- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to (a) SFA Performance Schools and (b) the provision of 3G synthetic pitches.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not provide financial support or other support to SFA Performance Schools, either directly or through sportscotland.
On the provision of 3G synthetic pitches, financial support is accessible from sportscotland through its Sport Facilities Fund.
Since 2007, sportscotland has supported the development of 77 full sized and small sized 3G pitches through its funding programmes and the Scottish Government's Cashback for Communities programme including the 3G pitch at Broadwood stadium in Cumbernauld.
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2014
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how it helps young people with learning disabilities into employment.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2014
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2014
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lanarkshire and what issues were discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2014
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 September 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 1 October 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on delivering a new railway station in Plains.
Answer
The proposal to progress a railway station at Plains is being taken forward by North Lanarkshire Council with the involvement of Plains Community Council.
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport have assisted with funds for a feasibility study, which was returned to the council in July 2014.
An application for funds to the Scottish Stations Fund can be submitted once an appraisal in line with Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance has been completed.
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2014
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is committed to fairer pay for workers employed by private companies on public contracts.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2014
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 September 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what projects supporting deaf and hard of hearing adults and children it has funded in each of the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Government has funded the projects detailed in tables 1-3 for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, that assist deaf and hard of hearing adults and children. In addition the government allocated £1 million in each of the two years 2013-14 and 2014-15 to implement See Hear, the national sensory impairment strategy.
It should be noted however that many projects are designed to assist people with sensory impairment and so may also include elements designed to improve the quality of life for people who are blind, partially sighted or who have dual sensory impairment.
Table 1 - 2011-12
| Organization | Allocation | Project |
| Forth Valley Sensory Centre | £26,000.00 | |
| North East Sensory Services | £100,000.00 | Aberdeen City one stop shop |
| Hearing Link | £100,000.00 | Taking forward lip-reading policy |
| Hearing Link | £10,000.00 | Intensive rehabilitation course |
| Forth Valley Sensory Centre | £195,000.00 | Prevention strategies |
| Borders one stop shop | £120,000.00 | Sensory champion and prevention project |
| Glasgow Sensory Centre | £75,000.00 | Independence, re-enablement and inclusion |
| Deafblind Scotland | £99,826.00 | Develop links for deaf-blind people |
| North East Sensory Services | £2,000.00 | Lip-reading course and tutors |
| Deaflinks | £30,000.00 | Advocacy worker in Tayside |
| Scottish Sensory Centre | £150,000.00 | Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments. |
| TOTAL | £907,826.00 | |
Table 2 - 2012-13
| Organization | Allocation | Project |
| Sight Action | £200,000.00 | Highland one stop shop |
| RNIB Scotland | £200,000.00 | Lothian one stop shop |
| RNIB Scotland | £226,996.00 | Ayrshire one stop shop |
| Hearing Link | £10,100.00 | Acquired deafness course |
| SCTTL | £40,000.00 | Lip-reading tutor course |
| Sign Language Interpretation | £180.00 | Cancellation of interpreters |
| British Deaf Association | £3,400.00 | 1-to-1 consultation |
| Visibility | £254,641.60 | Dumfries and Galloway one stop shop |
| Action on Hearing Loss/Deaf Links | £30,717.00 | Tayside Enhanced volunteers |
| SCTTL | £14,310.00 | Lip-reading tutor course |
| NHS Lanarkshire | £10,000.00 | National record of deaf children work |
| Hearing Link | £15,400.00 | Rehabilitation course |
| SCTTL | £2,770.00 | Lip-reading tutor database |
| Action on Hearing Loss | £42,000.00 | Lip-reading tutor mapping |
| Scottish Sensory Centre | £150,000.00 | Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments. |
| TOTAL | £1,200,514.60 | |
Table 3 - 2013-14
| Organization | Allocation | Project |
| Deaf Links | £40,000.00 | Tayside one stop service advocacy worker |
| Visibility | £181,420.50 | Dumfries and Galloway one stop shop |
| Sensory Impairment Support Group (Ayrshire) | £30,000.00 | Ayrshire one stop shop |
| Hearing Link | £13,400.00 | Rehabilitation course |
| NHS Lanarkshire | £8,000.00 | Audiology outcomes workshop |
| Scottish Council on Deafness (SCOD) | £30,000.00 | SCOD strategic positioning |
| Scottish Sensory Centre | £150,000.00 | Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments. |
| TOTAL | £452,820.50 | |
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 September 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22314 by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2014, for what reason funding was reduced from £1,503,322 in 2011-12 to £439,773.50 in 2013-14.
Answer
There has been no reduction in the amount of Scottish Government funding made available to sensory impairment between 2011-12 and 2012-13. Rather, there has been a significant investment of £1 million for the implementation of See Hear, the national sensory impairment strategy.
