- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2002
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 23 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what legislation will inform its consideration of policy on first-time connections to the sewerage system.
Answer
The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 23 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to provide any financial assistance for disadvantaged households for first-time connections to the sewerage system.
Answer
The Executive has no such plans.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
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Answered by Elaine Murray on 19 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the Report of the Review of Scottish Screen.
Answer
The Report of the Review of Scottish Screen was published by the Scottish Executive today. Copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 25733).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2002
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Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31129 by Mr Frank McAveety on 11 November 2002, whether the information that will be available on the learning disability review website will include (a) clear data on local authorities that have not appointed local area co-ordinators (LACs), (b) information on how many LACs (i) are additional to the existing staff complement or (ii) form part of an existing post's remit and (c) details of the source of funding for LAC posts.
Answer
The level of detail available will depend on the information provided in each local authority's Partnership in Practice Agreement. It is unlikely that each authority will have provided the level of detail referred to in the question. The short-life working group of The same as you? Implementation Group will continue to support the development of local area co-ordination and any reports they produce will be made available on the learning disability review website.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-31129, S1W-31130 and S1W-31131 by Mr Frank McAveety on 11 November 2002, whether it will ensure that it gives full, detailed and specific answers to parliamentary questions on learning disability services.
Answer
In accordance with standard practice, where the information requested is in the public domain, the answer will refer to the information available.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will implement in full the recommendations of the expert support team called in to Argyll and Clyde NHS Board and, if so, what the timescale for so doing will be.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32073 on 5 December 2002. 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: Tuesday, 26 November 2002
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Answered by Frank McAveety on 10 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to increase the percentage of people with combined learning difficulties and sight loss that appear on the blind or partially-sighted register as a first step to ensuring that appropriate services are made available for this section of the community.
Answer
Local authorities and their partners in the NHS are developing databases of people with learning disabilities, including those with sensory impairments. Inclusion on existing, separate, blind and partially sighted registers is voluntary and a Scottish Executive working group is developing mechanisms for improved take-up. These steps, when taken together, should identify needs and improve access to appropriate services.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 10 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to ensure that the eye health and vision needs of residents to be discharged from Scottish Learning Disability Hospitals are effectively assessed and addressed as part of planning in respect of The same as you?.
Answer
Individuals with a learning disability being discharged from long-stay hospitals should have a comprehensive multi-agency assessment of all their care needs. This includes their individual health needs, and should cover their eye health and vision needs.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the differential in total salary increases was between the senior civil service and the Scottish Executive Main Bargaining Unit in respect of (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
Answer
The first year of the new senior civil service pay system, introduced on 1 April 2002, allowed for awards of between 0% to 10%. The average increase for the senior civil service in the Scottish Executive for 2002-03 was 6.2%. The average increase for the Scottish Executive Main Bargaining Unit in respect of this same period was 7.3%. Under the previous senior civil service pay system, the average increase for 2001-02 was 4.6%. For Scottish Executive Main Bargaining Unit for the same period the average increase was 5.3%. These average increases do not reflect bonuses as bonuses are not part of salary.The pay increases in 2001-02 and 2002-03 for staff in the Scottish Executive Main Bargaining Unit are performance related and were made under an agreed three-year settlement covering the period, 1 August 2000 to 31 July 2003. The pay settlement was tied to the introduction of a modern performance management system designed to ensure the delivery of key business objectives. A new performance management system for the senior civil service was also introduced in 2002. For that year, and as with previous years, the increase for the senior civil service was based on the recommendations of the Senior Salaries Review Body. Neither system provides for automatic annual increments.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2002
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Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive by what means performance is determined in the senior civil service in respect of core pay bands 1, 2 and 3 covering JESP job weight ranges 7-12, 13-18 and 19-22.
Answer
The performance management system operating within the senior civil service, throughout the Home Civil Service, is based on the achievement of agreed objectives for each member of the senior civil service. The process takes account of continuous improvement and delivery of results and is based on relative performance where each individual is compared across their respective pay band.
