- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether community and voluntary organisations in Scotland will receive the same level of funding from the Big Lottery Fund as they received from the New Opportunities Fund and Community Fund combined.
Answer
We expect that the level of funding to the community and voluntary sectors in Scotland will be broadly the same from the Big Lottery Fund as from the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund combined.
We estimate that the community and voluntary sector received around two thirds of the combined total funding under the Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund. The Big Lottery Fund has made a commitment that between 60% and 70% of the funding under their programmes between 2006 and 2009 will be delivered via community and voluntary organisations.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 23 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will seek assurances from Her Majesty's Government that projects funded by the new Big Lottery Fund out of the United Kingdom (UK) share of the fund will be of benefit to the whole of the UK.
Answer
Scottish ministers believe that it is essential that funding distributed on a UK basis should impact on all areas of the UK and that there should be equity in whatever distribution mechanism is adopted. The UK Government has assured Scottish ministers that the Big Lottery Fund’s programme of large transformational grants is being designed in such a way that it has the potential to impact and benefit areas across the whole of the UK.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 10 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what service and supply contracts it has with social enterprises.
Answer
The Executive does not hold data centrally which identifies contracts awarded to suppliers which could be classified as social enterprises. Therefore, this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to enable whistle-blowers to raise concerns over public services without fear of victimisation.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has an established policy on whistle-blowing which is based on the provisions of the Civil Service Code and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
The policy is monitored and reviewed as necessary to take into account any further guidance from the Cabinet Office, legislative change or evidence from individual cases.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it reviews the effectiveness of its whistle-blowing policy.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S2W-12755 on 27 January 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has examined the way in which the National Assembly for Wales deals with the issue of whistle-blowing.
Answer
The Executive has not examined the way in which the National Assembly for Wales deals with whistle-blowing. However, all Government departments should be taking a similar approach based on the Civil Service Code and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
The Scottish Executive has an established policy on whistle-blowing which is based on the provisions of the Civil Service Code and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 27 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with BBC Scotland regarding its restructuring and any impact this will have on the coverage of Scottish culture.
Answer
Yes. My officials met with senior managers at BBC Scotland last week and this was one of the issues discussed.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2005
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Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 25 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of its international development budget for non-governmental agencies or organisations has been allocated to support the relief work being undertaken in areas of South Asia affected by the tsunami and which agencies and organisations have received such funds.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not allocated any portion of its international development budget for non-governmental agencies (NGOs) or organisations to support the relief work being undertaken in areas of South Asia affected by the tsunami.
We have, however, offered assistance in kind, as requested by NGOs who were supporting the emergency relief effort. Eleven Scottish Executive staff in total, were seconded to meet immediate needs for administrative assistance at the British Red Cross, SCIAF and Mercy Corp.
As the First Minister indicated to the Parliament on 12 January 2005, the Scottish Executive will be prepared to assist in the longer term reconstruction effort as necessary, as the assessment of needs becomes clearer.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 24 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with autistic spectrum disorders in hospital and residential care who have been sectioned paid for their personal care costs in each of the last five years.
Answer
Information on people detained under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 is recorded only on the basis of mental impairment or severe mental impairment. I also refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-13439, answered on 24 January 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/wa.search.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 24 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with autistic spectrum disorders living in residential care had to pay for their personal care costs in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is not collected centrally. However, the Scottish Executive provides funding for the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability’s eSay project which is developing a national learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder database. The database will be able to be interrogated for this type of information in future.
