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Question reference: S1W-16247

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 26 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or Amey Highways Ltd is responsible for any consents or guidance on the placing of bunting, banners and flags across and alongside trunk roads during common ridings and gala weeks.

Question reference: S1W-16179

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 19 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many very sheltered housing dwellings it is estimated are required in the current financial year.

Question reference: S1W-16177

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11310 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 30 November 2000, whether the #27 million being made available for flood prevention schemes over the three years from 2001-04 has been "top-sliced" from the aggregated local authority allocations under section 94 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and, if not, from which budget the money has been allocated.

Question reference: S1W-16183

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which health boards currently operate memory clinics for dementia sufferers.

Question reference: S1W-16185

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15933 by Mr Jim Wallace on 5 June 2001, what the Criminal Justice Forum's remit is and who its members are.

The remit of the Criminal Justice Forum is: "To enable the Scottish Executive and those involved in the provision of criminal justice in Scotland to take an overall view of the issues facing the criminal justice system as a whole; to provide a regular opportunity for the discussion and debate of major issues in the common interest; and to improve mutual understanding and co-operation in the interests of justice; and to advise Scottish Ministers on issues of concern to the criminal justice system as a whole".

The members are:Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice (Chairman)Deputy Minister for JusticeThe Lord AdvocateThe Solicitor General

Sheriff J D Allan of Lothian and Borders, President of the Sheriffs' AssociationMr G Brown, The Law Society of ScotlandSir Roy Cameron QPM, Chief Constable, Lothian and BordersMr Sandy Cameron, Director of Social Work, South LanarkshireMr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive, Scottish Prison ServiceMr John Ewing, Chief Executive, Scottish Courts ServiceMr Jim Gallagher, Secretary, Scottish Executive Justice DepartmentMr Douglas Keil, General Secretary, Scottish Police FederationMr Andrew Lorrain-Smith, President, District Courts AssociationMs Susan Matheson, Chief Executive, SACROLord McEwan, High Court of JusticiaryMr David McKenna, Chief Executive, Victim Support ScotlandDr J McManus, Chairman, Parole Board for ScotlandSheriff Principal Nicholson QC, Sheriff Principal of Lothian and BordersMr Andrew Normand, Crown AgentMr Michael G O'Grady, Chairman of the Advocates Criminal Law GroupMr Jack Urquhart, President, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents

Question reference: S1W-16186

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 19 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will establish a commission to examine policy and practice on all flood-related issues.

Ministers place great importance on flood prevention and in ensuring that robust arrangements are in place to address flooding.The Executive keeps the overall position on flood-related issues under review to ensure that policy and practice is relevant and continues to take account of today's circumstances as well as the changes arising from climate change.The Executive does not see a need to establish a commission to examine these issues.

Question reference: S1W-16181

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what respite facilities are currently available to those caring for dementia sufferers, broken down by health board area.

Question reference: S1W-16178

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 18 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many very sheltered housing dwellings there were in (a) 1998-99 (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 and how many it estimates that there will be by the end of 2001-02, broken down by local authority.

The numbers of very sheltered dwellings within each local authority area as at the end of 1998-99 and 1999-2000 are shown in the table. The figures presented cover the social rented sector only, and exclude very sheltered dwellings in the private sector. Figures for 2000-01 will be available in September 2001.There are no centrally held estimates of the numbers of very sheltered dwellings which there will be in each local authority area by the end of 2001-02.Number of Very Sheltered Housing Dwellings in the Social Rented Sector (Local Authority, Scottish Homes and Housing Association), by Local Authority Area as at the end of 1998-99 and 1999-2000

	Number of Dwellings as at the end of
	1998-99	1999-2000
Scotland¹	1,389	1,672
Aberdeen City	94	95
Aberdeenshire	50	50
Angus	0	27
Argyll & Bute	29	29
Clackmannanshire	88	88
Dumfries & Galloway²		87
Dundee City	128	162
East Ayrshire	0	21
East Dunbartonshire	0	0
East Lothian	28	28
East Renfrewshire	41	41
City of Edinburgh	109	109
Falkirk	47	47
Fife	83	88
City of Glasgow	194	203
Highland	6	10
Inverclyde	39	78
Midlothian	35	35
Moray³	32
North Ayrshire	25	25
North Lanarkshire	39	44
Orkney	0	0
Perth & Kinross	79	115
Renfrewshire	30	46
Scottish Borders	69	67
Shetland	25	25
South Ayrshire	8	8
South Lanarkshire	19	60
Stirling	20	20
West Dunbartonshire	25	34
West Lothian	47	30
Western Isles	0	0

Notes:1. Excludes Dumfries and Galloway in 1998-99 and Moray in 1999-2000.2. The Dumfries & Galloway figure for 1998-99 is currently unavailable.3. The Moray figure for 1999-2000 is currently unavailable.

Question reference: S1W-15795

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #13.5 million additional funding for businesses affected by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak announced on 28 March 2001 has been or will be allocated to Scottish Borders Council.

The Executive fully appreciates the impact which the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak is having in the South of Scotland. The £13.5 million emergency relief package which I announced on 2 April made available considerable resources to support those areas worst affected by the disease. As an immediate measure, Scottish Enterprise Borders were allocated £150,000 from the additional funding given to the Enterprise Networks. £100,000 has gone to the Borders Tourist Board from the visitscotland's allocation. Businesses in the Borders will also receive additional funding through the Scotland-wide elements of the emergency package, including the hardship rates relief scheme, estimated to be worth up to £3.5 million for businesses across Scotland.The First Minister and ministerial colleagues met representatives from the Borders on 29 May, to discuss the impact of foot-and-mouth disease in the Borders, and what medium- to long-term measures might be required to assist recovery. A positive meeting between local agencies and Executive officials took place on 8 June, to discuss the detail of the plan. Consideration of recovery measures will be taken forward in the context of national recovery strategies.

Question reference: S1W-15932

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15596 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 May 2001, whether it met the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) to discuss the proposed allocations to the Legal Aid Fund for financial years 2002-03 and 2003-04 set out in table 1.0 of The Scottish Budget prior to the publication of these figures; if so, when this meeting took place and what SLAB's position was with regard to the published figures.

The Executive is in regular contact with the Scottish Legal Aid Board to discuss expenditure from the Legal Aid Fund. However, decisions on future provision for legal aid within the overall budget of the Scottish Executive lie with Scottish Ministers. As I explained in my answer on 17 May (question S1W-15596) the Legal Aid Fund is not cash limited. Scottish Ministers are legally obliged to provide sufficient funding to allow the Scottish Legal Aid Board to pay the cost of legal aid in every case that qualifies under the terms of the scheme.