- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Community Care Plans currently recognise the needs of deafblind children and adults.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not collate the level of detail requested. However, each local authority is required to publish a community care plan which takes a broad view of the needs of vulnerable adults in their area and how they are going to be met. These plans are a matter of public record.Community Care Plans link to children's plans. They cover the transition between adult and children services by taking into account the future needs assessment of children who will turn 18 during the life of the Community Care Plan.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to implement the recommendations made in Sensing Progress.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has taken several steps to implement the recommendations made in Sensing Progress including the establishment of a short-life working group of representatives of local authorities, health services and people with a visual impairment, to review, and change as necessary, the efficiency of arrangements for certification and registration - this was set up and reported in May 2001.In addition, the Sensing Progress recommendations set out some clear action points for local authorities, and the Chief Inspector of Social Work Services, in his annual report, will record what progress has been made.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress the Scottish Ministerial Group on Sustainable Development is making in helping to implement the plans outlined in Working together for Scotland: A Programme for Government.
Answer
The Ministerial Group on Sustainable Scotland has played a key role in ensuring that the plans outlined in Working together for Scotland: A Programme for Government are implemented in a way which takes sustainable development into account. Policy areas examined by the group include planning, health, transport and European funds. On 9 October I announced the group's four point action plan further to embed sustainable development in the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in the review of Education for Work and Enterprise.
Answer
I am today chairing the first meeting of an Education for Work Review Group to assess the effectiveness of Education for Work activities in schools and the scope to improve them throughout Scotland. Membership of the group is drawn from a wide range of experienced practitioners in education and business. The review group will report in the summer of 2002. A copy of the review group membership and remit is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 18 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make available to local authorities additional financial support for further school Public/Private Partnership projects.
Answer
Public/Private Partnerships have a significant role to play in our strategy for improving the school stock and the learning and teaching environment for our pupils and teachers.10 education authorities in Scotland are already guaranteed financial support for school PPP projects under an arrangement which was agreed in 1998. Many pupils and teachers are already enjoying new or refurbished school accommodation as a result of that support and further projects which attracted that support are either under way or due to start soon.It is important to maintain the momentum and I shall, therefore, be providing more revenue support to local authorities in Scotland so that further school PPP contracts may be taken forward. As was the case in 1998, authorities who have proposals for school PPP projects will be invited to submit bids for the support which will be available. I envisage a date of 14 December 2001 for submission of the first round of bids, which should be in the form of outline business cases for the projects concerned. I would expect to respond to each bid and have made appropriate decisions before the end of April 2002.I shall reach a final decision on the level of financial support for this new round of PPP projects following the discussion I shall be having with council leaders on 31 October about the overall strategy for the improvement of school buildings. It is, however, likely to be similar to that which was made available for school PPP projects in 1998 and which is helping to fund building work on schools with a capital value of around £500 million.Full details of the new arrangements will be issued to local authorities in the form of full bidding guidance by the end of this month. Further advice on the level of support will be issued immediately following my meeting with council leaders on 31 October.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what its performance has been in the first quarter of 2001 in answering ministerial correspondence.
Answer
In my reply to Mr McNulty's question (S1W-12613) answered on 22 December 2000 we undertook to report quarterly on the numbers of letters received by ministers and our performance in answering them. In the quarter January to March 2001, 3,960 letters were received for ministerial reply, of which 60% received a reply within 17 working days and 79% received a reply within 25 working days.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive the report of the review of the implications associated with implementing a neonatal hearing screening programme.
Answer
A review of the implications of implementing a phased neonatal hearing screening programme was placed on the SHOW website on 27 June and is available at www.show.scot.nhs.uk.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 24 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish its report on the progress made against the Statistics Plan 2000-01.
Answer
I am pleased to announce that we have published the report of progress against the Statistics Plan 2000-01. The Scottish Executive Stewardship Report sets out the progress made against the Statistics Plan 2000-01, which was published in April 2000. This is the first year in which the Stewardship Report has been produced.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 9 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the key performance targets it has set Historic Scotland for 2001-02.
Answer
I have set Historic Scotland the following key performance targets for 2001-02:
Key Performance Area | Target |
Protecting Scotland's Built Heritage | |
Number of monuments scheduled | 200 |
Weighted number of listed building resurvey units | 150 |
No of weeks in which 80% of Scheduled Monument Consent cases resolved | 9 |
Percentage of Listed Building Consent cases resolved within 28 days | 97% |
Number of condition surveys completed for properties in care | 65 |
Promoting and Presenting the Built Heritage | |
HS market share compared to other paid visitor attractions in Scotland* | 54.50% |
Percentage of satisfied visitors (survey based) | 96% |
Average retail spend per visitor | £2.05 |
Agency Management | |
Percentage efficiency gains/savings on non-grant expenditure | 1.25% |
* The agency's top ten properties will be measured against the National Trust for Scotland's top 10 properties and the top 10 privately-owned historic attractions.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 2 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in identifying schools where there is little or no provision of cycle training, and what steps it will take to encourage cycle training in such schools.
Answer
A survey to provide baseline information on levels of cycle training in Scottish schools is due for completion shortly. When the report of the survey is available, I will consider its implications fully.