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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-26086

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what grants have been awarded under its Alternatives to Exclusion Grant Scheme in each year since 1999 and, in respect of each such grant, (a) how much was awarded, (b) to which specific projects the awards was made and (c) what the duration is of the grant assistance.

Alternatives to exclusion funding since 1999 is as follows:

Authority	1999-2000(£)	2000-01(£)	2001-02(£)
Aberdeen City	175,032	277,553	350,065
Aberdeenshire	251,052	401,924	502,104
Angus	113,126	183,006	226,250
Argyll and Bute	93,133	149,666	186,266
Clackmannanshire	48,331	77,638	96,663
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	38,354	61,357	76,709
Dumfries and Galloway	156,778	252,193	313,557
Dundee City	137,800	218,133	275,600
East Ayrshire	126,487	200,437	252,974
East Dunbartonshire	128,262	206,015	256,523
East Lothian	84,089	137,321	168,179
East Renfrewshire	104,126	168,714	208,252
Edinburgh, City of	319,854	515,407	639,709
Falkirk	136,925	220,012	273,851
Fife	352,406	565,108	704,812
Glasgow City	487,950	777,872	975,901
Highland	235,564	378,371	471,128
Inverclyde	88,180	139,826	176,359
Midlothian	84,826	136,930	169,652
Moray	91,981	146,811	183,962
North Ayrshire	142,794	227,563	285,587
North Lanarkshire	347,659	552,573	695,317
Orkney Islands	26,971	42,996	53,943
Perth and Kinross	125,326	200,447	250,651
Renfrewshire	179,703	287,748	359,406
Scottish Borders	107,029	171,473	214,058
Shetland Islands	32,148	51,735	64,295
South Ayrshire	116,706	185,414	233,411
South Lanarkshire	314,836	501,845	629,672
Stirling	85,016	136,776	170,032
West Dunbartonshire	103,451	164,554	206,901
West Lothian	164,105	262,582	328,211
Totals	5,000,000	8,000,000	10,000,000

Notes:(a) Local authorities can utilise the allocated funding according to their own discretion, providing funds are used in accordance with the intended purpose of the award, in this case in relation to alternatives to exclusion. The Scottish Executive does not hold detailed information on specific projects.(b) Funding is provided on an annual basis.

Question reference: S1W-25504

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance was given to the International Organisation for Migration to publicise the compensation scheme made available by Germany from 12 August 2000 to former slave and forced labourers and other victims of Na'i injustice.

Question reference: S1W-25317

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 21 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to increase the job prospects of those with mental health problems.

Employment, including the employment of people with mental health problems, is a reserved issue. The responsibility for assisting disabled unemployed people into work rests with Jobcentre Plus.The New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) is a Department for Work and Pensions-led voluntary programme to help people with disabilities or long-term illness move into, or remain in, work. NDDP has been extended nationally to all people claiming Incapacity Benefits and offers a work-focused interview which seeks to place people into work or direct them to the new national network of Job Broker services.

Question reference: S1W-25628

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it was consulted by the UK Hydrographic Office on a licensing and fees regime for tidal information and what its response to any such consultation was.

Question reference: S1W-25627

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any role or powers in respect of tidal information.

Question reference: S1W-25034

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23200 by Hugh Henry on 15 March 2002, whether it plans to make any representations to Her Majesty's Government regarding the level of benefit paid to patients in long-stay hospitals.

The Scottish Executive has no plans to make representations to the UK Government regarding the level of benefit paid to patients in long-stay hospitals. Ian McCartney, Minister for Pensions announced on 25 February that the Department for Work and Pensions had decided to extend the period before benefits are downrated for long-stay hospital patients from six to 13 weeks. This change will be introduced to coincide with the introduction of Pension Credit in October 2003.

Question reference: S1W-25031

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23036 by Iain Gray on 7 March 2002, what progress was finally made on the target of Eaga Partnership (Scotland) to install 3,500 heating systems under the Central Heating Installation Programme by March 2002.

Question reference: S1W-25032

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 9 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23553 by Lewis Macdonald on 15 March 2002, in the light of Railtrack's announcement that it is completely pulling out of the Larkhall to Milngavie project, what alternative options the Executive is investigating and whether these will require the amendment or repeal of the British Railways (No.3) Order Confirmation Act 1994.

In a letter dated 4 December 2001, Railtrack advised that at that time the delivery of its core maintenance and renewal programme left no signalling or management resources available to support the Larkhall-Milngavie rail project. Since then, the Scottish Executive has been pressing the Strategic Rail Authority and Railtrack, to take this project forward. We have also continued to support Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPTE) to try and find practical ways to keep this scheme moving forward. These various discussions are ongoing.As my reply made clear, the amendment or repeal of the British Railways (No. 3) Order Confirmation Act 1994 is not a matter for the Scottish Executive. It is both private legislation and a reserved matter. The provisions of the 1994 act, including the relevant parliamentary powers to make the railway, remain in force.

Question reference: S1W-25035

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 9 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning will reply to my letter of 27 February 2002 regarding the Larkhall to Milngavie railway line.

Question reference: S1W-25033

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23427 by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002, when the anti-stigma campaign will be launched and who will be involved in developing this campaign.