- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates decided to allocate £215,000 to the Scottish Islamic Foundation
Answer
This funding has been allocated through the Health and Wellbeing Directorate.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which minister agreed the £215,000 funding allocation to the Scottish Islamic Foundation.
Answer
Funding for IslamFest was first given ministerial approval in March 2007 under the previous administration. A proposal from the Scottish Islamic Foundation for funding of £200,000 was approved in principle by the First Minister and subsequently agreed by officials after receipt of the detailed proposal in March 2008. Funding for the two smaller grants of £10,152 and £5,600 were processed and actioned by officials.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive from which of its funds the £215,000 allocated to the Scottish Islamic Foundation came.
Answer
The Scottish Islamic Foundation was one of 53 different organisations which received a total of £3.4 million during the 2007-08 financial year from resources administered by the Scottish Government''s Equality Unit for projects and initiatives relating to race, religion and refugee integration. All three of the individual funding payments to the Scottish Islamic Foundation for £10,152; £5,600 and £200,000 came from this source which gave grants to individual organisations ranging from £3,250 to £605,000.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the application for funding by the Scottish Islamic Foundation was submitted.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15063 on 3 September 2008. Applications for the funding referred were received in March 2008.
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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many weeks of residential respite care were provided in 2006-07.
Answer
Audit Scotland publishes information on both residential and non-residential respite provided by each local authority annually on its website at:
http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/performance/service/.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours of non-residential respite care were provided in 2006-07.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15632 on 26 August 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 19 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the £215,000 of public funding allocated to the Scottish Islamic Foundation came from the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund.
Answer
No funding has been paid to the Scottish Islamic Foundation from the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support Fund.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 12 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when its announcement on Race, Religion and Refugee Integration funding allocations will be made.
Answer
A letter was issued to all organisations who applied to the Race Religion and Refugee Integration Fund on Monday 28 July informing them of whether they had been successful under the Fund or not.
A list of successful organisations has been published on the Scottish Government website;
http://www.scotlandagainstracism.com/onescotland/366.html.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 8 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the view, expressed in a recent British Academy-funded study by academics from the universities of Strathclyde and West of Scotland, that anti-sectarian policies and initiatives need to be put back on the political agenda in Scotland.
Answer
We welcome this research report, which is a very useful small scale study providing information about young people’s experiences of sectarianism in areas of Glasgow and adds to our body of knowledge on sectarianism. The Scottish Government fully recognises the importance of tackling all forms of religious intolerance, including sectarianism, and is committed to eradicating sectarianism from Scottish society.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the overall cost of 10,000 weeks of respite care would be, based on an average weekly rate for respite care.
Answer
The cost of residential short breaks depends on the needs of the person requiring care, the type of provision and the locality. The respite task group estimated average costs of £629 per week in 2006-07, although the group noted the uncertainty in this estimate due to a lack of evidence. Uprating that figure for inflation to 2008-09, using GDP deflator figures of 3.25% for 2007-08 and 3.00% for 2008-09, gives an estimated cost of £6.7 million for 10,000 weeks of short breaks in residential settings.
The respite task group estimated average costs of £12 per hour in 2006-07 for short breaks at home. The weekly cost varies widely depending on the level of need and therefore the number of hours provided.
