- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any necessary legislation to provide for a new railway station in the village of Blackridge can be enacted in time to enable building work to be carried out at the same time as the new Airdrie to Bathgate rail line is being constructed.
Answer
Transport Scotland arestill in discussions with West Lothian Council about the most appropriate powersto use to take forward the building of the station at Blackridge.
It is the intention that thiswould be pursued in time to allow for the station to be constructed at the sametime as the new Airdrie to Bathgate rail line.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money it will commit to ensure that a railway station is built in the village of Blackridge on the new Airdrie to Bathgate rail line.
Answer
There is no additional funding for the provision of a station at Blackridge. Funding for the station will have to be met by savings in the current budget or through third party contributions, which may include contributions from property developers.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will bring forward legislation to provide for a railway station in the village of Blackridge on the new Airdrie to Bathgate rail line.
Answer
Transport Scotland arecurrently in discussions with West Lothian Council about the most appropriate powersto take forward the provision of a station at Blackridge.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 24 May 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue to support the pilot areas such as Bathgate, identified under the Business Improvement Districts project and, if so, how such support will be provided.
Answer
For 2007-08, the Executive hasallocated £543,000 to support Business Improvement District (BID) pilots (includingBathgate); to meet the salary and other costs of the BIDs Project Director, andto fund marketing and publicity costs.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 22 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance is being provided to those not in employment, education or training in the Linlithgow parliamentary constituency.
Answer
Those not in employment, educationor training (NEET) in Linlithgow receive help from a range of delivery partnersincluding education, social work, health, careers advice, training, further education,community learning, youth work and wider voluntary services. We have asked localpartnerships to address how their mainstream resources could be used more effectivelyto prevent and reduce NEET.
Additionally, we have provided£9.35 million to support NEET planning across Scotland over the next two years.West Lothian Council will receive £75,000 in 2006-07 and 2007-08.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure a more integrated service for those who need to use wheelchairs and for their families and carers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-32323 on 21March 2007. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what actions it intends to take in response to Moving Forward: Review of NHS Wheelchair and Seating Services in Scotland.
Answer
The Executive recognises that thereview identifies priority areas for improvements, including the desire for a moreintegrated model of service. It will work together with NHSScotland and other agenciesinvolved on how best to implement the recommendations, both in the short and longerterm.
The Executive supports the recommendations that both a projectboard and an advisory group be established to drive the work forward and that anaction plan and the establishment of national guidelines should be a priority. Inthe meantime, we have provided additional funding to address short-term needs of£1 million in 2007-08, pending consideration of long-term priorities as part of the forthcoming spending review.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board has spent on wheelchair provision in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 5 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it gives to local authorities and schools regarding the holding of parent/teacher consultation sessions.
Answer
Arrangements forparent/teacher consultations are a matter for local agreement by localauthorities and individual schools.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 5 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Data on the number of womendiagnosed with ovarian cancer are available by NHS board and year (1980 to2003) on the Information Services Division website at:
www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/cancer_ovary_inc.xls.
