- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many contact orders were applied for by non-resident fathers in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many contact orders applied for by non-resident fathers were granted by the courts in each year since 1999, broken down into orders for direct unsupervised contact, direct supervised contact and indirect contact.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1614 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 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 31 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Registrar General for Scotland will publish his Annual Report for 2002.
Answer
Scotland's Population 2002: the Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends is published today. The report focuses on one of the major issues affecting Scotland's population - declining fertility. A copy of the report is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib No. 28557) or from the GROS website at:
www.gro-scotland.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in the development of a strategic approach to animal health and welfare.
Answer
Following extensive consultation earlier in the year, we have published today an Outline of an animal health and welfare strategy for Great Britain. This document builds on the wide range of views which emerged from the consultation. It sets out a clear vision for animal health and welfare in Great Britain for 10 years ahead, and outlines principles for Government, industry and other stakeholders to work to in order to improve our performance in this area.We will be consulting stakeholders to develop the outline into a final strategy to be published next spring. My officials will also be working with stakeholders to produce a plan to implement the strategy specifically for Scotland's needs.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how interested organisations will be able to become conservation bodies for the purpose of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 provides a property law regime for enforcing conditions in the title deeds of land which safeguard conservation interests. It provides for a conservation body, prescribed by Scottish ministers, to be able to enforce a particular condition affecting a certain piece of land. Both the conditions and the body will have to seek to protect, for the benefit of the public:
- the architectural or historical characteristics of the land (which includes buildings), or
- any other special characteristics of the land (including a special characteristic derived from the flora, fauna or general appearance of the land).
These burdens can be used when the conservation body is selling land, but imposes a condition to ensure that the conservation characteristics of the property are not lost.It will also be possible for conservation bodies to preserve existing feudal burdens as conservation burdens, provided that they meet the criteria for conservation burdens. The deadline for saving burdens will be the Appointed Day on which the feudal system is finally abolished. We have already announced that this will be on 28 November 2004.The Executive is currently in the process of inviting applications from those interested in becoming conservation bodies. Those who would like to be considered should contact the following address:Iain Hockenhull, Civil Law Division, 2 West Rear, St Andrew's House, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG.Phone/e-mail: 0131 244 8228; iain.hockenhull@scotland.gsi.gov.ukThe text of the act and its Explanatory Notes may be found at:
http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when the appointed person's report under section 291 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 will be laid before the Parliament.
Answer
The appointed person's report is being laid before the Parliament and is also being published today.Copies of the report have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 28075).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has agreed performance measures, similar to those for previous years for the Scottish Qualifications Authority, in regard to the authority's performance in 2003.
Answer
I have written to the Convenor of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee advising that performance measures have been agreed for this year and enclosed these for the committee's interest. I have lodged copies of my letter and its enclosure with the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 27140).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 31 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the annual (a) regeneration and (b) social inclusion partnership (SIP) budget was allocated to SIPs in (i) West Dunbartonshire and (ii) Argyll and Bute local authority area in each year since 1997.
Answer
I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is given in the following table.
| 1997-98(£000) | 1998-99(£000) | 1999-2000(£000) | 2000-01(£000) | 2001-02(£000) | 2002-03(£000) | 2003-04(£000) |
| Argyll and Bute |
| SIP budget | - | - | 206 | 280 | 411 | 424 | 414 |
| Other Regeneration | - | - | - | - | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| West Dunbartonshire |
| SIP budget | - | - | 2,193 | 2,052 | 2,306 | 2,408 | 2,456 |
| Other Regeneration | 2,209 | 2,587 | - | - | 60 | 60 | 60" |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 28 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses owned by (a) West Dunbartonshire Council and (b) Argyll and Bute Council had no central heating in each year since 1999.
Answer
No such estimate has been made centrally. The answer given to question S1W-34508 today sets out the number of council dwellings in which central heating has been installed in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute under the Central Heating Installation Programme in 2001-02 and 2002-03. 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. Both councils will be given sufficient resources for 2003-04 to ensure that all council dwellings have central heating by 31 March 2004, except where the tenant has refused the offer or the building is to be demolished.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 28 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses in (a) West Dunbartonshire, (b) Argyll and Bute and (c) Dumbarton parliamentary constituency are now centrally heated as a result of its central heating installation programme.
Answer
The Central Heating Installation Programme for local authorities began in April 2000. Under the programme, West Dunbartonshire Council installed central heating in 72 dwellings in 2001-02 and in 36 dwellings in 2002-03. Argyll and Bute installed central heating in 28 dwellings in 2001-02 and in 31 dwellings in 2002-03. All council houses in the areas concerned will have central heating by 31 March 2004, except where the tenant has refused the offer or the building is to be demolished.Eaga administer the Central Heating Installation Programme for owner-occupiers and private renters. They collect statistics by postcode area. The main postcode area for Dunbartonshire is G and Eaga report that they installed free central heating in that area in 1,188 dwellings in 2001-02 and have installed it in 1,689 dwellings in 2002-03 to date. The main postcode area for Argyll and Bute is PA. Eaga installed free central heating in that area in 292 dwellings in 2001-02 and have installed it in 395 dwellings in 2002-03 to date. All owner-occupiers and private renters in the areas concerned who apply for free central heating will have it by 31 March 2006.
