- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 January 2003
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in improving services for young runaways.
Answer
The Executive has established a working group containing a range of external experts to look at ways of improving services for children who run away from home and children abused through prostitution. The Interim Report of the Working Group issued on 30 December. Copies have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 25819). This contains draft guidance for professionals to help improve services and good practice examples.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
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Answered by Iain Gray on 6 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when a meeting last took place with Her Majesty's Government to discuss the present and future circumstances of the shipbuilding industry and what decisions were reached at any such meeting.
Answer
The Scottish Executive and the UK Government meet regularly to discuss issues relating to the shipbuilding industry. My officials last met UK Government officials on 2 December 2002 at the meeting of the Clyde Shipyards Task Force held to monitor progress on the report's recommendations.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2002
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Answered by Margaret Curran on 28 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is marking the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Answer
The Executive is holding a debate this afternoon, to inform Parliament about progress made to date in tackling violence against women and the future development of the work. A news release was issued on 25 November in which I emphasised that the Executive is fully committed to continuing the work towards eradicating domestic abuse.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 November 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) prisoners are currently serving terms of imprisonment following convictions for sexual offences and (b) places are currently available annually on prison programmes for treatment of sex offenders.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:As at June 2002, there were 466 known sex offenders serving terms of imprisonment. The number of places currently available on accredited programmes for treatment of sex offenders is 42.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners released having served sentences for sexual offences undertook prison-based treatment for sexual offenders.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information is not available in the form requested: prisoners who undertake prison-based treatment for sexual offences were not convicted of a specific sexual offence but their offending included a significant sexual component. As at May 2002, the number of prisoners liberated after participating in prison-based treatment for sexual offenders was 179.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Executive is planning any legislative measures to deal with nuisance neighbours.
Answer
The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, currently before Parliament, will introduce new provisions to allow for interim Anti-social Behaviour Orders. This builds on earlier legislation including the provisions for probationary tenancies in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions for dealing in a class A drug there have been in the West Renfrewshire parliamentary constituency in each of the last three years.
Answer
Information on arrests is not held centrally. Data on convictions are available by court and information on recorded crime is available by local authority area. Neither is available by parliamentary constituency.Data held centrally on convictions for drugs crimes do not specify the type of drug involved. Estimates can be made of convictions by class of drug only at national level.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to place a statutory requirement on local authorities to control foxes in their localities.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no such plans. Under existing legislation, it is open to both local authorities and property holders to take action to control urban foxes.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2002
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce legislation concerning the management of public water supplies.
Answer
The Executive will carefully consider the forthcoming reports into issues arising from the recent water supply incidents in Glasgow and Edinburgh. If any legislative response is required, we will act accordingly.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2002
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost was of dredging the River Clyde in each of the last three years and in what way the cost is recoverable from users of the river.
Answer
Clydeport, as harbour authority, may charge users for the services it provides under the Clyde Port Authority Confirmation Act 1965. The Executive has no responsibility for monitoring the costs of dredging the River Clyde.
