- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 5 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcome was of the evaluation of the Dundee Families Project by Glasgow University referred to in paragraph 43 of Housing and Anti-Social Behaviour: The Way Ahead and which other local authorities have subsequently implemented similar programmes.
Answer
The evaluation of the Dundee Families Project is not due for completion until the end of May 2001. A copy of the Report, when published, will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre. We are not aware of any other similar programmes in operation.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 5 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what results have been achieved following the completion of the first year of the drug treatment and testing order pilot in Glasgow and what plans there are for similar pilots.
Answer
The first Drug Treatment and Testing Order in Glasgow was made on 10 February 2000. In the period to the end of February 2001 a further 46 orders were made. To date, there have been 2 successful completions and 7 offenders reported to the court for breach. Of the latter, 3 cases have been dealt with by the court and one of these orders has been revoked. The remaining orders continue in force. An evaluation study of the Glasgow pilot and a second pilot established in Fife last July is currently underway and it is intended that the findings of this study will be published towards the end of the year. A commitment to a third site covering Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire was announced last November. Decisions on further extension will await the outcome of the evaluation.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 5 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcome was of the study to evaluate the impact of evictions on individuals and families referred to in paragraph 70 of Housing and Anti-Social Behaviour: The Way Ahead and what action has been taken as a result of this study.
Answer
This study has been included in the Development Department Research Programme for 2001-2002 and will be commissioned later this year.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prison officers employed at Glenochil Prison and aged under 35 have left the service in each of the past three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Year | Number of officers |
| 28.03.98-27.03.99 | 4 |
| 28.03.99-27.03.00 | 10 |
| 28.03.00-27.03.01 | 13 |
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 29 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was spent in each of the last two years by it and other publicly funded bodies on the production and publication of newsletters, maga'ines and periodicals concerning social inclusion and social justice.
Answer
The Scottish Executive spent approximately £13,000 in 1999 and £20,000 in 2000 on issues of a Social Inclusion Research Bulletin, GOSSIP (the quarterly newsletter for Social Inclusion Partnerships) and a New Community Schools newsletter.Information on materials produced by the range of publicly funded bodies with an interest in social inclusion and social justice is not held centrally. There are a number of publicly funded organisations which produce newsletters etc. which touch on social inclusion issues without covering them in particular.Scottish Homes started producing a quarterly news publication Action for Social Justice in Scotland in June 2000. Three issues were produced in 2000 at a total cost of £15,435.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of Fife Council and what issues were discussed.
Answer
The Scottish Executive regularly meets representatives of councils, including Fife Council, to discuss matters of mutual interest.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost is of its current public meetings exercise involving the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister including the money allocated for market research, hiring facilities and publicity.
Answer
The total cost of a series of "Question Time" events will not be known until it is complete. So far, only one event has taken place, in Inverness. No further events in the series have yet been scheduled. To keep overall costs down, it is expected that these events will be associated with other engagements in the same locality.Care is being taken to ensure that audiences are properly representative of the local population, so that Ministers can receive some valuable and reasonably reliable feedback on their policies. Assembling audiences on this basis is likely to involve a competitive tendering process among suitable contractors. I will write to Mr Harding once the outcome of that process is known.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full costs were of launching, publishing and distributing its document Freedom of Information - Consultation Draft Legislation.
Answer
The publication and distribution of the Executive's draft Freedom of Information Bill cost £5,564. There was no additional cost associated with the launch.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the abolition of advance corporation tax on pension funds has had on the budget of Scottish Enterprise and each local enterprise company in each year since its introduction in July 1999.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. I have asked the Chairman to respond to the member direct. A copy of the reply will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any future meetings are planned as part of the public meetings exercise involving the First Minister and Deputy First Minister and when any such meetings will take place.
Answer
A series of meetings is planned but specific locations and dates have yet to be identified.
