- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the level of affordable rented accommodation.
Answer
Decisions on affordable housing investment beyond2008 will depend on the outcome of the spending review process later this year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring the tenants’ right to buy housing policy.
Answer
Yes, the tenants’right to buy housing policy is monitored by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will monitor the number of families living in overcrowded accommodation awaiting suitable tenancies.
Answer
The Scottish Executive collects information on numbers of applicants on housinglists, but this does not include details of individual household circumstances ascollecting such a level of detail would place an excessive burden on social landlords.As part of its regulation and inspection role, Communities Scotland looks at whether or not a local authority orregistered social landlord gives reasonable preference to overcrowded householdsthrough its allocation policy, but does not collect this information routinely.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what priority it will give to housing policy.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentplaces a very high priority on housing policy. We set out our immediate plans duringthe Executive Debate on Housing on 21 June, which include pursuing a new Housing Supply Task Force andimplementing the manifesto proposal for a new Scottish HousingSupport Fund.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Glasgow City Council will benefit from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Young People’s announcement on extending free nursery provision from 33 to 38 weeks.
Answer
Yes. Children in Glasgowwho attend partner provider settings will receive 475 hours of free pre-school educationfrom August 2007, an increase from the current level of 412.5 hours. Glasgow CityCouncil will receive an additional £1.576 million in 2007-08 and £2.364 millionin 2008-09 to cover the cost of funding the additional hours for all pre-schoolchildren. It will be for the Council to decide how the additional resources shouldbe allocated.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children will benefit from the proposed extension in free nursery provision.
Answer
We estimate that atleast 20,000 children will get additional funded hours of free Pre-SchoolEducation following the expansion in hours to 475 hours from August 2007. Makingthis a universal entitlement will also put local authority services which currentlyprovide 475 hours of pre-school on a proper financial footing.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns about the recent court decision in Perth Sheriff Court concerning the Kinfauns Castle estate.
Answer
The Governmentdoes not comment on decisions made by individual sheriffs. Ministers respectthe independence of the judiciary.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure the correct application of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
The Government iscommitted to delivering the right of responsible access to most land and inlandwater throughout Scotland, embodied in Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. Together with Scottish Natural Heritage wewill continue to monitor the practical implementation of the statutory provisionsof the act. If evidence points to the need for amendment to the act, we will bringforward proposals for consideration.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it intends to issue to Scottish sheriffs regarding the interpretation of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code.
Answer
The Government doesnot intend to issue guidance to sheriffs on this matter. Ministers respect the roleof the courts in interpreting and applying legislation, but would draw the membersattention to the answer to question S3W-909 on 22 June 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to reduce child poverty.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-565 on 18 June 2007. Allanswers 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/webapp/wa.search.
