- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates to be the cost to (a) local authorities and (b) the NHS of the recent severe weather damage.
Answer
No local authority has submitted information on increased costs to the Executive. No information about additional costs has been received by the Executive from NHS trusts.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that derelict and vacant land reclamation in sites near or adjacent to the M74 northern extension is carried out simultaneously with the construction of the road.
Answer
The Executive is working with the local authorities and Scottish Enterprise to ensure that they are aware of the opportunities that the M74 will create for the regeneration and reclamation of the land along the road corridor.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it plans to take to support and fund the extension of partnerships such as the Challenging Offending through Support and Intervention Project, developed jointly by North Lanarkshire Council Social Work Department and Barnardos, to other local authority areas.
Answer
The Executive is investing £23.5 million over the four years to 2004 to support the development across Scotland of programmes such as CHOSI for persistent offenders. Our Action Programme to reduce youth crime, published in January 2002, states that we will provide an interim report on the use of the first slice of this investment. This will be available within the next two months.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 20 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty's Government about the implementation of the proposed Community Investment Tax Credit and what the outcome of any such discussions has been.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including the proposed Community Investment Tax Credit. In his Pre-Budget Report in November 2001 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the tax credit will be introduced in the 2002-03 tax year. Accreditation of Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) to benefit from the tax credit will be conducted on a UK-wide basis by the Small Business Service (SBS). Officials of the Scottish Executive and the other devolved administrations have been involved in the development of the accreditation processes and will continue to be involved in implementation.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used in selecting 4 March 2002 as the date for the Glasgow housing stock transfer ballot.
Answer
The selection of the ballot date is a matter for Glasgow City Council.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 7 February 2002
To ask the First Minister what assistance the Scottish Executive will provide to local authorities in order to assist in repairing damage caused by the recent severe weather conditions.
Answer
We will consider triggering the Bellwin scheme if local authorities can establish that they have incurred exceptional costs. We have had no requests to trigger the scheme in relation to the recent gales.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to stimulate net capital expenditure in Glasgow's manufacturing sector.
Answer
In financial years 1996-2001 we made offers of Regional Selective Assistance amounting to £137,882,650 towards projects involving capital expenditure of £822,335,910 in the Glasgow Travel to Work Area.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why the installation of condensing boilers has not been specified in the terms of its Central Heating Installation Programme.
Answer
The specification for the Central Heating Installation Programme does not prevent the installation of condensing boilers. The specifications were set in terms of performance levels and not on the basis of make or form of heating.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the growth rate in jobs was in Glasgow in each year from 1996 to 2001 and what it is expected to be in each year until 2006.
Answer
Data from the ONS's Annual Business Inquiry and Annual Employment Survey shows that the growth rate for jobs in Glasgow City for each year is:
1999-2000 | 6.90% |
1998-99 | -1.70% |
1997-98 | 2.20% |
1996-97 | 4.50% |
2000 is the latest year that these data are available.Information on forecasts is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 28 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Communities budget was in real terms in 2000-01; what the Social Justice budget is in real terms in 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04; which of its divisions have moved from the ministerial portfolio of the former Minister for Communities and the present Minister for Social Justice since 2000, and by how much the budgets were reduced following any such move, for each of the years from 2000-01 to 2003-04.
Answer
The table sets out the Communities budget for 2000-01 and Social Justice budgets for 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04 in real terms.
Budget | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
Communities | 644 | - | - | - |
Social Justice | - | 698 | 7121 | 774 |
Notes:
- Excludes £44 million in NHS Cash Balances for use in the repayment of debt principal.
The figures are sourced from
Investing in You: The Annual Expenditure Report of the Scottish Executive and
The Scottish Budget: Draft Budget 2002-03. The expected spend on Social Justice commitments over the period from 2000-01 will include further amounts carried forward from 2000-01 to 2001-02 and in future years. The details of this were announced by the Executive on 1 November 2001. Real terms figures based on 2000-01 prices.On the reorganisation of ministerial portfolios in October 2000, responsibility for local government policy was moved from the Communities Minister to the Minister for Finance and Local Government. The remaining responsibilities of the Communities Minister formed the Social Justice portfolio. This change had very little impact on the Social Justice budget, as local government finance had previously been the responsibility of the Minister for Finance. £2 million per annum for committees, commissions, publicity and policy was moved from the Communities budget and included in the Local Government budget. This change was explained in the
Annual Expenditure Report of the Scottish Executive published in March 2001.In addition, following the recent change in ministerial portfolios, planning, building standards and digital inclusion have been brought within the Minister for Social Justice responsibilities. This has no implications for the overall Social Justice budget.
