- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the next changes to section 6 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 will come into force.
Answer
It is intended that the next changes to section 6 of the Scottish Building Standards Technical Handbooks will come into force in 2010.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive on which dates the Building Standards Advisory Committee energy working party has met and on which dates it will meet.
Answer
The Building Standards Advisory Committee energy working party met on 28 February 2007 and 1 May 2008. Future meetings are planned for 7 August 2008, 30 October 2008 and 27 November 2008.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the Building Standards Advisory Committee energy working party to report.
Answer
It is intended to report in full to ministers, on the proposed changes to section 6 of the Scottish Building Standards Technical Handbooks, in early 2009.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the membership of the Building Standards Advisory Committee energy working party.
Answer
The Building Standards Advisory Committee energy working party comprises:
Brian Anderson, Heather Cuckow, Malcolm MacLeod, Bryan McAlister, Lori McElroy, Scott Restrick, Kenneth Ross, Mervyn Toshner, David Wedderburn and Bryan Woodley, with Scottish Government, communities and local government and Northern Ireland officials in attendance.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which external stakeholders have been consulted in preparing changes to section 6 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 and when each stakeholder was consulted.
Answer
Consultation with external stakeholders will take place once the Section 6 proposals have been further developed with the Building Standards Advisory Committee energy working party.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to consult on the next changes to section 6 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
It is intended to consult on the next changes to section 6 of the Scottish Building Standards Technical Handbooks in early 2009.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which external stakeholders it intends to consult in preparing changes to section 6 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 and when it intends to meet them.
Answer
Consultation will be widespread and will include bodies that have an interest in property, construction, energy and mitigating climate change. It will not be possible to meet with all interested parties, but consideration will be given in due course to meeting with certain groups.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the trends in funding support to the voluntary sector in Glasgow and how such support will be affected as a result of the Scottish budget.
Answer
Support for the third sector in Glasgow is primarily a matter for the Council, through the community planning partnership.
We are working with COSLA, SoLACE and SCVO in a group whose aim is to strengthen the relationship between the third sector and the public sector, locally, in the context of the new relationship between the Scottish Government and local government.
The Scottish Budget underpins our view that decisions on local delivery are best made at the local level with shared outcomes contributed to by the public, private and third sectors. The removal of ring fencing reduces costs of bureaucracy and allows greater efficiency.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 15 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give priority to a play and communications strategy within its programme for government.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to play and is supporting play through a range of policies. We are committed to developing a strategic approach to play and the first step in doing so will be through the Early Years Framework, due for publication in the autumn.
However, we are not limiting our approach to play to the early years and will consider whether further work is required once the Early Years Framework is complete.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 9 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its total investment in the school building programme will be over the current spending review period, broken down by funding method.
Answer
Local authorities are responsible for the detail of decisions on capital investment in school buildings, as was the case under previous administrations. Scottish Government financial support for local authorities is an important contributor to the totality of local authority capital investment in school buildings, but authorities also make use of resources from other sources.
The local government settlement for 2008-11 provides for significant growth in the capital resources being made available to local authorities. There is almost £3 billion over three years to secure investment in school and other local authority infrastructure, including an extra £115 million in 2008-09 which can be invested in schools if authorities so choose. The local government capital budget represents an average increase of 15% in each year of the settlement compared to 2007-08 figures. Allocations of these resources are set out in Annex F of Finance Circular 1/2008, which can be accessed on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/local-government/17999/11203.
The Scottish Government also provides significant revenue support for school PPP and NPD projects as part of the overall local government settlement. For the current round of projects, annual support will exceed £100 million by the next financial year.
