Chamber and committees

An offender who commits a crime whilst also breaching a restriction of liberty order will be dealt with by the police for the crime. The breach of the restriction of liberty order will be reported to the court. Breach of a restriction of liberty order is not in itself a crime.

Serious incidents of breach of a restriction of liberty order which demonstrate wilful and measurable non-compliance of the order are reported to the courts within 24 hours of their occurrence. Other more minor violations are reported to the courts cumulatively so that the courts can consider their impact in relation to overall compliance with the order.

£8.897 million will be made available to Glasgow in the first year of the City Growth Fund, to promote growth and opportunities in the city and city-region.

The vast majority of Glasgow City Council's expenditure is on services for its residents, including, for example, education and social work. However, Glasgow's revenue grant allocation takes into account costs associated with commuters, tourists and other people residing out-with the city boundaries. Allowance is also made for costs to the city of cultural and other facilities. In addition, on 9 January 2003, in response to the findings of the Review of Scotland's Cities, the Scottish Executive announced that Glasgow will receive £40 million over the next three years from the City Growth Fund, established to promote the success of our cities and their surrounding city-regions.

The information requested is not held centrally.

Prior to their booking visit, all pregnant women in Greater Glasgow NHS Board are sent information about antenatal tests that are offered routinely. From 1 April 2003, this will include information on the antenatal HIV test, why such tests are important, and the fact that patients can choose whether they take up the offer of a test or not.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The cost of routine HIV testing of pregnant women in Greater Glasgow NHS Board area from April 2003 is estimated to be around £80,000 per annum.

As specified in guidance made available on 9 January 2003 to accompany the reports of the Review of Scotland's Cities, release of cities' allocations from the City Growth Fund will be dependent on satisfactory outputs from the proposed City Vision exercises and a brief but clear submission to the Scottish Executive outlining how the money will be spent and what outcomes will be delivered. Authorities' submissions to the Scottish Executive concerning the use of the City Growth Fund will be expected to include:a list of projects or service outcomes the funds are intended to buy; notional expenditure on each of these, with appropriate value-for-money considerations; target dates for delivery; identification of other sources of funds levered in to the projects; consideration of any potential State Aids or other issues impacting on the use of the funds; consultation with community planning partners and the business community in the city, andoutput of consultation with authorities and business interests in the city region.It is anticipated that local stakeholders will work to ensure that activities supported by the City Growth Fund and other funds administered by the Scottish Executive, for example the Quality of Life funds, should be mutually reinforcing where possible. The Scottish Executive recognises that many of the projects involved are likely to have long lead-in times and potentially to face other administrative requirements. Therefore, it is accepted that initial submissions will in some respects be provisional. Authorities will also be expected to provide a brief annual report on those activities supported by the fund, and a final report after three years, detailing the outcomes achieved as a result of support by the fund. The Scottish Executive will write to the local authorities concerned in the next few weeks, to confirm these requirements.

We have no plans for such a document given that firearms legislation is reserved.