- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 6 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial provision it intends to make to enable further education colleges operating from unsuitable buildings to provide purpose-built campuses.
Answer
Around £45 million has been identified for capital investment in college buildings between now and 2002. Over £9 million is being allocated to colleges in the current financial year. The balance will be allocated over the next two financial years by the Scottish Further Education Funding Council on the basis of a survey of needs across the sector.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to specify, for each of the last 3 years, broken down between (a) council tenants (b) housing associations and co-operative tenants, and (c) private tenants, (i) how many eviction actions were raised in Scotland; (ii) how many such actions proceeded to decree; (iii) how many evictions took place, and (iv) how many families gave up their tenancies as a result of such actions.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Donald Dewar on 30 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide a list of Ministers and departments, together with their current departmental addresses, telephone numbers and private office contact details.
Answer
A list will be provided shortly to the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support Glasgow City Council in implementing traffic reduction measures and improvements in public transport in the Glasgow area as an alternative to building the M74 extension.
Answer
Glasgow City Council has already been awarded £4.75m from the Public Transport Fund towards the cost of developing the Faifley to Baillieston bus corridor. Bids for the next round of allocations are due by 16 August and I am looking forward to receiving a range of innovative initiatives to improve public transport.Local authorities are also due to submit draft local transport strategies by 30 July. I expect these to contain proposals to reduce traffic, to promote public transport and to explain how proposals for new road building contribute to the integrated and sustainable transport strategy to which the Scottish Executive is committed.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the progress to date and timescales for the building of the M74 extension between Parkhead and the Kingston Bridge, and of how it will be financed.
Answer
The M74 Northern Extension is one of 17 major road schemes being considered in the Strategic Roads Review. I expect to report to Parliament on the review after the summer recess.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 5 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm levels below which companies affected by planning blight can claim compensation, and whether it will consider re-examining these limits.
Answer
In order to claim compensation for a non-domestic property which is affected by planning blight, the annual rateable value of the property must not exceed £21,500. This limit was set in 1995. There are no plans at present to alter the limit, but compulsory purchase, compensation and related matters are currently under review.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 30 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to increase the resources available to local authorities in order to support the educational requirements of disabled children with special needs.
Answer
Grant-aided expenditure for special educational needs within the local government finance settlement for 1999-2000 is £169.36 million, an increase of 7.1% on the previous year. In addition, an additional £3 million has been allocated through specific grant for local authority in-service staff development and training in special educational needs which now totals £4.685 million.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 30 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or the Greater Glasgow Health Board has any involvement in proposals for the future of the Healthcare International hospital at Clydebank.
Answer
In 1997 Health Care International (HCI) expressed interest in Greater Glasgow Health Board's proposals to create a new Western Infirmary under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Those proposals were not pursued.Currently Greater Glasgow Health Board and the North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust are developing new proposals for acute hospital services in West Glasgow as described in the Health Board's Health Improvement Programme. Any proposal from Health Care International would be considered on its merits. No such proposal has been made.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to enable greater Glasgow Health Board to modernise or replace its hospital buildings.
Answer
Greater Glasgow Health Board's recently finalised Health Improvement Programme (HIP) for the 5-year period from April 1999-2004 sets out the challenges facing the provision of services and details specific service proposals that are being considered to meet identified needs. The Health Board does not believe the existing disposition of adult acute services and emergency care throughout Glasgow is a sustainable basis for the future and the HIP sets out a range of service changes to modernise and strengthen emergency services that it will be seeking to discuss with various parties. To date, no decisions have been taken. The Health Board intends to invite comments on its proposals in due course.A number of improvements are in train to replace and modernise Glasgow hospitals. A major £52m publicly funded re-development of Glasgow Royal Infirmary began in February this year. The project includes better, modern maternity services for mothers and their babies in Glasgow with the full range of clinical support facilities on site, an enhanced plastic surgery and burns facilities and services, and an enhanced emergency receiving service. Approval was given in March this year for an £8.3m publicly funded project to develop a head and neck surgery (including oral and maxillo facial surgery) and cancer service for south Glasgow. The Government has agreed to establish Scotland's first "walk-in, walk-out" treatment centre in Glasgow to pilot fast, one-day diagnosis and treatment for a range of conditions. These developments are representative of the Executive's commitment to provide modern co-ordinated and quality care for patients.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial and administrative criteria it intends to use in assessing the viability of proposals submitted by local authorities under the New Housing Partnership initiative.
Answer
The criteria used to assess proposals submitted by local authorities under the New Housing Partnerships initiative were set out in the Scottish Office Development Department letter of 24 August 1998. A reference copy has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
