- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2000
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Answered by Rhona Brankin on 27 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list investment in film projects in Scotland during 1999 by companies located (a) in Scotland and (b) elsewhere.
Answer
The following feature films were shot in Scotland by Scottish based companies:
Aberdeen, Mist Gate (now Lomond Shores), Shaping a Nation, Daybreak and One Life Stand.
The following were shot in Scotland by companies not based in Scotland:
Complicity, The World is Not Enough, Women Talking Dirty, Uddam Singh, The Little Vampire, House of Mirth, The Cup, To End All Wars, Creatures and Strictly Sinatra.
- 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 whether it will outline the new responsibilities given to Scottish Screen from April 2000 in relation to distributing lottery monies.
Answer
Scottish Screen has been added to the list of National Lottery distributing bodies with effect from 7 April. Scottish Screen is responsible for applications relating to film production in Scotland. A strategic plan has been drawn up and new management arrangements put in place.
- 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 criteria will be set by Scottish Screen in distributing lottery monies to film projects.
Answer
Scottish Screen will set criteria in line with the Policy Directions issued by the Scottish ministers to them as the National Lottery distributor for film production in Scotland. I will place a statement of the criteria in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
- 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 in how many Scottish films British Screen has invested over the last 10 years.
Answer
British Screen has provided finance for three Scottish feature films and project development finance for a number of others. It has also invested in several short films, including financing the Prime Cuts scheme for three years.
- 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 films made in Scotland in the last 10 years have been commissioned from London-based companies.
Answer
London-based companies have shot 33 of the 87 feature films made in Scotland between 1991 and 1999.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 February 2000
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2316 by Susan Deacon on 25 November 1999, in what way the cost to health boards of care provided under the negotiated reciprocal agreement is recognised within the total resources allocated to each health board each year.
Answer
A calculation was made in 1989-90 of the costs incurred on an all-Scotland basis for the care of those overseas visitors referred here for specific treatment or who fall ill while here on a visit. A similar calculation was carried out for Scottish residents treated abroad. The balancing sum was then allocated on a weighted capitation basis to all health boards and included in their general allocation. Although they are not separately identified, these funds continue to form part of each health board's general allocation.
- 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 Peter Peacock on 18 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why, following the advertising campaign to attract more people into the teaching profession, the Scottish Universities' faculties of education have offered no more places on PGCE courses than last year.
Answer
The objective of the advertising campaign was to create interest in teaching as a career with an aim of widening the target audience and encouraging not only those choosing their first career but also suitable candidates who might consider teaching as a second career.
The setting of intake levels to courses of initial teacher education is the responsibility of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC). In setting intakes, SHEFC take account of the Department's projections of the minimum requirements for newly qualified teachers, based on pupil numbers, teacher numbers and estimates for future flows in and out of the profession, and guidance offered on other relevant factors affecting the demand for teachers.
- 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 18 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what efforts are being made to counter the gradual deterioration of the historic building stock and safeguard the future of Outstanding Conservation Areas in the West End of Glasgow.
Answer
The maintenance and repair of historic buildings and buildings within outstanding conservation areas is primarily the responsibility of owners. Repair grants are available, both from Historic Scotland and Glasgow City Council, in cases where owners are unable to meet the full cost. The Glasgow Conservation Trust - West has been established to address concern about the state of repair of many properties in the West End outstanding conservation area. The Trust is funded jointly by Historic Scotland and Glasgow City Council and has spent £680,000 over the last five years on repair grants. The Trust is currently undertaking a condition survey of Hillhead. Historic Scotland has also provided grants of £2.5 million to assist with the cost of repairs to Glasgow University and £600,000 to the City Council for repairs to the Kibble Palace, among a number of major projects in the West End.
- 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 Iain Gray on 18 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it responded to the Sutherland report With Respect to Old Age.
Answer
I outlined the Scottish Executive's proposals for progressing the report's two main recommendations in a debate in this Parliament on 2 December. At present, we are making considerable progress in implementing the other recommendations through a number of initiatives.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2000
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 10 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what recourse the Children's Panel has to ensure that sufficient resources are allocated to the required areas to ensure that Panel decisions are implemented.
Answer
The statutory duty to give effect to hearings' decisions rests with the relevant local authority in terms of section 71 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. The allocation of resources to comply with this duty is for the local authority to determine. Panel members and the Panel Chairman may make representations to the local authority over resource allocation.
