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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-10190

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Schools and Skills since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10196

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10182

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken by the First Minister within Scotland since 16 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10188

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10192

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Public Health since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10183

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10189

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Children and Early Years since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-09375

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the National Priorities Action Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The information requested is contained in the following table:

Authority	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Aberdeen City Council	£6,724,874	£8,171,985	£8,699,155
Aberdeenshire Council	£9,341,104	£11,392,462	£11,970,117
Angus Council	£4,143,496	£5,089,020	£5,416,123
Argyll and Bute Council	£3,464,941	£4,364,095	£4,544,063
Clackmannanshire Council	£1,872,114	£2,338,655	£2,550,679
Dumfries and Galloway Council	£5,743,712	£7,032,691	£7,391,548
Dundee City Council	£5,213,059	£6,517,349	£7,154,050
East Ayrshire Council	£4,602,093	£5,865,079	£6,360,808
East Dunbartonshire Council	£4,532,491	£5,530,732	£5,952,346
East Lothian Council	£3,363,034	£4,149,291	£4,425,429
East Renfrewshire Council	£3,888,425	£4,819,270	£5,231,590
City of Edinburgh Council	£12,691,895	£15,664,462	£16,819,879
Eilean Siar	£1,549,769	£1,952,868	£2,082,092
Falkirk Council	£5,324,383	£6,581,582	£7,049,833
Fife Council	£13,056,953	£16,054,973	£17,109,146
Glasgow City Council	£19,952,134	£25,666,207	£28,571,755
Highland Council	£9,144,415	£11,173,017	£11,678,738
Inverclyde Council	£3,277,748	£4,089,428	£4,493,575
Midlothian Council	£3,274,134	£4,025,077	£4,283,536
Moray Council	£3,378,185	£4,141,421	£4,412,208
North Ayrshire Council	£5,463,972	£6,776,380	£7,330,931
North Lanarkshire Council	£13,378,733	£16,552,596	£17,980,240
Orkney Islands Council	£1,114,068	£1,403,967	£1,530,922
Perth and Kinross Council	£4,812,129	£5,876,373	£6,203,320
Renfrewshire Council	£6,930,017	£8,509,134	£9,206,904
Scottish Borders Council	£4,063,718	£5,062,866	£5,353,291
Shetland Islands Council	£1,352,993	£1,720,562	£1,851,048
South Ayrshire Council	£4,284,834	£5,207,561	£5,576,504
South Lanarkshire Council	£12,000,582	£14,691,476	£15,790,442
Stirling Council	£3,371,975	£4,139,892	£4,432,161
West Dunbartonshire Council	£3,907,120	£4,865,319	£5,314,614
West Lothian Council	£6,124,581	£7,556,582	£8,060,761
Totals	£191,343,680	£236,982,367	£254,827,808

Question reference: S3W-10181

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances managers of residential care homes may refuse entry to visitors who have been invited by the families of individual residents who are incapable of making the request themselves.

Question reference: S3W-10180

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances managers of residential care homes may refuse entry to visitors who have been invited by individual residents.

Each care home will have its own set of rules for the day-to-day running of the home. The National Care Standards - Care Homes for Older People require care home providers to ensure that residents and their representatives are aware of the rules before taking up residence in the home. Residents must also be advised of their rights and responsibilities whilst living in the home. Care Home providers are also required to have proper systems in place to protect residents. These should include a system whereby visitors obtain permission prior to entering the home.

For an adult with a mental incapacity, account should be taken of the views of anyone with formal powers to take decisions about the person's welfare. All decisions taken on behalf of a person with impaired capacity must reflect the principles set out in the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, including to ensure that each decision will benefit the adult and takes account of the views of others with an interest in his or her welfare.

There may be occasions when care home managers refuse to allow visitors entry to the home. This could be in response to the wishes of residents and their families or for reasons of safety.

Care homes are regulated by the Care Commission, which takes the National Care Standards into account in carrying out its regulatory role.