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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-26649

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how the cost per mile of travelling between Edinburgh and Glasgow by rail compares to similar journeys south of the border.

Question reference: S1W-26661

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give an update on the central heating installation programme in West Dunbartonshire.

Question reference: S1W-26637

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been invested by Scottish Enterprise through its business start-up programme in Dunbartonshire and how successful the programme has been at providing assistance to individuals and teams planning to create businesses.

This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. With regard to wider evaluation matters, Scottish Enterprise launched their New Approach to Entrepreneurship in January 2002. This addresses a range of issues relevant to Scotland's business start-up rate, and was developed following a review of Scottish Enterprise's Business Birth Rate Strategy by the Fraser of Allander Institute, completed in June 2001.

Question reference: S1W-26660

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with the one-stop health clinics initiative in Glasgow and whether there are any plans to introduce such clinics in the Clydebank and Milngavie parliamentary constituency.

The following table lists the one-stop clinics that are currently in place across NHS Greater Glasgow. It is for local NHS systems to plan, implement and manage services that best meet the needs of their local populations. I therefore suggest that North Glasgow University Hospital NHS Trust would be best placed to advise the member of any plans it has to introduce further one-stop clinics in the member's constituency.

Service	Location
Anaphylaxis Service	Glasgow Western Infirmary
Breast Clinic	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Breast Clinic	Stobhill Hospital
Breast Clinic	Western Infirmary
Cardiovascular Risk	Gartnavel Hospital
Chest Pain	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Chest Pain	Stobhill Hospital
Chest Pain	Glasgow Western Infirmary
Colorectal Cancer	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Colposcopy	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Counselling Advice	Gartnavel Hospital
Dermatology	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Diabetes	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Diabetes	Stobhill Hospital
Diabetes	Gartnavel General Hospital
Endoscopy	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
ENT - Head & Neck	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
ENT - tonsils	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Genito Urinary Medicine	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Gynaecology	Western Infirmary
Gynaecology, Herald Foundation	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Ophthalmology - cataract pre-assess	Stobhill Hospital
Ophthalmology - cataract pre-assess	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Prostate Assessment	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Rectal Bleeding	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Stroke	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
TB	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Testicular Pain	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Urology	Gartnavel Hospital
Urology	Stobhill Hospital
Urology (Haematuria)	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Breast Clinic	Victoria Infirmary
Breast Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Cardiac Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Chest Pain	Southern General Hospital
Chest Pain	Victoria Infirmary
Dystonia Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Early Pregnancy Assessment	Southern General Hospital
First Seizure Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Haematuria Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Hand Clinic	Victoria Infirmary
New Diabetes Clinic	Victoria Infirmary
Orthopaedic injections	Southern General Hospital
Osteoporosis	Southern General Hospital
Post MI Clinic	Victoria Infirmary
Rectal Bleeding	Southern General Hospital
Rectal Bleeding	Southern General Hospital
Social Gynaecology Service	Southern General Hospital
Vascular	Southern General Hospital
Cardiology	Yorkhill Hospital
Dermatology	Yorkhill Hospital
Immunisation Clinic	Yorkhill Hospital
Orthopaedic Clinic	Yorkhill Hospital
UTI Clinic	Yorkhill Hospital

Question reference: S1W-26647

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance or other assistance has been given to local authorities such as West Dunbartonshire to (a) improve the efficacy of housing repairs and other maintenance, (b) reduce the amount of time taken to re-let council houses, (c) reduce the amount of rent lost due to voids and (d) reduce tenants' rent arrears.

The Secure Tenants Right to Repair (Scotland) Regulations 1994 require local authorities to carry out urgent repairs within a specified time, however, the administration of the housing service is a matter for individual councils. In June 2000 the Accounts Commission and Scottish Homes (now Communities Scotland) published a report Managing Rent Arrears which contained recommendations on how councils could improve their management of rent arrears.

Question reference: S1W-26646

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to address the causes of homelessness and reduce the prevalence of homeless households in Dunbartonshire.

The primary statutory responsibility for dealing with homelessness rests with local authorities. The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, which increased local authority duties and homeless people's rights, also requires all authorities to develop, by March 2003, strategies for the prevention and alleviation of homelessness. The table details funding which the Scottish Executive has allocated to East and West Dunbartonshire Councils to the assist them in discharging their responsibilities.

Funding Allocated in the Years from 1997 to 2004	East Dunbartonshire	West Dunbartonshire
RSI funding challenge fund 1997-2002	45,500*	190,357#
RSI funding in 2002-04, (included in authorities' RSG)	59,300	203,282
Reducing the use of inappropriate temporary accommodation	220,000	-
Implementing the duties imposed by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001	476,300	732,600
Total funding	801,100	1,126,239

Notes:*The two authorities made a joint bid on the first round of the RSI.# This includes a joint project with Argyll and Bute.

Question reference: S1W-26645

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to assist long-term unemployed people in West Dunbartonshire.

Question reference: S1W-26659

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many small business start-ups there were in west Dunbartonshire over the last three years and how this number and the rate of business start-ups in the area compares to the average throughout Scotland.

The following table shows the number of businesses registering for VAT in the period 1998 to 2000 in West Dunbarton and Scotland. This is the measure most commonly used to measure business births. It is not a complete picture as not all businesses register and not all registrations are start-ups, but it is a consistent series based on administrative data that provides a comparison over time and place.

	Number of registrations		Rate per 10,000 adults
	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland
1998	130	11,825	17	29
1999	145	11,410	19	28
2000	130	11,410	17	28

Question reference: S1W-26665

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to transferring responsibility for the maintenance and upgrading of the A898 Clyde Tunnel from the local authority to it.

Question reference: S1W-26644

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 25 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the participation rate of young people in West Dunbartonshire has been in taking up new apprenticeships in each of the past three years and what actions will be taken to deliver more places and encourage more young people to take on apprenticeships.

One hundred and forty-eight young people took up a Modern Apprenticeship (MA) in West Dunbartonshire in 1999-2000; 241 in 2000-01, and 261 in 2001-02.The Scottish Executive has been working with the enterprise network on a national publicity campaign to raise awareness of MAs generally. Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire is working with West Dunbartonshire Council, Careers Scotland and employers to increase apprenticeship opportunities in a wide range of sectors.