- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue to fund the services provided to people through the New Futures Fund when the fund ends in March 2006.
Answer
I wish to ensure continuity for people currently receiving a service through New Futures Fund (NFF) and to encourage more comprehensive and sustainable delivery of the NFF approach. From April 2006, Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) will take the lead in developing the local infrastructure of support services, building on the work of current NFF projects and other support services in their areas. This is consistent with our approach to getting people back into work and the related employment outcomes set out by the CPPs within their Regeneration Outcomes Agreements
I recognise the challenges associated with mainstreaming NFF and so propose to make available to a number of CPPs additional funding of up to £3.1 million in both 2006-07 and 2007-08. This is equivalent to the current costs of NFF.
My officials will shortly be meeting with CPPs to discuss this in more detail. At the same time, the Enterprise Networks, which are currently responsible for NFF, will advise existing projects of these plans.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 5 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the role of MSPs will be in new community planning partnerships.
Answer
There is a range of approaches to community planning across the country, and the Executive is not prescriptive about the structure or composition of partnerships that should be adopted either at a strategic local authority level, or locally at neighbourhood level: it is for each partnership to decide on its own arrangements, which may include MSPs alongside a range of other participants. Responsibility for ensuring that suitable arrangements are put in place rests with local authorities in their role as facilitators of the community planning process.
Community Planning Advice Note 2, on Partnership Models and Structures, sets out some key considerations that partnerships will wish to take into account. Community Planning Advice Notes are available online at www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/localgov/cpan-00.asp
I also refer the member to the answer to question S2W-14673 on 1 March 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.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 5 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how MSP’s will be kept informed of the work of new community planning partnerships.
Answer
Local authorities, as facilitators of the community planning process, are required to report regularly to their communities on community planning in their area. Reports should be geared towards the local community and should be widely available.
Although such reports are not required to be submitted to the Executive or to the Scottish Parliament, reports must demonstrate clearly how the local authority has implemented its duties under section 15 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003, including reporting on the means of consulting community bodies (and other public bodies) and a summary of the outcomes of such consultation.
I also refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19600 on 26 October 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.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when the annual reports of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner and the Interception of Communications Commissioner will be laid before the Parliament.
Answer
Copies of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner’s annual report for 2004-05 (Bib. number 37809, document number SE/2005/203) and the Interception of Communications Commissioner’s annual report for 2004 (Bib. number 37808, document number SE/2005/100) have been laid before Parliament today in accordance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. With the agreement of the Prime Minister, the confidential annex to the Interception of Communications Commissioner’s report, which contains sensitive information, has been excluded from the published report. Copies of both have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Covert surveillance and interception of communications are two of the ways in which the police and other law enforcement agencies prevent and detect serious and organised crime in Scotland. Ministers authorise interception warrants in Scotland for the purpose of preventing and detecting serious crime. Both commissioners make it clear in their reports that they are satisfied that those authorising surveillance and interception, carry out these tasks diligently and strictly in accordance with the law.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 28 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people responded to (a) its and (b) the Scottish Law Commission's consultation paper on family law.
Answer
There were a total of 304 responses to the Scottish Executive’s 2004 consultation
Family Matters: Improving Family Law in Scotland. This report and the analysis of the consultation responses can be accessed through the link below
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Consultations/Closed.
The Scottish Law Commission’s 1992 Report on Family Law was prepared following consultation on three discussion papers published in 1990. These were:
Family Law: Pre-consolidation Reforms
The Effects of Cohabitation in Private Law
Parental Responsibilities and Rights, Guardianship and the Administration of Children’s Property.
There were a total of 148 responses to these discussion papers.
In addition, the Scottish Law Commission’s 1989 Report on Reform of the Ground for Divorce was prepared following their 1988 discussion paper The Ground for Divorce: should the law be changed? The discussion paper elicited a total of 91 responses. The Law Commission’s reports and discussion papers can be accessed at http://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/html/introduction.html.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the progress of the Calder Advisory Group.
Answer
Professor Calder and his group have a clear remit to work with the NHS Greater Glasgow to identify the most appropriate site for a new children’s hospital alongside adult and maternity services. That includes agreeing the board’s appraisal process and reviewing and approving the board’s results. I am satisfied that the group is carrying out its work in line with the remit and I look forward to receiving its advise once it has had time to consider NHS Greater Glasgow’s proposals.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 6 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what increased rights communities will have under the proposed Planning Bill.
Answer
The White Paper Modernisingthe Planning System sets out our proposals for increasing communityinvolvement in the planning system. We are currently considering responses tothe white paper as part of the preparation for the introduction of a PlanningBill later this parliamentary year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce its response to the recommendations contained in the Sentencing Commission's report on bail and remand.
Answer
I am pleased to announce that we will today publish our action plan on bail and remand, which is based on the Sentencing Commission’s recommendations.
Copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37528). The paper is also available online at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/09/26103133/31342.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 22 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been any development on funding for the Scottish Civic Forum.
Answer
The Executive’s position remainsas set out by Tavish Scott on 24 February 2005 during the member’s business debateon motion S2M-2384 (Official Report col. 14853).
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the drop out rate was for student nurses in year two in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-17896 answered on 10 August 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.uk/webapp/wa.search.