Parliamentary questions
Johann Lamont
1,407 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
21 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that no agreement was reached by the Scottish Government with COSLA on the proposed £40 million contribution to affordable housing prior to the First Minister’s announcement on 19 August 2008.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15727 on 9 September 2008. 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/web…
21 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that the £60 million for affordable housing announced by the First Minister on 19 August 2008 is to be taken from the housing budget for 2010-11.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15727 on 9 September 2008. 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/web…
21 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that the £60 million for affordable housing announced by the First Minister on 19 August 2008 is to be spread over 2008-09 and 2009-10.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: As part of the First Minister''s announcement on 19 August, the Scottish Government published Responding to the Changing Economic Climate: Further Action on Housing. This set out the targeted measures that the Scottish Government is putting in place to help a…
21 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that the funding allocated to registered social landlords for 2008-09 is £85 million less than was allocated for 2007-08.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The amount of Housing Investment varies across Scotland from year-to-year depending on a number of circumstances including land availability, opportunities to meet identified need and carry-forward commitments from previous years. The initial allocation to Re…
19 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will name the private companies that received funding from the Race, Religion and Refugee Integration Fund.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15640 on 3 September 2008. 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/web…
19 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many private companies received funding from the Race, Religion and Refugee Integration Fund.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Voluntary organisations working in Scotland were invited to apply for funding through the Race, Religion and Refugee Integration funding stream. It is widely accepted as good practice for voluntary organisations to register themselves as companies limited by …
19 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many voluntary organisations received funding from the Race, Religion and Refugee Integration Fund.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Thirty-three organisations received funding through the Race, Religion and Refugee Integration funding stream. They are all listed at:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.scotlandagainstracism.com/onescotland/366.html">http://www.scotlandagainstracism.com/onescotla…
19 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 18,000 extra weeks of respite care to be provided over the next three years will be (a) residential and (b) non-residential.
Answer · Shona Robison: It will be up to individual local authorities to develop and allocate these additional respite weeks, based on local needs and priorities. These additional weeks may be provided at home or in other care settings.</p> <p >To support local planning of this vit…
19 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours of non-residential respite care were provided in 2006-07.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15632 on 26 August 2008. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…
19 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many weeks of residential respite care were provided in 2006-07.
Answer · Shona Robison: Audit Scotland publishes information on both residential and non-residential respite provided by each local authority annually on its website at:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/performance/service/">http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/perform…
19 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the extra 2,000 respite weeks being provided in 2008-09 will be devoted to the needs of disabled children.
Answer · Shona Robison: It will be at the discretion of individual local authorities how they develop and allocate these additional weeks, based on local needs and priorities.</p> <p >COSLA will monitor progress twice a year and will ensure delivery of the total Scotland-wide figur…
18 Aug 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households that would have become eligible in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 for the central heating programme will no longer be eligible under the new arrangements.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: All householders who were eligible for the central heating programme before the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing''s announcement of 22 May 2008 remain eligible under the regulations.</p> <p >The Scottish Fuel Poverty Forum is currently considering …
23 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the largest sum allocated from the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund has been and which organisation received that money.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund only permitted a maximum grant of £50,000. The Minority Ethnic Carers of Older People Project and the Ethnic Minorities Law Centre both received the maximum grant of £50,000 per year for two years.</p>…
23 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any additional money was allocated to the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund in 2007 and, if so, how much.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund was allocated two years funding of £1,982,791 in 2006. This allocation covered the two financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08.</p>
23 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that over £1.9 million of the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund was allocated in 2006.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: A two year allocation of £1,982,791 was made in 2006 to projects under the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund covering the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08.</p>
23 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the £215,000 of public funding allocated to the Scottish Islamic Foundation came from the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: No funding has been paid to the Scottish Islamic Foundation from the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund.</p>
23 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the overall cost of 10,000 weeks of respite care would be, based on an average weekly rate for respite care.
Answer · Shona Robison: The cost of residential short breaks depends on the needs of the person requiring care, the type of provision and the locality. The respite task group estimated average costs of £629 per week in 2006-07, although the group noted the uncertainty in this estima…
23 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the view, expressed in a recent British Academy-funded study by academics from the universities of Strathclyde and West of Scotland, that anti-sectarian policies and initiatives need to be put back on the political agenda in Scotland.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: We welcome this research report, which is a very useful small scale study providing information about young people’s experiences of sectarianism in areas of Glasgow and adds to our body of knowledge on sectarianism. The Scottish Government fully recognises th…
17 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when its announcement on Race, Religion and Refugee Integration funding allocations will be made.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: A letter was issued to all organisations who applied to the Race Religion and Refugee Integration Fund on Monday 28 July informing them of whether they had been successful under the Fund or not.</p> <p >A list of successful organisations has been published …
17 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the £215,000 funding allocation to the Scottish Islamic Foundation was made through Race, Religion and Refugee Integration funding.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15063 on 3 September 2008. 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/web…
17 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures have been put in place to monitor the spending of the £215,000 funding allocation to the Scottish Islamic Foundation.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: Grant conditions, including financial monitoring, are attached to all funding provided by the Scottish Government.</p>
17 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which minister agreed the £215,000 funding allocation to the Scottish Islamic Foundation.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: Funding for IslamFest was first given ministerial approval in March 2007 under the previous administration. A proposal from the Scottish Islamic Foundation for funding of £200,000 was approved in principle by the First Minister and subsequently agreed by offi…
17 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates decided to allocate £215,000 to the Scottish Islamic Foundation
Answer · Fergus Ewing: This funding has been allocated through the Health and Wellbeing Directorate.</p>
17 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the application for funding by the Scottish Islamic Foundation was submitted.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15063 on 3 September 2008. Applications for the funding referred were received in March 2008.</p> <p >All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facil…
17 Jul 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive from which of its funds the £215,000 allocated to the Scottish Islamic Foundation came.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: The Scottish Islamic Foundation was one of 53 different organisations which received a total of £3.4 million during the 2007-08 financial year from resources administered by the Scottish Government''s Equality Unit for projects and initiatives relating to rac…
20 Jun 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why the reporting of freedom of information requests placed on the Scottish Housing Regulator’s website excludes information on who made the request.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I have asked Karen Watt, Chief Executive of the Scottish Housing Regulator to respond.</b></p> <p >Her response is as follows:</p> <p >The regulator’s policy of not reporting who makes freedom of information (FOI) requests is in line with the approach taken…
20 Jun 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all meetings held between it and organisations representing disabled children and their families to discuss the development of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 Amendment Bill, prior to publication of its consultation on the Bill.
Answer · Adam Ingram: There has been on-going dialogue with key stakeholders since the commencement of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (the Act) that has led to a number of proposals for legislative change.</p> <p >More specifically, on 18 Dece…
20 Jun 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional respite weeks for (a) adults and (b) children have been made available since May 2007.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14067 on 19 June 2008. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
20 Jun 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional respite weeks have been made available since May 2007, broken down by local authority area
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14067 on 19 June 2008. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.se…
20 Jun 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in meeting the SNP manifesto commitment of providing 10,000 additional respite weeks each year.
Answer · Shona Robison: Our concordat with COSLA includes a commitment to deliver progress towards an extra 10,000 respite weeks per year. We have been working closely with COSLA to agree delivery of this commitment. We have now agreed that, taking Audit Scotland’s 2007-08 respite p…