- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive who reviews the positioning of fixed speed cameras and how often such reviews take place.
Answer
Each local Safety Camera Partnershipis responsible for reviewing its use of fixed and mobile speed cameras, within therules of the Scottish Safety Camera programme. The monitoring process is continuous,but it is formalised on an annual basis during the preparation of the partnership’soperational case for the year ahead.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are on waiting lists for assessments for community care services, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were on waiting lists for assessments for aids and adaptations on 1 April in each of the last five years.
Answer
Information on waiting listsfor aids and adaptations is not held centrally. However, the Executive is currentlyconsidering the future collection of this information.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently on waiting lists for aids and adaptations, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information about waiting listsfor aids and adaptations is not held centrally. However, the Executive is currentlyconsidering the future collection of this information.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are on waiting lists for bathing and showering services, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on waiting listsfor bathing and showering services is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to improve road safety.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is addressing road safety through a wide variety of measures which involvevery substantial engineering, enforcement and education initiatives.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S1W-28460 and S1W-28894 by Mr Jim Wallace on 11 September 2002, whether it will consider funding the building of a joint courthouse and police station in Peebles in light of the current police stations not complying with the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Answer
Responsibility for such a developmentlies with the Scottish Borders Council, the Scottish Court Service and Lothianand Borders Police, each of which has a capital budget to deploy in accordance withits own priorities.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders regarding the provision of court services in Peebles and the time taken to resolve the situation.
Answer
None. However, the Scottish CourtService, which has operational responsibility for courthouses, has kept the SheriffPrincipal of Lothian and Borders fully advised of its discussions with the ScottishBorders Council on providing court services from an alternative location in Peeblesand the reasons for the delay in concluding these.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received representations from Lothian and Borders Police regarding the funding of any development of a joint courthouse and police station in Peebles.
Answer
Lothian and Borders Police werein contact with the Executive in 2002 about the possibility of exceptional additionalfunding for a joint proposal.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-776 and S1W-30468 by Cathy Jamieson on 23 June 2003 and Mr Jim Wallace on 10 October 2002, what the reasons are for delay in issuing the consultation paper on the future of Peebles Sheriff Court following the feasibility study on the refurbishment being issued to interested parties.
Answer
It would not have been appropriateto issue a consultation paper on the closure of Peebles Sheriff Court and the transferof business to another court, while discussions were continuing on the potentialto deliver court services from another building in Peebles.
The detailed discussions betweenthe Scottish Court Service and the Scottish Borders Council on the use ofcouncil buildings at Rosetta Road for court hearings has resulted in an outlineagreement which will be submitted to elected members for their approval.
If the council’s approval isgiven it will no longer be necessary to transfer the court business from Peeblesand the consultation process previously envisaged would no longer be required. However,it would remain the intention of the Scottish Court Service to involve local interestedparties in discussion on the delivery of court services from the Rosetta Roadbuilding.