This investment is aimed at transforming the delivery of services to users who should expect seamless provision of assessment, care and support and the same access to employment, education, leisure, healthcare and social care as everyone else.
A further £1 million will be invested in the strategy’s implementation in 2014-15.
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what projects it has funded through its tackling sectarianism small grants programme since 1 November 2013, broken down by (a) group involved, (b) amount awarded and (c) local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Government funds three small grant programmes to support work to tackle sectarianism. Support for all three small grants schemes forms part of our commitment to invest £9 million over three years to build our understanding of and deliver work to tackle sectarianism.
The programmes are run through Sense Over Sectarianism, Youth Scotland and the Voluntary Action Fund. Activity between the programmes is coordinated to ensure maximum coverage of Scotland.
The detailed breakdown requested for funded projects from 1 November 2013 for the three programmes is set out in the following table:
| Programme Delivery Body | Project | Local Authority Area | Funding |
| Sense Over Sectarianism | Bridgeton Film Project | Glasgow City Council | £7,014 |
| | Cranhill Arts | Glasgow City Council | £9,230 |
| | Crookston Castle and St Marnock’s Primary Schools | Glasgow City Council | £7,500 |
| | Impact Arts | Glasgow City Council | £10,000 |
| | Inverclyde Radio | Inverclyde Council | £6,934 |
| | Knightswood and St Thomas Aquinas Learning Communities | Glasgow City Council | £2,700 |
| | Oaknote Theatre | Edinburgh Council | £9,745 |
| | Scottish Media Academy | West Dunbartonshire | £8,450 |
| | Springburn Academy and All Saints Secondary | Glasgow City Council | £7,962 |
| | St Blane’s Parkview and St Mary’s Primary Schools | Glasgow City Council | £7,230 |
| | Thistle Weir Youth Academy | Glasgow City Council | £8,090 |
| | International Voluntary Service | East Renfrewshire | £9,000 |
| | Lenzie Youth Club | East Dunbartonshire | £400 |
| | Bankhead Primary School | Glasgow City Council | £500 |
| | Cairns Primary Schools | South Lanarkshire | £500 |
| | Caldervale High School | North Lanarkshire | £500 |
| | Gleniffer High School | Renfrewshire Council | £500 |
| | Kilmarnock Academy | East Ayrshire Council | £500 |
| | Lanark Academy | South Lanarkshire | £500 |
| | Castleton and St Bartholomews Primary Schools | Glasgow City Council | £475 |
| | Knightswood Primary | Glasgow City Council | £500 |
| | Our Lady of the Annunciation and Merrylee Primary Schools | Glasgow City Council | £500 |
| | Royston and St Roch’s Primary Schools | Glasgow City Council | £500 |
| | Blairdardie and Scotstoun Primary Schools | Glasgow City Council | £500 |
| Youth Scotland | Aberlour Youthpoint | Glasgow City Council | £1,000 |
| | Ayrshire Communities Education and Sport | North Ayrshire Council | £990 |
| | Boys Brigade: Lanarkshire District Fellowship | North Lanarkshire | £1,000 |
| | Muirhouse Youth Development Group | City of Edinburgh Council | £970 |
| | Safety Zone Community Project | North Lanarkshire | £976 |
| | West Dumbartonshire Leisure Sports Youth Groups | West Dumbartonshire | £300 |
| | Craigend Community Youth Group | Glasgow City Council | £620 |
| | Move On | City of Edinburgh Council | £944 |
| | Fuse Youth Café | Glasgow City Council | £1,000 |
| | Youth Highland | Highland Council | £900 |
| | A&M Training | Glasgow City Council | £600 |
| | Oasis Youth Centre | Dumfries and Galloway | £1,000 |
| | Falkirk Community Trust | Falkirk Council | £1,000 |
| | Hilton Youth Clubs | Highland Council | £997 |
| | West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre | City of Edinburgh Council | £948 |
| | Wester Hailes WHALE | City of Edinburgh Council | £1,000 |
| | Spartans Community Football Academy | City of Edinburgh Council | £1,000 |
| Voluntary Action Fund | Alyth Youth Partnership | Perth and Kinross | £4,750 |
| | Auchinleck Community Development Initiative | East Ayrshire | £10,000 |
| | Auchinleck Talbot Community Football Foundation | East Ayrshire | £4,430 |
| | Ayrshire Healthy Living Enterprise | North Ayrshire | £9,924 |
| | Beith Community Development Trust | North Ayrshire | £4,820 |
| | Burnsong Limited | Dumfries and Galloway | £8,115 |
| | Civil Service Strollers Amateur and Community Youth Football Club | Edinburgh | £9,530 |
| | Community First | East Dunbartonshire | £4,320 |
| | Council of Voluntary Organisations - East Ayrshire | East Ayrshire | £24,493 |
| | Cumnock Juniors Community Enterprise | East Ayrshire | £5,000 |
| | Kilwinning Community Sports Club | North Ayrshire | £4,200 |
| | Logos Centre | Perth and Kinross | £7,515 |
| | Machan Trust | South Lanarkshire | £1,500 |
| | Pennyburn Community Association | North Ayrshire | £6,500 |
| | Pennyburn Regeneration Youth Development Enterprise | North Ayrshire | £25,000 |
| | Stewartry Council of Voluntary Service | Dumfries and Galloway | £16,598 |
| | Tarbert Youth Group - Project 1 | Argyll and Bute | £5,000 |
| | Tarbert Youth Group - Project 2 | Argyll and Bute | £5,000 |
| | Tayinloan Youth Club | Argyll and Bute | £5,853 |
| | The Welcoming Association Spanish Project | Edinburgh | £5,000 |
| | The Welcoming Association - Italian & Polish Project | Edinburgh | £5,000 |
| | Westwood Parish Church Community Integration Project | South Lanarkshire | £5,000 |
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 August 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what projects it has funded to assist blind and partially sighted adults and children in each of the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Government has funded the projects detailed in Tables 1-3 for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, that assist blind and partially sighted adults and children. In addition the Government allocated £1 million in each of the two years 2013-14 and 2014-15 to implement ‘See Hear’, the National Sensory Impairment Strategy.
