- 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, 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 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 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 Andy Kerr on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources are given to each (a) local authority and (b) NHS board for care home provision for the elderly.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-14118, on 28 February 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/webapp/wa.search.
- 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 Nicol Stephen on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when the final report of the Tolled Bridges Review will be published.
Answer
The final report of the Tolled Bridges Review will be published following its consideration by ministers in late summer 2005.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to develop a network of independent living centres across Scotland.
Answer
Local independent living support is funded by local authorities and there are no plans to develop a national network.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will involve service users in the development of performance indicators for direct payments.
Answer
The Executive is in the process of ensuring that direct payments take up is evaluated through the Joint Performance Information and Assessment Framework. When further direct payments subgroups are set up, service users will be involved in reviewing how this system of monitoring is being implemented in practice.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend the availability and uptake of direct payments across Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to developing direct payments as a way of giving service users choice and control over the care services they receive. From April 2005, direct payments will be available to the first non disabled client group, those people aged 65 and over who are assessed as needing care services. It is also anticipated that concentrated effort will be made to increase uptake among current eligible groups such as disabled children, mental health service and learning disabled users from April 2005 onwards.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it involves service users in the development of guidance on direct payments.
Answer
A short life Working Group on direct payments for older people was set up in May 2004 to consider and overcome barriers to take up and to assist with updating the Direct Payments Guidance. The group membership is wide ranging including representatives of service users, local support organisations and local authorities.
The draft guidance will shortly go out for public consultation for implementation in July 2005. It will highlight best practice to further develop local user-led support organisations. From 2006 onwards, additional Government Allocated Expenditure (GAE) will be targeted at promoting local user-led support organisations.
Beyond March 2005, further subgroups will be set up to focus on the needs of particular care groups such as those with mental health problems. User representatives will be invited on all subsequent groups of this type.
