- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of older people in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area received intensive home care in each year since 1996.
Answer
The statistics requested are available from 1998 onwards, and are contained in the table:Table1: Percentage of People Aged 65 and Over Receiving Intensive Home Care
| Local Authority | Year |
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Argyll and Bute | 0.94% | 0.90% | 1.24% | 1.23% | 1.46% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1.59% | 1.67% | 1.63% | 1.72% | 1.85% |
Source: Home Care Statistical Return H1.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 12 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprenticeships have been taken up by residents of the (a) West Dunbartonshire and (b) Argyll and Bute local authority area in each year since 1999.
Answer
Eighty-eight residents of West Dunbartonshire took up a modern apprenticeship in 1999-2000; 141 in 2000-01; 262 in 2001-02 and 255 in 2002-03 (to end January 2003). The numbers for Argyll and Bute local authority area are not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEfm075/2002 on 28 October 2002, how its relocation policy review will be implemented.
Answer
The implementation of the new strand to the relocation policy will be taken forward in consultation with key public sector stakeholders.The Executive has written to bodies covered by the relocation policy requesting that they identify small units of work that could be successfully carried out in more remote areas, without compromising efficiency. Reviews will then be carried out on the most promising opportunities.More detailed aspects of how the scheme will operate have been discussed with Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and COSLA. The Executive will shortly be writing to all local authorities and local enterprise companies to alert them to the details.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has communicated with local authorities and local enterprise companies to identify suitable sites for any future public service job relocations.
Answer
The Executive wrote to all Scottish local authorities and Local Enterprise Companies on 16 December 2002 drawing attention to the new list of bodies, announced on 11 December 2002, about to conduct location reviews.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will prioritise public service job relocations to areas of economic and social disadvantage, given any impact that such relocations would have on the area.
Answer
A range of factors are considered in evaluating relocation reviews. These include costs, operational effectiveness, the position of staff and social, economic and environmental considerations.We will be providing further guidance on social and economic factors to make clear that there is a case for giving greater weight to factors such as unemployment and other indicators of deprivation in considering location reviews.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when a decision will be made on the relocation of sportscotland.
Answer
We are currently considering the report from the consultants commissioned by sportscotland to review their property portfolio as a whole. That will help inform our decision on the future location of sportscotland's headquarters which we expect to make by March.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when a decision will be made on the relocation of the Scottish Arts Council.
Answer
I expect that the Scottish Arts Council's report on future location will be with ministers by the end of this financial year. A decision will be made as soon as possible thereafter.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for current and planned relocation reviews as part of the public service job relocation policy.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32492 on 11 December 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has representation on the National Liaison Group for Credit Unions facilitated by the Unity Trust Bank and the Co-operative Bank and, if not, whether it will seek such representation.
Answer
The National Liaison Group for Credit Unions is an independent body set up by the credit union movement to discuss issues of common interest and to harmonise lobbying strategies on government policy that may impact credit unions. The Scottish Executive does not consider it appropriate for us to seek representation on such a group.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage provision of low cost insurance products for those on low incomes.
Answer
The Executive has been working closely with the insurance industry and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in recent months on the issue of flood cover. The Executive welcomes the statement from the ABI that its members will continue to provide flood insurance to homes and businesses on flood plains. The Executive looks forward to a positive and constructive relationship in the future so that affordable insurance remains widely available.
