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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: S1W-27940

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring the ethnicity of households benefiting from the central heating installation programme.

Question reference: S1W-27744

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 22 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what specific action it is taking to promote corporate social responsibility to businesses.

We are in discussion with Scottish Business in the Community on how best to promote corporate social responsibility to business, and in particular how the small and medium-sized enterprise sector is best assisted in developing a commitment to corporate social responsibility.We have provided funding for a small piece of research, which has been concluded, mapping current activity on social responsibility in Scotland in the private, public and voluntary sector.The results have been published by AGENDA and distributed to those who took part in the research or have shown an interest in the issue. The results can also be accessed on their website: www.agenda-scotland.orgNo research has been commissioned looking specifically at the benefits of corporate social responsibility to the business sector.

Question reference: S1W-27745

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 22 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will assist the small- and medium-si'ed enterprise sector in developing a commitment to corporate social responsibility and, if so, how.

Question reference: S1W-27746

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 22 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has commissioned and published research on the benefits of corporate social responsibility to the business sector.

Question reference: S1W-27749

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 22 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it measures the benefits achieved from policy and action on corporate social responsibility.

Question reference: S1W-27748

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 22 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will build consideration of corporate social responsibility into its procurement policy and processes.

Those bidding for Executive contracts are assessed on their suitability and capacity to fulfil the particular requirement. This should include consideration of whether or not the bidder has complied with its legal obligations and whether it has committed any acts of misconduct in the conduct of its business. Where a bidder's approach to corporate social responsibility is directly relevant, either to its suitability or its capacity to fulfil the particular requirement then that may be taken into account in the procurement process. The Executive has published guidance (at www.scotland.gov.uk/procurement) for both purchasers and suppliers in respect of sustainable development in porcurement, as part of the Greening Government initiative.

Question reference: S1W-27800

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of spending by Scottish Enterprise in the current year on (a) business support and start-up programmes for women only and (b) women generally, both in cash terms and as a percentage of Scottish Enterprise's overall budget.

Question reference: S1W-27802

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 20 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of Scottish Enterprise's performance for the number of women business start-ups assisted in 2002-03 and projections for women business start-ups to the end of 2002-03, both broken down by local enterprise company area.

Question reference: S1W-27798

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 19 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will establish a national centre for women's enterprise to bring a specific focus to the start-up and support of businesses run by women and to develop and disseminate best practice.

Question reference: S1W-27796

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to develop children's centres in each of the 20% most disadvantaged areas to ensure the best possible start in life by providing access to health, education and other services for children and their parents.

Closing the opportunity gap for Scotland's children is a key policy for the Executive. Through Sure Start Scotland we provide resources to give every child the best possible start in life. This supports joint-agency integrated service provision, which is often provided through children's centres. The Changing Children's Services Fund is a further source of resources to act as a catalyst for better integration of health, education, social work and voluntary sector services to improve outcomes for vulnerable and deprived children. All these resources are weighted heavily by local authority area to reflect deprivation levels.