- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, given the recent decision by the Big Lottery Fund’s Living Landmarks programme to award funding to Girvan Community Developments Ltd, what financial support the Executive can provide to progress the Girvan Gateway project.
Answer
Whilst the Big LotteryFund’s decision will inevitably have been disappointing to all those with an interestin the Girvan Gateway project, the Scottish Government cannot provide the financialsupport being sought since it does not provide direct support for such projects.The responsibility for economic development in Ayrshire falls to Scottish Enterpriseand the relevant local authorities. As such, any approach for financial supportwould be for them to consider based on an assessment of a number of factors, includinglonger term financial sustainability and potential wider local and national benefits.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4416 by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2007, how many children it estimates live with parents affected by alcohol misuse, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4416 by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2007, what the basis is for its estimate of between 80,000 and 100,000 children in Scotland affected by parental alcohol misuse.
Answer
The estimate of between80,000 and 100,000 children in Scotland affected by parental alcohol misuse originatesfrom the 2003 Scottish Executive report
Getting our priorities right: Good practiceguidance for working with families affected by substance misuse. The methodologyused in calculating the estimate is not given in the report and it has not beenpossible to ascertain how the figure was derived.
The need for morerobust estimates of the prevalence of problem drinking among parents is highlightedas a priority area for new research in the recently published Scottish AlcoholResearch Framework, a forward research programme compiled by NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a decision on the (a) Mark Hill, (b) Arecleoch, (c) Dersalloch, (d) Afton, and (e) Kyle windfarm applications under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
Answer
The Mark Hill, Arecleoch,Dersalloch, Afton and Kyle wind farm applications are currentlybeing processed under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989. Scottishministers will determine each consent application after careful and thorough considerationof all material issues, in accordance with the relevant legislative and planningobligations.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4416 by Adam Ingram on 1 October 2007, what funds are directly targeted to provide services for the estimated 10,000 to 20,000 children in Scotland living with parental drug abuse.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentprovides a funding settlement to local authorities to assist in the delivery ofservices to children and young people, including those affected by parental substancemisuse. Authorities have discretion within their own budgets to allocate resourcesto best meet the needs of these children and young people based on local circumstance.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will meet COSLA to discuss extending the free school meals entitlement to families in receipt of maximum child tax credit and maximum working tax credit.
Answer
Discussions with COSLAare on-going.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4687 by Jim Mather on 15 October 2007, whether it will list precisely which national trade union representatives it consulted prior to announcing its reforms to the enterprise networks.
Answer
The national tradeunion representatives to which I referred in the answer to question S3W-4687 on15 October 2007, were from the STUC.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when families in receipt of working families tax credit in (a) East Ayrshire and (b) South Ayrshire will receive free school meals.
Answer
This will depend onour on-going discussions with COSLA about outcome agreements.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will determine the additional funding to be provided to (a) East Ayrshire Council and (b) South Ayrshire Council for local regeneration following the reorganisation of Scottish Enterprise.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentis working with interested stakeholders to determine the exact nature and timingof the regeneration activity to be transferred to local authorities. Decisions onfunding will be made when these details are known, subject to the outcomes of the Scottish Spending Review. No changes to budgets will be made until the next financialyear.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4698 by Jim Mather on 12 October 2007, whether it will ensure that trade unions are invited to become members of the regional business advisory boards.
Answer
Detailed decisionshave not yet been taken as to the precise membership of regional business advisoryboards.
