- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28095 by Stewart Stevenson on 4 November 2009, which properties and smallholdings purchased by the Scottish Office prior to the upgrade of the M74 in Dumfries and Galloway are owned by the Scottish Ministers.
Answer
The properties acquired by the Scottish Office for the upgrade of the A74 in Dumfries and Galloway which remain in the ownership of the Scottish Ministers are:
Raecleugh Farm,
Longbedholm Cottage,
Milagro and
Cauldwellknowe Farm.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28095 by Stewart Stevenson on 4 November 2009, whether it intends to declare properties and smallholdings purchased by the Scottish Office prior to the upgrade of the M74 in Dumfries and Galloway and now owned by the Scottish Ministers as surplus to requirements and, if so, (a) which properties and smallholdings will be so declared and (b) when they will become surplus to requirements.
Answer
It is our intention to declare the remaining properties owned by the Scottish Ministers which were acquired for the upgrade on the A74 in Dumfries and Galloway surplus to requirements. Raecleugh and Longbedholm Cottage have already been declared surplus and Transport Scotland''s appointed agent is preparing schedules with a view to advertising the properties on the open market in the spring.
Cauldwellknowe Farm will be declared surplus once the access road serving the property has been upgraded and adopted by Dumfries and Galloway Council. Milagro will be declared surplus once the issues regarding access rights are resolved.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what its long-term plans are for the future of HMP Dumfries.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
There are no plans for any significant change at HMP Dumfries.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has plans for capital investment in HMP Dumfries and, if so, what expenditure.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
In the current financial year, an upgrade of the perimeter security and CCTV system was completed, at a total cost of £549,670. In addition, during 2009-10, funding was provided for capital items at HMP Dumfries which totalled £82,622.
Additional capital investment will be made as required and as funding permits.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licenses have been issued to providers in Dumfries and Galloway for (a) skillseekers and (b) modern apprentices for 2009-10.
Answer
Skills Development Scotland has contracts with 11 training providers based in Dumfries and Galloway. Nine of these training providers have contracts for the delivery of Skillseekers and 10 have contracts for the delivery of modern apprenticeships.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial value of all contracts is for (a) skillseekers and (b) modern apprentices allocated to Dumfries and Galloway for 2009-10.
Answer
The full financial contract value of the contracts issued to training providers based in Dumfries and Galloway is £319,725 for skillseekers and £750,566 for modern apprenticeships.
This may differ from end year values based on performance/uptake in-year. These figures include the costs for trainees who are trained by Dumfries and Galloway-based providers but live outside of the area, but excludes the value of contracts for other providers not based in the Dumfries and Galloway area, who have Dumfries and Galloway resident trainees.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial contract value of licenses issued to providers in Dumfries and Galloway is for (a) skillseekers and (b) modern apprentices for 2009-10.
Answer
Skills Development Scotland issue contracts rather than licenses to training providers.
The information contained in the answer to question S3W-27811 on 11 November 2009, on the total financial contract value for training providers based in Dumfries and Galloway therefore provides the answer to this question as well. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason unpaid carers are not included in its influenza A (H1N1) vaccination programme.
Answer
Social care staff employed to provide personal care to children and adults in care homes and the community will be vaccinated against influenza A (H1N1) in the initial priority group as announced on 13 August. These staff have been identified as an initial priority group for vaccination due to the fact that they have contact with a large number of individuals and may be at increased risk of exposure to the A (H1N1) virus. They are also a possible transmission route of the virus to vulnerable patients who they care for.
In addition, unpaid carers who fall into an at-risk category themselves or who are a household contact of someone with a compromised immune system are included in the initial priority groups for the vaccine.
The Scottish Government will continue to monitor the need for other groups to be vaccinated beyond the first priority groups over the coming months and further decisions on vaccination will be informed by independent scientific advice.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent issuing antisocial behaviour orders to under 16-year-olds under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004, broken down by (a) year and (b) local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The Scottish Government allocated almost £7 million to local authorities between 2004-05 and 2007-08 for expenditure on programmes to support under 16-year-olds being considered for or subject to antisocial behaviour orders. This is broken down by year and local authority area in the following table. During this period 14 antisocial behaviour orders were issued to under 16-year-olds.
The report Dealing with offending by young people “ a performance update which was prepared by Audit Scotland for the Auditor General for Scotland and published in August 2007, highlights concerns about the effectiveness and value for money of antisocial behaviour orders for under 16-year-olds.
| Local Authority | 2004-05 £ | 2005-06 £ | 2006-07 £ | 2007-08 £ |
| Aberdeen City | - | 68,000 | 64,000 | 64,000 |
| Aberdeenshire | 22,000 | 49,000 | 48,000 | 48,000 |
| Angus | 16,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
| Argyll and Bute | 12,000 | 27,000 | 26,000 | 26,000 |
| Clackmannanshire | 11,000 | 21,000 | 23,000 | 23,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 21,000 | 45,000 | 43,000 | 43,000 |
| Dundee City | 41,000 | 80,000 | 74,000 | 74,000 |
| East Ayrshire | 26,000 | 52,000 | 52,000 | 52,000 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 11,000 | 25,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 |
| East Lothian | 14,000 | 30,000 | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| East Renfrewshire | 11,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 |
| City of Edinburgh | 79,000 | 162,000 | 146,000 | 146,000 |
| Eilean Siar | 4,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 |
| Falkirk | 27,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| Fife | 64,000 | 130,000 | 129,000 | 129,000 |
| Glasgow City | 202,000 | 384,000 | 384,000 | 384,000 |
| Highland | 31,000 | 65,000 | 66,000 | 66,000 |
| Inverclyde | 21,000 | 42,000 | 43,000 | 43,000 |
| Midlothian | 15,000 | 30,000 | 32,000 | 32,000 |
| Moray | 11,000 | 24,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 |
| North Ayrshire | 33,000 | 65,000 | 69,000 | 69,000 |
| North Lanarkshire | 72,000 | 140,000 | 154,000 | 154,000 |
| Orkney | 4,000 | 4,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| Perth and Kinross | 17,000 | 38,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 |
| Renfrewshire | 38,000 | 75,000 | 74,000 | 74,000 |
| Scottish Borders | 13,000 | 29,000 | 27,000 | 27,000 |
| Shetland | 4,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| South Ayrshire | 18,000 | 37,000 | 37,000 | 37,000 |
| South Lanarkshire | 55,000 | 111,000 | 118,000 | 118,000 |
| Stirling | 14,000 | 29,000 | 27,000 | 27,000 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 28,000 | 53,000 | 52,000 | 52,000 |
| West Lothian | 31,000 | 61,000 | 66,000 | 66,000 |
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the breakdown is for the 7,800 modern apprenticeships announced in the 2009-10 budget allocated to Dumfries and Galloway by (a) sector and (b) age band.
Answer
The following table provides the breakdown of additional apprenticeship places for Dumfries and Galloway by sector and age:
| Sector | Modern Apprenticeship level 2, 16-19 | Modern Apprenticeship level 3, 16-19 | Modern Apprenticeship level 2, 20+ | Modern Apprenticeship level 3, 20+ | Total |
| Automotive | 9 | | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| Construction | | | | 6 | 6 |
| Engineering | | 2 | | 2 | 4 |
| Food and Drink | 1 | | 19 | | 20 |
| Hospitality | | | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Management | | | | 25 | 25 |
| Retail | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 15 |
| Sport, Health and Social Care | | | 5 | 45 | 50 |
| Transport and Logistics | | | | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 36 | 126 | 184 |
