- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community safety partnerships there currently are in Renfrewshire and when each partnership was established.
Answer
Each local authority area has a community safety partnership, therefore there are two partnerships in Renfrewshire, one led by Renfrewshire Council and the other led by East Renfrewshire Council.The community safety partnership in East Renfrewshire was established in January 2001. The Renfrewshire community safety partnership was approved by the council and partners in January 2002, although a Community Safety Task Group for the area had been established since October 2001.
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to reduce the fear of crime among older people in Renfrewshire since 1997.
Answer
Since 1997, we have contributed to the safety of our communities in Scotland through initiatives such as the funding of CCTV, the formation of Community Safety Partnerships, an increase in police numbers and resources and other locally based community safety projects with the dual purpose of not only reducing actual crime but the fear of crime also. Recent survey information suggests that Scotland is a safer place to live compared to the rest of the UK not only for older people but also generally, and that the fear of crime amongst older people is also lower.We have set a target to reduce the fear of crime in the Justice section of the recently published Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-06. Whilst no specific target or date has been set for this to be achieved, we aim to reduce the fear of crime for all in our communities by successfully meeting other targets within the spending proposals to reduce specific areas of serious crime. This should have a positive effect on how safe our communities feel. We shall use the Scottish Crime Survey 2004 results to measure progress.
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to reduce crime rates in disadvantaged areas in Renfrewshire since 1996.
Answer
The level of funding provided to police forces is now at record levels as are police numbers. Targets have also been set for the police to reduce violent crime and to increase drug seizures. CCTV has made an impact and Renfrewshire has benefited from Executive funding from the CCTV Challenge Competition, receiving a total of £180,692 since 1996.On 1 April we introduced a new Community Safety Partnership Award Programme to replace challenge funding and Renfrewshire Community Safety Partnership was awarded £147,522 in the current financial year to address local community safety priorities. Since 1996, Paisley Partnership has assisted local communities and agencies to develop a number of initiatives aimed at tackling crime in the 11 most disadvantaged areas in Renfrewshire. Many of these initiatives have been led by community groups and tackle the most pressing issues at local level. For example, a new initiative Communities Against Drugs is aimed at reducing the number of drug dealers in the social inclusion partnership areas.Renfrewshire Council has also been allocated £4.5 million over three years from the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund for a number of community safety initiatives.
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how the #4 billion additional spending on public services up to 2005-06 as a result of the UK spending review has been, or will be, allocated and how much has been, or will be, allocated to the Renfrewshire Council area.
Answer
Every area of Scotland will benefit for our plans for investing in Scotland over the next three years, as our budget rises to over £25 billion by 2005-06. As I have made clear, this investment will be matched by delivery on our priority targets - bringing better schools, more effective transport services, better health, lower crime and continued growth in opportunities for all. All of Scotland will benefit from the better public services that we will deliver. The resources committed to individual areas will depend on a wide range of detailed programme allocations, some of which have yet to be made. For example, the local government revenue and capital allocations for East Renfrewshire Council for the next three years were announced on 4 December. More details of the Executive's other spending plans for the period up to 2005-06 were published in Building a Better Scotland: Spending Proposals 2003-06 on 12 September, and in The Scottish Executive: Draft Budget 2003-04: Detail on 31 October. And further details on individual programme allocations will be made in due course.
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 4,000 jobs planned to be created or safeguarded through Regional Selective Assistance have been, or will be, located in the Renfrewshire Council area.
Answer
Following the publication of Regional Selective Assistance - Grant offers accepted April - September 2002, which detailed the planned creation or safeguarding of over 4,000 jobs in Scotland, I can confirm that 997 of these planned jobs are expected to be located in the Renfrewshire Council area.
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #25 million for free local off-peak bus travel for elderly and disabled concessionary card holders has been allocated to the Renfrewshire Council area.
Answer
Renfrewshire's share of these resources is part of its unhypothecated general block grant allocation and is not identified separately. It is for the council to establish its actual level of expenditure on individual services.
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #48 million to build and renovate health centres has been, or will be, allocated to Argyll and Clyde NHS Board and what projects the funds will be used for.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has so far allocated £5,766,000 to support 17 projects in the Argyll and Clyde NHS Board area from the Primary Care Premises Modernisation Programme. A list of the projects concerned has been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 25368).
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 350 one-stop clinics are located in the Renfrewshire Council area; where such clinics are located, and what services they offer.
Answer
Information on one-stop clinics operated by NHSScotland is not available in the specific format requested.NHS Argyll and Clyde currently operates 29 one-stop clinics where patients receive consultation, diagnostic tests, results, and if appropriate treatment, all in a single visit. Details of these one-stop clinics are given in the following table.One-Stop Clinics Operated By NHS Argyll And Clyde
| Location | Service |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding (Gynaecology) |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Breast Clinic |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Cataract |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Colorectal Cancer |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Colposcopy |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Diabetes |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Early Pregnancy Assessment Centre |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Genito-Urinary Medicine Referral |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Rheumatology |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Social Gynaecology |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Uro-Gynaecology Clinic |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Vulval Clinic (Dermatology and Gynaecology) |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding (Gynaecology) |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Breast Clinic |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Cardiology |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Colposcopy |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Early Pregnancy |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Genito-Urinary Medicine Referral |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | HbA1C Near Patient Testing (Adult Diabetes) |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | HbA1C Near Patient Testing (Paediatric Diabetes) |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Head and Neck Cancer Clinic |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Hysteroscopy |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Lumps and Bumps |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Memory Clinic |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | Social Gynaecology |
| Vale of Leven Hospital | Breast Clinic |
| Vale of Leven Hospital | Chest Pain |
| Lorn and Island District General Hospital | Chest Pain |
| Russell Institute, Paisley | Genito-Urinary Medicine |
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of additional #3.2 billion to be spent on health by 2007-08 as a result of the UK Budget 2002 will be allocated to the Argyll and Clyde NHS Board and what instructions will be issued about the use of these funds.
Answer
Argyll and Clyde NHS Board has been given an indicative increase in unified budget for 2003-04 of £30.115 million. Boards will be notified of actual unified budgets for 2003-04 soon. Decisions on indicative allocation increases to unified budgets for future years have not yet been taken.
- Asked by: Ms Wendy Alexander, MSP for Paisley North, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that people in the Renfrewshire Council area that are eligible to receive free personal and nursing care receive that care.
Answer
Provisions of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 together with regulations made by Scottish ministers provide the legislative basis for the delivery of free personal and nursing care. Renfrewshire Council has indicated they are meeting the regulatory and legislative requirements to implement free personal care for people in their area.
