- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Futures Trust or the Scottish Funding Council will be the lead agency in delivering the estate redevelopment for the City of Glasgow College.
Answer
While City of Glasgow College is the owner of its estates development project, the College will be supported by both the Scottish Funding Council and by the Scottish Futures Trust, as the bodies delivering the pipeline of NPD infrastructure projects in the college sector on behalf of the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the £200 million budgeted in 2011-12 for the Scottish Futures Trust for the estate redevelopment for the City of Glasgow College will pay for.
Answer
Our 2011-12 Budget makes clear that the capital value of the modernisation of the Glasgow College Estate is estimated at around £200 million. This is subject to the conclusion of a robust and affordable business case for the City of Glasgow College project, and a successful procurement through the Non Profit Distributing model. While the College has yet to submit its business case to the Scottish Funding Council, it is widely known that City of Glasgow College is committed to developing a world-class campus which matches its ambitions as Scotland''s largest college.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in relation to a business case for the City of Glasgow College’s estate redevelopment if it is submitted before the dissolution of the Parliament.
Answer
Our 2011-12 Budget makes clear that the Scottish Government will deliver through the non-profit distributing model, modernisation of the Glasgow college estate, subject to the conclusion of a robust and affordable business case. Consideration of the business case will be undertaken by the Scottish Funding Council in partnership with the Scottish Futures Trust once it is received to determine whether the project is ready to proceed to procurement.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what role the Scottish Futures Trust will have in delivering the estate redevelopment for the City of Glasgow College.
Answer
Our 2011-12 Budget proposed a pipeline of infrastructure projects for delivery through the non-profit distribution model. The pipeline includes investment in the modernisation of the college estate in Glasgow city centre. The Scottish Futures Trust will deliver the pipeline of projects in partnership with Scottish Government, local government, NHS boards and other public bodies.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussion it has had with paediatric consultants regarding Glasgow’s new children’s hospital.
Answer
The design for the new children''s hospital has been in development since June 2006, and at every stage there has been involvement and communication between the project team for the new children''s hospital and all staff at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, including the paediatric consultants.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 8 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Transport Scotland will brief MSPs on the response to the cold weather conditions.
Answer
A statement on the severe weather conditions was made to the Parliament on 8 December 2010 and a copy of this can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-10/sor1208-02.htm#Col31271.
In addition, following a debate on winter resilience held in the Parliament on 16 December 2010, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth wrote to all MSPs on 20 December 2010 to update them on the situation.
I have asked Transport Scotland to provide a further update and a briefing note will shortly be lodged in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 52423).
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it issues to NHS boards to ensure that disabled people have access to pharmacies.
Answer
The Achieving Fair Access guidance was issued in October 2006, to help NHS Scotland meet the needs of disabled people.
Health Facilities Scotland issued in August 2007 a non-binding guidance note SHPN 36-3 Community Pharmacy Premises in Scotland for those planning new premises or upgrades to existing community pharmacies.
The formal responsibility for registration and standards for pharmacies in the United Kingdom lies with the recently established General Pharmaceutical Council who have yet to issue formal guidance.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the guidelines issued to NHS boards in relation to access to pharmacies are compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Answer
The Scottish Government is not aware that any existing guidance related to Community Pharmacy in Scotland issued by the Scottish Government including through the NHS is inconsistent with the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what a 3.6% reduction amounts to in terms of Glasgow City Council’s budget.
Answer
Glasgow City Council''s indicative revenue funding will be £1,391.8 million in 2011-12, a reduction of £51.5 million from 2010-11. Glasgow City Council''s total funding will remain the highest per head of any mainland local authority in Scotland.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it revised the reduction in Glasgow City Council’s budget from 2.6% to 3.6%
Answer
The local government funding package agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA''s Leadership resulted in an average reduction in revenue funding of 2.6% across Scotland. Once this total was distributed between all 32 local authorities using the relative needs-based distribution formula, which was inherited from the previous administration and also agreed between the Scottish Government COSLA and council leaders for the 2011-12 settlement, this resulted in a variation in year-on-year changes. The distribution formula produced a 3.6% reduction in revenue funding for Glasgow City Council''s as a result of this process.
