- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 11 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the next round of capital funding for the building of new schools will be made available to local authorities.
Answer
Current plans will see schoolscontinuing to be built and refurbished to the end of this decade, with substantialfunding in place to support this through a combination of public private partnershipprojects, the recently increased Schools Fund capital grant, and local authorityborrowing. Further financial support for school buildings would be a matter forthe next Spending Review.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the graduate endowment fund has disbursed in the last three academic years.
Answer
There is no graduate endowmentfund. The Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001provided that income arising from the graduate endowment for the financial yearto which it related is to be used for the provision of student support in the formof loans and bursaries for living costs.
The first income to be raisedfrom eligible graduates for the Graduate Endowment became available in financialyear 2005-06. The income raised for that year was £1.98 million. It is estimatedthat £18.353 million will be raised from eligible graduates in 2006-07.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 5 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to provide financial support for Scottish snowboarders who have secured the Olympic Gold Passport, in light of reports that one team member has been awarded £5,000 from sportscotland whereas English snowboarders have received £10,000 from Sport England.
Answer
The Olympic Gold Passport isa Great Britain wide scheme managed by the British Olympic Associationwhich does not include a monetary value. All athletes across Great Britainare eligible for the World Class Podium, World Class Development or World ClassTalent Programmes will receive a monetary award.
In consultation with SnowsportGreat Britain, sportscotland has offered £5,000 Athlete Supportto a Scottish snowboarder. However, there is no information available at this timeabout which English snowsport athletes are eligible for Talented Athletes ScholarshipScheme support or how much that support might be.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nora Radcliffe on 10 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body when it intends to review the allowances system, with specific emphasis on MSPs¿ staff salaries.
Answer
MSPs employ their own staff.The current Allowances Scheme, approved by the Parliament in June 2001,provides a Members Support Allowance to cover a number of costs and expensesincluding salaries of employees. The SPCB does not have any responsibility, interms of the Allowances Scheme, for the setting of the salaries which MSPs asemployers pay their employees. Even if the SPCB was contemplating a review,which it has no immediate plans to do, there would not be specific emphasis onMSPs’ staff salaries.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 25 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people expressed a preference for an upgrade of the B979 through Netherley as part of the public consultation on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
A report has been published whichprovides a breakdown of the main issues contained in the responses to the publicconsultation exercise. This can be downloaded from the Aberdeen Western PeripheralRoute website
www.awpr.co.uk.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more informationif required.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 22 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that education authorities ensure adequate provision for school nurses in primary schools to deal with young people¿s health issues.
Answer
Appropriate provision for schoolnurses is a detailed matter for agreement between local authorities, schools andhealth boards.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20631 by Lewis Macdonald on 21 November 2005, why information in respect of the number of people who have entered into a deferred payment agreement in order to avoid selling their home to meet care home fees is not available after 30 June 2004.
Answer
The Scottish Executive last surveyed local authorities for this information in June 2004. In the light of that survey the Executive issued in December 2004 strengthened guidance to local authorities on deferred payments and other similar funding arrangements. Circular CCD 13/2004 informed local authorities that the Executive would continue to monitor the uptake of deferred payment agreements and would consider, if necessary, additional statutory provisions to require local authorities to promote deferred payment agreements. A follow-up survey is planned for summer 2006.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that the provision of school nurses in primary schools is adequate to deal with young people's health issues.
Answer
The number of school nurses employed for Scottish schools is a matter for local health boards in partnership with local authorities.
A Scottish Framework for Nursing in Schools, which was launched in March 2003, sets out in clear terms the nursing service that should be delivered to children and young people in Scottish schools. Whilst nurses already make a vital and valued contribution, the framework re-focuses this to ensure that the best use is made of their skills and expertise.
School nurses work in partnership with a range of health and local authority colleagues to deliver a range of services for children and young people. Primary schools sit within wider local communities and as such appropriate services are in place. For example, health promotion workers and public health nurses are available to advise and support schools.
Nurses in schools are also at the forefront of the development of a school health profiling tool which will be a valuable and useful development allowing national comparisons, forward planning and evaluation.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding will be allocated for free personal and nursing care in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09.
Answer
£162 million will be provided for year 2006-07 and £169 million for year 2007-08. Funding for year 2008-09 has not yet been set.
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take against local authorities, such as Renfrewshire Council, who continue to charge for the preparation of meals, in contravention of the standards set out in the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002, the Executive’s own guidance and the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform’s position, as stated in the Parliament on 10 November 2005 (Official Report, c. 20602).
Answer
We are presently discussing with COSLA the question of charging for assistance with the preparation of food as set out in the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.
