- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 14 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has asked HM Treasury to seek derogation from the proposed European Directive on payment services in the international market in order to exclude credit unions from its scope.
Answer
HM Treasury is already seekinga full exemption from the Directive for all British credit unions.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 14 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to HM Treasury to request its support for the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs’ amendment to the proposed European Directive on payment services in the international market in order to exclude credit unions from its scope.
Answer
HM Treasury is already seekinga full exemption from the Directive for all British credit unions.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nora Radcliffe on 14 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what ethical guidelines it uses when considering the issuing of contracts to outside companies supplying the Parliament.
Answer
The ethical guidelines usedby the SPCB when considering the issuing of contracts to outside companiessupplying the Parliament include: The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations2006; EC procurement Directive 2004/18/EC; The Treaty of Rome and; the SPCBProcurement Policy Manual (available on the Parliament’s website:
www.scottish.parliament.uk/corporate/procurement/policyManual/responsible.htm
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when Communities Scotland’s inspection of Glasgow Housing Association will take place.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
Communities Scotland startedthe inspection of Glasgow Housing Association on 29 September 2006 when we issuedour request to the Association for an inspection submission.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of Communities Scotland’s inspection of Glasgow Housing Association will be published.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
Communities Scotland plansto publish the final report about our inspection of Glasgow Housing Associationin late summer 2007.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £100 million committed over a ten-year period to assist owners who are required to take part in Glasgow Housing Association’s investment programme will be spent.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
This money is being used to providefinancial assistance to owner occupiers affected by Glasgow Housing Association’sinvestment programme. To date over £7 million has been used to provide financialassistance to over 1,300 households in support of investment such as common close,fabric and environmental works. While the Scottish Executive will agree the profileof grant annually with Glasgow Housing Association we currently anticipate the followingspend profile:
GHA Owner Occupier Grant Drawdown– Projections (Million)
| Year | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
| O/O Grant | £16 | £15 | £15 | £15 | £12 | £12 | £8 |
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28041 by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2006, to whom within the Executive any evidence of differences in the application of benefits and services which disadvantage people in Scotland should be addressed.
Answer
Any evidence of differences inthe application of benefits and services which disadvantage people in Scotland shouldbe addressed to the Minister for Communities. His department has overall responsibilityfor the co-ordination of liaison between the Department for Work and Pensions andthe Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28041 by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2006, what mechanisms are in place to allow appropriate dialogue to take place between the Executive and Whitehall departments if there were evidence of differences in the application of benefits and services which disadvantage people in Scotland.
Answer
There are a number of mechanismsin place to allow appropriate dialogue to take place between the Executive and Whitehall departmentsif there were evidence of differences in the application of benefits and servicewhich disadvantage people in Scotland. These include are a DWP liaison group in Scotland, a dedicatedliaison point between the Executive and DWP (which allows for day-to-day dialogueas and when required), and Executive attendance at the DWP Annual Forums.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28041 by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 September 2006, whether the mechanisms in place to allow dialogue have ever been used and, if so, whether it will provide a breakdown of such usage.
Answer
The mechanisms in place to allowdialogue are used frequently. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of suchusage as contact is so regular and is not separately recorded, being responsiveto issues as they arise. The answer to question S2W-29226 on 7 November 2006, givessome examples of the mechanisms that are in place for effecting such dialogue.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 31 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent police officers were in post in each month from December 2005 to September 2006.
Answer
Police officer numbers are collectedon a quarterly basis. The available information is shown in the following table.
No. of Police Officers (Whole-TimeEquivalent)
| As at: | |
| 31 December 2005 | 16,164 |
| 31 March 2006 | 16,221 |
| 30 June 2006 | 16,226 |
| 30 September 2006 | 16,261 |
