- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses in (a) South and (b) East Ayrshire will be eligible for the small business bonus scheme in 2010-11.
Answer
Following the 2010 business rates revaluation, the number of properties potentially eligible for small business bonus scheme across Scotland has increased by 12%, from 102,000 in 2009-10 to 114,600 in 2010-11.
The actual take-up for 2010-11 will be published in 2011, including a breakdown by local authority area.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to change how (a) local authorities and (b) NHS boards are permitted to use capital receipts from the sale of buildings.
Answer
There are no plans to change how local authorities are permitted to use capital receipts from the sale of buildings.
Capital receipts that have been already identified in financial plans as being required to support projects with an approved Outline Business Case will be retained by NHS boards.
For capital proceeds not identified within existing financial plans, Chief Executive Letter CEL 32 (2010) advised that, with effect from 2011-2012, the capital element of would be pooled centrally to support the overall NHSScotland capital programme. The revenue element of sale proceeds, ie the profit or loss on the disposal, will be retained by the relevant NHS board.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to change the way in which (a) local authorities and (b) NHS boards are able to dispose of buildings.
Answer
New regulations on local authority disposal of land (including buildings) came into force on 1 June 2010. A copy of the regulations can be found on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/26124543/5.
There are no plans to change the way in which NHS boards are able to dispose of buildings.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses in (a) South and (b) East Ayrshire received funding from the small business bonus scheme in 2009-10.
Answer
The number of recipients and the average savings in 2009-10 for the small business bonus scheme were published on 23 August 2010 and 15 September 2010 respectively.
In East Ayrshire, 1,341 properties were in receipt of the small business bonus scheme, each saving an average of £1,566.
In South Ayrshire 1,848 properties were in receipt of the small business bonus scheme, each saving an average of £1,404.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the needs of former industrial and coalfield areas in drawing up its budget.
Answer
The Scottish Government is utilising all available information at its disposal in drawing up its draft budget and has taken forward extensive consultations with delivery partners and communities across Scotland, building on the work carried out by the Independent Budget Review. The position of the needs of former industrial and coalfield areas will be considered in this context.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 8 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-36991 by Alex Neil on 27 October 2010, whether it plans to collect information centrally on how many homes have residual current devices and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
Answer
The content of the Scottish House Condition Survey, which would be the most appropriate source for collecting information on residual current devices, is regularly reviewed. The next scheduled review of data collected by the Scottish House Condition Survey will be in 2011 for introduction in 2012. The inclusion of questions on residual current devices will be considered as part of this review.
The need for questions on residual current devices will have to be balanced against the cost of collecting more data or by the loss of other questions.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 8 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people qualified for an educational maintenance allowance in the academic year 2009-10 in (a) South Ayrshire and (b) East Ayrshire.
Answer
Information on the number of students on the educational maintenance allowance scheme in the 2009-10 academic year will be published by the Scottish Government on 15 December 2010.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for the Scottish Driving Assessment Service.
Answer
The Scottish Driving Assessment Service holds clinics at its base, the South East Mobility and Rehabilitation (SMART) Centre in Edinburgh, and also, using a mobile unit, at six locations across Scotland - Aberdeen, Dumfries, Dundee, Inverness, Irvine and Paisley.
The average waiting times for assessment at each location are as follows:
Edinburgh: 26 weeks
Aberdeen: 32 weeks
Dumfries: 34 weeks
Dundee: 23 weeks
Inverness: 29 weeks
Irvine: 24 weeks
Paisley: 27 weeks
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals have been made to the Scottish Driving Assessment Service in each of the last five years.
Answer
The number of referrals made to the Scottish Driving Assessment Service in each of the last five years is as follows:
2005-06: 1,250
2006-07: 1,269
2007-08: 1,292
2008-09: 1,274
2009-10: 1,285
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been provided to the Scottish Driving Assessment Service in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Driving Assessment Service is part funded by NHS Lothian. Match funding has been provided in each of the last five years by the (then) Scottish Government Transport Directorate. This is as follows:
2006-07: £79,000.00
2007-08: £90,857.14
2008-09: £96,857.14
2009-10: £96,857.14
2010-11: £96,857.14
