- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 30 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what guarantees it has received from the Home Office regarding the education and social contact of children detained at Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre.
Answer
Home Office ministers have givena commitment to discuss with the Scottish Executive how the recommendations in theHM Chief Inspector of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Education reports can be takenforward.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Refugee Integration Forum last met and when it will next meet.
Answer
The Scottish Refugee IntegrationForum was stood down following the publication of its Action Plan in February 2002.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1921 by Peter Peacock on 5 September 2003, what provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 have been disapplied by UK legislation.
Answer
Nationality, immigrationand asylum are matters for the Home Office. In respect of asylum seekers, the child welfare provisions at section 22 of the Children(Scotland) Act 1995 are disapplied where the provisions in section 122 of the Immigrationand Asylum Act 1999 apply.
- 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 Euan Robson on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement the Social Work Services Inspectorate has had, and continues to have, with Dungavel House immigration removal centre.
Answer
The Social Work Services Inspectoratehas had no involvement with Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre, nor any involvementat present.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what respite care is available for adults with learning difficulties.
Answer
There were 302 respite placesin residential care homes for adults with learning disabilities at 31 March 2002. During2001-02, there were 12,123 short-stay admissions to residential care homes for adultswith learning disabilities.
Information on other types ofrespite is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many respite care places are available for adults with learning difficulties in each local authority area.
Answer
The following table shows thenumber of registered residential care respite places in residential care homes foradults with learning disabilities; in the local authority, private andvoluntary sectors. (The figures do not include places within the new SupportingPeople arrangements. Nor is there information available on the number of placeswithin private nursing homes). Homes which do not register respite places may stillaccept short-stay or respite residents.
Number of Residential Care HomeRespite Places, by Local Authority Area, 2002
| Local Authority Area | Residential Home Respite Places |
| Aberdeen City | 16 |
| Aberdeenshire | 20 |
| Angus | 4 |
| Argyll and Bute | 5 |
| Clackmannanshire | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 8 |
| Dundee City | 5 |
| East Ayrshire | 15 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1 |
| East Lothian | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 36 |
| Eileanan Siar | 3 |
| Falkirk | 3 |
| Fife | 12 |
| Glasgow, City of | 52 |
| Highland | 11 |
| Inverclyde | 13 |
| Midlothian | 0 |
| Moray | 5 |
| North Ayrshire | 9 |
| North Lanarkshire | 33 |
| Orkney Islands | 3 |
| Perthshire and Kinross | 4 |
| Renfrewshire | 11 |
| Scottish Borders | 5 |
| Shetland Islands | 5 |
| South Ayrshire | 7 |
| South Lanarkshire | 3 |
| Stirling | 5 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 3 |
| West Lothian | 3 |
| Scotland | 302 |
Source: Scottish Executive R1 Return.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken any autonomous liberalisation measures to facilitate Her Majesty's Government negotiations on further liberalisation under the General Agreement on Trade in Services.
Answer
The regulation of internationaltrade is a reserved matter. However, the Scottish Executive continues to be in regular contactwith the Department of Trade and Industry and other government departments on tradeissues, including the General Agreement on Trade in Services negotiations, to ensurethat Scottish interests are fully taken account of.
The Scottish Executive has not undertaken any autonomous liberalisation measures to facilitateHer Majesty’s Government negotiations on further liberalisation under the GeneralAgreement on Trade in Services.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the current round of negotiations on environmental services under the General Agreement on Trade in Services will have on public services if the United States of America's proposal to liberalise sewage, refuse, sanitation and similar services and, in particular, the proposed extension of environmental services in that proposal to include construction, engineering, consulting, advertising, and business and professional services as environmental services, is accepted.
Answer
The regulation of internationaltrade is a reserved matter. However, the Scottish Executive continues to be in regular contactwith the Department of Trade and Industry and other government departments on tradeissues, including the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations,to ensure that Scottish interests are fully taken account of.
The purpose of the GATS negotiationsis to obtain further binding non-discriminatory market access for service suppliersin those sectors and to such extent that governments see benefit from internationalcompetition. Nothing in the GATS can force a country to privatise. World TradeOrganization members choose in which sectors and to what extent they want to makecommitments. Public services are in any event excluded from the scope of GATS.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students on Erasmus programmes at Scottish universities receive exemption from tuition fees.
Answer
For the academic year 2001-02, approximately 2,130 students on Erasmus programmes attended Scottish higher education institutions. It is a condition of the Erasmus programme that, where students are studying on courses which last for a full academic year (nine months or more), no tuition fees are charged by the host institution. This condition applies to all participating institutions.
Source: Statistics provided by UK Socrates Erasmus council
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1582 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 August 2003, whether it has taken its own legal advice on the legal implications of the BetterCare Group Ltd ruling on the impact and operation of the General Agreement on Trade in Services and what the reasons for its position on the matter are.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not taken legal advice on the legal implications of the BetterCare GroupLtd ruling on the impact and operation of the General Agreement on Trade in Services(GATS). The regulation of international trade is a reserved matter and as such theUKGovernment take the lead on issues relating to the GATS. However, Scottish Executive officials maintain regular contact with DTI officials regarding trade issues,including the GATS, and how it may impact on the Executive’s responsibilities.
