- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 28 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many late responses were received to its consultation on rights of appeal in planning and whether any such responses were rejected due to failure to meet the consultation deadline.
Answer
As of 31 August, 356 responses had been received since the consultation closed on 30 July 2004. No responses have been rejected.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a tracking system to enable NHS boards throughout Scotland to produce financial figures relating to referrals and treatment carried out by individual hospitals at the request of neighbouring boards.
Answer
An information system is already in place that captures activity data for Out of Area Treatments and referrals for each health board. Health boards also record the financial value of these transfers in their annual accounts.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to launch a licensing registration scheme for the construction industry.
Answer
The Scottish construction trade associations have developed a self-regulation scheme run by the Construction Licensing Executive (CLE), with support from Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, which aims to protect domestic consumers and raise industry standards.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with Her Majesty's Government in respect of the inclusion of Scotland in the remit of the Security Industry Authority.
Answer
I have been in contact with Home Office Ministers over the summer about the need for the remit of the Security Industry Authority to be extended to include Scotland at the earliest opportunity.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received from Her Majesty's Government regarding the timing of legislation to extend the remit of the Security Industry Authority to include Scotland and, in particular, whether such legislation will be included in the forthcoming Westminster parliamentary session.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S2W-8378 and S2W-8379 on 16 June 2004. 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: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 14 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses were built in the social rented sector in each local authority area in 2003-04.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
Ministers have given a commitment to provide 18,000 new and improved homes for social rent and low-cost home ownership in the three years up to 2006. The principal mechanism for funding this new affordable housing is the Scottish Executive Housing Investment Programme. The following table shows the number of new and improved housing approvals made available through the Scottish Executive for social rent in 2003-04.
Number of New and Improved Housing Approvals Made Available Through the Scottish Executive for Social Rented Sector Housing (2003-04)
| | 2003-04 |
| Aberdeenshire | 172 |
| Angus | 98 |
| Argyll and Bute | 79 |
| City of Aberdeen | 210 |
| City of Dundee | 331 |
| City of Edinburgh | 496 |
| City of Glasgow | 860 |
| Clackmannan | 27 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 154 |
| East Ayrshire | 40 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 13 |
| East Lothian | 151 |
| East Renfrewshire | 4 |
| Falkirk | 6 |
| Fife | 176 |
| Highland | 127 |
| Inverclyde | 128 |
| Midlothian | 1 |
| Moray | 86 |
| North Ayrshire | 79 |
| North Lanarkshire | 159 |
| Orkney Islands | 34 |
| Perth and Kinross | 118 |
| Renfrewshire | 353 |
| Shetland Islands | 29 |
| South Ayrshire | 60 |
| South Lanarkshire | 426 |
| Stirling | 114 |
| The Scottish Borders | 61 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 168 |
| West Lothian | 105 |
| Western Islands | 39 |
Note: Figures include houses by housing associations and other suppliers for the social rented sector and do not include homes destined for low-cost home ownership or other forms of affordable housing.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to consult Glasgow City Council regarding Glasgow receiving metropolitan status.
Answer
There is no such thing as “metropolitan” status in Scotland. The Executive does, however, recognise the additional pressures which Glasgow and other major urban centres face. For example, the local government finance settlement takes account of commuters and other non-residents in the assessment for a number of council services. These distribution arrangements are kept under review, with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, through the joint Local Government Finance Three Year Settlement Group.
The Executive is also supporting Glasgow and its surrounding city-region with £40.1 million from the Cities Growth Fund (2003-06). Delivering better cities is at the core of our policies and vision for Scotland.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to license the radio bases of private taxi hire firms.
Answer
Following representations on this issue, we are considering the merits and practicability of the introduction of licensing in respect of both taxi and private hire car booking offices (radio rooms).
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce licences for operators of private limousine companies.
Answer
The issue of the adequacy of taxi and private hire car licensing provisions including the question of licensing of limousines forms part of the wider review of the general provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 being undertaken by an independent task force appointed by the Scottish Executive. We will take careful account of the task group’s recommendations which are expected to be submitted to Scottish ministers around the end of September.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 July 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by George Reid on 10 August 2004
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many people have been employed in the construction of the new parliament building, broken down by profession and trade.
Answer
The information is not held in the format requested. However, there are figures available from the Construction Managers, Bovis Lend Lease, showing the numbers on site at Holyrood on any given day, identified by employer. An example from Friday, 9 July 2004, showing employers in alphabetical order, is given below.
| Employer | No Of People On Site On 9/7/04 |
| ADT Fire & Security | 10 |
| Balmoral Stone (Stonework) | 1 |
| Barr & Wray (Landscaping Features) | 1 |
| Baydale Architectural Metals | 2 |
| Bovis Lend Lease (Construction Managers) | 32 |
| Cairn Property Consultants (Building Control) | 1 |
| Canteen Staff | 8 |
| Cleaning Staff | 10 |
| Clyde Valley Drilling (Coring Works) | 2 |
| Commtech Ltd (Commissioning Management) | 11 |
| Coverite Ltd (Roofing) | 25 |
| DCL | 1 |
| Drawn Metal Ltd (Windows) | 58 |
| EMBT/RMJM (Architects) | 20 |
| Forth Electrical Services (Electrical Works) | 27 |
| Fountain Support Services (Landscaping) | 1 |
| G H Cook (Joinery) | 5 |
| Gerry Rogers (General Labouring) | 57 |
| Hewden Ltd | 1 |
| Holyrood Project Team (HPT) | 6 |
| Honeywell Ltd (Security/Building Management) | 8 |
| HPT Visitors | 8 |
| Lothian & Borders Police | 4 |
| Lyndon Scaffolding | 32 |
| Madden Steel Erectors | 10 |
| Mero Ltd (Specialis Glazing) | 54 |
| Mitie Olscot Ltd (Cleaning) | 16 |
| Mivan Ltd (Fit-Out Works) | 226 |
| Ogilvie Construction (General Builderswork) | 12 |
| O’Rourke Scotland (Substructure, Frame, Landscaping) | 118 |
| Orr Fire Protection Ltd | 2 |
| Otis Lifts | 1 |
| Oak Industrial Ltd (Cleaning) | 10 |
| R D Group (Ceilings) | 3 |
| Rotary Group (Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing) | 32 |
| Rowen Ltd | 1 |
| Scobie McIntosh Ltd (Catering Equipment) | 4 |
| Scottish Nursing | 3 |
| Scottish Parliament | 39 |
| Select Plant Hire (Cranes) | 8 |
| Skanska Ltd (Mechanical & Plumbing) | 3 |
| Space Decks Ltd (Rooflights) | 9 |
| Stiell Networks (Cabling) | 6 |
| Telewest Broadband | 6 |
| Thomson Broadcast (Radio/TV Distribution) | 1 |
| Television Systems Ltd | 1 |
| Ultimate Finishing Systems (Fit-Out Works) | 21 |
| Vetter UK (Flooring) | 24 |
| Visitors | 30 |
| Watson Stonecraft (Stonework) | 41 |
| Wingate Ltd (Electrical Works) | 8 |
| Wood & Wood Ltd (Signage) | 2 |
| Total | 1,022 |
