- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 2 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many landlords have had their registrations under the Landlord Registration Scheme refused or revoked in each year since 2006.
Answer
Up until 31 March 2010, 24 landlords have had their applications to register under the Landlord Registration Scheme refused and three landlords have had their registration revoked.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 2 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many landlords have been prosecuted for failure to register under the Landlord Registration Scheme in each year since 2006.
Answer
From 1 January 2007, when the first registrations took place, to date, no landlords have been prosecuted for failure to register under the Private Landlord Registration Scheme.
However, up to 31 March 2010 local authorities have applied over 1,300 late application fees linked to registration, and issued over 1,200 rent penalty notices to unregistered landlords.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been spent by each police force on sending officers to conferences in each of the last 10 years, broken down by force.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been spent by each police force on sending officers on management courses in each of the last 10 years, broken down by force.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 20 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with local authorities on the use of US-style yellow buses for schools.
Answer
The Scottish Government has had no such discussions with local authorities, or requests for such discussions.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31597 by Adam Ingram on 4 March 2010, whether the guidance to local authorities will reiterate the commitment to achieve parity between payments to kinship carers and those to foster carers by 2011.
Answer
The guidance to support the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations will reiterate the concordat expectation that kinship carers should receive an equivalent allowance to that received by foster carers by 2011.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31597 by Adam Ingram on 4 March 2010, when in 2010 the guidance to local authorities on implementation of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 will be published.
Answer
The guidance to support the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations is being drafted by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering and the Fostering Network and will be published in May 2010. We will be seeking comments on the published document during the first three months of its use by agencies and the guidance will be updated following this period.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the maximum waiting time is for an appointment with a consultant following an urgent referral by another consultant or a GP.
Answer
The current maximum waiting time standard for an outpatient appointment following referral from another consultant or a GP is 12 weeks. Those patients who are referred urgently will of course be seen more quickly based on their clinical need.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the funding allocated to NHS Borders for 2010-11 will be used to provide additional NHS dentists.
Answer
It is for NHS Borders to decide how best to utilise the funding allocated to meet the health care needs of their resident population, taking account of national and local priorities.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the funding allocated to NHS Borders for 2010-11 will be sufficient for NHS Borders to deliver its planned capital projects.
Answer
NHS Borders approved its'' Local Delivery Plan including its capital programme on 1 April 2010. The gross planned capital programme of £6.451 million for 2010-11 will allow NHS Borders to deliver a range of capital investment priorities including provision for Renal Services at Borders General Hospital (£1.5 million), commencement of an Integrated Health Strategy (£1.037 million), commencing Roxburgh Street Community Health Centre in Galashiels (£0.6 million), Jedburgh Community Health Centre (£0.6 million) and capital grants (£0.7 million). The capital budget will also support a range of other property, IT and equipment rolling programmes and projects totalling £2.014 million.
