- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it would prefer to see an export trade in carcases rather than live animals.
Answer
Yes, we would prefer to see atrade in meat rather than live exports. This avoids long distance travel of liveanimals whilst ensuring better returns across the industry from added value product.However, we cannot place a unilateral ban on the export of live animals as thiswould be illegal under EU law.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans the First Minister has to visit East Ayrshire.
Answer
The First Minister currentlyhas plans to visit East Ayrshire on 23 January 2008.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans the First Minister has to visit the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley parliamentary constituency.
Answer
The First Minister currentlyhas no plans to visit Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley parliamentaryconstituency.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring will be in place to measure hospital delayed discharges in 2008-09.
Answer
Information on delayed dischargesis collected as a snapshot census on a quarterly basis by the Information ServicesDivision (ISD) of NHS Scotland. The census dates are on or around the 15 of January,April, July and October. The information is validated by ISD and published on thelast Tuesday of the month following the census date.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-7310 by Kenny MacAskill on 12 December 2007, how much funding has been allocated to each local authority under section 27(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
Answer
Under section 3(5) (e) of theManagement of Offenders etc (Scotland) Act 2005, Community Justice Authorities (CJAs)it is the responsibility of the individual CJAs to determine how section 27(A) 1grant is distributed to constituent local authorities to support area plans andpriorities.
The following breakdown includesthe indicative allocations issued by the Scottish Executive for the financial year2007-08 to support the specific programmes listed in the answer to question 12 December2007, S3W-7310. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search. | Community Justice Authority | £ |
| Tayside (includes Angus) | 29,563 |
| Glasgow | 32,623 |
| Lothian and Borders (includes Edinburgh and Midlothian) | 208,220 |
| Lanarkshire (includes North and South) | 104,393 |
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the review of the operation and management of the juror pool will be completed.
Answer
The Scottish Government is preparinga consultation paper on a range of juror issues which I hope to publish in latespring.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-7041 by Kenny MacAskill on 5 December 2007, how much funding has been drawn down by each local authority to cover the cost of providing support to victims of human trafficking.
Answer
No funding has so far been drawndown by any local authority to cover the cost of providing support to victims ofhuman trafficking.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 18 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6763 by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2007, how much of the (a) £3 billion for investment in infrastructure and (b) £115 million to be invested in schools has been allocated to South Ayrshire Council.
Answer
Allocations of capital resourcesreferred to in the answer to question S3W-6763 are set out in Annex I of FinanceCircular 6/2007, which can be found on the Scottish Government website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/local-government/17999/11203.The £115 million increase incapital funding available to local authorities in 2008-09 which is included withinthe total of £975 million for that year is not the subject of a separate allocation.Authorities can deploy this funding increase on schools, or other infrastructure,according to their local priorities.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 18 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6763 by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2007, what other sources of funding are available in order to allow local authorities to maximise their capital investment in schools.
Answer
Other sources of funding thatauthorities might access to contribute to a schools capital investment programmewill vary according to local circumstances. However, they could include, for example,contributions from developers, capital receipts from the disposal of assets, orextra monies raised through self‑financed borrowing.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 18 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6763 by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2007, how much of the (a) £3 billion for investment in infrastructure and (b) £115 million to be invested in schools has been allocated to East Ayrshire Council.
Answer
Allocations of capital resourcesreferred to in the answer to question S3W-6763 are set out in Annex I of FinanceCircular 6/2007, which can be found on the Scottish Government website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/local-government/17999/11203.The £115 million increase incapital funding available to local authorities in 2008-09 which is included withinthe total of £975 million for that year is not the subject of a separate allocation.Authorities can deploy this funding increase on schools, or other infrastructure,according to their local priorities.
