- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the additional funding for wheelchair services allocated in each year of the spending review will be distributed, broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) local authority within Central Scotland region and what the funding levels would be without the additional allocation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-8593 on 25 January 2008. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans exist to educate children on how to use the internet safely.
Answer
The Scottish Government wantschildren and young people to make full use of the internet and is committed to ensuringthat they are able to do so in a safe and responsible manner.
Wecontinue to work with a number of agencies to raise children and young people’sawareness about how to “surf safely”. Learning and Teaching Scotland provides adviceon school policies for internet use and access and links to a number of websitesthat provide advice on internet safety. Respectme the national bullying servicerecently published advice on the use of the internet to prevent cyber bullying.Chatsafer, a Scottish Government information website, is a parental guide to saferchatting on the web. “Safe and Well” guidance, whichissued to schools in 2005, includes good practice guidance on computer safety.
As part of our on-going commitmentto protect children, the draft outcomes and experiences for technology, which willbe published later this year as part of the work on the curriculum review, are likelyto include opportunities for teachers to develop young people’s knowledge of safeand responsible use of the internet.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Fire Brigades Union on pension entitlement for its members.
Answer
My officials and I have had anumber of meetings with the Fire Brigades Union to discuss a range of subjects.These discussions have included pensions issues.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 18 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the criteria will be for a person to be eligible for receipt of the kinship care allowance.
Answer
A kinship carer of a looked afterchild and approved by the local authority will be eligible for receipt of an allowanceequivalent to the rate paid by the local authority to its foster carers.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 14 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals or households are still liable for community charge arrears, showing the total amount of such arrears, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in the Central Scotland parliamentary region.
Answer
Information relating to the numberof individuals or households still liable for community charge is not held centrally.Information relating to the total amount of community charge outstanding for eachlocal authority area partly or wholly in the Central Scotland parliamentary regionis given below. (Such data are not held centrally for parliamentary constituencies).
Community Charge AmountsOutstanding
| Council Area | Amount Outstanding (£000) |
| East Ayrshire | 7,668 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 4,268 |
| Falkirk | 5,105 |
| North Lanarkshire | 25,314 |
| South Lanarkshire | 31,272 |
Notes:
Includes water charges.
Amount outstanding at September2007.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what alternatives are available to local authorities, NHS boards and government agencies that do not wish to use PFI/PPP contracts for infrastructure development.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-1086 on 1 November 2008. All answers to oral parliamentaryquestions issued as written answers are available on the Parliament’s website, thesearch facility for which can be found at. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what ministerial or parliamentary approval was given prior to the establishment of Scottish Water Business Stream.
Answer
Parliament approved the principleof establishment by Scottish Water of a retail undertaking in the Water Servicesetc. (Scotland) Act 2005. In accordance with that act, ministers approvedthe establishment of Scottish Water Business Stream as a retail subsidiary of ScottishWater in October 2006.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected running costs are for Scottish Water Business Stream in each financial year to 2010-11.
Answer
This is a matter for Scottish Water and its retail subsidiary, Business Stream.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs were involved in the establishment and launch of Scottish Water Business Stream.
Answer
This is an operational matterfor Scottish Water and its retail subsidiary, Business Stream.
Costs associated with retaillicensing were accounted for by the Water Industry Commission as part of its determinationof water charges for 2006-10.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much financial profit Scottish Water Business Stream is projected to make in each financial year to 2010-11.
Answer
This is an operational matterfor Scottish Water and its retail subsidiary, Business Stream. It will however besubject to the development of retail competition when the market generally openson 1 April 2008.
