- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to the Scottish Childminding Association by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22569.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to the Scottish Pre-school Playgroup Association by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
It is entirely a matter for each local authority to establish its expenditure priorities within the budget available to it. It would not be appropriate for ministers to intervene in the individual spending decisions of a council.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposal by Scottish Borders Council to introduce means-testing for adaptations to the property of people with a disability.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22560.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed service reductions in supported employment by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22560.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reductions in drug and alcohol residential services by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
It is a matter for each local authority to establish its expenditure priorities within the budget available to it. It would not be appropriate for ministers to intervene in the individual spending decisions of a council.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to the Borders Carers Centre by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22571.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to Who Cares? Scotland by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I hope that it will be possible for Borders Council to resolve its budget difficulties without reducing funding to voluntary bodies carrying out important work. However, it is entirely a matter for each local authority to establish its expenditure priorities within the budget available to it. It would not be appropriate for ministers to intervene in the individual spending decisions of a council.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the comments made by Lord Bonhomy regarding the state of the court system.
Answer
Lord Bonomy's criticisms were caused by the late intimation to the court that an accused person was due to attend hospital for an operation on the day his case was called in to court for trial.A memorandum issued by the Lord Justice General will come in to effect on 25 February 2002. It sets out a protocol for both the Crown and Defence requiring them to exchange the necessary information to avoid unnecessary delay in cases being brought before the High Court and in their further continuation or adjournment to a later date.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to the Scottish Borders Voluntary Development Agency by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
Borders Local Volunteer Development Agency currently receives funding of £31,500 from the Scottish Executive, as part of our funding package for the national network of Volunteer Centres. Each Volunteer Centre is required to raise funding of a similar scale from other sources, which can include local authorities.We understand that its decision with regard to the level of future resources has not been disclosed by Borders Council to Borders Local Volunteer Development Agency, but a reduction has been indicated. As with all voluntary organisations that we sponsor, the funding position of Borders Local Volunteer Development Agency will be kept under review.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the proposed reduction or removal of funding to the Gala Youth Project by Scottish Borders Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22328 on 7 February 2002.
