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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S2W-01915

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it expects NHS boards to work across administrative boundaries in the delivery of services, in the interest of patients, and, if so, how it monitors compliance with this approach.

Yes. The health department issuedguidance to NHS boards on regional planning in March 2002. The guidanceincluded advice on planning and provision of services across NHS boardboundaries. A copy can be found at:http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/mels/HDL2002_10.pdf.

Other recent guidance to theNHS has emphasised the importance of collaborative planning and provision ofservices – for example, guidance dated September 2002 on establishing ManagedClinical Networks (MCNs), which may offer services across more than one boardarea. The guidance on MCNs can be found at:

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/mels/HDL2002_69.pdf.

In June 2003 the Executivepublished a draft bill, the NHS Reform (Scotland) Bill, which proposes that NHS boards should begiven a new statutory duty to co-operate with each other, and with the SpecialHealth Boards, to secure and advance the health of the people of Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-01614

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many contact orders were applied for by non-resident fathers in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-01615

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many contact orders applied for by non-resident fathers were not granted by the courts in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-01616

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 August 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many contact orders applied for by non-resident fathers were granted by the courts in each year since 1999, broken down into orders for direct unsupervised contact, direct supervised contact and indirect contact.

Question reference: S2W-01775

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 31 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Registrar General for Scotland will publish his Annual Report for 2002.

Question reference: S2W-01497

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 July 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in the development of a strategic approach to animal health and welfare.

Following extensive consultation earlier in the year, we have published today an Outline of an animal health and welfare strategy for Great Britain. This document builds on the wide range of views which emerged from the consultation. It sets out a clear vision for animal health and welfare in Great Britain for 10 years ahead, and outlines principles for Government, industry and other stakeholders to work to in order to improve our performance in this area.We will be consulting stakeholders to develop the outline into a final strategy to be published next spring. My officials will also be working with stakeholders to produce a plan to implement the strategy specifically for Scotland's needs.

Question reference: S2W-01100

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 June 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how interested organisations will be able to become conservation bodies for the purpose of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.

The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 provides a property law regime for enforcing conditions in the title deeds of land which safeguard conservation interests. It provides for a conservation body, prescribed by Scottish ministers, to be able to enforce a particular condition affecting a certain piece of land. Both the conditions and the body will have to seek to protect, for the benefit of the public:

the architectural or historical characteristics of the land (which includes buildings), or
any other special characteristics of the land (including a special characteristic derived from the flora, fauna or general appearance of the land).

These burdens can be used when the conservation body is selling land, but imposes a condition to ensure that the conservation characteristics of the property are not lost.It will also be possible for conservation bodies to preserve existing feudal burdens as conservation burdens, provided that they meet the criteria for conservation burdens. The deadline for saving burdens will be the Appointed Day on which the feudal system is finally abolished. We have already announced that this will be on 28 November 2004.The Executive is currently in the process of inviting applications from those interested in becoming conservation bodies. Those who would like to be considered should contact the following address:Iain Hockenhull, Civil Law Division, 2 West Rear, St Andrew's House, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG.Phone/e-mail: 0131 244 8228; iain.hockenhull@scotland.gsi.gov.ukThe text of the act and its Explanatory Notes may be found at:http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/.

Question reference: S2W-01029

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 June 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when the appointed person's report under section 291 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 will be laid before the Parliament.

Question reference: S1W-34922

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2003
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has agreed performance measures, similar to those for previous years for the Scottish Qualifications Authority, in regard to the authority's performance in 2003.

Question reference: S1W-34037

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 31 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the annual (a) regeneration and (b) social inclusion partnership (SIP) budget was allocated to SIPs in (i) West Dunbartonshire and (ii) Argyll and Bute local authority area in each year since 1997.

I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is given in the following table.

	1997-98(£000)	1998-99(£000)	1999-2000(£000)	2000-01(£000)	2001-02(£000)	2002-03(£000)	2003-04(£000)
Argyll and Bute
SIP budget	-	-	206	280	411	424	414
Other Regeneration	-	-	-	-	60	60	60
West Dunbartonshire
SIP budget	-	-	2,193	2,052	2,306	2,408	2,456
Other Regeneration	2,209	2,587	-	-	60	60	60"