- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 15 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason applications for grants and loans under the Energy Saving Scotland (ESS) home renewables grant scheme and the home loan scheme received by the ESS on 16 March 2010 are not being processed.
Answer
The Scottish Government decided that applications that had begun to be processed by 17 March 2010 would be progressed. This was based on the amount of funding remaining unallocated for the programme.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money generated from seized assets has been redistributed to community groups and organisations, broken down by constituency.
Answer
To date, the Scottish Government has committed to invest over £14 million in the CashBack for Communities programme which includes diversionary and participatory projects for young people across Scotland.
The Scottish Government does not hold the information broken down by constituency - the grant scheme is recorded by local authority. The following tables are the three Youthlink rounds broken down by funding allocated with each local authority.
Youthlink Round 1 - Local Authority Allocations
| Local Authority | Allocation |
| Aberdeen City | £ 24,966.00 |
| Aberdeenshire | £ 28,620.00 |
| Angus | £ 7,200.00 |
| Argyll and Bute | £ 40,000.00 |
| Clackmannanshire | £ 0.00 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | £ 9,565.00 |
| Dundee City | £ 79,532.00 |
| East Ayrshire | £ 0.00 |
| East Dunbartonshire | £ 12,692.00 |
| East Lothian | £ 31,000.00 |
| East Renfrewshire | £ 0.00 |
| Edinburgh, City of | £ 176,383.00 |
| Eilean Siar | £ 4,920.00 |
| Falkirk | £ 0.00 |
| Fife | £ 71,522.00 |
| Glasgow City | £ 103,711.00 |
| Highland | £ 72,751.00 |
| Inverclyde | £ 13,659.00 |
| Midlothian | £ 8,132.00 |
| Moray | £ 22,146.00 |
| North Ayrshire | £ 4,057.00 |
| North Lanarkshire | £ 224,000.00 |
| Orkney Islands | £ 4,445.00 |
| Perth and Kinross | £ 30,091.00 |
| Renfrewshire | £ 0.00 |
| Scottish Borders | £ 30,429.00 |
| Shetland Islands | £ 0.00 |
| South Ayrshire | £ 0.00 |
| South Lanarkshire | £ 144,698.00 |
| Stirling | £ 0.00 |
| West Dunbartonshire | £ 42,548.00 |
| West Lothian | £ 12,600.00 |
| Overall Total | £ 1,199.667.00 |
Youthlink Round 2 - Local Authority Allocations
| Local Authority | Allocation |
| Aberdeen | £ 63,525.00 |
| Aberdeenshire | £ 52,379.56 |
| Angus | £ 35,800.00 |
| Clackmannanshire | £ 40,000.00 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | £ 51,435.00 |
| Dundee | £ 42,468.00 |
| East Ayrshire | £ 82,000.00 |
| East Dunbartonshire | £ 26,307.86 |
| East Renfrewshire | £ 34,000.00 |
| Edinburgh | £ 43,617.00 |
| Falkirk | £ 68,975.00 |
| Fife | £ 113,478.00 |
| Glasgow | £ 576,259.00 |
| Highland | £ 11,249.00 |
| Inverclyde | £ 69,341.00 |
| Midlothian | £ 24,867.00 |
| Moray | £ 4,854.00 |
| North Ayrshire | £ 89,870.95 |
| Orkney | £ 5,555.00 |
| Perth and Kinross | £ 20,867.20 |
| Renfrewshire | £ 100,000.00 |
| Scottish Borders | £ 6,571.00 |
| Shetland | £ 10,000.00 |
| South Ayrshire | £ 49,999.61 |
| South Lanarkshire | £ 31,302.00 |
| Stirling | £ 40,000.00 |
| West Dunbartonshire | £ 39,452.00 |
| West Lothian | £ 58,388.37 |
| Western Isles | £ 5,080.00 |
| Overall Total | £1,797,641.55 |
Youthlink Round 3 - Local Authority Allocations
| Local Authority | Allocation |
| Aberdeen | £ 35,041.00 |
| Aberdeenshire | £ 55,569.00 |
| Angus | £ 22,501.00 |
| Argyll and Bute | £ 21,474.00 |
| Clackmannanshire | £ 9721.00 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | £ 39,662.00 |
| Dundee | £ 27,405.00 |
| East Ayrshire | £ 23,059.00 |
| East Dunbartonshire | £ 19,591.00 |
| East Lothian | £ 18,983.00 |
| East Renfrewshire | £ 17,077.00 |
| Edinburgh | £ 71,185.00 |
| Falkirk | £ 24,486.00 |
| Fife | £ 76,271.00 |
| Glasgow | £ 131,558.00 |
| Highland | £ 49,854.00 |
| Inverclyde | £ 15,739.00 |
| Midlothian | £ 15,438.00 |
| Moray | £ 18,941.00 |
| North Ayrshire | £ 28,215.00 |
| North Lanarkshire | £ 61,468.00 |
| Orkney | £ 5,296.00 |
| Perth and Kinross | £ 29,689.00 |
| Renfrewshire | £ 30,952.00 |
| Scottish Borders | £ 24,036.00 |
| Shetland | £ 6,320.00 |
| South Ayrshire | £ 30,015.00 |
| South Lanarkshire | £ 58,527.00 |
| Stirling | £ 14,776.00 |
| West Dunbartonshire | £17,672.00 |
| West Lothian | £ 42,624.00 |
| Western Isles | £ 7,284.00 |
| Overall Total | £ 1,050,429.00 |
| | No. of Applications Received | Bids Value | No. of Awards Made | Amount Awarded |
| Round 1 | 516 | £11,997,003.78 | 110 | £ 1,199,667.00 |
| Round 2 | 406 | £6,722,062.42 | 168 | £ 1,797,641.55 |
