- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors the level of fine repayment in Glasgow District Court.
Answer
This is a matter for Glasgow District Court.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies there are at Glasgow District Court for stipendiary magistrates.
Answer
Two new stipendiary magistrates commenced their full-time appointments on Monday 1 September 2008. There are no vacancies at Glasgow District Court.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to ensure that the levy paid by the legal profession to fund the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission represents value for money and what recourse is available to the profession should complaints arise about the use of these funds.
Answer
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission is responsible for setting the levy. Therefore, any questions about this should be directed to the Commission.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s budget will be spent on (a) investigation of complaints and (b) administration of the commission, also expressed as a percentage.
Answer
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission is responsible for its own budget and questions about its spending should be addressed to the commission.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff will be employed by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission.
Answer
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission will start with a staff of 15. As the commission will be responsible for its own staffing, any further questions on this matter should be addressed to the commission.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to minimise the cost to the taxpayer of the setting up of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission.
Answer
In setting up the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC), the Scottish Government has used companies on the Office of Government Commerce contracts list for furniture and fit-out and for IT equipment. There was a competitive tendering exercise undertaken for the SLCC''s new case management system.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total set-up costs are for the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission and what budget has been set or anticipated for running costs in years one, two and three of operation.
Answer
A budget of £2,000,000 was allocated for setting up the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC). At present, the total set up costs are not yet known, but are expected to be within budget. Other than set up, the Scottish Government is not responsible for funding the commission. Questions about budget and running costs should therefore be addressed to the SLCC.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what cost savings will be incurred through the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s sharing of resources with other organisations including the Executive.
Answer
Following set up, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission is responsible for its own budget. Questions on these matters should be addressed to the commission.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which communities in Glasgow are benefiting from the Cash Back for Communities scheme.
Answer
We are at present providing £2.238 million of funding under CashBack for Communities to the Scottish Football Association to roll out a range of free football activities across Scotland. These activities address playing and coach/volunteer development work. Events in Glasgow include Soccer One programmes across 23 schools in Glasgow, summer street football in July 2008 in the Springburn area and Midnight League which ran from January to May 2008 and covered 11 locations in Glasgow including Kelvin, Springburn, Govan, Shettleston and Maryhill. Further information is available on the CashBack website.
Regarding the agreement with YouthLink to administer the £3 million local grant scheme, I announced on 13 June 2008 the successful applicants for round one funding. They included the following organisations from Glasgow: Temple/Shafton Youth Project; Junction 12; Castlemilk Youth Complex; Reidvale Adventure Play Association; Barnardo’s Scotland; Dalmarnock Youth Project; Cranhill Arts Project; The Pavillion, and The Sound Lab; which were awarded a total of £103,711. The full list of successful applicants can be found on the YouthLink Scotland website, www.youthlink.co.uk.
Further activities will be announced over the course of this year, including free rugby activities in every local authority area in Scotland as part of our deal with the Scottish Rugby Union.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of how the Cash Back for Communities scheme is operating in Glasgow.
Answer
We are at present providing £2.238 million of funding under CashBack for Communities to the Scottish Football Association to roll out a range of free football activities across Scotland. These activities address playing and coach/volunteer development work. Events in Glasgow include Soccer One programmes across 23 schools in Glasgow, summer street football on Wednesday afternoons in July 2008 and Midnight League which ran January to May 2008. Further information is available on the CashBack website.
Regarding the agreement with YouthLink to administer the £3 million local grant scheme, I announced on 13 June 2008 the successful applicants for round one funding. They included Temple/Shafton Youth Project, Junction 12, Castlemilk Youth Complex, Reidvale Adventure Play Association, Barnardo''s Scotland, Dalmarnock Youth Project, Cranhill Arts Project, The Pavillion and The Sound Lab; which were awarded a total of £103,711. The remainder will be distributed during round two, which has a closing date of 26 September 2008.
