- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the Annual Report of the Chief Social Work Inspector on services across Scotland.
Answer
The Chief Inspector's report is being published today and copies will be made available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 26 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent in real terms on education, including schools, universities and colleges in 1992 and 1997 and is projected to be spent in 2002.
Answer
Spending on education, at 2001-02 prices, was, and is projected to be, as follows:
£ million |
1992-93 | 1997-98 | 2002-03 |
3,610 | 3,956 | 4,925 |
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the status is of its consultation on the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) and whether it will publish the responses received.
Answer
The ROS consultation closed last month, and we received over 150 responses. I am very grateful to all those who took the time to give us their views, and we will be carefully considering the issues raised before final decisions on the structure of the obligation are made.A report of the responses has been prepared, and will be available from today on the Scottish Executive website. I am also placing copies of the report in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 12140)
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support the development of the credit union movement in Scotland.
Answer
I have published today an Action Plan for the development of the credit union movement in Scotland Unlocking the Potential: An Action Plan for the credit union movement in Scotland. Copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.To support the implementation of the Action Plan I am making available £1.5 million over the next three years and additional support for volunteering initiatives and IT systems. A Scottish Credit Union Partnership will be established to oversee the implementation of the Action Plan and monitor progress.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees left the Scottish Prison Service in each of the last two years due to (a) finding another job, (b) sickness or other health reasons and (c) retirement.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. The information available is as follows:1999
- various reasons or unspecified: 64
- sickness or other health reasons: 22
- retirement: 76
2000
- various reasons or unspecified: 68
- sickness or other health reasons: 14
retirement: 171
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to recruit new staff to the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The need for recruitment to the SPS is kept under constant review and takes place according to business needs.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to publish its Land Reform Bill and how long the consultation process will be.
Answer
I am pleased to announce that the Scottish Executive's "Draft Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Consultation Paper" is published today. Copies of the consultation paper and the accompanying "Draft Scottish Outdoor Access Code" will be sent to the relevant Parliamentary Committees and to all MSPs. Further copies will be available from SPICe and from the land reform website, at www.scotland.gov.uk/landreform,following the launch. A 12 week consultation period will follow, with the closing date for responses being Friday, 18 May 2001.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 22 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in domestic settings.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no plans at present to require the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in all dwellings. However, such detectors are being considered for possible inclusion in the package of measures to be available under the Executive's central heating programme.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 15 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take in light of the recommendations contained in the report of the Dog Identification Group.
Answer
Following careful consideration of the recommendations made by the Dog Identification Group we have decided to publish its report in Scotland so that anyone with an interest in dog issues has the opportunity to comment. The report will be published today and copies will be available from the Parliament's Reference Centre. The Executive Summary of the report will be put on the Scottish Executive website. We will consider all responses carefully before determining the way forward.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 31 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the terms of reference of the Care Development Group will be published.
Answer
The terms of reference of the group were agreed yesterday by the Scottish Cabinet and are as follows:"With the objective of ensuring that older people in Scotland have access to high quality and responsive long-term care in the appropriate setting and on a fair and equitable basis:to examine existing service provision and to identify gaps, deficiencies and duplication which may require to be addressed;to bring forward proposals for the implementation of free personal care for all, along with an analysis of the costs and implications of so doing;to provide a clear definition of what is meant by personal care;to examine the current deployment of resources from all funding streams for the care of older people and make any recommendations for change that are thought to be necessary;to work with the Chief Nursing Officer's Group to develop a person-centred, holistic needs assessment process;to consider the interrelationships with UK matters, notably the tax and social security benefits system and cross border movement;to bring forward recommendations, together with costs and possible opportunity costs, of providing sustainable changes which will meet current and projected need and likely demand; and to report to the Minister for Health and Community Care by August 2001 with a view to the first stage of implementation beginning in April 2002." The group will be chaired by the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care and full membership of the group will be announced next week.
