- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what section 16b grants it has awarded in 2013-14.
Answer
The following Section 16b grants were awarded to organisations for 2013-14.
| Organisation Name | Amount |
| Action for ME | £5,000 |
| Action on Depression | £40,000 |
| Action on Pre-eclampsia | £9,200 |
| Age Concern | £42,235 |
| Alzheimer Scotland | £9,240 |
| Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC) | £18,000 |
| Art in Healthcare | £30,000 |
| National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) | £15,000 |
| BASICS Scotland | £36,000 |
| Befriending | £10,010 |
| Bipolar Fellowship Scotland | £35,000 |
| Bliss | £38,125 |
| Bobath Scotland | £9,458 |
| Bowel Cancer UK Scotland | £10,000 |
| Breast Cancer Care | £15,000 |
| Breastfeeding Network | £20,004 |
| British Deaf Association | £35,000 |
| British Fluoridation Society | £5,000 |
| British Lung Foundation (BLF) Scotland | £15,000 |
| British Red Cross - Skin Camouflage Project /chainging faces | £10,000 |
| Brittle Bone Society | £14,000 |
| Brook | £20,000 |
| Care 4 Carers | £19,277 |
| Care Confidential | £6,500 |
| carr-gomm scotland | £39,820 |
| Children’s Hospice Association (Scotland) | £24,664 |
| Clydeside Action on Asbestos | £72,000 |
| Comas | £27,042 |
| Council for Music in Hospitals | £12,000 |
| Crew 2000 | £40,113 |
| Cruse Bereavement Care | £30,000 |
| Deaf Connections | £26,000 |
| Deafblind Scotland | £32,000 |
| Diabetes UK Scotland | £10,000 |
| Downs Syndrome Scotland | £10,000 |
| Drugs Action | £14,503 |
| Eczema Outreach Scotland | £10,000 |
| Epilepsy Scotland | £10,000 |
| ERIC | £6,667 |
| Faith in Older People | £20,950 |
| Family Planning Association (FPA) Scotland | £10,000 |
| Fast forward | £34,193 |
| FPA | £21,900 |
| Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens | £10,000 |
| Fertility Care Scotland | £20,000 |
| Genetic Alliance UK | £5,012 |
| Genetic Alliance UK | £11,012 |
| Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome Help (HUSH) | £12,000 |
| Haemophilia Society | £20,000 |
| Hearts & Minds | £11,300 |
| Indepen-dance | £12,000 |
| Infertility Network Scotland | £11,700 |
| Insight (RNIB Radio) | £15,675 |
| Leuchie house | £11,020 |
| LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing | £25,936 |
| LGBT Youth Scotland | £19,000 |
| Maggies Cancer Centres | £10,000 |
| Medical Foundation Scotland | £35,000 |
| Meningitis Trust | £35,100 |
| Mindroom | £18,000 |
| MRF - Meningitis Research Foundation | £13,000 |
| National Aids Trust | £23,364 |
| Open Secret | £26,000 |
| Pain Association Scotland | £15,000 |
| Pain Concern | £6,000 |
| PAMIS | £9,969 |
| Paths for All | £16,912 |
| PBC Foundation (UK) [Primary Biliary Cirrhosis] | £10,000 |
| People First Scotland | £35,000 |
| Prostate Cancer | £7,000 |
| REACH Community Health | £30,000 |
| Re-solv - The Society for the Prevention of Volatile Substance Misuse (VSM) | £20,130 |
| Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation | £15,000 |
| Saheliya | £15,488 |
| Samaritans | £40,000 |
| SAY Women | £20,000 |
| Scottish Cot Death Trust | £40,000 |
| Scottish Council on Deafness (SCoD) | £20,000 |
| Scottish Drugs Forum | £31,416 |
| Scottish Healthy Living Centre Alliance | £20,000 |
| Scottish Healthy Living Centre Alliance (SHLCA) | £20,000 |
| Scottish Huntingdon's Association | £5,000 |
| Scottish Motor Neurone Disease | £10,000 |
| Scottish Pre-school Play Association (SPPA) | £30,608 |
| Scottish Spina Bifida Association | £10,000 |
| Sense Scotland | £10,000 |
| Sleep Scotland | £37,961 |
| Streetwork UK | £15,000 |
| The Memory Box Network | £15,000 |
| The Mental Health Foundation | £40,000 |
| The Notre Dame Centre | £26,000 |
| Thistle Foundation | £17,257 |
| Tommy's | £10,000 |
| Tourette Scotland | £6,000 |
| Trellis (Scottish Therapeutic Gardening Network) | £10,000 |
| Trust Rugby International | £12,850 |
| Universal Comedy | £25,000 |
| Visibility | £10,000 |
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 13 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to make transport accessible, affordable and available for disabled people.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to equality and inclusiveness across Scotland’s entire transport network and regularly brings together a number of key transport stakeholders and representatives of disability organisations to discuss the accessibility, affordability and availability of transport for disabled people.
The Scottish Government sponsors the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland who continue to promote the travel needs of disabled people directly with transport planners, operators and infrastructure providers.
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2013
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2013
To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the Scottish Government's discussions regarding the future of the Clyde shipyards.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2013
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 8 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it collates regarding the use of so-called zero-hours contracts.
Answer
Employment law is a reserved matter and statistics on zero-hours contracts are currently produced by the UK Government using the Labour Force Survey. Estimates for Scotland are not available due to the size of the sample. The Scottish Government welcomes the recent statement from the Director General of the Office for National Statistics which confirmed that “there is a clear need for better statistics” and outlined plans to enhance business surveys. The Scottish Government considers that this important work should be progressed quickly, and also provide improved Scotland-specific information.
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2013
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has with the UK Government regarding economic development programmes.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2013
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 2 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will encourage further and higher education institutions not to use so-called zero-hours contracts.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-17083 on 25 September 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 1 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the effect of so-called zero-hours contracts in colleges and universities on (a) educational outcomes and (b) student satisfaction.
Answer
Employment law is a reserved matter and we have not made an assessment of the effects of zero hours contracts in colleges and universities. However, we are urging employers in all sectors to carefully consider their use of such contracts.
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are for a provisional constitution should Scotland separate from the rest of the UK; who would (a) draft and (b) approve this; whether it would be in place on the day of secession, and how long it would take for the so-called people's constitution to come into force.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s plans for a constitutional platform to come into force from Scotland’s independence day are set out in the Scottish Government publication Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution:#
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00413757.pdf.
Paragraphs 2.12 of the document states that the Scottish Government and parliament will have the leading role in legislating for the creation of the constitutional platform, while paragraph 2.13 explains that part of the platform will involve Westminster passing legislation, for example to acknowledge the end of its power to legislate for Scotland.
Paragraph 1.8 of Scotland’s Future states that the post-independence Scottish constitutional convention will convene under the auspices of the Scottish Parliament, that the remit and membership of the convention should be a matter for the parliament to determine and that the parliament should also determine the process by which the constitution produced by the convention will become the constitution of Scotland.
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what companies will (a) design, (b) print and (c) distribute its white paper and associated material on its plans to separate Scotland from the rest of the UK, and what the cost will be.
Answer
The white paper will be designed, printed and published in Scotland, in line with the Scottish Government Design, Printing, Publishing and Associated Services Framework which is used to produce all Scottish Government documents. Its distribution will reflect its significance and importance in the debate on Scotland’s future.
- Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish its white paper on its plans to separate Scotland from the rest of the UK and whether this will be on a sitting day of the Scottish and UK parliaments.
Answer
The white paper will be published in November 2013. The precise date will be confirmed in due course.
