Chamber and committees

The additional £40 million which is being made available over the next three financial years covers implementation of the whole of our coronary heart disease (CHD) and Stroke Strategy. NHS Greater Glasgow will receive support for its cardiac services Managed Clinical Network. It also has the opportunity to submit bids for initiatives which could be funded after meeting the costs of Managed Clinical Networks to support this strategy nationally and developing a national CHD database.

Unlike breach of a bail condition, breach of a restriction of liberty order is not an offence. Breach of a restriction of liberty order is a matter for the courts under section 245F of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and are reported to the court by the contractor appointed to monitor compliance with the order. The court decides what action should be taken based on the circumstances surrounding the breach.

Redundant employees can retrain using the Training for Work Programme, which provides short or long-term training for up to one year. Under the programme 28 redundant BAE workers are being funded to undertake short-term training as fork lift truck drivers, bus drivers, crane drivers, welders and scaffolding erectors.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33332 today. 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/search_wa.

The Redundancy Management sub-group of the Clyde Shipyards Task Force is ready to go into action again as soon as necessary. The organisations represented on the redundancy sub-group, particularly JobCentre Plus, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow and Glasgow City Council, already have access to a considerable amount of training and retraining funds and a range of training programmes will be made available as appropriate to any workers made redundant by BAE Systems.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33335 today. 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/search_wa.

The company will be consulting with the unions over the next few weeks and I hope that compulsory redundancies can be kept to a minimum. The Clyde Shipyards Task Force Redundancy Management sub-group will be meeting shortly to provide support as necessary, to those affected through a dedicated local response team under the Executive's PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) framework. This will ensure a rapid response from local agencies in terms of offering advice, support and guidance in terms of retraining/upskilling and employment opportunities.

The Clyde Shipyards Task Force Redundancy Management sub-group will be meeting shortly to provide support as necessary to those affected through a dedicated local response team under the Executive's PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) framework. This will ensure a rapid response from local agencies in terms of offering advice, support and guidance in terms of retraining/upskilling and employment opportunities.To retain and develop skills further, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, in partnership with BAE SYSTEMS, established a Real Learning Centre at Scotstoun in December 2002. A similar facility is being established in Govan and will be in place during February 2003. The centres allow staff to take up online learning opportunities and if they wish, work towards qualifications.

The Clyde Shipyards skills conversion programme is on-going with a continuing commitment to identify skill gaps and develop needs for the future. To date, 45 employees have been involved in the cross skilling programmes. The programme began in early 2002 and is funded by BAE SYSTEMS.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33335 today. 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/search_wa.