- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have been consulted by HM Treasury in respect of the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Ministers issueda collective response to the HM Treasury consultation on planning-gainsupplement. The response is available on the Scottish Executive website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/24153534/0.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects HM Treasury to come to a view on the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland.
Answer
The HM Treasury consultationpublished alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s 2005 Pre-Budget Reportindicated that the Planning-gain supplement would not be implemented prior to2008.
Executive officials willcontinue to keep in close touch with HMT officials to monitor the further developmentof these proposals.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any meetings between HM Treasury officials and Scottish ministers or officials about the implementation of planning-gain supplement in Scotland and, if so, how many meetings there have been and when they took place.
Answer
Scottish Executive officialshave met with HM Treasury representatives on four separate occasions to discussthe possible introduction of a planning-gain supplement. Specifically, ScottishExecutive officials met with Treasury officials in Edinburgh on18 April 2005 and 23 February 2006, and in London on 28and 29 November 2005 and 6 June 2006.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it achieved its target of reducing the number of persistent young offenders by 10% from the baseline of 1201, as set out in its press release of 14 July 2005.
Answer
The 10% target reduction inthe number of persistent young offenders in Scotland was to be achievedbetween 2003-04 and the end of 2005- 2006.
The 2005-06 youth justicedataset was published on 11 July 2006 and laid in the Scottish Parliamen InformationCentre (Bib. number: 40065).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 14 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals there have been to the Reporter to the Children’s Panel regarding children with personal drug problems in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Children’s ReporterAdministration holds information relating to the number of referrals to the Children’sReporter under section 52(2)(j) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (i.e. “has misusedalcohol or any drug, whether or not a controlled drug within the meaning of theMisuse of Drugs Act 1971”). Children referred under section 52(2)(j) are referredbecause of concerns about their safety. It is not possible to separate alcohol anddrug misuse because of the nature of this ground for referral.
Count of Grounds forChildren Referred to the Children’s Reporter under s52(2)(j)
| Year | |
| 1999-2000 | 1,260 |
| 2000-01 | 1,272 |
| 2001-02 | 1,697 |
| 2002-03 | 1,854 |
| 2003-04 | 1,969 |
| 2004-05 | 1,521* |
Note: *SCRA Statistical Footnote:Receipt based. All other data are disposal based.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 14 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18056 by Robert Brown on 10 August 2005, how many referrals there have been to the Reporter to the Children’s Panel regarding children with personal alcohol problems in each year since 2004.
Answer
The Scottish Children’s ReporterAdministration holds information relating to the number of referrals to the Children’sReporter under section 52(2)(j) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (i.e. “has misusedalcohol or any drug, whether or not a controlled drug within the meaning of theMisuse of Drugs Act 1971”). Children referred under section 52(2)(j) are referredbecause of concerns about their safety. It is not possible to separate alcohol anddrug misuse because of the nature of this ground for referral.
Count of Grounds forChildren Referred to the Children’s Reporter Under s52(2)(j)
Note: *SCRA Statistical Footnote:Receipt based.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 July 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive by what year it expects the number of persistent young offenders to fall below (a) 900 and (b) 600.
Answer
The youth justice performancebaseline for 2003-04 indicated that there were 1,201 persistent young offendersin Scotland at that time. The target was to reduce that by 10% byend 2005-06.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 30 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff have been disciplined as a result of alleged procurement irregularities at the Scottish Court Service headquarters in Edinburgh since 2004.
Answer
No instances of procurement irregularityhave occurred at the Scottish Court Service Headquarters since 2004.
Since the agency was establishedin 1995 there have only been two allegations of procurement irregularities in theSCS. Both occurred in 2003. The first in relation to procurement of IT equipmentwould have resulted in disciplinary action but the middle manager concerned resignedfrom the agency. The second in relation to the property department was the subjectof an audit by Scottish Executive auditors who found no evidence of improprietyto substantiate the allegations.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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Answered by Tom McCabe on 29 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many briefing papers it holds, including previous versions, on the possible impact of fiscal autonomy, financial independence or full fiscal power.
Answer
Office of the Permanent Secretary
Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive howmany briefing papers it holds, including previous versions, on the possible impactof fiscal autonomy, financial independence or full fiscal power.
(S2W-26216)
Mr Tom McCabe The Executive does not keep a central count of the briefingpapers held on any subject.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 29 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff at the Social Work Services Inspectorate were disciplined following allegations of staff misuse of resources in 2004-05.
Answer
There were no staff directlyemployed by the Scottish Executive at the Social Work Inspectorate disciplined followingallegations of staff misuse of resources in 2004-05.
There was, however, a temporaryworker supplied by an employment agency who was found to be unsuitable and removedfrom her temporary post. Subsequent to her removal some financial irregularitieswere identified and these were referred to the police.