It should be noted however that many projects are designed to assist people with sensory impairment and so may also include elements designed to improve the quality of life for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or who have dual sensory impairment.
Table 1- 2011-12
| Organization | Allocation | Project |
| RNIB Scotland | £6,000.00 | |
| Forth Valley Sensory Centre | £26,000.00 | |
| Insight Radio/RNIB Scotland | £4,500.00 | Keep Safe campaign |
| North East Sensory Services | £100,000.00 | Aberdeen City one-stop-shop |
| Fife Society for the Blind | £100,000.00 | 'Just Ask' programme |
| Forth Valley Sensory Centre | £195,000.00 | Prevention strategies |
| RNIB Scotland | £200,000.00 | Lothian one-stop-shop |
| Borders one-stop-shop | £120,000.00 | Sensory champion and prevention project |
| RNIB Scotland | £226,996.00 | Ayrshire one-stop-shop |
| Glasgow Sensory Centre | £75,000.00 | Independence, re-enablement and inclusion |
| Deafblind Scotland | £99,826.00 | Develop links for deaf-blind people |
| Sight Action | £200,000.00 | Highland one-stop-shop |
| Scottish Sensory Centre | £150,000.00 | Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments. |
| Total | £1,503,322.00 | |
Table 2 - 2012-13
| Organization | Allocation | Project |
| Sight Action | £200,000.00 | Highland one-stop-shop |
| RNIB Scotland | £200,000.00 | Lothian one-stop-shop |
| RNIB Scotland | £226,996.00 | Ayrshire one-stop-shop |
| Fife Society for the Blind | £40,000.00 | Showcase and media resources |
| RNIB Scotland | £33,357.00 | Bridge to Vision - Dementia |
| Visibility | £254,641.60 | Dumfries & Galloway one-stop-shop |
| RNIB Scotland | £125,000.00 | Awareness training |
| Scottish Sensory Centre | £150,000.00 | Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments. |
| Total | £1,229,994.60 | |
Table 3 - 2013-14
| Organization | Allocation | Project |
| Visibility | £181,420.50 | One-stop-service Dumfries |
| RNIB Scotland | £51,189.00 | Bridge to Vision service |
| RNIB Scotland | £10,000.00 | Technology for life conference |
| RNIB Scotland | £9,000.00 | Insight Radio Keep Safe campaign |
| SISG (Ayrshire Hearing Support) | £30,000.00 | Ayrshire one-stop-shop |
| Heriot Watt University | £8,164.00 | Assessment of blue light for vision |
| Scottish Sensory Centre | £150,000.00 | Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments. |
| Total | £439,773.50 | |
- Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 21 July 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what mechanism it has in place to monitor whether individual NHS boards are complying with the (a) Patient Rights (Treatment Time Guarantee) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 and (b) Patient Rights (Treatment Time Guarantee) (Scotland) Directions 2012.
Answer
The Scottish Government receives regular information from all boards around the delivery of the treatment time guarantee. ISD Scotland also publish quarterly information, not only on the delivery of the guarantee but also on the number and reasons of why patients have been made unavailable for treatment. This data is closely scrutinised by the Scottish Government and any deviation in trends will be raised with the board concerned. In addition the Health Directorate’s Access Support Team meets regularly with boards both individually and through the Waiting Time Executive Leads Group to discuss compliance and how rules are being applied across NHSScotland.
