- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 16 December 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer whether any contracts need to be let to deal with any remedial works for the new Parliament building.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 16 December 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer whether any subsidence problems need to be addressed at the new Parliament building.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 16 December 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer what parliamentary staff holiday arrangements have been made for 2003 and 2004 to allow for migration to the new Parliament building.
Answer
Work is continuing to prepare for migration in a way which will minimise disruption to parliamentary business. Parliament staff have been advised that migration will have implications for when they will be able to take their annual leave.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 10 December 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the post of project manager for the Parliament's opening ceremony in 2003 is not to be proceeded with and, if so, whether any costs have been incurred as a result.
Answer
My answer to question S1W-32082 on 11 December 2002, explained that the appointment of an Opening Ceremonies Manager has been put on hold. No costs have been incurred as a result.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has provided any funding in addition to the original estimates in respect of the trunk road maintenance contracts.
Answer
Estimated budgets based on draft programmes of work are allocated to the trunk road maintenance contracts prior to the start of a financial year. Final budgets are allocated based on confirmed programmes of work and may increase or decrease the estimated budgets.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what grants are available to communities for the renovation or rebuilding of village halls.
Answer
The Executive provides grants, through the Local Capital Grants Scheme element of the Scottish Rural Partnership Fund, to assist local voluntary, youth and community organisations to provide new, or upgrade existing, premises for educational, social and recreational activities. In many cases, these facilities are village halls.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether each trunk road maintenance contract has met the performance indicators set.
Answer
Details of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the trunk road maintenance contracts is provided in section 4.4.7 of the Public Report on the First Year of the New Trunk Road Operating Companies 2001-02, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 23596). KPIs are not in their own right a contractual performance requirement, but may indicate where areas of the contract are not being met.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has directed Communities Scotland to assess the performance of any housing association in the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The Scottish Executive has not directed Communities Scotland to assess the performance of any housing association in the past three years.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers Communities Scotland has to investigate the financial and maintenance performance of housing associations.
Answer
I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:Section 79 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 provides Scottish ministers with the power to set standards. Performance standards are developed and published jointly by Communities Scotland the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).Communities Scotland will undertake a programme of inspections designed to ensure that all regulated bodies are visited and assessed against performance standards at least once every five years. There are mechanisms in place to allow the financial performance and risk profile of each regulated body to be assessed annually. These assessments are used in deciding whether or not additional contact will be required between programmed inspections. There are performance standards, which relate specifically to finance and maintenance.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers Communities Scotland has to investigate alleged mismanagement in housing associations.
Answer
I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:Communities Scotland (on behalf of Scottish ministers) may appoint a person to conduct an inquiry into the affairs of a housing association (a registered social landlord) in response to suspected mismanagement or misconduct where the governing body is either unwilling or unable to take the action necessary to address the problems of the organisation.
