- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of National Lottery grants awarded in Scotland are given to organisations in (a) the Glasgow area and (b) the Glasgow Kelvin constituency.
Answer
Since 1993, 31.56% of the total National Lottery grant awarded in Scotland has been to organisations whose headquarters are located in the Glasgow City Council area. 16.68% has been awarded to organisations whose headquarters are located in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency area.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 16 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the timetable for improvements at the Partick rail interchange.
Answer
Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT) were successful in securing £3.5 million additional capital consent from the first round of the Public Transport Fund towards the upgrading of Partick railway station to a fully integrated transport interchange. One of the main features of the upgrade will be to improve access for disabled passengers. The timetable for improvements is a matter for the SPT - it is envisaged that work on site will commence early next year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 12 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to develop community learning accounts alongside its proposals for individual learning accounts.
Answer
We have no present plans to do so, but I have agreed with the STUC to establish a Trade Union Working Party on Lifelong Learning as a means of enhancing the involvement of Trade Unions in the broad lifelong learning agenda in Scotland.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 11 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give an update on the progress of the evaluation of the Glasgow Airport rail link.
Answer
Railtrack and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive have been jointly assessing three options for providing a rail link to Glasgow Airport.Further consideration of the link awaits the completion of the DETR/Scottish Executive strategic study of transport links to Scottish Airports.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements are being made in breast cancer care in Scotland.
Answer
Cancer services are one of the three top clinical priorities for the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Executive is committed to reducing the incidence of all forms of cancer, including breast cancer, and we have set a challenging target of reducing the incidence of cancer by 20% over the next 10 years.
In order to meet those targets we have in place a number of different policies aimed at improvements in the treatment and care of people with cancer. These include:- supporting the breast cancer screening programme with funds of over £5 million per year:
- establishing one stop clinics for investigation and diagnosis of breast lumps, to reduce the anxiety of waiting for results;
- setting a national maximum waiting time for cancer treatment, to be delivered by March 2001;
- encouraging the use of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) guidelines on Breast Cancer in Women which was published in 1998;
- renewing and updating the guidelines on the Referral of Women with Breast Problems and issuing them to all GPs in Scotland, including new evidence and guidance on determining the urgency of individual cases;
- setting up three multi-disciplinary managed clinical networks on breast cancer across Scotland, allowing for the sharing and dissemination of good practice;
- encouraging referral of patients to specialist breast surgeons;
- undertaking prospective audits of breast cancer, among others, nationwide using the relevant SIGN guidelines;
- having the Scottish Cancer Group work with the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland on ways of improving quality of cancer care generally and on developing standards for assessment and accreditation of cancer services;
- supporting six research projects on or related to breast cancer through funding of £754,000;
- funding the Cancer Therapy Network to encourage the entry of as many patients as possible to clinical trials at a cost of £1 million.
As cancer is an overall clinical priority for the NHS in Scotland and is tackled through many different routes, we do not require health boards and NHS Trusts to identify separately how much of their expenditure they devote to providing cancer services, but we expect them to give the treatment and care of all forms of cancer due priority in allocating their resources.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on breast cancer services in 1999 and how much is allocated to be spent on this area in 2000.
Answer
I refer to my answer to question S1W-4236.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is planned to reduce the incidence of cancer in the Glasgow area.
Answer
I refer to my answer to question S1W-3720.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the proposed transfer of housing stock will have on the powers of local councillors to intervene on housing matters.
Answer
Transfers to community ownership will enable councils and councillors to develop a more strategic role in the provision of housing in their area. To support this process, we have proposed that Scottish Homes' development funding role should transfer to the council following a whole stock transfer. Councils will continue to have statutory responsibility for the homeless in their area.
Currently, a local councillor may make representations on housing matters to the council on behalf of a constituent who is a council tenant. Transfer need not prevent a councillor from making such representations to the new community landlord on the constituent's behalf. In the case of the Glasgow transfer, there will be councillors on the management boards of the Glasgow Housing Association and the Area Housing Partnerships.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 27 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the Scottish Arts Council is #2.5 million funding for Scottish film projects is returned unspent.
Answer
Only a very small part of the funds have been returned. However, in a few cases, funds have not been issued where film-makers have not been able to complete their financing.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 27 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many film production companies are based in Scotland.
Answer
The Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT) has 40 fully producing members in Scotland, including companies which produce for television. I understand that the great majority of production companies are members of PACT.
