- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation has been undertaken with the local community prior to the publication of the draft Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Plan.
Answer
The National Park Authority used a range of methods to obtain the views of local communities in the lead up to the publication of the draft National Park Plan, which I was delighted to support at Loch Katrine earlier this week. The National Park Community Futures Programme encouraged communities to feed in their views, and specialist forums were established to involve local land owners, businesses and other organisations. Consultation on the draft plan will be taken forward over the summer months.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 5 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will encourage community care of garden schemes to assist elderly people who are unable to maintain their gardens.
Answer
Local authorities have a duty under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 to assess the community care needs of people who appear to be in need of support and to decide, in the light of the assessment, what services to arrange.
While help with gardening does not generally form a part of community care packages, local authorities do have discretion to provide gardening schemes for elderly residents depending on local priorities. The Scottish Executive, through Supporting People grant, funds advice and assistance to older people to maintain their own gardens independently. Supporting People clients are also encouraged to access gardening services. Additionally, several Care and Repair projects help older and disabled home owners maintain their gardens.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 15 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is being provided to people who suffer from ME and what support is being provided to their carers.
Answer
Support services for people with ME and other chronic illnesses, and for their carers, are in general for NHS boards and local authority Social Services Departments to plan, based on their assessments of individual needs. The Executive takes the view that support services should be appropriate to the needs of patients and carers irrespective of the condition which has led to a person’s disability.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding arrangements are in place to ensure that early employability programmes for vulnerable adults, such as the New Futures Fund, are continued after March 2006.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-15127 answered on 18 March 2005. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Enterprise will continue to be the lead agency on the New Futures Fund initiative until March 2006.
Answer
Scottish Enterprise is undertaking a performance assessment of New Futures Fund projects in order to inform decisions to end March 2006.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources will be allocated to its employability framework.
Answer
The development of an Employability Framework for Scotland is looking at better ways of using existing resources. We aim to announce conclusions in the summer.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated client level is within New Futures Fund projects.
Answer
In January 2005 there were 2,048clients engaged in New Futures Fund projects.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated staffing levels are for New Futures Fund projects.
Answer
Current staffing levels across New Futures Fund (NFF) projects are 142. Future staffing levels cannot be estimated until decisions about on-going funding for NFF projects are made. I refer the member to my response to question S2W-14983 on 14 March 2004. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when Scottish Enterprise will inform New Futures Fund projects whether they will continue to receive funding until March 2006.
Answer
Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise will have completed a performance assessment of New Futures Fund (NFF) projects by the end of March 2005 and NFF projects will be informed thereafter.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the peak level of client contact was within New Futures Fund projects in the last year.
Answer
In 2004, the peak recorded level of client contact within New Futures Fund projects was 2,183.
