- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 26 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is being paid by each of the co-funders to the rescue package on offer to Hampden Football Stadium, and to provide details of any conditions relating to the current or future operational arrangements which have been attached to the rescue package.
Answer
I refer the Member to S1W-1960
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 26 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish interim and full reports from the consultants employed by the co-funders of Hampden Football Stadium's redevelopment.
Answer
No. The consultants' reports contain commercially sensitive material. It would not be appropriate to publish them.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 26 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the operation of Hampden Football Stadium is now financially and managerially secure.
Answer
The £4.4m rescue package recently announced means that the future for Hampden Park now looks much more secure. The Scottish Executive is contributing £2m, the Millenium Commission £1.2m, the Glasgow Development Agency and sportscotland £500,000 each and the City of Glasgow £200,000. The package is subject to assurances as to the future management of the project and a viable business plan for the stadium. I shall make a fuller statement to the Parliament in due course.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 30 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive why a decision on the award of a contract to provide a training programme for social work residential workers was delayed from August to October of this year.
Answer
The contract to provide a training programme for residential child care staff requires that the successful bidder provides or facilitates a full range of education and training for all residential child care staff, including induction, vocational and professional education and training. Children in residential child care are among the most vulnerable children who are being looked after. It is imperative that the education and training for staff to serve this group of children have the best education and training that is available. This has not hitherto been the case. In view of the complexity of the task required of the successful contractor and the need to ensure that the right decision is made it has been necessary to delay the award of the contract until October.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it is giving to Scottish League football clubs to build new or redevelop existing stadia.
Answer
Assistance is available from the Football Trust and sportscotland for work to meet Taylor Report and other essential safety requirements. Some £1.1million is available for such projects in the current financial year.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it is giving to Scottish League football clubs to build new or redevelop existing stadia.
Answer
Assistance is available from the Football Trust and sportscotland for work to meet Taylor Report and other essential safety requirements. Some £1.1million is available for such projects in the current financial year.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive further to the answer to the question S1W-759 by Susan Deacon on 23 August 1999, how it will ensure that the maximum waiting time guarantees correlate with the actual waiting times for outpatient appointments.
Answer
The local waiting time guarantees for a first outpatient appointment following General Medical Practitioner/General Dental Practitioner referral are set and monitored by Health Boards taking account of local needs.The Scottish Executive is committed to set and monitor targets to speed treatment and shorten waiting times. We plan to ensure that this commitment extends to outpatients as well as inpatient and day case treatment and we will consult widely before targets are set. These targets will be closely monitored and will be published.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Donald Dewar on 30 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any changes in the remit and title of any of its members, since its establishment and the reasons for any such changes.
Answer
There have been no changes of material significance. Such changes as have been made have been for clarity and administrative efficiency.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 23 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-415 by Susan Deacon on 20 July, whether the current local outpatient waiting time guarantees for a first outpatient appointment following a general medical practitioner referral, are minimum, maximum or average times.
Answer
The local waiting time guarantees for a first outpatient appointment are the maximum length of time that a patient should expect to wait for an appointment with a Consultant following referral by a General Medical Practitioner.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 10 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive further to the answer to question S1W-355 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 15 July, by what date will all primary and secondary schools have access to the internet.
Answer
The Government's target date for connecting all schools to the Internet is 2002. The Schools Census in September 1999 will provide updated figures for connections to the Internet.
