- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 21 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what improvement schemes for the A70 (a) have been completed since 1999, (b) are under way or (c) are planned to commence by 2008-09, showing the actual or estimated (i) cost and (ii) commencement date of each scheme.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. The A70 is classified as a local road and the statutory responsibilityfor any improvements to the route would therefore fall to those local authoritiesthrough which the route runs.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 21 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it or Transport Scotland (a) have allocated or (b) are considering allocating to provide disabled access to the southbound platform at Lockerbie Station.
Answer
Transport Scotland awardedfunding of £750,000 to provide disabled access to and from both platforms at Lockerbiestation.
Transport Scotland is involvedin on-going discussions with Network Rail and Dumfries and Galloway Council tofully appraise the construction details and costs involved. Once this work has beenconcluded we will be in a position to advise on the way forward including fundingoptions.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it provided to NHS Dumfries and Galloway in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07 to recruit, retain and train NHS dentists.
Answer
A number of allowances are availablefor the recruitment, retention and training of NHS Dentists. Details of these allowancescan be found on the dental web pages on the Scottish Executive website. Paymentsin respect of 2004-05 for NHS Dumfries and Galloway can be found in the ScottishDental Practice Board (SDBP) Annual report 2004-05. The SDPB report for 2005-06has not yet been published and payment details for 2006-07 are not currently available.
Underthe Primary and Community care premises modernisation programme for 2006-07 and2007-08, NHS Dumfries and Galloway will receive £2.37 million towards a new dentalcentre in Dumfries which will include dental training facilities. £300,000of this sum has already been allocated in the current financial year.
The Executive has also assistedfinancially NHS Dumfries and Galloway with the recruitment of five dentists from Polandwho are now working in that area.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it provides to local authorities in respect of the issuing of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) to under 16-year-olds and whether it recommends that authorities try all other options before applying for ASBOs.
Answer
Scottish Executive guidanceon antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) published in October 2004 makes clearthat there are a wide range of interventions available to support young peopleand address troublesome behaviour before an application for an ASBO isconsidered. This guidance also states, however, that “there must be flexibilityto allow for use of an ASBO before the full range of options has been exhaustedwhere there is a pressing need to protect the community”.
The full guidance isavailable on our dedicated antisocial behaviour website:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Guidance%20on%20Antisocial%20Behaviour%20Orders.pdf.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has invested to provide broadband connectivity in Dumfries and Galloway.
Answer
The Executive has invested£16.5 million (including support from the European Regional Development Fund)implementing a Scotland-wide project which has delivered broadband access forevery Scottish community. A separate figurefor broadband investment under this project in Dumfries and Galloway isnot available but investment in the South of Scotland amounts to at least £2.5million.
In addition, the Executiveis investing up to £27 million in the South of Scotland to provide broadbandconnectivity to public sector sites as part of the Pathfinder project.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people in Dumfries and Galloway were in receipt of Education Maintenance Allowance in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06.
Answer
607 young people received EducationMaintenance Allowances in Dumfries and Galloway in 2004-05 – 157 at college and 450 at school.Statistics for 2005-06 will be published in November.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students domiciled in Dumfries and Galloway have been in receipt of mature students’ bursaries in each year since 2001.
Answer
The mature students’ bursarywas discontinued for all new students from academic year 1995-96 onwards. Inorder to receive this bursary students had to satisfy eligibility in 1994-95and be in continuing education subsequently.
No students from Dumfries and Galloway receiveda mature students’ bursary from academic year 2001-02 onwards.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students domiciled in Dumfries and Galloway have been in receipt of young students’ bursaries in each year since 2001.
Answer
The following tablehighlights the number of young students’ bursary (YSB) recipients who weredomiciled in the Dumfries and Galloway council area since academic year 2001-02:
| Academic Year | All Students Receiving Young Students’ Bursary (YSB) | Number of YSB Recipients from Dumfries and Galloway Council Area |
| 2001-02 | 13,235 | 345 |
| 2002-03 | 21,870 | 600 |
| 2003-04 | 27,855 | 790 |
| 2004-05 | 31,500 | 825 |
| 2005-06 | 35,105 | 910 |
Source: Student AwardsAgency for Scotland (SAAS), Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of recorded crimes were cleared up by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary in 2005-06.
Answer
Information on the percentageof crimes cleared up by the Scottish police forces is given in table 5 of the statisticalbulletin Recorded Crime in Scotland 2005-06, copies of which are availablein the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 40365).
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been made available, or committed, to provide affordable housing in Dumfries and Galloway since 1999.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
Funding made available throughCommunities Scotland and its predecessor body, Scottish Homes, to provide affordablehousing in Dumfries and Galloway since 1999 is as follows:
| Year | £ Million |
| 1999-2000 | 2.986 |
| 2000-01 | 4.874 |
| 2001-02 | 4.349 |
| 2002-03 | 4.276 |
| 2003-04 | 5.718 |
| 2004-05 | 8.379 |
| 2005-06 | 10.447 |
| 2006-07 | 11.267 |
| Total | 41.029 |
The 2006-07 figure is an estimate.All other figures reflect actual out-turn.
