considering appropriate terms and conditions for the new Community Regeneration Fund, which does not become operational until…

20 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total annual cost is of administering the social inclusion partnerships in Glasgow.

Answer · Johann Lamont: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:Up to 2.5% of the socialinclusion partnership fund allocation in any year may be used to meet administrationcosts incurred by the grant recipie…

20 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the evaluation reports of the social inclusion partnerships (SIPs) in Glasgow.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:Copies of the full evaluationreports, which were commissioned by the SIPs, are available from the Parliament’sReference Centre (Bib. numbers <i…

15 Dec 2004 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to promote disability sport.

Answer · Patricia Ferguson: Sportscotland works very closely with Scottish Disability Sport to develop and maximise sporting opportunities for people with a disability in Scotland andthis continues to be the case today.

9 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9992 by Nicol Stephen on 10 September 2004, whether it has reached a decision on the introduction of licensing for private car hire booking offices.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: We have been giving this matter careful consideration and we will shortly announce how we propose to take this matter forward.

9 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the independent task group reviewing the provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 has made specific reference to the regulation of lap dancing or table dancing clubs in the course of the review.

Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to Chapter 15 of the independent task group report, which was published on 20 December 2004, a copy of which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 34546).

9 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the independent task group reviewing the provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 has made specific reference to the licensing of limousines in the course of the review.

Answer · Tom McCabe: I refer the member to paragraphs 2.52-2.55 of the independent task group report which was published on 20 December 2004, a copy of which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 34546).

9 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the independent task group reviewing provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 is expected to report.

Answer · Tom McCabe: We expect to make an announcement regarding the publication of the report later today.

9 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards are in place to prevent pollution of the River Clyde in the event of adverse weather conditions.

Answer · Lewis Macdonald: This is an operational matter for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). I have asked the Chief Executive of SEPA to write to you about this matter.

9 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to meet First ScotRail regarding the provision of disabled access at new and existing railway stations.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The primary statutory responsibility for access for disabled people in the rail sector rests with the UK Government and is currently being delivered by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA). All rail franchise operators are required to have a Disabled People’s P…

9 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what sums are allocated to pharmacists who take part in the prescribing of methadone on their premises.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Dispensing methadone to drug misusers has been a locally contracted service since April 1997. Payments in respect of locally negotiated services are funded from NHS boards’ unified budgets.The following table shows the value of fees paid to community p…

9 Dec 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what sums are allocated to doctors who accept drug addicts onto their practice list.

Answer · Andy Kerr: There is no specific allocationmade to GP practices for accepting drug addicts on to their practice list.Under the terms of the new GeneralMedical Services (GMS) contract, GP practices receive a Global Sum payment asa contribution towards their running…

3 Nov 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what attempts have been made to secure corporate sponsorship for the UK Year of the Volunteer 2005 in Scotland.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer to S2W-11696, on 9 November 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.sea…

3 Nov 2004 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that 2005 would be the UK Year of the Volunteer, how much money is being made available to support this initiative, broken down by (a) organisation and (b) local authority area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer to S2W-11696, on 9 November 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.sea…