- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrents are in use in Scotland, also broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will address concerns in respect of the effect of Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrents on young people with disabilities, autism or visual impairments.
Answer
It is the responsibility of companiesproducing and selling such devices and those using them to address concerns in respectof the effect of Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrents on young people with disabilities,autism or visual impairments.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to regulate the use of Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrents.
Answer
The Scottish Government has noplans to regulate the use of Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrents.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrents affect all young people under the age of 20.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-8073 on 22 January 2008. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the use of Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrents contravenes discrimination or human rights legislation.
Answer
It is the responsibility of thoseusing such devices to ensure that they comply with discrimination and human rightslegislation. The Scottish Government has not undertaken any such assessment.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence there is to support claims that Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrents affect only young people under the age of 20.
Answer
The Scottish Government has notundertaken any research into the effect of the Mosquito ultrasonic youth deterrentdevice or reviewed the publicly available evidence.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the quota of fully wheelchair-accessible homes in new-build developments.
Answer
The Scottish Government has noplans to introduce such a quota.
Scottish Planning Policy 3: Planningfor Housing encourages more diverse, attractive, mixed residential communities,both in terms of tenure and land use. To create mixed communities, a range of housingtypes is needed, including homes for people with particular housing needs.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether new-build developments are required to include a quota of fully wheelchair-accessible homes.
Answer
There is no requirement in planninglegislation or guidance to require such a quota. However, we are aware that, asexamples, both City of Glasgow and City of Edinburgh Councils have prepared supplementary planningguidance which requires developers to demonstrate that developments are suitableor readily adaptable for mobility impaired residents.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 10 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association new-build homes have been fully wheelchair-accessible in each year since 1999, also expressed as a percentage of the total number of their new-build homes.
Answer
The numbers of social sectornew build wheelchair housing units are shown in the following table. The housingassociation figures represent units approved during the year and the local authorityfigures are for new build starts.
Social Sector New BuildWheelchair Housing: 1999-2000 to 2006-07
| | | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| Local Authority | Wheelchair | 0 | 70 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All starts | 158 | 90 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| % | 0.0 | 77.8 | 32.6 | 93.3 | | | 0 | 0 |
| Housing Association | Wheelchair | 106 | 140 | 178 | 132 | 209 | 104 | 203 | 214 |
| All approvals | 4,682 | 4,944 | 5,183 | 4,119 | 4,388 | 4,896 | 6,243 | 6,921 |
| % | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
Source: NB1 returns submittedby local authorities to Scottish Government Communities Analytical Services Division(Housing Statistics), housing association data provided by Communities ScotlandInvestment Division.
While some social sector developmentsare specifically designed for wheelchair use, there is a general requirement forsocial sector new build to comply with Housing for Varying Needs standards. Thesestandards supersede Barrier Free design standards, and build upon the concept ofbarrier free principles, which state that housing and its environment should meetthe needs of almost everyone.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 9 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average costs of fully wheelchair-accessible homes are compared with homes without such access.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
