- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next meet Dundee City Council and what issues will be raised.
Answer
I meet with all councils from time to time to discuss issues of mutual interest but have no plans to meet with Dundee City Council in the immediate future.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed through the WORKSTEP Programme since the programme's inception and, of these, how many have subsequently moved into unsupported employment.
Answer
Responsibility for employment matters is reserved to the UK Government. The Scottish Executive has no functions in relation to WORKSTEP. This programme is managed by Jobcentre Plus which is part of the Department for Work and Pensions.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what account was taken of levels of poverty in each local authority area when funding was allocated for the national concessionary travel scheme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30165 on 24 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how long on average multiple sclerosis sufferers that meet the Association of British Neurologists' criteria for disease-modifying drugs have to wait currently to receive prescriptions for such drugs in each NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Information on waiting times for out-patient appointments with a consultant is collected centrally at specialty level only.A UK-wide risk-sharing scheme for the treatment of eligible patients with multiple sclerosis enables beta interferon and glatiramer acetate to be prescribed on the NHS to patients who meet criteria set out by the Association of British Neurologists. Patients' eligibility for treatment will depend on the clinical judgement of the specialist neurologists concerned.Full details of the scheme are explained in Health Department Letter (2002) 6, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 20653). The guidance recognised that it may take 18 months or longer for treatment to be initiated for all eligible patients.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people have entered work under Phase 1 of the New Futures Fund since the inception of the fund.
Answer
The New Futures Fund (NFF) aims to help people (aged 15 to 35 years) who are disadvantaged in the labour market move towards employment. New Futures Fund is one of the few Labour Market Initiatives that does not specifically require or expect immediate job outcomes. The emphasis is on small steps of progress. More than 5,000 people were supported by NFF projects in Phase 1.In the Scottish Enterprise area, a total of 2,194 young people aged 15 to 24 years moved on from NFF in Phase 1. One thousand, four hundred and eighty-seven (67.7%) achieved a positive outcome, of which 383 (25.7%) moved directly into employment. In the Highlands and Islands area, a total of 111 young people aged 15 to 24 years moved on from NFF in Phase 1. Sixty-four (57.7%) achieved a positive outcome, of which 25 (22.5%) moved directly into employment.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 11 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much Phase 1 of the New Futures Fund cost.
Answer
The budgeted cost of New Futures Fund in Phase 1 (to March 2002) was £15 million.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the differences are between the New Futures Fund and the Beattie Inclusiveness Projects.
Answer
Beattie Inclusiveness projects are managed and delivered by Careers Scotland. Working in partnership with local agencies (statutory and voluntary), they aim to help young people (16 to 24 years) with additional support needs progress to education, training and employment. Inclusiveness projects are Scotland-wide (12 projects - Scottish Enterprise; one - pan Highlands and Islands Enterprise). New Futures Fund projects are managed by the Enterprise Networks and delivered through a range of agencies (statutory and voluntary) who specialise in working with specific client groups but who do not have an employability dimension. They target people (16 to 34 years) seriously disadvantaged in the labour market who are not job ready or not seeking work but who can move in that direction with the right support. New Futures Fund projects are Scotland-wide (72 projects - Scottish Enterprise; nine projects - pan Highlands and Islands Enterprise).
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people entered work under the Beattie Inclusiveness Projects in year 1.
Answer
Beattie Inclusiveness Projects started at varying times throughout year 1 and were managed at that time by individual Careers Services Companies. There is currently no separate figure for young people entering into work under the projects, but 1,038 young people engaged with the projects in the Scottish Enterprise area have been identified as entering employment and training. There is no figure available for the pan Highlands and Islands project.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much new money will be made available to the children's hearing system in each of the areas selected for the fast track pilot schemes for under-16s announced by the Minister for Education and Young People on 23 October 2002.
Answer
The fast track hearing pilots will be funded in full. Discussions are currently taking place to finalise details.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have secured open employment through the New Deal for Disabled People.
Answer
Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government which takes the lead on funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing Scottish organisations.Since New Deal for Disabled People started in Scotland in July 2001 it has secured open employment for 379 people up until September 2002.
