- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that housing associations will be able to recover rent arrears from tenants once tenants have signed the new Scottish Secure Tenancy.
Answer
Rent arrears management is a matter for individual housing associations and the question of recoverability of rent arrears in any case will depend very much on the facts and circumstances of that case.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether housing association tenants will still be liable for any rent arrears incurred during existing tenancy agreements when the new Scottish Secure Tenancy is implemented.
Answer
The interpretation of statute is a legal matter which is ultimately for the courts. However, it is the Executive's view that the implementation of the Scottish secure tenancy (converting existing tenancies to Scottish secure tenancies) will not of itself affect any existing rent arrears.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 6 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many red kites have been killed illegally in each of the last five years.
Answer
There are difficulties in identifying with certainty where illegal poisoning has taken place. The RSPB has, however, supplied the following statistics, based on information collated by them.
| 1997 | 4 (poisoned) |
| 1998 | 4 (poisoned) |
| 1999 | 1 (poisoned) |
| 2000 | 4 (poisoned) |
| 2001 | 10 (poisoned) |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 6 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the red kite population has been killed illegally in each of the last five years.
Answer
There are difficulties in identifying the scale of illegal killing. Data published by the RSPB suggests that about 36% of red kites may have been killed illegally since their re-introduction to Scotland in 1989.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports NHS boards in prescribing Cox-2 in accordance with existing guidelines from the Health Technology Board for Scotland.
Answer
The Executive welcomes the Health Technology Board for Scotland's Comment on the use of Cox II selective inhibitors. NHSScotland should take account of this advice and ensure that these treatments are made available to meet clinical need.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support NHS boards in prescribing anti-TNF (tumour necrosis factor) for children and adults, following the National Institute for Clinical Excellence recommendations, prior to the Health Technology Board for Scotland issuing its own guidance.
Answer
The Health Technology Board for Scotland's Comment on the anti-TNF drugs etanercept and infliximab issued on 17 May. The comment can be accessed on the board's website:
www.htbs.co.ukNHSScotland should take account of advice and evidence from the board and ensure that recommended drugs and treatments are made available to meet clinical need.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discussed Professor Arthur Midwinter's report Grant Distribution and the Mismatch Effect: An Assessment of its Impact on Councils since Reorganisation with COSLA and what the outcome of any such decision was.
Answer
I am due to meet with COSLA again in the next month to talk about the spending review and the distribution of resources for all local authorities. This will be the forum to discuss such matters.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to discuss Professor Arthur Midwinter's report Grant Distribution and the Mismatch Effect: An Assessment of its Impact on Councils since Reorganisation with COSLA as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Answer
I am due to meet with COSLA again in the next month to talk about the spending review and the distribution of resources for all local authorities. This will be the forum to discuss such matters.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make supplementary grants to the six local authorities identified in Professor Arthur Midwinter's report Grant Distribution and the Mismatch Effect: An Assessment of its Impact on Councils since Reorganisation in 2003-04 and in future financial years.
Answer
I am due to meet with COSLA again in the next month to talk about the spending review and the distribution of resources for all local authorities. This will be the forum to discuss such matters.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 5 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been secured from non-Executive sources for participants in the Microcredit scheme since the programme was launched.
Answer
This is a matter for Scottish Enterprise. The information requested is not held centrally.
