- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 3 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children will benefit from the extended entitlement to free school meals for pupils whose parents or carers are in receipt of the maximum child and working tax credit.
Answer
Based on 2007-08 figures, approximately 44,000 additional pupils will benefit from our jointly agreed concordat commitment to extend entitlement to free school lunches to pupils whose parents or carers are in receipt of both maximum Child Tax Credit and maximum Working Tax Credit from August 2009, subject to Parliament''s approval for the necessary regulations.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 3 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to allocate resources from the Migration Impact Fund.
Answer
The Scottish Government will receive £2.973 million in Barnett consequentials as a result of the creation of the Migration Impacts Fund in England. How this money will be spent will be determined by Scottish ministers in due course in light of the government''s overarching priorities.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 2 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-21797 by Bruce Crawford on 13 March 2009, what its performance was in answering ministerial correspondence in the fourth quarter of 2008, broken down by minister.
Answer
The performance in answering ministerial correspondence in the fourth quarter of 2008, broken down by minister, is given in the following table:
| Minister | No. of Cases Received | Number of Final Replies Issued within 20 Days | Performance on Correspondence Replies Issued within 20 Days. |
| Alex Salmond | 248 | 234 | 94% |
| Bruce Crawford | 25 | 21 | 84% |
| Linda Fabiani | 250 | 237 | 95% |
| John Swinney | 330 | 308 | 93% |
| Jim Mather | 552 | 531 | 96% |
| Stewart Stevenson | 1,443 | 1,402 | 97% |
| Fiona Hyslop | 282 | 275 | 98% |
| Maureen Watt | 240 | 229 | 95% |
| Adam Ingram | 158 | 146 | 92% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | 936 | 905 | 97% |
| Shona Robison | 485 | 455 | 94% |
| Stewart Maxwell | 677 | 639 | 94% |
| Kenny MacAskill | 347 | 330 | 95% |
| Fergus Ewing | 251 | 228 | 91% |
| Richard Lochhead | 2,341 | 2,296 | 98% |
| Michael Russell | 937 | 912 | 97% |
| Total | 9,502 | 9,148 | 96% |
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 25 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have volunteered as a result of the activities of organisations it funds for that purpose in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008, broken down by organisation.
Answer
Scottish Government provides direct funding for Volunteer Development Scotland, the national centre for excellence, and the 32 local volunteer centres across Scotland. In addition, third sector organisations draw extensively on the skills and capacity of volunteers and the many organisations we support, directly and indirectly, in the third sector will also contribute to the encouragement of volunteering.
We believe that over 1.3 million people in Scotland volunteer in some way each year making a positive contribution to our communities at every level. It is not, however, possible to identify how many people volunteer as a direct result of individual volunteer support organisations. Individuals choose to volunteer for a wide range of reasons and their route into volunteering is a matter of personal choice.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the Fairer Scotland Fund has been allocated for community policing, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-22038 on 25 March 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community police officers are funded from the Fairer Scotland Fund, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Fairer Scotland Fund (FSF) is deployed by Community Planning Partnerships to achieve priority outcomes for local communities. Individual investments of FSF are a matter for local decision by each Partnership. As such the information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it remains committed to a gendered approach to violence against women.
Answer
Yes. The Scottish Government remains committed to a gendered approach to violence against women.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to implement the recommendations of the Adult Entertainment Working Group.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21756 on 19 March 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered establishing a hardship fund for abused women with no recourse to public funds.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3F-1253 on 4 December 2008. All answers to oral parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-08/sor1204-01.htm.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when the short-life working group to develop information on women with no recourse to public funds who have experienced domestic abuse will report.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-5092 on 4 December 2008 All answers to oral parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-08/sor1204-01.htm.
