- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the new formula for police funding will provide additional resources for policing in Glasgow city centre.
Answer
The new allocation methodology agreed following the review of police grant aided expenditure applies to police forces as a whole. Between 2004-05 and 2007-08, grant aided expenditure for Strathclyde Police will increase by around 15.5% (or£69 million) to £513 million. The allocation of these additional resourcesbetween Glasgow city centre and other parts of the force area is then a matter for the Chief Constable.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any proposals to strengthen legislation regarding planning and houses in multiple occupation to ensure that work carried out to such properties complies with planning and building warrant regulations.
Answer
Not all houses in multiple occupation (HMO) require planning permission, nor would all changes to a building to meet HMO licensing requirements necessarily need a building warrant.
Local authorities are encouraged to establish effective co-ordination and systems for sharing information between all the departments which may have an interest in HMO properties. This advice is set out in two documents recently published by the Scottish Executive. Planning Circular 4/2004: Houses in Multiple Occupation: Guidance on the interface between planning control and licensing (Bib number 33931) and Mandatory licensing of houses in Multiple Occupation: Guidance for licensing authorities (Bib. number 34059).
It would be for each department of the local authority to satisfy themselves that work carried out at any type of property complied with any grants of permission under planning or building legislation or with the requirements for HMO licensing.
We have no plans to amend planning and building control legislation in so far as it relates specifically to HMO.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the new statistics from the Registrar General for Scotland showing a rise in the birth rate in all but one quarter since 2002 will have any impact on the proposed closure of the Queen Mother’s Hospital.
Answer
Statistics from the Registrar General for Scotland are a factor which NHS planners must take into account in developing proposals for NHS service configuration. In the case of the Queen Mother’s Hospital, I refer the member to the announcement made by Malcolm Chisholm in Parliament on 30 September 2004.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider reviewing the licensing of lap-dancing clubs in light of the findings of the research carried out by Julie Bindel of the London Metropolitan University and commissioned by Glasgow City Council, Profitable Exploits: Lap Dancing in the UK.
Answer
We are considering the regulation of lap dancing in alcohol licensed premises in the context of the review of the liquor licensing legislation.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 30 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are for the long-term retention of Scottish opera chorus singers after 2005.
Answer
The employment of performers by Scottish Opera is a matter for the management of the company.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with industrial relations in the further education sector.
Answer
I believe that good industrial relations have played an important part in securing the sector’s high level of success. I have seen no evidence to suggest that industrial relations are not generally of a high standard. Where industrial relations do fall short of the standard I expect, I look to all concerned to work maturely and constructively to resolve any areas of specific difficulty, and to do so with the minimum of delay.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it values the involvement of trade unions in economic development.
Answer
We value the important role trade unions play in improving Scotland’s productivity and contributing to economic growth. Our determination to work with the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), and trade unions generally, is reflected in Partnership Agreement commitments on the economy and skills and learning.
In addition, the STUC are key stakeholders in the Executive policy making process, including the recent revision of the Framework for Economic Development and the current refresh of A Smart Successful Scotland. Trade unions are also represented on a number of specific sectoral or economic development groups at both national and local level.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #18 million allocated to the Bus Route Development Grant Scheme will be spent on improving the equality and frequency of bus services in Glasgow.
Answer
Transport authorities were invited to submit proposals by 30 July 2004. The proposals received are currently being analysed and an announcement will be made soon.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 6 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to extend free pre-school child care provision to under-threes to ensure that more working parents take up this provision.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-9933 on 6 September 2004. 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/webapp/search.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 6 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make free pre-school child care provision available full-time to ensure that more working parents take up this provision.
Answer
At this time, the Scottish Executive has no plans to provide free full-time pre-school education but we keep our policy on further developing pre-school provision under review.
