- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on recommendation 8 of the Learning Disability Services Review.
Answer
Consultation on how to implement the review has recently finished. We are currently analysing the results. Meanwhile we have had preliminary discussions with the Scottish Accessible Information Forum, and hope to build on these in the future.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date tenders will be invited for establishing a Scottish centre for learning disabilities.
Answer
An invitation to apply for a grant to set up and run the Scottish Centre for Learning Disability was published in The Scotsman on Tuesday 17 October, and in other newspapers during that week. Applications for grant must be submitted to the Scottish Executive by 4 December.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 26 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the number of prisoners in Scottish prisons who suffer from autism.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows.
The information is not available.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any additional funding will be provided to Central Scotland Police in respect of the protest at the Grangemouth Oil Refinery between 11 and 14 September 2000.
Answer
The Scottish Executive will meet reasonable claims from all forces, including Central Scotland Police, in respect of additional operational costs incurred by the police during the recent fuel distribution emergency.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to Central Scotland Police of policing the protest at the Grangemouth Oil Refinery between 11 and 14 September 2000.
Answer
The information is not yet available. Central Scotland Police are currently collecting data on the cost of policing the protest at Grangemouth oil refinery. Figures should be available by the end of October.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the consultation period will be for the codes of practice and regulations under Part 5 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act.
Answer
We intend to allow at least three months for consultation on the code of practice and regulations under Part 5. It has not been possible to publish the code and regulations in accordance with the timetable originally posted on the Adults with Incapacity website but, as Part 5 will not be commenced until summer 2001, the deadline for responses will be adjusted to reflect the later publication date.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was provided to local authorities in order to promote race equality in the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not provide specific funding to local authorities for this purpose. In accordance with the principle of mainstreaming equality, local authorities are expected to fund the promotion of racial equality from their main budgets. Some Race Equality Councils are funded by their local authority.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was made available in order to promote race equality in the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides £275,000 annually to promote race equality. The allocation has totalled £825,000 over the past three years. This amount is allocated to the Ethnic Minority Grant Scheme. The Scheme provides grants to voluntary organisations in Scotland for projects designed to reduce discrimination and promote racial equality.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 23 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations it provides funding to in order to promote race equality.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides funding to the Unemployed Voluntary Action Fund for the purpose of administering the Ethnic Minority Grant Scheme on its behalf. The Ethnic Minority Grant Scheme is for projects designed to reduce racial disadvantage and promote racial equality. The Executive is currently conducting a strategic review of its funding for the black and ethnic minority voluntary sector.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Davidson on 4 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines were issued by each Procurator Fiscal's office in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 and how many of the fiscal fines issued by each office were fully paid in each of these years.
Answer
The total number of conditional offers of fixed penalty ("fiscal fines") issued by each Procurator Fiscal's office during the years to which the question refers was as follows:
| | Apr 97-Mar 98 | Apr 98-Mar 99 | Apr 99-Mar 2000 |
| Aberdeen | 1,136 | 1,527 | 1,470 |
| Airdrie | 1,781 | 1,858 | 1,464 |
| Alloa | 458 | 425 | 255 |
| Arbroath | 266 | 383 | 202 |
| Ayr | 934 | 1,247 | 1,058 |
| Banff | 127 | 315 | 250 |
| Campbeltown | 102 | 142 | 136 |
| Capar | 180 | 213 | 166 |
| Dingwall | 207 | 276 | 212 |
| Dornoch | 26 | 47 | 37 |
| Dumbarton | 804 | 809 | 832 |
| Dumfries | 566 | 1,034 | 689 |
| Dundee | 1,389 | 1,036 | 1,523 |
| Dunfermline | 623 | 555 | 557 |
| Dunoon | 154 | 209 | 196 |
| Duns | 22 | 6 | 10 |
| Edinburgh | 1,562 | 1,397 | 1,310 |
| Elgin | 455 | 553 | 468 |
| Falkirk | 867 | 965 | 699 |
| Forfar | 338 | 195 | 221 |
| Fort William | 118 | 150 | 215 |
| Glasgow | 12,802 | 13,640 | 11,244 |
| Greenock | 1,126 | 1,019 | 823 |
| Haddington | 77 | 119 | 89 |
| Hamilton | 2,491 | 2,848 | 3,070 |
| Inverness | 837 | 883 | 819 |
| Jedburgh | 168 | 293 | 204 |
| Kilmarnock | 1,116 | 1,861 | 1,973 |
| Kirkcaldy | 336 | 538 | 399 |
| Kirkcudbright | 153 | 79 | 73 |
| Kirkwall | 88 | 68 | 71 |
| Lanark | 580 | 526 | 358 |
| Lerwick | 59 | 90 | 131 |
| Linlithgow | 532 | 696 | 585 |
| Lochmaddy | 22 | 40 | 50 |
| Oban | 107 | 142 | 136 |
| Paisley | 1,395 | 1,349 | 1,120 |
| Peebles | 5 | 19 | 51 |
| Perth | 719 | 728 | 579 |
| Peterhead | 281 | 251 | 112 |
| Portree | 75 | 80 | 68 |
| Rothesay | 45 | 57 | 23 |
| Selkirk | 181 | 207 | 185 |
| Stirling | 452 | 410 | 413 |
| Stonehaven | 106 | 130 | 102 |
| Stornoway | 74 | 160 | 167 |
| Stranraer | 19 | 170 | 111 |
| Tain | 135 | 293 | 226 |
| Wick | 105 | 212 | 177 |
| TOTALS | 36,201 | 40,250 | 35,329 |
Information regarding the number of fiscal fines issued by each office which were fully paid in each of these years is not available.
