- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 23 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial indebtedness is of each local authority relating to the total interest charges incurred for paying invoices after the due date to (a) all firms and (b) firms employing fewer than 50 people, since the introduction of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 22 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why the funding for the rough sleepers initiative in Argyll and Bute will fall from #274,880 in 2000-01 to #114,480 in 2001-02.
Answer
Funding in 2000-01 includes a one off capital grant of £400 for the provision of direct access and move on accommodation in Oban.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 22 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is saved in law enforcement costs for every pound spent on neighbourhood watch and other community crime prevention schemes.
Answer
I refer you to my answers of 11 February and 13 March 2000 about Scottish Executive support for Neighbourhood Watch and other initiatives. Evaluations are undertaken to determine the effectiveness of all our major crime prevention initiatives. However, as with criminal justice, some benefits are indirect and may take several years to make a direct impact on law enforcement costs.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 22 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why the funding for the rough sleepers initiative in Renfrewshire will fall from #165,394 in 2000-01 to #103,181 in 2001-02.
Answer
Funding in 2000-01 includes a one off capital grant of £65,000 for the provision of crisis accommodation for clients with mental health problems.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 22 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why Lanarkshire Health Board failed to meet its guarantee under the Patients' Charter of nine months wait for cataract removal in over 115 cases during 1999 and what additional resources will be made available to enable Lanarkshire Health Board to fulfil the Patients' Charter guarantee in future.
Answer
The Patients Charter guarantee of nine months for cataract surgery was breached during 1999 following the discovery of a cluster of cases of the eye infection "endophthalmitis" at Stonehouse Hospital. Routine operations were suspended while investigations were carried out to identify common characteristics of all such cases and to examine infection control procedures. The service was resumed in September 1999.
In 1998-99 Lanarkshire Health Board invested an additional £266k in improving local ophthalmological services and consequently adequate resources are in place to deal with the current backlog and to sustain compliance with Charter guarantees.
A further ophthalmologist is due to take up post on 1 May and this combined with the momentum created by the full restoration of cataract surgery means that no patient should breach the Charter guarantee by the end of this year.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 22 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why the funding for the rough sleepers initiative in Glasgow will fall from #682,251 in 2000-01 to 'ero in 2001-02.
Answer
Funding for new RSI projects in Glasgow will be determined in the light of the conclusions of the Glasgow Strategy Review Team which is developing a comprehensive strategy for addressing rough sleeping in the city. I expect the review team to provide advice by Easter. In the meantime current RSI projects in Glasgow have been allocated continuation funding until the end of June 2000 but no decisions have been taken for the period from July 2000 to 2001-02.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 22 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why the funding for the rough sleepers initiative in South Lanarkshire will fall from #661,919 in 2000-01 to #430,819 in 2001-02.
Answer
Funding in 2000-01 includes a one off capital grant of £314,000 for the provision of direct access accommodation in East Kilbride.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a statutory requirement for local authorities to produce a local transport strategy.
Answer
No. The Executive published its proposals for the Integrated Transport Bill on 10 February.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 17 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the standard band D council tax figure will be for 2000-01 and how that figure was arrived at.
Answer
The average band D council tax figure for 2000-01, calculated on a weighted basis, is £886.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 15 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of inflation is on the price of goods and services purchased by local authorities and what allowance has been made for this in the local government finance settlement for 2000-01.
Answer
The local government settlement for 2000-01 allows for total local authority current expenditure to rise by 3.7%. This is a real terms increase when compared to the current forecast of inflation for 2000-01 of 2.5%.
