- 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 Stewart Stevenson on 2 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the £5.2 million Freight Facilities Grant for a railhead at Barrhill, South Ayrshire, announced in January 2006, has been utilised.
Answer
Once JST Services withdrew their application for Freight Facilities Grant the funding allocated to the Barrhill project reverted to the national freight grant budget.
- 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 Stewart Maxwell on 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average rent rise will be for housing association tenants in (a) South Ayrshire and (b) East Ayrshire as a result of reductions in support for housing associations.
Answer
Recent proposals for change to the standard assumptions and allowances used when calculating subsidy reflect the actual performance reported by associations, which includes rent increases. Rent levels are a matter for individual associations to agree in consultation with their tenants.
- 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 Fiona Hyslop on 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the draft single outcome agreement from South Ayrshire Council specifies how many P1 to P3 classes in South Ayrshire will be reduced to 18 in each of the next three years and, if so, what the details are in the agreement.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-12268 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 Maureen Watt on 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the draft single outcome agreements it has received from (a) East Ayrshire and (b) South Ayrshire councils detail how two hours of PE per week will be delivered for every pupil in those areas.
Answer
All 32 local authorities in Scotland have submitted draft single outcome agreements (SOAs) that set out how they will contribute to the agreed national outcomes in relation to education provision. Those drafts are currently the subject of discussion. We aim to complete the process of finalising all the agreements for 2008-09 by 30 June. Subject to agreement with the authorities, all the finalised SOAs will be made publicly available shortly thereafter.
- 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 Maureen Watt on 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding will be provided to (a) South Ayrshire and (b) East Ayrshire councils to enable them to deliver two hours of PE per week to every pupil.
Answer
The intention of the new relationship with local government is to move away from ring fenced funding. The settlement for each local authority is intended as a single budget which provides authorities with the flexibility to reach decisions on where money should be spent to achieve agreed outcomes.
Since local authorities have committed to developing and delivering curriculum for excellence we expect schools to continue to regard working towards the provision of two hours PE as a priority.
- 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 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding will be allocated to East Ayrshire Council in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011 for the building of council houses.
Answer
Decisions on how funding will be allocated over the next three years to incentivise new council house building will be reached following discussions with our partners in local government.
- 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 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many council houses will be built in South Ayrshire in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
Answer
It is for South Ayrshire Council to decide on the number of council houses it will build within its area for 2009, 2010 and 2011.
- 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 Maureen Watt on 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new schools, other than those already under construction, will be built in East Ayrshire in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011.
Answer
Local authorities are responsible for decisions on capital investment in school buildings. Accordingly, detailed questions about annual future plans for school building work in East Ayrshire are for the council.
- 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 1 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes for rent will be built by housing associations in South Ayrshire in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-12196 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.
