- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of any concerns of heritage and tourist railway companies about the costs of promoting private bills, the Light Railways Act 1896 and the Light Railways Act 1912 will remain in force following introduction of the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 on the promotion and construction of railways, and whether order-making powers under these acts will transfer to Scottish ministers and, if so, when.
Answer
The Light Railways Acts of 1896 and 1912 will remain in force following introduction of the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 on the promotion and construction of railways which start and end and are wholly within Scotland. Order-making powers under these acts, in so far as they are not already devolved, will be transferred to Scottish ministers as soon as the section 30 Order is enforced.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21311 by Lewis MacDonald on 16 January 2002, whether it no longer anticipates that the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 to provide legislative competence to the Scottish Parliament in respect of the promotion and construction of railways will be laid and brought into force during the first half of 2002 and, if so, when the order will be (a) laid and (b) brought into force.
Answer
I currently expect that the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998, to provide legislative competence to the Scottish Parliament in respect of the promotion and construction of railways which start and end and are wholly within Scotland, will be laid during May with a view to bringing the order into force as soon as the completion of the process in the Scottish and UK Parliaments permits.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the tourist industry about the impact of the small business rates relief scheme.
Answer
There was wide consultation with all sections of business before the scheme was announced. VisitScotland and the Scottish Tourism Forum have been consulted throughout the implementation phase.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to implement the recommendation of the Royal College of Psychiatrists that there should be a consultant with special expertise in the treatment of eating disorders in each NHS health board area.
Answer
NHS trusts are responsible for recruiting staff and making arrangements, that best respond to the assessed needs of their areas. In reaching decisions in this regard, I expect all available advice and guidelines to be taken into account, including that within our published guidance, which calls for NHS boards to consider establishing a specialist multi-disciplinary team, either at their own hand or on a consortia basis.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of young people referred to Children's Panels live in rural areas.
Answer
Statistics relating to the children's hearings system are an operational matter for the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration. National statistics are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 18780).
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the #21.75 million available from the New Opportunities Fund to promote the role of sport in diverting young people from offending will be allocated to projects in rural areas.
Answer
Every local authority in Scotland has been given a provisional allocation of funding to support activities, designed to promote the role of sport in diverting children and young people from crime or behaviour likely to lead to this type of activity.The provisional allocation is based on the size of school population in the local authority area and on the levels of deprivation found in the area. There is also a weighting for the three Islands authorities, to ensure that they have meaningful allocations.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the funding announced in June 2000 for the prevention of youth crime has been allocated to tackling youth crime in rural areas.
Answer
A total of £25.5 million over four years has been allocated to tackle youth offending.
The following table shows the allocation by local authority:
| Authority | Restorative Justice Grant 2001-02 | 2001-02 and 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Aberdeen City | £78,443 | £166,000 | £333,000 |
| Aberdeenshire | £94,095 | £106,000 | £212,000 |
| Angus | £42,311 | £76,000 | £153,000 |
| Argyll & Bute | £33,078 | £56,000 | £112,000 |
| Clackmannanshire | £19,850 | £51,000 | £101,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | £55,557 | £101,000 | £202,000 |
| Dundee | £56,472 | £207,000 | £414,000 |
| East Ayrshire | £48,248 | £131,000 | £263,000 |
| East Dunbartonshire | £42,612 | £51,000 | £101,000 |
| East Lothian | £34,195 | £65,000 | £130,000 |
| East Renfrewshire | £17,950 | £35,331 | £89,000 |
| Edinburgh | £163,340 | £406,000 | £812,000 |
| Falkirk | £52,700 | £131,000 | £262,000 |
| Fife | £126,460 | £314,000 | £629,000 |
| Glasgow | £436,540 | £1,086,000 | £2,171,000 |
| Highland | £63,440 | £158,000 | £316,000 |
| Inverclyde | £41,620 | £103,000 | £207,000 |
| Midlothian | £27,060 | £67,000 | £135,000 |
| Moray | £21,490 | £53,000 | £107,000 |
| North Ayrshire | £66,860 | £166,000 | £333,000 |
| North Lanarkshire | £143,550 | £357,000 | £714,000 |
| Orkney | £3,400 | £20,000 | £40,000 |
| Perth and Kinross | £32,730 | £81,000 | £163,000 |
| Renfrewshire | £76,280 | £190,000 | £379,000 |
| Scottish Borders | £24,010 | £60,000 | £119,000 |
| Shetland | £4,500 | £20,000 | £40,000 |
| South Ayrshire | £34,300 | £85,000 | £171,000 |
| South Lanarkshire | £110,920 | £276,000 | £552,000 |
| Stirling | £25,370 | £63,000 | £126,000 |
| West Dunbartonshire | £57,230 | £142,000 | £285,000 |
| West Lothian | £58,250 | £145,000 | £290,000 |
| Western Isles | £5,570 | £20,000 | £40,000 |
| Total | £2 million | £5 million /£5 million | £10 million |
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in developing closer links between the youth justice system and agencies dealing with children and young people who are at risk of offending.
Answer
All authorities have multi-agency youth justice teams in place. The Executive is completing a mapping exercise of all local authorities to measure their progress in working with children and young people who offend or are at risk of offending. The results will be available in the Parliament's Reference Centre shortly. We are also holding quarterly national networking events for youth justice practitioners to disseminate good practice and to support policy development.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in implementing the recommendations of its Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Group regarding the proposed "fit for purpose" network of services.
Answer
The Mental Health and Well Being Support Group continues its visits to the relevant agencies in each area and publishes a report on the progress made in each case, in implementing the
Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland modernisation agenda. Each report now includes an overall summary which assesses the stage reached on individual components of a good fit for purpose mental health service. For example, an assessment of the local approach to eating disorder and psychological interventions services are included. These reports are available on the support group's website at:
www.show.scot.nhs.uk/mhwbsg.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with eating disorders are currently being treated as in-patients in Tayside.
Answer
The numbers of patients are very low (under five) and to provide the exact figure could allow them to be identified, which would breach their right to patient confidentiality.
