- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis the same amount of money was allocated to each of the six pathfinder Business Improvement Districts, given that the scale of their locations vary substantially.
Answer
The decision on the amount offunding given to each Business Improvement District (BID) pilot project was madeon the basis of recommendations from a Steering Group comprising representativesfrom across the private and public sectors. The funding provided is to help thepilots meet the sort of start-up costs that all projects face, such as salary costsfor local project managers, as they prepare for ballots. The Steering Group will be asked to make recommendationsshortly on the allocation of uncommitted funds for 2006-07.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, given that the pathfinder Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Edinburgh and Glasgow have the potential to raise a higher business levy than the other pathfinder BIDs and given that they have secured in-kind support, whether it will grant their requests for additional funding.
Answer
Applications for additionalfunding received from individual Business Improvement District (BID) pilotprojects will be considered by the BIDs Steering Group. The Steering Group willthen make recommendations to ministers.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 26 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time taken to assess applications for grant assistance for aids and adaptations for householders is in each local authority.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 26 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have mechanisms in place to monitor the effectiveness of the provision of aids and adaptations.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 26 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time is to implement applications for grant assistance for aids and adaptations for householders.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on aids and adaptations for householders in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer
The amount of private sectorgrant approved by local authorities for carrying out improvements for people withdisabilities is shown in the following table.
Amount of Private SectorGrant Approved for Improvements for People with Disabilities: 2005-06
| Scotland | 17,745,000 |
| Aberdeen City | 405,000 |
| Aberdeenshire | 320,000 |
| Angus | 382,000 |
| Argyll and Bute | 530,000 |
| Clackmannanshire | 134,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 649,000 |
| Dundee City | 246,000 |
| East Ayrshire | 286,000 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 201,000 |
| East Lothian | 155,000 |
| East Renfrewshire | 143,000 |
| Edinburgh (City of) | 2,388,000 |
| Eilean Siar | 592,000 |
| Falkirk | 196,000 |
| Glasgow City | 1,775,000 |
| Highland | 1,460,000 |
| Inverclyde | 297,000 |
| Midlothian | 211,000 |
| Moray | 300,000 |
| North Ayrshire | 941,000 |
| North Lanarkshire | 748,000 |
| Orkney | 148,000 |
| Perth and Kinross | 614,000 |
| Renfrewshire | 203,000 |
| Scottish Borders | 197,000 |
| Shetland | 292,000 |
| South Ayrshire | 539,000 |
| South Lanarkshire | 2,130,000 |
| Stirling | 289,000 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 422,000 |
| West Lothian | 554,000 |
Source: IMP1Breturns submitted by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development DepartmentAnalytical Services Division (Housing Statistics)
Note: 1. Figureshave been rounded to the nearest thousand.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will commission research into on-site compliance with energy standards in building regulations.
Answer
I have asked Dr. Paul Stollard,Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA), to answer. Hisresponse is as follows:
No. There is a recent reporton the English and Welsh energy regulations, carried out by Future Energy Solutionsentitled Compliance with Part L1 of the 2002 Building Regulations (Aninvestigation into the reasons for poor compliance) which was commissioned by‘The Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes’. In this report it is stated “It isperceived that the Scottish system is far more successful than the England and Walessystem. There are two key differences:
the Building Warrant Certificateissues prior to building commencement, and
that all Building Control officersare still attached to the Local Authorities.”
The report then recommends thatthis approach is adopted for England and Wales.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will require, as part of its current review of section 6 of building regulations, compulsory random air-tightness testing of all new buildings to ascertain on-site compliance with energy standards in building regulations and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
Answer
I have asked Dr. Paul Stollard,Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA), to answer. Hisresponse is as follows:
There are no proposals for compulsorytesting. The recent Scottish building regulations consultation did not involve areview of procedures, it was solely on the standards and technical guidance. A comprehensivereview of procedures was undertaken in 2003. However, the recent public consultationon energy standards in Scottish building regulations proposed guidance on airtightnesstesting of new buildings. Relatively few respondees objected to these proposals.Decisions still have to be made on whether or not these proposals are taken forwardwhen changes are made to the energy standards in 2007.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any research into on-site compliance with energy standards in building regulations in Scotland and whether it is aware of the Building Research Establishment report, Assessment of energy efficiency impact of Building Regulations compliance, which surveyed new buildings in England in 2004 and found that 43% of new houses surveyed did not meet energy standards in building regulations.
Answer
I have asked Dr. Paul Stollard,Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA), to answer. Hisresponse is as follows:
I am not aware of any recentresearch that indicates non-compliance with the current energy standards in Scottishbuilding regulations. I am however aware of the Building Research EstablishmentReport which deals with compliance issues in England and Wales.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether patients without traceable medical records are entitled to the same level of access to NHS treatment as those with full records.
Answer
Patients are entitled to thesame level of access to NHS treatment whether or not their medical records are complete.For example, in an emergency situation, or in the case of a visitor from overseas,where records are not likely to be available, the NHS will provide the best possibletreatment on the basis of the information available at the time.
