- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the average price of £3,061 per house paid by Scottish Borders Housing Association to Scottish Borders Council as part of the stock transfer programme in 2003 represented value for money.
Answer
The valuation prepared by the independent valuer sought to achieve a price which delivered fair value to the public purse and which would enable the purchaser to prepare a fundable business plan. On this basis, the Executive was satisfied that the purchase price of £23.3 million represented value for money.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of the Scottish Borders Housing Association’s statement that it is seeking £4 million from Scottish Borders Council to address the association’s financial deficit and the impact of such action on Scottish Borders Council’s reserves and its council tax payers.
Answer
Claims under the indemnities contained in the sale and purchase agreement are primarily a matter between Scottish Borders Council and Scottish Borders Housing Association. It would be inappropriate for the Executive to comment on any action currently being taken by the association.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies there are for social workers, broken down by grade and local authority area.
Answer
The latest vacancy figures for local authority social workers, broken down by grade and local authority area, are published on the Scottish Executive website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/06165620/0.
Information on vacancy levels in the independent sector is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vulnerable adults have been in supported accommodation in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Over 170,000 clients received housing support services in 2004-05 in various types of accommodation including mainstream housing, sheltered housing, special housing and supported accommodation. The following table gives figures for those in supported accommodation, but they only go back to 2003-04. However, because the data collection processes are still relatively new and developing some caution is needed in interpreting the data.
Clients Living in Supported Accommodation who Receive Housing Support through Supporting People
| Local Authority | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| Scotland | 10,790 | 10,465 |
| Aberdeen City | 102 | 103 |
| Aberdeenshire | 313 | 379 |
| Angus | 96 | 33 |
| Argyll and Bute | 63 | 115 |
| Clackmannanshire | 52 | 85 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 593 |
| Dundee City | 498 | 606 |
| East Ayrshire | 139 | 3 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 132 | 165 |
| East Lothian | 111 | 213 |
| East Renfrewshire | 87 | 137 |
| Edinburgh | 2,641 | 1,313 |
| Eilean Siar | 9 | 22 |
| Falkirk | 146 | 140 |
| Fife | 878 | 1,343 |
| Glasgow | 3,442 | 1,978 |
| Highland | 524 | 674 |
| Inverclyde | 0 | 555 |
| Midlothian | 50 | 33 |
| Moray | 118 | 103 |
| North Ayrshire | 9 | 8 |
| North Lanarkshire | 134 | 569 |
| Orkney | 17 | 18 |
| Perth and Kinross | 180 | 160 |
| Renfrewshire | 0 | 13 |
| Scottish Borders | 0 | 130 |
| Shetland | 25 | 33 |
| South Ayrshire | 76 | 128 |
| South Lanarkshire | 123 | 154 |
| Stirling | 249 | 83 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 309 | 333 |
| West Lothian | 267 | 243 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any flights into airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd by aircraft chartered by the CIA, or by agencies to whom services have been outsourced by the CIA, and, if so, when it became aware of such flights and how frequent they have been.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no evidence that airports anywhere in Scotland, including those operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd, have been used by aircraft by or on behalf of the CIA.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its permission, or that of Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) management, was requested for flights by aircraft chartered by the CIA, or by agencies to whom the CIA has outsourced services, to land at airports operated by HIAL, and, if so, what response was given.
Answer
Neither the Scottish Executive nor Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) has received any requests for flights operated by or on behalf of the CIA to land at airports operated by HIAL.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any illegal transportation of prisoners on flights by the CIA, or by agencies to whom the CIA has outsourced services, landing at airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and, if so, when it became aware of such transportation.
Answer
I would refer the member to the answers to questions S2W-22495 on 2 February 2006, S2W-22576 and S2W-22577 on 10 February 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found on
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how the projected economic growth figures for East Lothian over the next 10 years compare with the Scottish average.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not produce forecasts of economic growth.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new business openings ministers attended in each year since 1999, broken down by company and location.
Answer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visits ministers made to each local enterprise company in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
