- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9539 by Malcolm Chisholm on 31 January 2001, what funding for the support of local lip-reading groups has been and will be made available under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and by any other means, in the current financial year and in any future years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
There are no plans for the Scottish Executive to provide funding for the support of local lip-reading groups. The Scottish Executive would normally fund groups at a local level only if they demonstrated either innovative work or work of national importance.The Scottish Executive is unable to provide details on funding by local authorities for the support of local lip-reading groups, as this information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9539 by Malcolm Chisholm on 31 January 2001, what funding for the training of lip-reading tutors has been and will be made available under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and by any other means, in the current financial year and in any future years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive awarded a pump-priming grant of £20,000 to the Scottish Course to Train Tutors in Lip-reading in December 2000.The Scottish Course has applied for a training grant under section 9 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and is currently awaiting a response. The arrangements and funding of education and training for social work services are being reviewed within the context of the Regulation of Care Bill.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 11 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3453 by Jackie Baillie on 17 May 2001, and to her letter to me of 13 November 2000 regarding the condemned central heating system of a constituent, whether it remains the case that, based on the information provided, the constituent in question will be eligible for assistance under the central heating initiative.
Answer
The rules for the programme in the private sector provide that householders will be eligible if they are over 60 and have no central heating or where there is a system that is wholly non-functioning and beyond repair.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is the policy of the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) to refuse legal aid for divorce applications on the grounds of fault when there are no ancillary craves and what the reasons are for SLAB's policy on this matter.
Answer
The Scottish Legal Aid Board considers each application for civil legal aid on its own merits and against three statutory tests which it must apply to all cases. The tests are financial eligibility, probable cause of action and reasonableness. If these tests are met then civil legal aid will be granted.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for legal aid for divorce applications on the basis of fault with no ancillary craves were made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board and how many were refused on the "reasonableness" test in 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Legal Aid Board. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it consulted the Criminal Justice Forum about its proposals for the justice budget for financial years 2002-03 and 2003-04 before publishing these proposals.
Answer
No: budgetary issues do not fall within the remit of the Criminal Justice Forum.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what dates in 2000-01 the Criminal Justice Forum met and on which of these occasions the Executive was represented.
Answer
The reconstituted Criminal Justice Forum met for the first time on 5 June 2000 and again on 5 December 2000. Its next meeting will be held on 27 June. I normally chair forum meetings and other ministers and officials attend as appropriate.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified lip-reading tutors there were at 31 March in each year since 1997-98, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many audiologists were in post at 31 March in each year since 1997-98, broken down by health board.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 22 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many graduates it estimates will have earnings below #10,000 per annum in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not made such projections. However, the most recent Labour Force Survey reports that in Scotland, during the period December 2000 to February 2001, there were approximately 30,000 people of working age with a degree earning less than £10,000 per year. A further 50,000 were not in employment.
