- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-765 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007, when it now believes that the new community hospital in Girvan will be completed.
Answer
Work on the new community hospital should be completed at the end of October 2009.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it has set for products used in school meals in respect of meeting the standards of recognised organic schemes.
Answer
We have not set any targets for the use of products meeting the standards of recognised organic schemes in school meals. As of 4 August 2008, under the Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007, education authorities and managers of grant-aided schools will have a duty to have regard to guidance issued by Scottish ministers on the application of the principles of sustainable development when providing food or drink or catering services in schools.
The existing guidance, Integrating sustainable development into procurement of food and catering services, is available on the Scottish Government website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Procurement/PublicProcurement/ProcurementPolicy/coporate-responsibility/Integrationofsusdevinfood.
The guidance contains advice on various sustainable development issues, including organic food, and how to pursue these various issues whilst staying within EU procurement law. We are currently refreshing the guidance and intend to reissue it during the summer.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made for freight facilities grants since May 2007.
Answer
We have received a total of seven formal applications for freight facilities grant since May 2007.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding will be available for freight facilities grants in each of the next three years.
Answer
The budget to support the freight industry, including freight facilities grants, is £14.9 million in each of the next three years.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which projects have been funded by the reallocation of the Freight Facilities Grant of £5.2 million, originally awarded in January 2006 towards the construction of a new railhead at Barrhill, South Ayrshire.
Answer
At the time of the decision by JST Services to withdraw from the Barrhill project on 2 November 2007 the planned payment period of the grant covered three financial years: 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. The allocation of funds from within the Freight Facilities Grant budget will depend on the eligibility of current and future applications.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 8 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many affordable homes for sale will be built in the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley parliamentary constituency in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
Answer
Announcement of the 2008-09 affordable housing investment programme will be made shortly. Plans for 2009-10 and 2010-11 will be announced nearer the time.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase the amount of locally produced food in prisons.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service as a public body must comply with the European Union Procurement Rules - all SPS food supplies are purchased in accordance with these rules which do not permit any national or regional bias which would allow the SPS to specify locally produced food.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it estimates that students in (a) East Ayrshire and (b) South Ayrshire would pay under the proposed local income tax.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-12117 on 1 May 2008. 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.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many carers were receiving payments for kinship care on 24 April 2008, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals contacted the specialist information service for kinship carers between 4 December 2007 and 24 April 2008.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
