- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 18 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21089 by Iain Gray on 3 January 2001, when the membership of the Scottish Refugee Integration Forum will be agreed; when the forum will be launched, and when the research commissioned on the impact of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 will be published.
Answer
The first meeting of the Scottish Refugee Integration Forum will take place on 21 January 2002.The members for the Scottish Refugee Integration Forum will be:Sally Daghlian - Chief Executive of the Scottish Refugee CouncilProfessor David Walsh - Dean of Health Faculty for Glasgow Caledonian University and Chair of National Refugee ForumKathleen Bolt - Principal Legal Officer for Commission for Racial EqualityKen Corsar - Director of Education Service, Glasgow City CouncilMs Linda McTavish - Principal of Anniesland CollegeBrian Dempsey - Board Member of Scottish Business in the Community Philippa Bonella - Policy Officer for Scottish Council for Voluntary OrganisationsMs Kaliani Lyle - Chief Executive of Citizens Advice ScotlandPat Bonar - Vice Chair Castlemilk Law Centre, Board Member of Positive Action in HousingRobert Aldridge - Director of Scottish Council for Single HomelessMark Batho - Head of Social Justice Group, Scottish Executive DevelopmentRachael Reynolds - Deputy Director of Immigration and Nationality Department, Home OfficeOther members are still to be confirmed. Nominations from COSLA, Scottish Interfaith Council, ACTS, and Scottish Asylum Seekers Consortium are awaited.
The research on the impact of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is now under way and will be published in autumn 2002.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 17 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has agreed to write off the capital housing debt of each local authority actively considering whole stock transfer.
Answer
The Executive has given a commitment that, subject to value for money considerations, resources will be made available to tackle the outstanding HRA debt of those authorities who undertake whole stock transfers.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the improvement of the school experience for pupils is a priority for Scottish ministers and what support it has given to local authorities to safeguard the pay and working conditions of Education Advisers to achieve this.
Answer
The improvement of the school experience for pupils is a high priority for Scottish ministers. The pay and conditions of service for education advisers is currently under review by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) Psychologists and Advisers Working Group. They expect to make recommendations to the full SNCT in the New Year.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is its policy that education advisers working for local authorities should receive salary increments and enhancements in line with those awarded to teachers.
Answer
The pay and conditions of service for education advisers is currently under review by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) Psychologists and Advisers working group. They expect to make recommendations to the full SNCT early in the New Year.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any circumstances in which education advisers employed by local authorities should be paid substantially less than the senior school managers and principal teachers whom they support and advise.
Answer
The pay and conditions of service for education advisers is currently under review by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) Psychologists and Advisers Working Group. They expect to make recommendations to the full SNCT early in the New Year.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued to local authorities regarding pay and conditions of education advisers employed by them.
Answer
Guidance has not been given to local authorities as the pay and conditions of service for education advisers is currently under review by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) Psychologists and Advisers working group. They expect to make recommendations to the full SNCT early in the New Year.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what explanation it has received from Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust on the reasons for the incidence of senior management departures, following the recent resignations of the Trust's Directors of Nursing, Planning and Estates and the Medical Director in the past two months, and what plans it has to meet the trust to ensure that appropriate primary care services are being delivered throughout the Trust area.
Answer
These are matters for the trust. I understand from the trust that the departures are unrelated; appointments have already been made to two of the posts mentioned and an appointment to the post of Medical Director will be made as soon as possible.It is for the trust to ensure that high quality primary care services continue to be available for the people of Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scots law allows or prohibits the practice of fingerprinting and/or photographic records being taken of visitors to penal establishments.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:SPS have a legal duty to keep in custody prisoners who have been committed to prison by the courts. The Visitor Identity Systems described in the answer to question S1W-20062, have been introduced in implement of that legal duty, as a security measure to prevent prisoners from leaving the prison disguised as visitors and to help enforce the power contained in the 1994 Prison Rules, by ensuring that persons who have been prohibited from visiting are prevented from entering the prison.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether prison visitors to establishments run by the Scottish Prison Service are subject to fingerprinting and/or photographic records being taken.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:To improve security and speed up entry at Barlinnie and Edinburgh a Visitor Identity System is in place which involves taking an electronically scanned image of a visitor's right index finger and a digital image of their face.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the practice of fingerprinting and/or photographic records being taken of visitors to penal establishments complies with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:SPS considers that the Visitor Identity Systems described in answer to question S1W-20062 do not breach the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights.
