- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the letter to me of 1 January 2002 from the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning and to its news release SE0357/2001 on 14 February 2001, how many jobs are projected in total to be created at the contact centre at Claridge Mill in Selkirk.
Answer
refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-21534.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the letter to me of 1 January 2002 from the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, whether the sums of #670,000, #7,020 and #3,000 from Scottish Enterprise Borders represent the total public funding allocated from all sources to the call centre company at Claridge Mill in Selkirk.
Answer
Total public funding allocated to Manpower is as follows: £600,000 to secure and adapt the premises in Selkirk, £70,000 for training, £7,020 to re-train workers made redundant by other companies and £3,000 to implement the European Computer Driving License on a pilot basis.In addition, the company has been made an offer of Regional Selective Assistance of which no payments have yet been made.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17558 by Angus MacKay on 13 September 2000, how much has been (a) claimed by and (b) paid to Scottish Borders Council under the Bellwin scheme following heavy snowfalls in February 2001 and what the reasons are for any difference between the two amounts.
Answer
Under the terms of the Bellwin Scheme, detailed in Finance Circular 9/2000, Scottish Borders Council claimed costs of £642,580. £39,685 was disallowed because it covered works which were insurable and normal staff costs which are ineligible under the scheme. This reduced the claim to £602,895.after the deduction of a threshold, which is £222,328 for Scottish Borders, 85% of the remainder was eligible for payment.The sum of £291,134 (90% of amount payable) was paid on 21 December 2001. The remaining 10% will be paid following receipt by the Executive of an audited claim.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the letter to me of 1 January 2002 from the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning and to its news release SE0357/2001 on 14 February 2001, what the source was for estimates of the number of jobs to be created at the call centre at Claridge Mill, Selkirk.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-21534.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7101 by Mr Jim Wallace on 7 June 2000, how many (a) officers and (b) other staff the Scottish Prison Service has been notified currently receive Working Families Tax Credit.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Eligibility for Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), which is a matter for the Inland Revenue, does not depend solely on income. SPS have been notified of 48 members of staff to receive WFTC, of whom 25 are prison officers.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prison officers (a) in total and (b) at each Scottish Prison Service prison left the service in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000, (iii) 2000-01 and (iv) to date this year, broken down by those aged (1) under 35 and (2) over 35.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Prison Officers who have left the service, broken down by those aged under 35 and 35 and over.
| Apr 1998 - Mar 1999 | | Apr 1999 - Mar 2000 | |
| Age upon Leaving | | Age upon Leaving | |
Establishment | Under 35 | 35 & Over | Total | Under 35 | 35 & Over | Total |
Aberdeen | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Barlinnie | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
Castle Huntly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Cornton Vale | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Dumfries | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Dungavel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
Edinburgh | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
Friarton | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Glenochil | 3 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
Greenock | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Headquarters | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Inverness | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Longriggend | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
Low Moss | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Noranside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Penninghame | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Perth | 14 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
Peterhead | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Polmont | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
Shotts | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 27 |
Total | 65 | 87 | 152 | 83 | 152 | 235 |
| Apr 2000 - Mar 2001 | Apr 2001 to Date |
| Age Upon Leaving | Age upon Leaving |
Establishment | Under 35 | 35 & Over | Total | Under 35 | 35 & Over | Total |
Aberdeen | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Barlinnie | 14 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
Castle Huntly | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cornton Vale | 12 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Dumfries | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Dungavel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 20 | 12 | 32 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
Friarton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glenochil | 9 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
Greenock | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Headquarters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Inverness | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Longriggend | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Low Moss | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Noranside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Penninghame | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perth | 12 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Peterhead | 19 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Polmont | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Shotts | 11 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
Total | 120 | 83 | 203 | 85 | 81 | 166 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last contacted Scottish Borders Council and what issues were discussed.
Answer
There have been a number of recent contacts with Scottish Borders Council on matters of mutual interest.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made to date for free central heating installation in the Scottish Borders area under its central heating programme; how many of these applications have been authorised, and how many installations have been carried out.
Answer
There have been 116 applications from the Borders area. Seventy-three of these are eligible and are to receive their package of measures shortly.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what statutory duties local authorities have for the gritting of roads and pedestrian routes.
Answer
As local roads authorities, councils have a general duty under section 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to maintain local roads in their area. Section 34 of the 1984 Act also places a duty on councils to "take such steps as they consider reasonable to prevent snow and ice endangering the safe passage of pedestrians and vehicles over public roads".
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 28 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its News Release SE1784/1999 of 27 December 1999, how many of the 160 projected call centre jobs at the refurbished Claridge Mill in Selkirk have now been secured.
Answer
The call centre company based at Claridge Mill currently employs 26 staff. A further eight individuals have been offered places and are due to start on 7 January.Given the current marketplace, it has taken longer than planned to secure contracts that provide for the employment of a larger number of staff. The company is currently in discussion with a number of potential clients, which if concluded successfully will lead to a rapid increase in the number of employees at the site.
