- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will receive an increase of £22 million to its budget as a consequence of the decision not to relocate 300 jobs to Glasgow and, if so, when this budget increase will take place.
Answer
The £22 million whichwould have been required for the relocation will be invested in front line servicesand in tackling health inequalities throughout the whole of the NHS in Scotland, including those in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what further measures it intends to take to improve employability in Glasgow.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3773 on 10 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline where the reported savings of £22 million arising from the decision not to relocate NHS jobs to Glasgow will be spent.
Answer
The £22 million whichwould have been required for the relocation will be invested in front line servicesand in tackling health inequalities in the NHS in Scotland.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve employability in Glasgow.
Answer
On 5 September 2007, Glasgow Works, the employability partnership in thecity, launched its Workforce Plus/DWP City Strategy Business Plan, which is supportedby Scottish Government funding. This ambitious plan to increase the city’s employmentrate and reduce the numbers dependent on DWP benefits will be implemented acrossthe city over the coming four years. Scottish Government officials will continueto work with and support the partnership throughout implementation.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent between May and July 2007 on publicising its anti-racist strategy.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentis committed to tackling racism, promoting race equality and good race relations.A wide programme of work is underway which supports this commitment, including thedevelopment of a National Strategy and Action Plan on Race Equality, and the furtherdevelopment of One Scotland Many Cultures Campaign.
The strategy is notyet published and therefore it has not been publicised as such. However, just over£4,000 was spent on expenses relating to a consultation event on the draft strategyin December 2006. We are further developing the Strategy and will consult on itin the autumn.
Between August andDecember 2006, and May and July 2007, there was no spend on media advertising forthe One Scotland anti-racism campaign. We are, however, very keen to continue with and developthe campaign and are currently in the planning and development stage. It is nottherefore possible at this time to give an indication of proposed spend betweenAugust and December 2007.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent between August and December 2006 on publicising the previous administration’s anti-racist strategy.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-3761 on 6 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website the search facility for which can befound at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is proposed to be spent between August and December 2007 on publicising its anti-racist strategy.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-3761 on 6 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website the search facility for which can befound at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will meet representatives of the Scottish Consumer Council to discuss its Consumer Experiences of Property Management Services study.
Answer
ScottishGovernment officials have had a number of discussions with representatives of the Scottish Consumer Council about the accreditation of property managers. Itis expected that a discussion of the new report, Consumer Experiences ofProperty Management Services, will take place in the near future.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-2913 and S3W-2914 on 20 August 2007 and to question S3W-2129 on 9 August 2007 by Adam Ingram, how many pupils in each pilot school could be entitled to free school meals, given the current data available, who were not previously so entitled.
Answer
We have had no reasonto calculate these figures. The most recent school meals data, including the number of pupils previouslyentitled to free school meals, is available on the Scottish Executive website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/SchMeals2007.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-2128 and S3W-2129 by Adam Ingram on 9 August 2007, when it will be able to indicate (a) how many children will be involved in the pilot, as distinct from how many could be involved, and (b) how many of those children will be entitled to free school meals who would not previously have been so entitled.
Answer
We will get a snap-shotfigure of how many took a meal, and whether or not they were previously eligiblefor school meals, on a date at the end of February. These figures will be availablenext summer when the report on the evaluation of the trial is published.
