- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an analysis of progress in implementing the 2009-10 single outcome agreements.
Answer
No decision on this has yet been taken.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make briefing packs available for MSPs on the pilot scheme on changes to incapacity benefit that is being introduced in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36232 on 24 September 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made to ensure that it will be kept informed of the implementation of the pilot scheme on changes to incapacity benefit that is being introduced in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36232 on 24 September 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will keep the Parliament informed of the implementation of the pilot scheme on changes to incapacity benefit that is being introduced in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36232 on 24 September 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Jobcentre Plus regarding the pilot scheme on changes to incapacity benefit that is being introduced in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36232 on 24 September 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has sought information on how many children of asylum seekers initially registered in Scotland were detained in removal centres in England between January and August 2010 and, if so, what response it received.
Answer
This information is not collected by the UK Border Agency.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Department of Work and Pensions regarding the pilot scheme on changes to incapacity benefit that is being introduced in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Answer
My officials are in regular contact with colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Jobcentre Plus about the arrangements for the reassessment of customers in receipt of incapacity benefits. Discussions are continuing around the ongoing developments including the trial of the process which will commence in Aberdeen and Burnley on 11 October. Officials are also monitoring developments in relation to DWP''s review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) which it will use to support the reassessment of incapacity benefit. Copies of a DWP briefing pack on reassessing customers in receipt of incapacity benefits are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 51313).
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has sought information on how many children of asylum seekers were detained at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre between January and August 2010 and, if so, what response it received.
Answer
Unfortunately, the UK Border Agency does not provide statistical information on a month-by-month basis. However, it has published reports for the first two quarters of 2010 which are available on the UKBA website at:
http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-publications.html.
According to these reports a total of 25 children entered Dungavel detention centre before the end to the overnight detention of children in May 2010. However, they do not specify if the children were those of asylum seeking families.
| Quarter (Period of Report) | Number of Children Entered Dungavel |
| 1 (January 2010 to March 2010) | 20 |
| 2 (April 201 to June 2010) | 5 |
| Total | 25 |
These figures are not subject to independent checks and therefore may not be wholly accurate. Some detainees may be recorded more than once, for example the person may have been detained on more than one separate occasion in the time period shown, such as a person who has left detention, but has subsequently been re-detained.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what briefings have been made available to it regarding the pilot scheme on changes to incapacity benefit that is being introduced in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36232 on 24 September 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 14 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the funding that it gave to the Scottish Islamic Foundation in the last year has been spent on overseas visits by members.
Answer
No funding provided to the Scottish Islamic Foundation by the Scottish Government in the last year has been spent on overseas visits by members of that organisation.
