- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to the First Step Trust by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22571.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed service reductions in supported employment by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22560.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to Dry Dock by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22571.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed increase in meals on wheels charges from #2.12 to #2.85 per meal by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22560.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to the Gala Youth Project by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22328 on 7 February 2002.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22102 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 January 2002, whether the contracting out to a specialist provider of the escorting of prisoners will result in reduction in the staffing levels of prison officers and, if so, what the projected reduction is.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:The restructuring of prisoner escort arrangements will mean that the SPS will, over time, need about 200 fewer prison officer posts, but all our staff have been given a firm undertaking that that there will be no compulsory redundancies: any surplus staff will be suitably re-deployed.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2002
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Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21536 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002, when an offer of Regional Selective Assistance was made to Manpower plc, Selkirk; when that offer was accepted; what the total amount of the offer was, and to what conditions any payments will be subject and when they will be made.
Answer
An offer of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) was made to Manpower in November 2000. The company has still to formally accept this offer. Details of the amount of RSA offers is made public in Labour Market Trends when the first instalment has been paid to a company; until then this remains commercially confidential. Similarly, details of the conditions attached to any offer are part of a contract between the company and the Scottish Executive and remain confidential.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Answered by Iain Gray on 11 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of any impact of funding cuts by Scottish Borders Council, reported in The Southern Reporter on 24 January 2002, on voluntary organisations that provide essential services throughout the council area and what action it plans to take in respect of such cuts.
Answer
The funding of voluntary organisations by local authorities is a matter for individual local authorities to decide in light of local circumstances and priorities. However, the Executive has made a generous local authority settlement this year and our notification of indicative three-year funding should enable local authorities to plan their funding of local groups.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2002
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns regarding the provision of public services in the Scottish Borders.
Answer
Public Services in the Scottish Borders are subject to scrutiny throughinspection and audit and other performance review mechanisms. The Executive has not been invited to date to take any actions with regard to any public service failures but will consider any recommendations it receives as a result of statutory review processes.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies for positions in the Young People's unit in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital there currently are, broken down by post.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Information on vacancies for consultant and staff grade posts is collected at board and trust level only.
