- 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 staffing levels of New Futures Fund projects were in the last year.
Answer
In 2004 the peak recorded staffing levels of New Futures Fund projects were 165 staff.
- 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.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2005
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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.
Answer
A revised policy is currently in preparation. We intend to publish the draft Scottish Planning Policy for full consultation in late spring 2005.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2005
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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.
Answer
A revised policy is currently in preparation. We intend to publish the draft Scottish Planning Policy for full consultation in late spring 2005.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2005
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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.
Answer
We intend to publish a draft Scottish Planning Policy for full consultation in late spring 2005.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the likely timetable is for the consideration and implementation of bye-laws for Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park covering activity on Loch Lomond.
Answer
The procedures for introducingbyelaws (including statutory periods for different stages of the process) are setout in the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000, and in Sections 202 to 204 of the LocalGovernment (Scotland) Act 1973. The National Park Authority are proceedingwith the current policy consultation for byelaws covering activity on Loch Lomond,with a view to presenting draft byelaws for my consideration in the course ofthis calendar year. The current expectation is that revised byelaws would beintroduced early in 2006.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide additional support to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park to enhance enforcement activity on Loch Lomond before the introduction of bye-laws governing access.
Answer
I have indicated to theConvener of the Park Authority that ministers will make additional fundsavailable to the extent that there are additional and previously unforeseenenforcement costs falling on the authority which cannot be contained within theapproved budget for 2005-06.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been given to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council to support carers in each year since 1999 to date.
Answer
Under the Executive’s Carers Strategy £10 million a year was made available across Scotland from April 2000 onwards, specifically to expand local services supporting unpaid carers. This investment was further enhanced in April 2001 when authorities were given additional resources for respite care, a key service for carers and the people they care for. This provided an additional £5 million in 2001-02, £6 million in 2002-03 and £11 million in 2003-04. These resources are being maintained in real terms over the period 2004-08, thereby securing this unprecedented growth in service provision for carers.
The resources are distributed to local authorities as part of the normal Grant Aided Expenditure distribution arrangements. The table adds together the resources made available through these arrangements to Argyll and Bute Council and West Dunbartonshire Council under the Strategy and to deliver additional respite. They are only a small component of the total resources that authorities have access to for the provision of social care; authorities’ expenditure over a wide range of services is also helping to benefit carers.
| Local Authority | 2000-01 (£000) | 2001-02 (£000) | 2002-03 (£000) | 2003-04 (£000) | 2004-05 (£000) |
| Argyll and Bute | 204 | 307 | 324 | 425 | 430 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 183 | 278 | 296 | 392 | 423 |
