- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will provide evidence that houses in multiple occupation licensing regulations have been complied with to the fullest extent.
Answer
The Scottish Executive collects statistics on local authorities’ licensing activity for Houses in Multiple Occupation, including the number of licences granted and the number revoked. These figures show that the number of licences in force rose by 97% during the year 2004-05. It is for local authorities to place conditions on licences and to ensure that these are complied with throughout the period of the licence.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how the National Action Plan on Social Inclusion is integrated into its current strategies and future budgets.
Answer
The National Action Plan on Social Inclusion is integrated into our current strategies and future budgets by reflecting and informing our cross-departmental Closing the Opportunity Gap approach to tackling poverty and disadvantage.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 13 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether low pay and the need for economic regeneration are criteria used in determining where government jobs are dispersed to.
Answer
Low pay and the need for regeneration are criteria considered when deciding on relocation. A full account of the criteria considered can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Relocation/Introduction.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive who will be consulted in the process of developing the National Action Plan on Social Inclusion.
Answer
A UK Steering Group of government and voluntary sector representatives has been established to co-ordinate the production of the next national action plan. This includes Scottish representation from the Scottish Executive and the Poverty Alliance.
Views of those with direct experience of poverty, and their representatives, are being collated by the voluntary sector through use of the Get Heard Toolkit at a series of local, regional and national events across the UK. Over 40 Scottish local consultation events are planned.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how the National Action Plan on Social Inclusion will reflect Scottish issues and how resources will be directed at these issues to address them successfully.
Answer
The National Action Plan (NAP) will reflect a wide range of issues raised in Scotland and across the UK through a consultation process and through policy development by government.
The Executive is already taking action in Scotland, to address many of the issues raised in the last NAP, and those likely to be raised, through its Closing the Opportunity Gap approach. We will consider what additional action may be needed after the next NAP is published as part of the on-going policy process.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of hydro-electricity generated at plants accredited under the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) scheme is supplied by stations which (a) have been generating for 10 years or more and (b) were commissioned after 1 April 2002.
Answer
The requested information is not held centrally. Statistics on the output from Scottish hydro generation are collected by the UK Government’s Department of Trade and Industry and by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) in respect of output eligible for Renewables Obligation Certificates. However, the information available is not disaggregated to the level of output from individual stations.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of Scotland's hydro-electricity generated at plants accredited under the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) scheme is generated by plants commissioned since the Executive announced its renewable energy target.
Answer
The requested information is not held centrally. Statistics on the output from Scottish hydro generation are collected by the UK Government’s Department of Trade and Industry and by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) in respect of output eligible for Renewables Obligation Certificates. However, the information available is not disaggregated to the level of output from individual stations.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 31 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to implement a national strategy for chronic pain services.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-18009 on 31 August 2005. 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 Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 31 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how the provision of chronic pain services will be improved following the recommendations of Professor McEwen’s report, Chronic Pain Services in Scotland.
Answer
Our policy for the treatment of all long-term conditions will be shaped by the Kerr Report, which recommends that effective long-term condition management should be based on a generic approach geared to the management of the totality of a person’s needs, in the community and without hospitalisation wherever possible. Within this context we will encourage NHS boards to work towards improving services for chronic pain.
I have written to the Health Committee, dated 30 August, regarding the Executive’s response to Professor McEwen’s report. A copy of this letter has been sent to the member.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 31 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all 32 action points contained in the Health and Safety Executive's Report on the Management of Health and Safety in the Scottish Ambulance Service Board have now been fully implemented.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-18496 on 31 August 2005. 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.
