- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 28 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-884 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 27 September 1999, whether it will provide an itemised breakdown of the #1.2 million allocated to the dedicated teams to improve programme delivery and co-ordination.
Answer
A breakdown of the £1.2million referred to in my previous answer (S1W-884) is given in the tables below.
| 1999-2000 | ALLOCATION |
| Capital City Partnership | £120,000 |
| Dundee 1 SIP | £90,000 |
| Glasgow Alliance* | £683,000 |
| Great Northern (Aberdeen) SIP | £60,000 |
| Motherwell North SIP | £90,000 |
| North Edinburgh SIP | £60,000 |
| North Ayr SIP | £60,000 |
| West Dunbartonshire SIP | £120,000 |
| TOTAL | £1,283,000 |
* The Glasgow Alliance overall allocation of £683,000 includes contributions of £74,000 towards the support costs of each of 3 Glasgow SIPs: Glasgow East End, Glasgow North and Greater Easterhouse.
| | Employee costs | Accommodation | Travel &subsistence | Office furniture & equipment |
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| Capital City Partnership | £48,000 | ³ | ¹ | £2,000 |
| Dundee 1 SIP | £88,033 | ³ | £1,967 | ³ |
| Glasgow Alliance | £242,000 | £43,000 | £5,000 | £7,000 |
| Great Northern SIP | £43,875 | £2,625 | £1,125 | £2,625 |
| Motherwell North SIP | £72,693 | £8,600 | ¹ | ² |
| North Edinburgh SIP | £56,390 | ³ | ³ | ³ |
| North Ayr SIP | £60,000 | ³ | ³ | ³ |
| West Dunbartonshire SIP | £120,000 | ³ | ³ | ³ |
| ITEMISED TOTALS | £730,991 | £54,225 | £8,092 | £11,625 |
| | Training | OfficeAdminstration | PartnershipDevelopment/ Consultancies/Evaluation | Information technology |
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| Capital City Partnership | ¹ | £27,000 | £43,000 | - |
| Dundee 1 SIP | ³ | ³ | ³ | ³ |
| Glasgow Alliance | £25,000 | £24,000 | £112,000 | £3,000 |
| Great Northern SIP | £3,000 | £4,125 | ³ | £2,625 |
| Motherwell North SIP | £8,707 | ¹ | ³ | ² |
| North Edinburgh SIP | ³ | ³ | £3,610 | ³ |
| North Ayr SIP | ³ | ³ | ³ | ³ |
| West Dunbartonshire SIP | ³ | ³ | ³ | ³ |
| ITEMISED TOTALS | £36,707 | £55,125 | £158,610 | £5,625 |
¹ Included in employee costs.² Included in accommodation costs.³ Funded from partner contributions.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 27 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1207 by Mr Frank McAveety on 13 September 1999, what communication it has had with the Controller of Audit regarding the effectiveness of the new financial management system set up in East Ayrshire council.
Answer
None. It is for the Controller of Audit to report to the Accounts Commission in the first instance.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 27 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive in light of the creation of the new Home Energy Efficiency Scheme in England when is there going to be a similar review of fuel poverty and energy efficiency in Scotland.
Answer
The Warm Deal, which was introduced on 1 July 1999, is central to tackling fuel poverty and promoting energy efficiency in Scotland. We will be continuously reviewing the scheme to ensure that it best addresses these problems and, of course, will take account of the new Home Energy Efficiency Scheme when it is introduced in England in April 2000.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 27 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive given that England is receiving #260 million for the first two years of the new Home Energy Efficiency Scheme, how much of the remaining #40 million will be made available to the Scottish Executive over the next two years.
Answer
I hope to be able to make an announcement soon.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 26 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to publish an updated forecast of population trends in Scotland over the next thirty years.
Answer
The Registrar General intends to publish later this year 1998-based population projections for Scotland, by age and sex for the period in question. Sub-national projections, consistent with these national projections, for Scotland's administrative areas are planned for publication early in 2000.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by John Home Robertson on 18 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive for how many years Scottish courts have dealt exclusively with fishing industry prosecutions in the sea covered by the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order.
Answer
It remains the case that the overwhelming majority of sea fisheries legislation allows for prosecutions to be taken at any court in the United Kingdom. Scottish courts have not dealt exclusively with prosecutions for alleged fishing offences which occur in the Scottish zone of British fishery limits.No prosecutions have been made in any court during the last 5 years relating to offences in the area between the newly established Scottish zone and 55º 48º north latitude.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 18 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the expenditure on external contracts for public relations and lobbying activities by sportscotland for each of the past two years and its budgets for these activities for the current financial year.
Answer
The information requested is set out below.1997-98 £7,0001998-99 £20,0001999-2000 £14,000 (budget)
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 15 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the board members of all the Local Enterprise Companies in Scotland and their political affiliation.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and I have asked the Chairmen to write to you.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 15 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the rules governing the membership of Local Enterprise Company Boards precludes the appointment of anyone who is a director of a lobbying company.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 15 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the outcome of its deliberations on the recommendations made by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care.
Answer
We are considering the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care and will respond as soon as possible.
