- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the drafts of the second-phase single outcome agreements will be submitted in February 2009.
Answer
In accordance with the guidance issued in October 2008, Community Planning Partnerships are working towards submitting their draft single outcome agreements to the Scottish Government by the end of February 2009.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on direct payments 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 by Local Authority, 2007 and 2008
| | Value of Direct Payments (£000) |
| 2007 | 2008 |
| Aberdeen City | 878 | 1,031 |
| Aberdeenshire | 714 | 1,693 |
| Angus | 619 | 697 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1,326 | 1,458 |
| Clackmannanshire | 203 | 177 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,380 | 1,590 |
| Dundee City | 408 | 466 |
| East Ayrshire | 568 | 752 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 302 | 394 |
| East Lothian | 750 | 812 |
| East Renfrewshire | 158 | 352 |
| Edinburgh | 3,652 | 4,386 |
| Eilean Siar | 22 | 21 |
| Falkirk | 487 | 570 |
| Fife | 2,799 | 3,277 |
| Glasgow | 2,290 | 3,148 |
| Highland | 1,539 | 1,383 |
| Inverclyde | 40 | 107 |
| Midlothian | 577 | 489 |
| Moray | 658 | 594 |
| North Ayrshire | 477 | 581 |
| North Lanarkshire | 431 | 753 |
| Orkney | 185 | 135 |
| Perth and Kinross | 497 | 702 |
| Renfrewshire | 270 | 498 |
| Scottish Borders | 1,051 | 915 |
| Shetland Islands | 172 | 136 |
| South Ayrshire | 487 | 547 |
| South Lanarkshire | 357 | 488 |
| Stirling | 295 | 320 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 296 | 417 |
| West Lothian | 367 | 497 |
| Scotland | 24,255 | 29,383 |
The information above is drawn from Table 3 of the publication Self-directed Support (Direct Payments), Scotland, 2008, see following link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/10/27092036/0.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals from households below the poverty line have benefited from the extension of the free prescription scheme.
Answer
We estimate that around 256,000 individuals living in relative poverty before housing costs will benefit from the reduction in prescription charges when they buy prescriptions. We do not know how many have benefited since the charge was reduced on 1 April 2008, as the annual income of people paying NHS prescription charges is not collected.
The Scottish Government''s commitment to abolish prescription charges in April 2011 will benefit everyone who pays for prescriptions.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people 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 Receiving Self-Directed Support (Direct Payment) Packages by Local Authority, 2007 and 2008
| | Number of Clients |
| 2007 | 2008 |
| Aberdeen City | 101 | 113 |
| Aberdeenshire | 101 | 132 |
| Angus | 40 | 47 |
| Argyll and Bute | 89 | 104 |
| Clackmannanshire | 32 | 22 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 141 | 163 |
| Dundee City | 38 | 44 |
| East Ayrshire | 51 | 64 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 23 | 36 |
| East Lothian | 31 | 46 |
| East Renfrewshire | 15 | 37 |
| Edinburgh | 209 | 273 |
| Eilean Siar | 8 | 11 |
| Falkirk | 61 | 52 |
| Fife | 309 | 334 |
| Glasgow | 193 | 208 |
| Highland | 225 | 176 |
| Inverclyde | 9 | 16 |
| Midlothian | 29 | 33 |
| Moray | 43 | 46 |
| North Ayrshire | 47 | 48 |
| North Lanarkshire | 37 | 43 |
| Orkney | 45 | 30 |
| Perth and Kinross | 40 | 67 |
| Renfrewshire | 32 | 45 |
| Scottish Borders | 117 | 142 |
| Shetland Islands | 11 | 12 |
| South Ayrshire | 39 | 39 |
| South Lanarkshire | 46 | 58 |
| Stirling | 37 | 59 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 31 | 41 |
| West Lothian | 61 | 64 |
| Scotland | 2,291 | 2,605 |
The information above is drawn from table 1 of the publication Self-directed Support (Direct Payments), Scotland, 2008, see following link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/10/27092036/0.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students from households below the poverty line are benefiting from the abolition of the graduate endowment scheme.
Answer
A household is in poverty according to the UK and Scottish Governments'' preferred poverty definition if its household income is below 60% of the median UK household income before housing costs. The household income used in this definition is adjusted to take into account of household size. There are, therefore, different poverty lines for households of different sizes.
Income data held by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland does not include income from all members of the household and is not adjusted to account of household size. It is therefore not possible to determine if a student comes from a household which is in poverty according to this definition.
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13234 on 2 June 2008, which gives an estimate of the number of students with benefactor incomes below £16,000 who may benefit from the abolition of the graduate endowment.
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, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the interim reports on the progress made in implementing first-phase single outcome agreements will be published in April 2009.
Answer
In accordance with the guidance issued in October 2008, local government will, for one year only, provide an interim progress report on their first phase SOAs in April 2009.
A consolidated report based on the information received will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the final reports on the progress made in implementing first-phase single outcome agreements will be published in September 2009.
Answer
In accordance with guidance issued in October 2008, councils will work towards producing an annual report on first-phase single outcome agreements in September 2009. The Scottish Government and our local government partners are presently considering the form which annual reporting, beginning in September 2009, should take, including publication arrangements. I shall ensure that the product of this reporting is made available to Parliament.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the targets and indicators agreed in second-phase single outcome agreements (SOAs) may be significantly different from those in the first-phase SOAs given that they will be based on revised guidance.
Answer
The National Indicators and Targets used in the development of the first phase of single outcome agreements (SOAs) are unchanged for the second phase.
There are some changes to the Menu of Local Indicators but these changes are minimal. Most of the Indicators used in the first phase feature in the second phase guidance. In addition, several new indicators have been included in the second phase guidance based on the extent of their usage in the initial SOAs. However, it is important to recognise that the Menu of Local Indicators is not a mandatory menu. Priority outcomes contained in the 2009-10 SOAs, and agreed by the full Community Planning Partnership, may differ from those in the 2008-09 SOA. In such circumstances, the supporting indicators and targets would themselves differ. The guidance makes clear that the use of Indicators from the menu remains a matter for local choice.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to inform the Parliament on the progress made in the first phase of single outcome agreements.
Answer
In accordance with guidance issued in October 2008, Councils will, for one year only, provide an interim progress report on first phase SOAs in April 2009. A consolidated report based on the information received will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Councils will work towards producing an annual report in September 2009. The Scottish Government and our local government partners are presently considering the form which annual reporting, beginning in September 2009, should take including publication arrangements. I shall ensure that the product of this reporting is made available to Parliament.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the second-phase single outcome agreements will be finalised and agreed in June 2009.
Answer
In accordance with the guidance issued in October 2008, the Scottish Government and Community Planning Partnerships are working towards having all second phase SOAs finalised and agreed by June 2009.
