- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 22 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisation it considers should provide support to the creative industries.
Answer
As I said in my statement to the Parliament on 18 June, public bodies will work in partnership to support the creative industries. That creative partnership will be represented in a creative industries forum.
The forum will act as a catalyst, bringing together the public bodies involved in supporting the creative industries to make sure that services are effectively co-ordinated and to share intelligence in a way that will stimulate innovation. Its first task will be to develop a route map for creative entrepreneurs that shows how to best access those services, ensuring that these services are fit for purpose.
Creative Scotland will continue to evolve complementary specialist advice and information services for creative enterprises.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 18 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13596 by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 June 2008, what effect the monthly review of mileage rates payable by the Scottish Ambulance Service to volunteer drivers has had to date on rates.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Scottish Ambulance Service. They have advised that the June review of mileage rates did not result in an increase, as the service remain satisfied that the rates cover costs.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 18 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many volunteer drivers have been available to the Scottish Ambulance Service in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The following table details the number of volunteer ambulance car drivers since 2004, broken down by NHS board area. Information is not held for the years prior to 2003-04.
| NHS Board | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| Argyll and Clyde# | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| Borders | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 25 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 28 |
| Fife | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 17 |
| Forth Valley | 29 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 45 |
| Grampian | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 47 | 46 | 45 | 38 | 42 |
| Highland | 57 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 88 |
| Lanarkshire | 28 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 29 |
| Lothian | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Orkney | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Shetland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tayside | 28 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 27 |
| Western Isles | 12 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 17 |
| Scotland | 315 | 324 | 305 | 280 | 351 |
Notes:
*Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
#Dissolution of NHS Argyll and Clyde – figures for 2005-06 and 2006-07 included in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Highland.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the additional police officers funded through Glasgow’s Community Planning Partnership are in addition to the Scottish Government’s target complement.
Answer
Yes, the additional police officers funded through Glasgow’s Community Planning Partnership are in addition to Strathclyde’s share of the 1,000 additional recruits that the government is funding.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 17 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-8634 by Stewart Maxwell on 31 January 2008, what progress has been made towards publication of the responses to the review of sportscotland received from stakeholders.
Answer
On 21 January 2008 Sports Directorate officials contacted the stakeholders whose written responses were subject to FOI and asked for their consent to release them under FOI. Due to the limited response we have now contacted all stakeholders to advise we are now releasing all information and a nil response will be assumed as consent.
Written responses will be placed on the Scottish Government website by the end of the month.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 13 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive at what pace it believes that progress towards second stage stock transfer in Glasgow should move.
Answer
Progress is already being made, and it is for Glasgow Housing Association and the local housing organisations to agree realistic timescales.
We are clear that we want to see second stage transfer take place where it can be sensibly achieved and in that regard our aim remains unchanged: to give tenants an early opportunity to choose their future landlord at a ballot.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 13 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take as a result of the housing regulator’s assessment of the Mazars report into second stage stock transfer in Glasgow.
Answer
Ministers have met with Glasgow Housing Association and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum. Both organisations have agreed to take forward discussions on the areas for further exploration indentified in the regulator’s assessment, with the other local housing organisations involved in second stage transfer. The clear objective is to achieve a common understanding and an agreed way forward.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 13 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it accepts all of the conclusions of the housing regulator’s assessment of the Mazars report into second stage stock transfer in Glasgow.
Answer
The Scottish Housing Regulator’s report provides an independent assessment of the Mazars report and clearly sets out areas that require further exploration.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 13 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it considers that the Glasgow Housing Association should now take as a result of the housing regulator’s assessment of the Mazars report into second stage stock transfer in Glasgow.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14004 on 13 June 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive on what dates since 14 May 2008 it has (a) discussed and (b) corresponded on the issue of the Stockline disaster with the Department for Work and Pensions.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13722 on 11 June 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
