Parliamentary questions

Johann Lamont

1,407 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

23 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings are planned with representatives of the For Scotland’s Disabled Children campaign to discuss the £34 million allocated to Scotland as a result of the UK Government's announcement of an extra £340 million for disabled children.

Answer · Adam Ingram: Officials haveheld informal discussions with stakeholders on issues connected with AimingHigh for Disabled Children but no formal meetings are currently planned.

23 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have been held with representatives of the For Scotland’s Disabled Children campaign to discuss the £34 million allocated to Scotland as a result of the UK Government’s announcement of an extra £340 million for disabled children.

Answer · Adam Ingram: Officials haveheld informal discussions with stakeholders on issues connected with AimingHigh for Disabled Children but no formal meetings have yet taken place.

9 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment will respond to my letters of 31 May and 27 July 2007 regarding the vessel, Apollo Grimsby.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: I replied to yourletters on 15 October 2007. I very much regret the long wait you hadfor this response and any concern that this may have caused you or your constituent.

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the request from Aberdeen City Council regarding housing stock transfer will be agreed.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-4600 on 9 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.…

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in primary 1 to primary 3 in each school in Glasgow were entitled to free school meals in (a) September 2006 and (b) September 2007.

Answer · Adam Ingram: We do not holdthis information centrally. The most recent school meals data is available on the Scottish Executivewebsite at:<ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/SchMeals2007">www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistic…

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being put in place to ensure that projects dependant on the Community Regeneration Fund are sustained pending the outcome of the comprehensive spending review.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: A decision on thefuture of the Community Regeneration Fund (CRF) will be taken immediatelyfollowing completion of the Strategic Spending Review. However, I can confirmthat as an interim measure, I have instructed officials to write to allCommunity Planning Pa…

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-3167, 3168, 3169 and 3170 by Stewart Maxwell on 4 September 2007, whether it will release all the responses made to the consultation on draft Scottish Planning Policy 11: Physical Activity and Open Space (SPP 11) specifying what proportion of these…

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: One hundred andthirty-three responses were received following publication of consultation draftSPP 11. All the consultation responses were published on the Scottish Governmentwebsite and can be viewed at <ahref="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/01…

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in what ways the performance of its proposed new skills body will be measured in terms of addressing the needs of those furthest from the labour market.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: It will be for Scottishministers, in discussion with the new skills body, to determine suitable measuresfor the work of the body to address the needs of those furthest from the labourmarket.

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in what ways its proposed new skills body will address the needs of those furthest from the labour market.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: It will be for thenew skills body to propose how it will seek to address the needs of those furthestfrom the labour market. However, in considering the needs of those furthest fromthe labour market, Skills for Scotland sets out our ambition for an integrated …

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in merging Careers Scotland and learndirect Scotland to form a new skills body.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Scottishministers, following the announcements on 10 and 26 September 2007 are taking forward the establishment of the new skillsbody with a view to having a shell organisation set up by the start of 2008, witha more formalised body in place by the end of thi…

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to meet the staffing and resource implications, identified by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, of the implementation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: A bid from ACPOS foradditional funding will be considered as art of the spending review.

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings are planned with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland to discuss the staffing and resource implications of the implementation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Scottish Executivewill continue to discuss implementation of the act through the ACPOS Licensing Sub-Group.No date has yet been set by ACPOS for the next meeting. Discussions are also underwaywith the ACPOS Finance Management Business Area.

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have been held with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland to discuss the staffing and resource implications of the implementation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Scottish Executiveattends the ACPOS Licensing Sub-Group which discusses a range of matters about implementationof the act. Meetings took place on 9 August 2006, 29 September 2006, 10 November 2006, 5 February 2007, 2 May 2007, and 10 October 2007. In addi…

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs will be lost in Glasgow through the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise.

Answer · Jim Mather: Staffing levelswithin Scottish Enterprise offices is an operational matter for theorganisation. However, as the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and SustainableGrowth announced, there will be no compulsory redundancies as a consequence of the reform proposals.</…

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is intended to continue the Cities Growth Fund beyond 2008.

Answer · John Swinney: Decisions on thefuture of the Cities Growth Fund are being considered in the spending review. Itwould not be appropriate for me to comment in advance of the outcome of that review.

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings are planned with Glasgow City Council to discuss the future of the Cities Growth Fund.

Answer · John Swinney: No meetings arecurrently planned with Glasgow City Council to discuss the future of the CitiesGrowth Fund.

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have been held with Glasgow City Council to discuss the future of the Cities Growth Fund.

Answer · John Swinney: The CabinetSecretary for Health and Wellbeing and I have discussed the Cities Growth Fund,amongst other things, with Glasgow City Council in meetings on 2 Octoberand 22 August respectively. Officials from councils in receipt of Cities GrowthFund and the …

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it proposes to take to address shortfalls in the Supporting People programme identified by the Scottish Council for Single Homeless.

4 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will meet the Scottish Council for Single Homeless to discuss its recent research on the Supporting People programme.

27 Sep 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it proposes to take to address the shortfalls identified by its research on the Supporting People programme.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: This will beconsidered in the current spending review

25 Sep 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the request from Aberdeen City Council regarding stock transfer will be determined.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: We have received preliminarydetails from Aberdeen City Council for regeneration proposals in the city,including the transfer of some of its housing stock. I have informed the councilthat, until we have completed the forthcoming consultation on social housinga…

25 Sep 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the next meeting of the Ministerial Progress Group on Second Stage Transfers in Glasgow will be held.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Scottish Governmenthas no plans to reconvene the Ministerial Progress Group.

25 Sep 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings of the Ministerial Progress Group on Second Stage Transfers in Glasgow have been held since April 2007.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: There have been nomeetings of the Ministerial Progress Group since April 2007. I understand the grouphas not met since December 2006.

6 Sep 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that the Housing Supply Task Force makes publicly available details of the land for potential housing development currently owned by public agencies and local authorities.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4077 on 18 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

6 Sep 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that the Housing Supply Task Force makes publicly available details of the land with outline planning permission currently owned by major housebuilding firms.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Housing SupplyTask Force is continuing to develop its agenda and will make public its findingsat the appropriate time.