- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on advertising with Johnston Press in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive advertising spend with Johnston Pressfrom 1 August 2004 to 14 March 2006 is in the following table:
| Financial Year | Publication | Spend |
| 1 Aug 2004 – 31 Mar 2005 | Edinburgh Evening News | £20,252 |
| | Falkirk Herald | £1,858 |
| | Scotland on Sunday | £29,820 |
| | The Scotsman | £44,034 |
| | The Scotsman Magazine | £6,941 |
| | Southern Reporter | £1,186 |
| | Stornoway Gazette | £778 |
| Total | | £104,869 |
| 1 Apr 2005 – 14 Mar 2006 | East Lothian Courier | £2,374 |
| | Edinburgh Evening News | £16,642 |
| | Falkirk Herald | £5,130 |
| | Scotland on Sunday | £5,207 |
| | The Scotsman | £19,110 |
| | The Scotsman Magazine | £6,090 |
| | Stornoway Gazette | £6,873 |
| Total | | £61,426 |
The information on spend forthe period 2001-02, 2002-03 is no longer held byour previous media buying agency. However, for 2003-04 prior to 31 July 2004 theinformation can be obtained at cost from the agency.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what instances there have been of the provision of cranial remoulding helmets for children with plagiocephaly in each NHS board area in the last five years.
Answer
Cranial remoulding helmets arenot available on the NHS in Scotland. However, five children have been fitted with helmetsas part of a pilot at the Orthotic Department at Yorkhill Hospital, and one NHSboard has twice refunded the cost of treatment at a private clinic.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding mechanism will replace the Supporting People fund.
Answer
We have no plans to replace theSupporting People programme in Scotland, which helped over 170,000 vulnerable people to liveindependently in their communities in 2004-05.
We will consider any changesto the Supporting People programme in England that may arise in the light of consultations carriedout by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister but, as a devolved programme, weare free to administer and develop the programme as we judge best for Scotland.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any consultation has taken place on the replacement of the Supporting People fund.
Answer
We have no plans to replace the Supporting People programme in Scotland, which helped over 170,000 vulnerable people to live independently in their communities in 2004-05.
We will consider any changes to the Supporting People programme in England that may arise in the light of consultations carried out by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister but, as a devolved programme, we are free to administer and develop the programme as we judge best for Scotland.
If change to the programme here were to be considered, it would be subject to full consultation with a wide range of stakeholders in the normal way. We will be consulting shortly on technical aspects relating to better ways of evidencing the impact of Supporting People funding and the potential to make monitoring arrangements more outcome focussed. These proposals will not affect the key principles of the programme.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it envisages the police using their powers of dispersal under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 to move on any group of people who are smoking outside a public place, after the implementation of the ban on smoking in public places.
Answer
A decision about whether to designatean area as a dispersal zone is for the police in consultation with the local authorityand local people. Dispersal Orders are intended to give respite to people whoselives have been blighted by serious, persistent and serious antisocial behaviour.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on advertising in Scotland on Sunday in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally by the Scottish Executive, however our previous and current mediabuying agencies have provided the information at no cost to the Scottish Executive.
The Scottish Executive advertising spend with Scotland on Sundayfrom 1 January 2003 to 23 February 2006 is as follows:
| Financial Year | Spend |
| 1 January 2003 (31 March 2003) | £43,829 |
| 2003-2004 | £6,480 |
| 2004-2005 | £29,821 |
| 2005-2006 (23 February 2006) | £5,206 |
| Total | £85,336 |
The information on spend forthe period 2001-02 and 2002-03 prior to 1 January 2003 is no longer held by our previous media buying agency.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has carried out on the cost and staffing implications of the proposal in the Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill to transfer responsibility for neighbour notification from applicants to planning authorities.
Answer
In July 2004, the Executive convened the Neighbour Notification Working Party to examine the detailed implications of transferring responsibility for neighbour notification to planning authorities. The issues examined by the working party included the cost and staff resource implications of the proposals contained in the White Paper,
Modernising the Planning System. The working party is finalising its report which will be published later this spring.
In addition, the Executive commissioned the consultants Ove Arup and Partners in April 2005 to assess comprehensively the impact of the white paper proposals for reform of the planning system. That report also examined the cost and staff resource implications of transferring responsibility for neighbour notification to planning authorities. The report Planning Reforms: An Impact Assessment was published in December 2005.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will clarify the position if the provisions of any good neighbour agreement conflict with the aims of a local authority.
Answer
The scope of good neighbour agreements will be as set out in the Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill, however guidance on the preparation of such agreements will be issued before the commencement of the new provisions.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive to which elected body the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland is accountable.
Answer
The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) is the collective organisation of Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and Assistant Chief Constables serving in Scotland. Formally a staff association, ACPOS is not accountable to any elected body.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will have formal input into the gender equality consultation being undertaken by the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Answer
An official from the Scottish Executive’s Equality Unit will be making a presentation on the Gender Duty to attendees at the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Code of Practice consultation events being held across Scotland in February and March. Officials from across the Executive are represented on the Equal Opportunities Commission (Scotland) Gender Duty Advisory Group and an Executive official also attends the EOC (GB) Gender Duty Advisory Group.
