Questions and answers

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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)

Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Question reference: S2W-15126

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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.

Question reference: S2W-14986

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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.

Question reference: S2W-14987

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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.

Question reference: S2W-14974

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 14 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the draft Scottish Planning Policy on green belts will retain (a) the term "green belt" and (b) the presumption against development in green belts.

Question reference: S2W-14976

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 14 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the draft Scottish Planning Policy on green belts will encourage the creation of new green belts.

Question reference: S2W-14975

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 14 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the draft Scottish Planning Policy on green belts will reflect all aspects of a green belt, including the environmental, rural and recreational potential of existing green belts.

Question reference: S2W-14984

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the peak staffing levels of New Futures Fund projects were in the last year.

Question reference: S2W-14983

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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.

Question reference: S2W-14985

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2005
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.

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.

Question reference: S2O-05631

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 3 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to publish planning guidance on the use of green belt land.

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