- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 28 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many interest-free loans have been allocated by the Energy Saving Trust to small businesses in the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency.
Answer
Since the inception of Loan Action Scotland in 1999, managed over the period by the Energy Saving Trust and the Wise Group, six interest-free loans for energy efficiency measures, worth a total of £103,400, have been allocated to small businesses in the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency through the scheme.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 28 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to answer to question S3W-15876 by Jim Mather on 25 September 2008, how much of the estimated £539,000 directly attributable for support for business has supported businesses in the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency.
Answer
This information will not be available until the end of the current financial year.
However, the Energy Saving Trust have estimated that, based upon expenditure in the previous financial year, approximately £7,500 will be spent on direct support for business in the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency during 2008-09.
Energy efficiency measures typically implemented as a result of this support would generate estimated lifetime cost savings of £85,000.
In addition to this, there will be indirect spend on business support via the Energy Saving Scotland Advice Network which cannot be separated from the total £3.5 million allocated to the network in 2008-09.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next meet Supporters Direct.
Answer
Funding for Supporters Direct is routed through sportscotland, the national agency for the development of sport and physical recreation. Accordingly, sportscotland monitor the work and strategic direction of the organisation through on-going meetings. The next meeting has yet to be scheduled.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have identified services for palliative and end-of-life care as priorities in their single outcome agreements.
Answer
Living and Dying Well, the Scottish Government''s action plan for palliative and end-of-life care will lead to the development of a single, comprehensive approach to the provision of palliative and end-of-life care that will be embedded across Scotland for the first time. All key agencies and stakeholders, including local authorities, the voluntary sector and the NHS in Scotland will need to ensure appropriate priority is given to the requirement of Living and Dying Well.
Single outcome agreements (SOAs) for 2008-09 have been agreed with all 32 councils and should all now be publicly available. As councils were responsible for producing the SOAs and are responsible for the delivery of local services, questions regarding the content of individual SOAs should be directed to them in the first instance. The SOAs reflect the priorities and agreed outcomes for each council and include relevant supporting indicators and targets.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on the construction of a Maybole bypass to improving tourism in Carrick.
Answer
The Scottish Executive acknowledges the importance of improving tourism in Carrick.
Transport Scotland''s Strategic Transport Projects Review is examining the longer term needs of Scotland''s nationally strategic transport network. This includes consideration of the Maybole bypass within the A77, as part of the strategic transport corridor linking Glasgow to Ayrshire and Stranraer.
The STPR will lead to a transport programme for the period 2012 to 2022 targeted at facilitating better movement of people and goods across Scotland to increase wealth and enable more people to share fairly in that wealth.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on the construction of a Maybole bypass to improving safety on the A77.
Answer
The Scottish Executive acknowledges the importance of improving safety on the A77.
Transport Scotland''s Strategic Transport Projects Review is examining the longer term needs of Scotland''s nationally strategic transport network, including safety issues. This includes consideration of the Maybole bypass within the A77, as part of the strategic transport corridor linking Glasgow to Ayrshire and Stranraer.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on the construction of a Maybole bypass to improving the economy of south-west Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive recognises the importance of improving the economy of south-west Scotland.
Transport Scotland''s Strategic Transport Projects Review is examining the longer term needs of Scotland''s nationally strategic transport network. This includes consideration of the Maybole bypass within the A77, as part of the strategic transport corridor linking Glasgow to Ayrshire and Stranraer.
The STPR will lead to a transport programme for the period 2012 to 2022 targeted at facilitating better movement of people and goods across Scotland to increase wealth and enable more people to share fairly in that wealth.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15868 by Stewart Maxwell on 25 September 2008, how many of the 54 dwellings in East Ayrshire identified as not expected to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard by 2015 have been granted exemptions on the ground of (a) works required not being technically feasible and (b) work only being possible at disproportionate cost.
Answer
I have asked Karen Watt, Chief Executive of the Scottish Housing Regulator, to respond. Her response is as follows:
The 54 dwellings in East Ayrshire identified as not expected to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) by 2015 belong to the Link Group Ltd, a Registered Social Landlord with around 5,600 dwellings across 21 local authorities in Scotland. Link Group has now confirmed that it is not planning to apply for exemptions for these properties because whilst they will not meet the standard by the end of March 2015, they will be brought up to the SHQS in the financial year 2015-16.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15868 by Stewart Maxwell on 20 September 2008, how many of the 145 dwellings in South Ayrshire identified as not expected to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard by 2015 have been granted exemptions on the grounds of (a) works required not being technically feasible and (b) work only being possible at disproportionate cost.
Answer
I have asked Karen Watt, Chief Executive of the Scottish Housing Regulator, to respond. Her response is as follows:
South Ayrshire Council owns 133 of the 145 dwellings in South Ayrshire identified as being not expected to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) in 2015. The council has indicated that the properties cannot be brought up to the necessary energy efficiency criteria at a proportionate cost and therefore exemptions have been granted. The exemptions were granted on the understanding that these dwellings meet the SHQS in all other criteria by 2015 and that the Council periodically review its position.
The remaining 12 dwellings projected to not meet the SHQS in 2015 belong to the Link Group Ltd, a registered social landlord with around 5,600 dwellings across 21 local authorities in Scotland. Link Group has now confirmed that it is not planning to apply for exemptions for these properties because whilst they will not meet the Standard by the end of March 2015, they will be brought up to the SHQS in the financial year 2015-16.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reconsider the decision not to fund the completion of the footpath alongside the A76 between Cumnock and New Cumnock.
Answer
The circumstances relating to the funding of a footpath are broadly unchanged, consequently the position set out in the answer to S3W-12472 on 14 May 2008 remains. Should the situation change as a result of plans aimed at the regeneration of the Mauchline to New Cumnock corridor, the position will be reviewed. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk./webapp/wa.search.
