- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to issue guidance on best practice in local area co-ordination in order to underpin the implementation of The Same As You?.
Answer
The Executive wrote to all local authorities and NHS boards on 16 October 2002 with good practice guidance on local area co-ordination.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local area co-ordinators as identified in The Same As You? have been funded from existing local authority and NHS board resources or from the Learning Disability Services Change Fund.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31129 today. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local area co-ordination services, as identified in The Same As You?, are intended to cover all age groups.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authority areas do not yet have local area co-ordinators, as identified in The Same As you?, in place.
Answer
Information about the appointment of local area co-ordinators in each local authority area is available in Partnership in Practice Agreements, and in supplementary information provided to the Scottish Executive. All of this information will shortly be available on the learning disability review website at
www.scotland.gov.uk/ldsr.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28050 by Mr Frank McAveety on 21 August 2002, how many local area co-ordinators that are already in place are (a) additional to the existing staff complement and (b) form part of an existing member of staff's remit to take forward the implementation of The Same As You?.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-31129 today. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the underspend in the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme in 2001-02, whether Historic Scotland has discouraged applications being made to the scheme until 2005 and, if so, what the reasons were for the position on the matter.
Answer
I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His reply is as follows:No. Historic Scotland has never knowingly discouraged suitable applications from being made under the Historic Buildings Repair Grant Scheme. Previously, general advice was given to applicants on when their projects might gain a place in Historic Scotland's forward programme in the light of the demand for these grants. This advice was intended to assist applicants to plan their fund raising and the preparation and submission of technical information. Such advice is now given on a case-by-case basis and updated as the application proceeds through various stages.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of underspend was in the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme for 2001-02 and what the reason was for the underspend.
Answer
I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The amount of grant awarded but unclaimed at the end of 2001-02 under the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme was £2.9 million. This was due to projects failing to start on site on the date previously notified to Historic Scotland and to delays in the works programmes of projects already on site, all leading to a lower level of grant being claimed in the financial year.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme in 2002-03 (a) has been committed in (i) grant awards in total and (ii) indicative offers of grant and (b) remains uncommitted.
Answer
I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The position as at 31 October 2002 was as follows:
| | £ million |
| Budget | 11.1 |
| Firm offers | 7.1 |
| Indicative authorisations | 2.3 |
| Pre-offer stage - uncommitted funds | 0.9 |
| Recurring expenditure | 2.4 |
| Total | 12.7 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a projected underspend in the Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme in 2002-03 and, if so, what that projection is and what the actual spend is to date, expressed in cash terms and as a percentage of the overall budget.
Answer
I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:Against a total commitment of £12.7 million for the current year grantees are currently indicating to Historic Scotland that they intend to draw down £11.7 million, (this is against a budget allocation of £11.1 million). In calculating this figure, Historic Scotland has used the information provided by grantees, or the relevant professional advisers, about the progress of work on site. However, from experience, Historic Scotland does not expect a full drawdown of this amount. The figure is updated monthly. The actual spend to 31 October 2002 expressed in cash terms is £4.45 million or 41.6% of the budget. In resource accounting terms, valuations amounting to £3.3 million (31%) have been received by the agency.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reconsider its proposal to abolish the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland, in light of the evidence taken by the Education, Culture and Sport Committee about lack of appropriate succession arrangements.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is considering the committee's concerns on successor arrangements. We will seek further dialogue with the committee before Stage 2 of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies (Scotland) Bill to reach agreement on the best way forward.
