- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to pilot single outcome agreements.
Answer
We do not intend to pilot single outcome agreements. We are working to agree single outcome agreements with all councils by 30 June 2008.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 29 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be statutory targets and indicators for education and early years provision.
Answer
The national outcomes contained in the Scottish Budget: Spending Review 2007 outline what the Scottish Government, working with our partners, aim to deliver in education and early years provision. That document also contains the set of national indicators and targets through which we will measure the achievement of these outcomes across government. The national outcomes and indicators sit alongside the continued delivery of the statutory responsibilities placed on councils and their partners to care for all people in their communities.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 29 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils in each Glasgow primary school were taking free school lunches in (a) June 2007 and (b) December 2007.
Answer
The most recent school meals data which was collected in February 2007, including the proportion of pupils registered for free school meals in each Glasgow primary school, is available on the Scottish Executive website at
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/SchMeals2007.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will only have access to the £70 million identified in the concordat with COSLA if they sign up to the terms of a single outcome agreement.
Answer
I am delighted that all 32 local authorities in Scotland have frozen (or, in one case, cut) their council tax rates in 2008-09. All 32 authorities will now receive a share of the £70 million identified in the concordat.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the development of single outcome agreements will be informed by Taking Forward the Government Economic Strategy: A Discussion Paper on Tackling Poverty, Inequality and Deprivation in Scotland.
Answer
Single outcome agreements will cover all local government services in each council area. A wide range of issues, including the ways in which we tackle poverty, inequality and deprivation, will inform the development and implementation of national and local policies and priorities. These will, in turn, inform the continued development of single outcome agreements.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to implement the recommendations of the House of Commons Defence Committee’s report on the health care needs of military personnel and their families.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9991 on 27 February 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: Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions are planned with NHS boards regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the House of Commons Defence Committee’s report on the health care needs of military personnel and their families.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9991 on 27 February 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 In implementing the guidance on the extension of priority treatment to include all veterans, each NHS board has been asked to appoint a senior member of staff to have overall responsibility in ensuring the implementation of these guidelines and to record any difficulties that may arise. The Scottish Government will continue to work closely with NHS Scotland in the provision of quality health care for serving armed forces personnel and their families, and veterans.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 27 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which agency will have responsibility for national co-ordination of community engagement in the event of the abolition of Communities Scotland.
Answer
Community engagement is a key element of a wide range of policy areas and contributes towards all of our strategic objectives. As such, the Scottish Government has a key interest in national co-ordination of policy on community engagement.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will achieve national minimum standards of service for vulnerable groups.
Answer
The National Care Standards set out of the quality of care for a range of care services available to vulnerable people. They are based on principles for ensuring dignity, privacy, choice, safety, realising potential and equality and diversity. The Care Commission ensures through regulation that the standards are being met. Arrangements for the provision of other types of services which vulnerable people might use are made under relevant legislation. Representative organisations for vulnerable groups were involved in developing the National Care Standards and are involved in discussions on any other issues relevant to vulnerable people.
The government''s response to the Crerar Review makes clear that outcome-based agreements will form an integral part of the processes for external scrutiny of service standards and promoting a continuous improvement approach to service delivery.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 27 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to replace Communities Scotland’s local offices with a Scottish Government presence at a local level to address housing investment issues.
Answer
Yes, some staff from the Scottish Government''s Housing and Regeneration Directorate will continue to be based in offices around the country previously occupied by Communities Scotland. They will work with local stakeholders to help take forward the government''s agenda for housing as set out in Firm Foundations: The Future of Housing in Scotland.