- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how the current children:child protection officer ratio in Scotland compares with the equivalent ratios in the other component parts of the UK.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-12813.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many child protection officers there were in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Many agencies in the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors are involved in child protection. Within these agencies, staff involved in child protection will often have wider duties and the term "Child Protection Officer" has no common or agreed meaning at a local level. We do however monitor and publish statistical information on child protection referrals.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11246 by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 January 2001, whether it will require local authorities to provide at the end of the financial year a detailed statement of account showing how the resources for resolving problems of delayed discharge were spent, including details of the specific purposes for which any surpluses of funds not required to deal with problems of delayed discharge were used.
Answer
Authorities are accountable to their electorates and are required to produce audited accounts as well as a wide range of information related to the £800 million they spend on community care services. However in this particular case performance is monitored through a quarterly census.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners there are with mental health problems expressed as a percentage of each prison's population for the last year for which figures are available.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:For the reasons set out in the answer to question S1W-11880, this information is not recorded.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9974 by Susan Deacon on 11 December 2000, how and when the #14.5 million to be used for care for elderly people will be allocated.
Answer
£10 million was allocated to health boards on 22 February to work with local authorities building on initiatives for older people undertaken over the winter. The balance of £4.5 million has been allocated for a range of other initiatives benefiting older people, including improvement of information systems. £3.55 million of this has been allocated to local authorities.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what current funding is currently provided for day care centres, broken down by local authority.
Answer
It is for local authorities to decide how much should be spent on day care provision. The table indicates how much local authorities plan to spend on day care provision for the elderly and adults with physical and learning disabilities in 2000-01.
Net Expenditure on Day Care 2000-01 (£ million)
| Budget Estimate Net Expenditure on Day Care1 |
| Aberdeen City | 3.7 |
| Aberdeenshire | 4.7 |
| Angus | 2.9 |
| Argyll & Bute | 2.1 |
| Clackmannanshire | 1.3 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 2.3 |
| Dundee City | 3.6 |
| East Ayrshire | 1.2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1.3 |
| East Lothian | 1.9 |
| East Renfrewshire | 2.2 |
| Edinburgh City | 12.0 |
| Eilean Siar | 0.4 |
| Falkirk | 2.6 |
| Fife | 6.7 |
| Glasgow City | 17.4 |
| Highland | 3.6 |
| Inverclyde | 1.7 |
| Midlothian | 1.7 |
| Moray | 2.4 |
| North Ayrshire | 1.2 |
| North Lanarkshire | 15.5 |
| Orkney | 0.5 |
| Perth & Kinross | 3.5 |
| Renfrewshire | 4.8 |
| Scottish Borders | 2.1 |
| Shetland | 0.5 |
| South Ayrshire | 1.0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 5.9 |
| Stirling | 1.1 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1.9 |
| West Lothian | 3.9 |
| Scotland | 117.5 |
Notes:1. Figures reported by local authorities on Provisional Outturn & Budget Estimates return (POBE). Figures include day care for the elderly and adults with physical and learning disabilities only. Day care for other client groups is not separately identifiable.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 28 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12469 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 9 February 2001, whether it will detail the projects which have received funding from the #2 million towards retraining; what the allocation was to each project and when each payment was made.
Answer
The £2 million is based on estimates provided by Local Enterprise Companies of the costs of helping redundant textile employees find new employment in the last six months of 2000. Support was tailored to suit local and individual needs and included customised training, employment grants, job shops, jobs fairs and a range of advice on employment, benefits, interviewing skills, CV preparation and financial matters.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 28 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12469 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 9 February 2001, who received payments under the Engineering Technicians programme; what the level of payment was in each case and when each payment was made.
Answer
No payments have so far been made to KLITRA, the training body offered funding by DTI under this scheme. KLITRA is currently setting up this training programme which is due to begin in May. Payments will be made retrospectively against claims for setting up the programme and for each person trained.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many elderly day care places are currently provided by (a) voluntary and (b) statutory agencies, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
- Figures for elderly day care places provided by the voluntary sector in Scotland are available and can be found in the publication Scottish Community Care Statistics 1999 (Table 1.8, page 9) and also on the Scottish Executive website. Figures for local authority and private day care centres are also provided.
It is for local authorities to decide whether day care centres should be available for older people in their areas.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current daily cost is of a local authority elderly day care centre place, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
