- 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.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 5 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive where a report of the proceedings of the conference of the Community Regeneration and Tackling Poverty learning network held on 27 January 2009 can be accessed.
Answer
A report of the proceedings of, and copies of the presentations given at, the Community Regeneration and Tackling Poverty learning network conference held on 27 January 2009 are available on the Scottish Centre for Regeneration''s website
www.partnersinregeneration.com.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when ministers last met representatives of the Scottish Commission on Human Rights and what issues were discussed.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0305-01.htm
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 3 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households had central heating installed under its central heating programme in each month between April and December 2008.
Answer
Information provided by the managing agent, on the number of central heating systems installed in each month during the period requested, is shown in the following table:
| Month | Number of Systems Installed |
| April 2008 | 1,396 |
| May 2008 | 1,295 |
| June 2008 | 1,322 |
| July 2008 | 1,130 |
| August 2008 | 1,119 |
| September 2008 | 1,059 |
| October 2008 | 1,236 |
| November 2008 | 520 |
| December 2008 | 519 |
| Total | 9,596 |
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on direct payments for people with learning disabilities in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is in the following table:
Value of Self-directed Support (Direct Payment) Packages for People with Learning Disabilities, by Local Authority, 2007 and 2008
| | Value of Direct Payments (£000) |
| 2007 | 2008 |
| Aberdeen City | 311 | 395 |
| Aberdeenshire | 317 | 534 |
| Angus | 54 | 50 |
| Argyll and Bute | 415 | 598 |
| Clackmannanshire | 18 | 4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 295 | 348 |
| Dundee City | 78 | 77 |
| East Ayrshire | 50 | 85 |
| East Dunbartonshire | - | 20 |
| East Lothian | 73 | 278 |
| East Renfrewshire | - | - |
| Edinburgh | 643 | 915 |
| Eilean Siar | 19 | 16 |
| Falkirk | 8 | 16 |
| Fife | 618 | 793 |
| Glasgow | 434 | 594 |
| Highland | 566 | 594 |
| Inverclyde | 5 | 8 |
| Midlothian | 28 | 32 |
| Moray | 158 | 115 |
| North Ayrshire | 43 | 54 |
| North Lanarkshire | 189 | 350 |
| Orkney | 13 | 6 |
| Perth and Kinross | 81 | 122 |
| Renfrewshire | 39 | 136 |
| Scottish Borders | 125 | 114 |
| Shetland Islands | 68 | - |
| South Ayrshire | 104 | 118 |
| South Lanarkshire | 104 | 122 |
| Stirling | 5 | 10 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 86 | 105 |
| West Lothian | 82 | 127 |
| Scotland | 5,029 | 6,736 |
Source: Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) Survey, Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff are employed in the Scottish Centre for Regeneration.
Answer
There are seven members of staff employed in the Scottish Centre for Regeneration.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget is of the Scottish Centre for Regeneration for 2009-10.
Answer
The total budget for the Scottish Centre for Regeneration (SCR) 2009-10 is approximately £1.56 million. This includes the cost of the SCR''s programme of events, commissioned research and publications as well as the direct running costs of the SCR itself.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the agreed date is for the relaunch of the Scottish Centre for Regeneration's website.
Answer
The re-launch of the Scottish Centre for Regeneration''s website took place on 27 January 2009. The new website address is
www.partnersinregeneration.com.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with learning disabilities received direct payments in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is in the following table:
Number of Clients with Learning Disabilities Receiving Self-Directed Support (Direct Payment) Packages by Local Authority, 2007 and 2008
| | Number of Clients |
| | 2007 | 2008 |
| Aberdeen City | 32 | 38 |
| Aberdeenshire | 50 | 77 |
| Angus | 11 | 11 |
| Argyll and Bute | 29 | 38 |
| Clackmannanshire | - | - |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 39 | 49 |
| Dundee City | - | - |
| East Ayrshire | 13 | 16 |
| East Dunbartonshire | - | - |
| East Lothian | 8 | 19 |
| East Renfrewshire | - | - |
| Edinburgh | 42 | 69 |
| Eilean Siar | 7 | 9 |
| Falkirk | - | 6 |
| Fife | 82 | 88 |
| Glasgow | 52 | 53 |
| Highland | 101 | 77 |
| Inverclyde | - | - |
| Midlothian | 5 | 6 |
| Moray | - | - |
| North Ayrshire | - | 5 |
| North Lanarkshire | 10 | 11 |
| Orkney | - | - |
| Perth and Kinross | 11 | 19 |
| Renfrewshire | 9 | 13 |
| Scottish Borders | 30 | 21 |
| Shetland Islands | - | - |
| South Ayrshire | 9 | 10 |
| South Lanarkshire | 12 | 17 |
| Stirling | - | - |
| West Dunbartonshire | 9 | 11 |
| West Lothian | 13 | 19 |
| Scotland | 604 | 704 |
Source: Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) Survey, Scottish Government.
Note: Cells with less than five clients have been suppressed and marked - for disclosure purposes.