| Round 3 | 520 | £3,346,654.39 | 257 | £ 1,050,429.00 |
| Totals | 1442 | £22,065,719.39 | 535 | £ 4,047,737.55 |
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Culture and External Affairs will seek views on the Malawi Government’s draft HIV/AIDS Bill during her forthcoming trip to Malawi from any organisation that it has funded to work on HIV prevention.
Answer
My visit to Malawi included visits to four projects currently supported by the International Development Fund. These projects were selected to reflect the work being undertaken under each of the four strands of the Scottish Government''s Co‘operation Agreement with Malawi.
This included a visit to a programme by Oxfam Scotland for people with HIV/AIDS in the Chiradzulu district of Malawi. Oxfam Scotland selected Chiradzulu as it has the highest incidence of HIV and AIDS in Malawi. I therefore took the opportunity to ascertain the views of staff regarding the Government of Malawi''s draft HIV/AIDS bill.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the organisations it funds to work on HIV prevention in Malawi the Minister for Culture and External Affairs will meet during her forthcoming trip to Malawi.
Answer
During my visit to Malawi I visited the Oxfam Scotland project, Managing HIV In Malawi through Enterprise and Empowerment. This project is providing sustainable income opportunities and appropriate healthcare for people affected by HIV/AIDS in the Chiradzulu district of Malawi, which has a particularly high rate of HIV/ AIDS.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, whether the Minister for Culture and External Affairs will discuss the Malawi Government’s draft HIV/AIDS Bill with the Malawi Health Strand Lead during her forthcoming trip to Malawi.
Answer
During my visit to Malawi I met with the Minister for Health in Malawi. The discussions focused on the current commitments and future priorities of the health strand of the Co-operation Agreement.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its funding of organisations to work on HIV prevention in Malawi, what its position is on the criminalisation of HIV transmission and compulsory HIV testing for particular groups, as set out in the Malawi Government’s draft HIV/AIDS Bill.
Answer
The Scottish Government believes that there is no place for prejudice or discrimination, and that everyone deserves to be treated fairly, regardless of religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability.
The Scottish Government''s Co-operation Agreement with the Government of Malawi identifies priority areas for development funding, aimed at helping some of the world''s most vulnerable people. The Scottish Government will not consider funding projects that discriminate between individuals or groups on the basis of their gender, sexuality, race, religion or disability.
Any other internal issues are a matter for the government of Malawi.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking in respect of the regulation of the property management industry.
Answer
The Scottish Government is working with industry; consumer; local authority, and housing sector stakeholders to establish a national accreditation scheme for residential property managers.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issued to Glasgow City Council on the governance arrangements required to take forward the Transformational Regeneration Area programme.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not issued any specific guidance to Glasgow City Council on the governance arrangements to take forward the Transformational Regeneration Areas, instead we have been working closely with Glasgow City Council on making progress in the Transformational Regeneration Area programme. It is for the City Council to take the lead in developing a partnership to deliver this programme. A Shadow Board to develop the right governance structure has now been established involving the Council, GHA and the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on food per patient per day in each NHS board area in 2009.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this level of information centrally. NHS boards may hold data regarding expenditure on food per patient but this data may not be at the level of detail or period requested.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards operate an advance order system for inpatient meals.
Answer
Detail about the ordering systems of NHS boards is not held centrally. However, general practice by the majority of hospitals is to operate an advance order system.
