- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it, and the former Scottish Office, have allocated to travelling theatre companies in each financial year since 1995-96, broken down by company.
Answer
I have asked Graham Berry,Director of the Scottish Arts Council to respond. His response is as follows:
The information requested isprovided in the document Scottish Arts Council Grants Awarded to TravellingTheatre Companies 1995 – 2004, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 30515).
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have submitted a local housing strategy.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Acting Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to reply. Her response is as follows:
To date, eight localauthorities have submitted a local housing strategy. These are:
City of EdinburghCouncil
East Lothian Council
Glasgow City Council
Highland Council
Midlothian Council
North Lanarkshire Council
South Ayrshire Council
West Lothian Council.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what sanctions will be applied against local authorities that submit inaccurate figures for housing need.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Acting Chief Executive, of Communities Scotland to reply. Her response is as follows:
Section 89 of the Housing (Scotland)Act 2001 provides for local authorities to undertake an assessment of housingneed as part of their local housing strategies. While the quality of thehousing needs assessment is considered by Communities Scotland as part of theassessment of the strategies, there is no statutory approval process andconsequently no provision for any statutory sanctions. Where a housing needsassessment, or local housing strategy, does not meet Communities Scotland’sassessment criteria we will work with the individual local authority to promotecontinuous improvement.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to consult housing associations directly on housing need.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Acting Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to reply. Her response is as follows.
Section 89 of the Housing (Scotland)Act 2001 provides for local authorities to undertake an assessment of housingneed as part of their local housing strategies. Guidance produced to assistlocal authorities in the development of their local housing strategieshighlights registered social landlords as key partners in this process.Furthermore, associated guidance on housing needs assessment identifies therecord systems maintained by all social landlords as playing an important rolein needs assessment.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that its obligations to the children of asylum seekers evicted from local authority accommodation are met.
Answer
Issues relating to thesupport for asylum seekers are a matter for the Home Office. However, Iunderstand that asylum seekers with children are not being evicted from their NationalAsylum Support Service accommodation.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that asylum seekers evicted from local authority accommodation under asylum legislation do not become roofless.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3209 on 9 December 2003.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: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it is providing to help asylum seekers evicted from local authority accommodation under asylum legislation.
Answer
Issues relating to supportfor asylum seekers are the responsibility of the Home Office. Failed asylumseekers evicted from their National Asylum Support Service accommodation arenot eligible to receive support under asylum legislation.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether asylum seekers evicted from local authority accommodation are removed from the responsibility of local authorities, under section 122(5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
Answer
This issue of support forasylum seekers is a matter for the Home Office. However, I understand that section122(5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 relates to support for childrenof asylum seekers. Families with children and people with special needs are notbeing evicted from their National Asylum Support Service accommodation and theissue of local authority responsibility does not arise.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will rehouse asylum seekers evicted from local authority accommodation under asylum legislation.
Answer
Issues relating to supportfor asylum seekers are the responsibility of the Home Office. Failed asylumseekers are not eligible for assistance under the homelessness legislation.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many asylum seekers have been evicted from local authority accommodation in each of the last two years.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
