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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S2W-29010

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to monitor the extent to which local authorities have instituted procedures to support those receiving direct payments for community care in the management of their payments, or in the management of the services purchased with such payments.

The Executive monitors localauthorities’ activities on direct payments in two ways.

Local authorities are requiredto complete the quarterly statistical return DP1 of key monitoring information,which the Scottish Executive compiles into an annual statistical return. Thelatest national figures are available on the Scottish Executive website at thefollowing link:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/25160444/0.

In response to the HealthCommittee’s recent Care Inquiry, the Scottish Executive issued in September draftguidance for public consultation which highlights that Local ImprovementTargets (LITs) of the Joint Performance Information and Assessment Framework(JPIAF) are used to monitor local authority performance. It is an expectationof the grant aided expenditure (GAE) for direct payments for 2006 onwards thatlocal authorities provide local information, support and training, both fordirect payments recipients and personal assistants (PAs,) and local authoritystaff involved in financing and delivering care locally. We shall use LITs tomonitor progress on delivery. Further information on LITs can be found on the Scottish Executive Joint Future website at the following link:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/care/JointFuture/LITS.

Question reference: S2W-29066

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 9 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what services are in place specifically to address mental health problems in young people.

A wide range of mental healthservices are provided for young people in Scotland. Whilst we do not collect detailed information centrallyon every service, Children and Young People’s Mental Health: A Framework for Promotion,Prevention and Care was developed in 2005 to assist local health, education andsocial services in planning and delivering integrated approaches to children andyoung people’s mental health and wellbeing, and provides an overview of servicesput in place for young people.

Question reference: S2W-29325

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 8 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates that installation work under the central heating programme and the Warm Deal scheme will be completed for those on the waiting list in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency.

I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

It is expected that eligiblehouseholders who applied to the programme before 31 October 2006 will have receiveda central heating system or Warm Deal insulation measures before March 2007. Wherehouseholders require gas connections, electrical upgrades, building warrants etc,it may, in some circumstances, take longer for them to receive the measures.

Question reference: S2W-29324

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 8 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the Dumbarton parliamentary constituency are waiting for installation work under the central heating programme and the Warm Deal scheme.

I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

Waiting list information aboutthese programmes is held at postcode area.

The number of householders waitingfor their eligibility to be established or for installation work to commence inthe G and PA postcode areas is shown in the following table.

	Postcode Area: G	Postcode Area: PA
Central Heating Programme	691	951
Warm Deal Programme	75	103

Question reference: S2W-29329

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 8 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average class sizes were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the (i) Argyll and Bute and (i) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in 2005-06.

Question reference: S2W-29327

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 8 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated under New Community School projects to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1999 and on what the money was spent.

For funding allocated under theNew Community Schools Programme to Argyll and Bute Council and West DunbartonshireCouncil in each year over the period 1999 to 2002, I refer the member to the answerto question S1W-19613 on 15 November 2001. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Overthe period 2002-07, funding for the New Community Schools Programme has been providedthrough the National Priorities Action Fund (NPAF). Funding allocated to Argyll and Bute Council and West Dunbartonshire Councilin each of these years is provided in the following table.

Year	Argyll and Bute (£)	West Dunbartonshire (£)
2002-03	402,160	435,080
2003-04	402,160	451,120
2004-05	303,240	468,160
2005-06	404,320	585,200
2006-07	404,320	585,200

Funding is used to promote anintegrated approach to the delivery of services and support for children and families.Expenditure on individual areas is a matter for each authority taking into accountlocal needs and priorities. Examples of expenditure include: appointment of integrationco-ordinators; employment of additional staffing; interagency training and disseminationof good practice; development of joint assessment and action planning frameworks,and support for learning within and out with the school.

Question reference: S2W-29330

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 8 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants there have been in schools in the (i) Argyll and Bute and (ii) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 2003-04.

The number of teachers in Argylland Bute and West Dunbartonshire in 2003-04 to 2005-06 (the latest figures available)are available in the statistical publication Teachers in Scotland, 2005 whichcan be accessed at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/03/28083648/102.

Similarly the number of classroomassistants in these local authorities in 2005 can be accessed in that publicationand the figures for 2003-04 are available in the statistical publication Teachersin Scotland, 2003 which can be accessed at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/07/19729/40787.

Question reference: S2W-29041

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the use of funding allocated to local authorities to tackle anti-social behaviour.

The Executive monitors the useof funding allocated to local authorities to tackle antisocial behaviour throughannual reporting as part of the 2005-08 Outcome Agreement approach. Guidance onthis is available in Guidance on: - Antisocial Behaviour Strategies - AccountabilityFramework and Outcome Agreements - Reporting on Antisocial Behaviour Strategiesand Outcome Agreements, a copy of which can be found in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 40824).

Question reference: S2W-29040

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many anti-social behaviour orders have been applied for by Argyll and Bute Council in each year since the measure was introduced.

Question reference: S2W-29067

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been committed to addressing mental health problems in young people in each year since 1999.