Parliamentary questions

Richard Baker

2,136 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

11 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what amount of budget cuts each local authority plans to make in 2008-09.

Answer · John Swinney: It is the responsibility of each local authority to decide on its own budgetary requirements and, as a result, the information requested is not held centrally. This government is, however, investing record levels of funding in local government, as we…

7 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The following table provides net revenue expenditure on local road maintenance in the Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray Council areas as requested to the year 2006-07 and trunk road spend to date by the north east unit of Transport Scotland, which includes th…

7 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45114). Local authorities do not report expenditure on leisure facilities. The table contains local authorities'' expenditure on recreation and sport.</…

7 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · John Swinney: This information is not held centrally.

7 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding will be spent on alcohol support services in Aberdeen during the current spending review period.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government will provide £2,014,386 in 2008-09 to NHS Grampian for alcohol treatment services and brief interventions. The detailed allocation of this is for the board and its partners to agree locally. Figures for future years are not available.<…

7 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · Shona Robison: NHS Grampian was provided with the amounts shown in the table for onward distribution to the Alcohol and Drug Action Teams (ADATs) for alcohol treatment services. No specific funds were made available for alcohol treatment services prior to 2004-05. Informati…

7 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Each board receives a formula allocation of funding for capital and revenue expenditure from which they are required to prioritise their own expenditure including investment in new GP premises. The precise spending on health centres by NHS Grampian is not hel…

7 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) 20 to 24 (b) 25 to 29 and (c) 30 to 34 year olds were living with their parents in each of the last three years, also broken down by gender.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The information requested is given in the following table. Percentage of 20 to 34-Year-Olds Living with Parents: 2004-06 <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td nowrap valign=bottom > </td> <td no…

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many students domiciled in Scotland whose parental income is taken into account in determining levels of student support have at least one step-parent.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: This information is not held centrally.

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many students domiciled in Scotland whose parental income is taken into account in determining levels of student support have at least one parent who receives working tax credit.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: This information is not held centrally. Information on parental receipt of working tax credit is currently not taken into account in the assessment of student support by the Students Awards Agency for Scotland and therefore is not collected.

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many students domiciled in Scotland have their grandparents’ income taken into account in assessments to determine levels of student support.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: In academic year 2006-07 the Student Awards Agency for Scotland included the income of at least one grandparent in the assessment of levels of support for 165 Scottish-domiciled students.

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many students will lose bursary income as a result of the changes to means-testing for student support.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Under the previous Scottish Executive, the information we would need to be able to calculate how many students will lose bursary income as a result of the changes to means-testing for student support in 2008-09 was not collected. In spite of this, th…

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many students will lose student loan income as a result of the changes to means-testing for student support.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Under the previous Scottish Executive, the information we would need to be able to calculate how many students will lose student loan income as a result of the changes to means-testing for student support in 2008-09 was not collected. In spite of thi…

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on roads and transport in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007, shown also as a percentage of its total budget.

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45113).

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on cultural and related services in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007, shown also as a percentage of its total budget.

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45112).

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on police, fire and valuation boards in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007, shown also as a percentage of each local authority’s total budget.

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45111). The expenditure has been apportioned to councils by the amount that the police, fire and valuation joint boards requisition from them. Valuation…

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45110).

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45109).

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45108).

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much outstanding debt each local authority had as a result of borrowing in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007, shown also as a percentage of their total budget.

Answer · John Swinney: The following tables show the levels of outstanding debt for each local authority for the years 2002-03 to 2006-07 (the latest year for which figures are available) along with the associated debt servicing charges (repayments of principle, interest, loans fun…

6 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much outstanding debt each local authority has as a result of borrowing, shown also as a percentage of their total budget.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10745 on 18 March 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/webapp…

5 Mar 2008 · Written Question

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table gives details of the number of 999 calls responded to by the Scottish Ambulance Service for the years 2003-04 to 2007-08, broken down by NHS board area. Category C calls are not included as many do not receive an emergency ambulance respon…

5 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it will provide during the current spending review period to fund new ambulances and up-to-date mobile equipment to use on them, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government has provided the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) with a revenue allocation of £183.4 million for 2008-09, an increase of 3.15% over the equivalent 2007-08 allocation. Decisions on funding levels for 2009-10 and 2010-11 have yet to be …

5 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are to be provided for each NHS board area during the current spending review period.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10707 on 13 March 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/webap…

5 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are in use by each NHS board area.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table gives details of the number of ambulances in use during 2007-08. The information is provided in terms of Scottish Ambulance Service division areas and is not available broken down into NHS board areas. <table border=1 cellspacing=0 c…

5 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much is being invested in the Young Students’ Bursary scheme in 2008-09 and how much was spent on the scheme in 2007-08.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Applications for student support in the 2007-08 academic session are still being received. To date, £67 million has been committed to the Young Students'' Bursary Scheme (YSB) for students studying in Scotland and this may rise to £68 million. The investment …

5 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many students will lose bursary income as a result of changes to student support in 2008-09.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Under the previous Scottish Executive, the information we would need to be able to calculate how many students will lose bursary income as a result of the changes to student support in 2008-09 was not collected. In spite of this, the Scottish Governm…

27 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been for underage drinking in Grampian in the last five years.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The available information from the Scottish Government Court Proceedings Database (for which the latest year available is 2005-06) is given in the following table. Persons with a Charge Proved for Underage Drinking1,2 in Grampian Police Fo…

27 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the last conviction was for underage drinking in Grampian.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The information held centrally in the Scottish Government Court Proceedings Database is an historical snapshot rather than real-time information, and so information on the last conviction recorded is based on the latest year of data held (2005-06). The last p…

21 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the provision of ice-skating facilities in Aberdeen while the Linx Ice Arena is being refurbished.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The provision of local services and facilities is the responsibility for Aberdeen City Council to address. Aberdeen City Council is discussing a new grant stream to support displaced clubs. Clubs can bid into this for travel costs to other ice rinks. It is un…