- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken as a result of the publication of the concluding observations on Her Majesty's Government's second report produced by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, and in particular, to ensure that there is an immediate public information campaign on positive, non-violent discipline.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32859 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 8 January 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, with regard to point 7 of the action plan in the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body language policy, whether it is now policy to respond to letters in the language in which they were written and, if so, whether there are any exceptions to doing so and under what circumstances any such exceptions occur.
Answer
The Scottish Parliament welcomes correspondence in any language. The SPCB has decided that when it wishes to reply to correspondence it will normally reply in the language used by the correspondent. When the correspondent uses Scots, the SPCB policy is to reply in English, as this constitutes no barrier to communication and facilitates best use of resources.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 8 January 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, with regard to point 7 of the action plan in the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) language policy, why letters received by the SPCB in Scots have been replied to in English.
Answer
The Scottish Parliament welcomes correspondence in any language. The SPCB has decided that when it wishes to reply to correspondence it will normally reply in the language used by the correspondent. When the correspondent uses Scots, the SPCB policy is to reply in English, as this constitutes no barrier to communication and facilitates best use of resources.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 8 January 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, with regard to point 7 of the action plan in the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) language policy, what translation facilities are available to the SPCB to enable responses in Scots.
Answer
Further to the answers given to questions S1W-32558 and S1W-32559 today, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has no contracted services to enable responses in Scots to be produced. As the member knows, the SPCB has approved the funding necessary to translate her report on Scotland's languages into Scots as well as Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gaelic, Punjabi and Urdu. She will also be aware of the extra-contractual arrangements being made to produce the Scots version of that report.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authority residential care places there currently are for children.
Answer
The number of residential childcare places at 31 March 2001 is given, along with a range of other statistics in the publication Children in Residential Accommodation 2000-2001 available from the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 24055).
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many foster placements on average children in foster care have during their time in foster care.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether relatives that act as foster carers are entitled to receive any foster care benefits.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31686 on 28 November 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any record of the number of occasions on which the outcome of a children's hearing as decided by a children's panel cannot be implemented due to lack of resources.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31723 on 28 November 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average rate of pay is for foster carers and whether there are any plans to implement a national pay scale for such carers.
Answer
We do not hold information on payments to foster carers centrally. Rates of pay for foster carers are decided by local authorities based on the needs of the individual child. There are no plans at present to implement a national pay scale for foster carers.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children's panel members' associations there are and what the role of such associations is in the children's hearing system.
Answer
There is only one national association for panel members, the Scottish Association of Children's Panels. Membership is open to all panel members. The role of the association is to:(a) promote the effectiveness of children's hearings;(b) provide a means of communication between children's panels, local and national bodies and the public;(c) present the views and needs of panel members on training and other competent matters to the appropriate bodies;(d) organise and promote conferences of panel members throughout Scotland;(e) provide a forum for the exchange of views and experience, and(f) to promote a better understanding of the role of children's panels.
