- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-34650 and S2W-1578 by Ms Margaret Curran on 26 March and 18 August 2003, when an announcement will now be made in relation to the #16 million funding for accelerating land renewal in Glasgow and North Lanarkshire, as referred to in Building Better Cities - Delivering Growth and Opportunities.
Answer
Detailed guidelines for theoperation of the vacant and derelict land fund are currently being developedthrough a local stakeholders group involving representatives from the localpartnerships (i.e. the local council, Communities Scotland and the localenterprise company) for the three areas covered by the fund. Each of the local partnerships will be invited tosubmit proposals under those guidelines and allocations will be made on thebasis of the appraisal of the proposals.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact assessments have been carried out on the impact on existing towns in Lanarkshire of the proposed development at the Ravenscraig site.
Answer
Retail impact assessmentswere carried out on behalf of the applicants for the redevelopment of theRavenscraig site and North Lanarkshire Council.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received in respect of the proposed development at the Ravenscraig site.
Answer
Representations received,and the Scottish ministers’ comments thereon, are summarised in the Annex tothe Scottish Executive’s letter of 24 November 2003, which announced the Scottish ministers’ decision to approve theAlteration to the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan relating toRavenscraig. A copy of that letter has been placed in the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered initiating a public inquiry in relation to the proposed development at the Ravenscraig site.
Answer
The Scottish ministersconsidered whether a public local inquiry would be appropriate to assess theproposals for the redevelopment of the former Ravenscraig Steelworks site, butconcluded that this was not necessary in this instance.
Accordingly, an Alterationto the Glasgow and the Clyde ValleyStructure Plan, which sets the strategic planning policy context for retaildevelopment within a new town centre at Ravenscraig, was approved by the Scottish ministers on 24 November.
The Scottish ministers also advisedNorth Lanarkshire Council, on 26 November, that they were free to deal with theplanning application for redevelopment of the former Ravenscraig steelworks siteas they saw fit. It is now for North Lanarkshire Council to decide whether togrant planning permission.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when the social justice annual report of 2003 will be published; how it will differ from the annual report of 2002, and what time period it will cover.
Answer
We will shortly publishupdated data on the social justice milestones. It will cover the period fromthe relevant baseline years to the most up-to-date data available.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 20 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33601 by Ms Margaret Curran on 11 February 2003, whether the Home Secretary has yet consulted it regarding the siting of accommodation centres in Scotland.
Answer
The Executive has not yetbeen consulted by the Home Secretary regarding the siting of an accommodationcentre on Scotland.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what projections have been made for each local authority with regard to the provision of respite care weeks.
Answer
No projections have beenissued for individual authorities. The new funding for respite under the homecare initiative is designed to achieve the equivalent of 22,000 extra weeksnationally. But that is not the only funding available to local authorities forthe provision of respite care. Individual authorities will assess projectedneeds locally as part of their service planning and development. Authoritieshave been required to set out in a Local Outcome Agreement the outcomes to bedelivered for their share of the home care initiative resources. We arecurrently reviewing draft agreements and information from these will not beavailable until next year.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what policy guidance it has produced for health and social care practitioners in respect of new rights for carers contained in the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
Comprehensive guidance (CCD2-2003)on the new carers’ measures introduced by the Community Care and Health (Scotland)Act 2002 was issued to local authorities, NHSScotland and the voluntary sectoron 31 March 2003. It is available on the SHOW website at thefollowing address:
www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/publications/cc2003-02full.pdf
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered, or will consider, ringfencing monies allocated by it to local authorities for the provision of respite care.
Answer
The Executive is committedto developing and expanding respite provision across Scotland. Todo that we have provided authorities with additional funding of £22 million overthe last three years over and above the resources already available to them.That extra funding is now at the level of £11 million per annum.
Authorities have theflexibility to decide how to use the total resources available to meet localneeds and priorities, including respite care. It was always our intention towork in partnership with individual authorities to deliver set outcomes for theextra resources for respite, and targets have been proposed by localauthorities in draft Local Outcome Agreements (LOAs). Similar agreements are beingpiloted across other areas of local government activity as a means of linkingnational priorities with local service delivery. This shift towards monitoring outcomesmeans that existing ring-fenced grants now account for a smaller share of thetotal funding available to local authorities. We need to see how LOAs work in practicebut ring-fencing remains an available option.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34658 by Mr Frank McAveety on 18 March 2003, whether the monies provided are expected to cover the costs of carers' assessments.
Answer
Advice on the use of resourcesprovided under the Carers Strategy was given to local authorities in a letterfrom the Scottish Executive dated 8 December 1999.The letter stressed that the new resources provided under the strategy were tobe used to create additional services for carers, including the provision ofshort break services. Most carers are assessed as part of a wider assessment of the cared for person, the costs of which are met from the general resourcesavailable to local authorities.
