- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 18 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many approvals for new affordable houses under the Affordable Housing Investment Programme were announced by the (a) previous administration in 2007 for 2007-08 and (b) current administration in (i) 2008 for 2008-09 and (ii) 2009 for 2009-10 and how many units were completed in (A) 2007-08, (B) 2008-09 and (C) 2009-10.
Answer
The approvals for new affordable houses under the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) for the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 are detailed in the following table:
| Approvals | Announced |
| 2007-08 | 8,000 |
| 2008-09 | 6,070 |
| 2009-10 | 8,136 |
The completions for the same years are as follows:
| Completions | Out-Turn |
| 2007-08 | 5,670 |
| 2008-09 | 6,220 |
| 2009-10 | N/A |
Figures for 2009-10 are currently unavailable as they are being finalised prior to publication in the next Official Statistics update which has been pre-announced 27 May 2010.
Details of the actual units provided through AHIP can be found on the Scottish Governments Official Statistics web page at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NB-AHIP.
Details of planned and announced units provided through AHIP can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/investment/ahip.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether representatives of the Scottish-Islamic Foundation met Scottish Development International to discuss the proposed Islamic Expo and, if so, on what dates, broken down by officials involved.
Answer
David Smith, the then Operations Director of SDI and Mark McMullen, Senior International Manager at SDI met the Scottish Islamic Foundation on 8 October 2008 where IslamFest was discussed.
Further meetings took place, which were attended by Mark McMullen, on 13 January 2009 and 3 March 2009. In the event, SDI had no role in the delivery of IslamFest.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Development International was approached to play a role in the organisation of the proposed Islamic Expo and, if so, by whom and what the proposed role was.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32712 on 29 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers met Scottish Enterprise to discuss the proposed Islamic Expo and, if so, on what dates, broken down by ministers and officials involved.
Answer
There has been no meetings between ministers and Scottish Enterprise to discuss IslamFest.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Enterprise was approached to play a role in the organisation of the proposed Islamic Expo and, if so, by whom and what the proposed role was.
Answer
Scottish Enterprise is responsible for the allocation of its resources consistent with delivery of the objectives and priorities agreed with Scottish ministers and set out in its corporate plan.
I will ask its chief executive to write to you in this regard.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers met Scottish Development International to discuss the proposed Islamic Expo and, if so, on what dates, broken down by ministers and officials involved.
Answer
There have been no meetings between ministers and Scottish Development International to discuss the proposed IslamFest.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set out how it will take account of the findings of its teachers survey on implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33135 on 22 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will proceed with the planned introduction of new qualification examinations in 2014 for pupils starting secondary school in August 2010, in light of the findings of the teachers survey on implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Answer
The final decision on the timetable for implementing the new qualifications under Curriculum for Excellence will be taken once the Curriculum for Excellence Management Board has provided advice on this subject.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the findings of its teachers survey on implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Answer
The full findings of the Curriculum for Excellence Management Board''s survey of teachers will be considered by the management board at its meeting on 22 April and will be published shortly thereafter.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the responses to its teachers survey on implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence will be broken down by primary and secondary teachers so that their views can be recorded separately.
Answer
The results of the Curriculum for Excellence Management Board survey of teachers will be published in time to enable the management board to consider the responses as part of a wide range of evidence on Curriculum for Excellence preparedness.
