- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the operation of Social Inclusion Partnerships.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-7258 on 8 June 2000 and S1W-21333 on 17 January 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 4 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the administration costs for Social Inclusion Partnerships in Glasgow were in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
Answer
I have asked Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. His response is as follows:Up to 2.5% of the Social Inclusion Partnership Fund allocation in any year may be used to meet administration costs incurred by the grant recipient. £446,859 was claimed in 2001-02 for administering the Social Inclusion Partnerships in Glasgow (including Castlemilk). Figures for 2002-03 are not yet available.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33345 by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 January 2003, what research units it is funding.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office within the Scottish Executive Health Department is currently funding seven research units, two of which are jointly funded with the Medical Research Council, namely:Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of DundeeHealth Economics Research Unit, University of AberdeenHealth Services Research Unit, University of AberdeenMRC Institute of Hearing Research, Glasgow Royal InfirmaryNursing Research Initiative for Scotland, Glasgow Caledonian and Stirling UniversitiesResearch Unit in Health, Behaviour and Change, University of EdinburghMRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33345 by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 January 2003, how much core funding it has given to the research initiatives funded jointly by it and the Medical Research Council.
Answer
In 2002-03, the Chief Scientist Office, within the Scottish Executive Health Department, will contribute £255,764 towards the core funding of the Scottish Section of the Institute of Hearing Research and £326,222 towards the core funding of the Scottish Section of the Social and Public Health Sciences Unit.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33345 by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 January 2003, what research training fellowships it is funding and where each such fellowship is.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office, within the Scottish Executive Health Department, is funding 15 Research Training Fellowships, two of which are jointly funded by the Medical Research Council. The fellowships are based in the following locations:Aberdeen University (3), Edinburgh University (2), Dundee University (3), Glasgow University (2), Western General Hospital, Edinburgh (2), Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh (1), Napier University, Edinburgh (1) and Abertay University, Dundee (1).
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that public buildings comply with the standard set for lead in the EC drinking water directive by December 2003.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is, at present, developing draft Water Supplies (Water Quality in Public Buildings) (Scotland) Regulations. These regulations will set standards for drinking water quality in line with EC Directive 98/83/EC, including lead.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to give final approval to the transfer of Glasgow City Council's housing stock to Glasgow Housing Association Ltd.
Answer
The First Minister is expected to be in a position to make a decision within a matter of weeks.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the status of Yorkhill Hospital NHS Trust.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no plans to review the status of Yorkhill NHS Trust.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 10 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33166 by Ross Finnie on 27 January 2003, whether it expects the standard for lead set in the EC drinking water directive to be met by the target date of December 2003.
Answer
The work being undertaken by Scottish Water, referred to in the answer given to question S1W-33166, is designed to ensure compliance with the Drinking Water Directive by 25 December 2003.Inevitably, there will still be occasional breaches of the lead standard. In the event of a lead failure, Scottish Water will be required to show that lead pipes in its own ownership did not cause the failure. Scottish Water will also be required to notify the occupier, and the owner, of the steps that they should take to avoid the contamination or minimise the risk.In the event of the failure being in a public building, such as a school, hospital or restaurant, new regulations will apply that will require the building owner to rectify the fault. The Executive will consult on the detail of the new regulations.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 5 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning applications have been determined by its Inquiry Reporters Unit in each year since 1999 and how many of these determinations have been in favour of the applicant.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unit (SEIRU) does not determine planning applications. Applications called-in by the Scottish ministers are, however, passed to SEIRU and a report with recommendations is then prepared on each case, for the Scottish ministers' determination. SEIRU's main responsibility is the processing of planning appeals under powers delegated by Scottish ministers, though in a small number of cases, Scottish ministers will make the decision rather than a reporter. The information provided in the following table relates to those planning permission appeals determined by SEIRU for each of the business years since 1999:
| | Planning Permission Appeals Decided | Number Successful | % |
| 1-4-99 to 31-3-00 | 563 | 197 | 35 |
| 1-4-00 to 31-3-01 | 614 | 214 | 35 |
| 1-4-01 to 31-3-02 | 566 | 214 | 38 |
| 1-4-02 to 31-12-02 (part year) | 491 | 168 | 34 |
