- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the monetary value is of drugs sei'ed by the L Division of Strathclyde Police and the Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency since the inception of the policy to reinvest assets recovered from illegal drug dealing.
Answer
During 2001-02, the estimated street value of controlled drugs seized in all operations involving the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency (including those involving Scottish police forces) was £19.9 million. Equivalent figures for individual divisions of police forces are only available on a calendar year basis. The estimated street value of controlled drugs seized by L Division of Strathclyde Police in the calendar years 2001 and 2002 was £686,000. The estimated value of drugs seized is of course different from the value of assets recovered.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how sportscotland and the Lottery Sports Fund will improve sport opportunities for young people in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33868 on 17 February 2003. 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: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #250 million for free personal care and nursing care was allocated to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council.
Answer
Argyll and Bute Council was allocated £2.655 million for 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 and £3.547 million for 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004.West Dunbartonshire Council was allocated £1.591 million for 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2003 and £2.101 million for 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase the proportion of older people in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area that are able to live independently by increasing home care opportunities since 1997.
Answer
Councils' expenditure on home care services is funded through the general local government settlement. Between 1997-98 and 2001-02, Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire Councils' net expenditure on home care services increased by 26% to £3.7million and by 28% to £3.0 million respectively. The following tables show the number of clients in receipt of care at home in each of these areas from 1997. Argyll and Bute Home Care Clients
| Year | No. of Clients | No. of Clients over 65 |
| 1997 | 1,033 | 855 |
| 1998 | 1,007 | 906 |
| 1999 | 949 | 814 |
| 2000 | 972 | 829 |
| 2001 | 927 | 786 |
| 2002 | 957 | 827 |
Source: SEHD H1 Home Care Return.West Dunbartonshire Home Care Clients
| Year | No. of Clients | No. of Clients over 65 |
| 1997 | 1,641 | 1,490 |
| 1998 | 1,699 | 1,449 |
| 1999 | 1,760 | 1,388 |
| 2000 | 1,767 | 1,387 |
| 2001 | 1,558 | 1,244 |
| 2002 | 1,647 | 1,300 |
Source: SEHD H1 Home Care Return.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time students from the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area received bursaries to support them at university.
Answer
Young Scottish students studying full-time higher education courses in Scotland from 2001-02 are entitled to an annual Young Students' Bursary (YSB) of up to £2,050, which replaces part of their loan support. Young Scottish students studying elsewhere in the UK for the first time from 2002-03 onwards are entitled to an annual Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary (YSO) of up to £510, which is provided in addition to their student loan entitlement. Both bursaries are provided as an entitlement based on the level of parental income and eligibility is assessed as part of the overall assessment of eligibility for student support.In the current academic year, to date, 21,384 YSB awards and 317 Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary awards have been made, of whom 403 were domiciled in Argyll and Bute and 450 were domiciled in West Dunbartonshire.Non-repayable supplementary grants are also available for those students who have additional financial needs, such as students who have dependants or who have a disability. Additional discretionary grants are available from individual colleges and universities for new mature students with child care costs and for any student who faces particular financial difficulties, which might prevent them from accessing or continuing their course.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of older people in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area received intensive home care in each year since 1996.
Answer
The statistics requested are available from 1998 onwards, and are contained in the table:Table1: Percentage of People Aged 65 and Over Receiving Intensive Home Care
| Local Authority | Year |
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Argyll and Bute | 0.94% | 0.90% | 1.24% | 1.23% | 1.46% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1.59% | 1.67% | 1.63% | 1.72% | 1.85% |
Source: Home Care Statistical Return H1.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #42 million funding for Sure Start Scotland was paid to (a) Argyll and Bute Council and (b) West Dunbartonshire Council and what the money was spent on.
Answer
Argyll and Bute Council received £653,000 during the first three years of the Sure Start Scotland programme. Their allocation has been spent on a range of projects including extending existing childminding provision; improving the existing daycare provision for travelling families; expanding the number of respite and activity groups; establishing parenting services, and offering outreach family support projects.West Dunbartonshire Council received £1,106,000 during the first three years of the Sure Start Scotland programme. Their allocation has been spent on a range of projects including expanding the number of nursery places available for children 0 to 3; increasing the number of childminders; providing mobile crèches, and providing a wide range of parenting support, including parent and toddler groups.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31383 by Dr Elaine Murray on 18 November 2002, how much additional money has been allocated to school sport in the (a) Argyll and Bute and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1998-99.
Answer
Through the School Sports Co-ordinator Programme, school sport in the Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire local authority areas has benefited since 1998-99 by £43,145 and £139,870 respectively as outlined in the following table. West Dunbartonshire Council applied to the programme on behalf of all schools in its area whereas Argyll and Bute Council decided to leave it to individual schools to decide whether to apply to the programme for funding. Neither local authority is involved in the Active Primary School Programme or the TOP Programme.The Executive's aim is to increase participation in sport at all age levels and in particular instil healthy positive attitudes in our children and young people towards sport and physical activity in all parts of Scotland. To assist that objective the Executive has allocated significant additional resources to school sport in particular in its most recent budget.
Sportscotland will work with all education authorities including Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire in developing these programmes further.
| Year | Argyll and Bute | West Dunbartonshire |
| 1998-99 | £0 | £0 |
| 1999-2000 | £1,945 | £0 |
| 2000-01 | £10,440 | £92,830 |
| 2001-02 | £7,340 | £0 |
| 2002-03 | £23,420 | £47,040 |
| | £43,145 | £139,870 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 12 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprenticeships have been taken up by residents of the (a) West Dunbartonshire and (b) Argyll and Bute local authority area in each year since 1999.
Answer
Eighty-eight residents of West Dunbartonshire took up a modern apprenticeship in 1999-2000; 141 in 2000-01; 262 in 2001-02 and 255 in 2002-03 (to end January 2003). The numbers for Argyll and Bute local authority area are not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEfm075/2002 on 28 October 2002, how its relocation policy review will be implemented.
Answer
The implementation of the new strand to the relocation policy will be taken forward in consultation with key public sector stakeholders.The Executive has written to bodies covered by the relocation policy requesting that they identify small units of work that could be successfully carried out in more remote areas, without compromising efficiency. Reviews will then be carried out on the most promising opportunities.More detailed aspects of how the scheme will operate have been discussed with Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and COSLA. The Executive will shortly be writing to all local authorities and local enterprise companies to alert them to the details.
