- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2001
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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.
Answer
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.
- 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 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.
Answer
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.
- 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 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.
Answer
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.
- 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.
