Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-18574

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many mothers are still breastfeeding their babies at six weeks (a) nationally and (b) in Glasgow.

The following table shows the number and percentage of mothers recorded as still breastfeeding their babies based on the review at six to eight weeks after birth. This review is conducted by 10 NHS boards across Scotland representing over 80% of the population.

Number and Percentage Recorded as Breastfed at the Six to Eight Week Review - Year Of Birth 2004

	Number Breastfed	Percentage Breastfed
10 NHS Boards	13,935	35.9
Glasgow	2,886	35.7

Source: ISD Scotland, May 2005.

Question reference: S2W-18575

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 8 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what it means by its plans to promote citizenship education in schools across Scotland.

A Curriculum for Excellence establishes that the purposes for education are to enable all young people to become responsible citizens, effective contributors, confident individuals and successful learners. Citizenship education is accordingly a central aim of the Scottish Executive. However, Education for Citizenship is not a specific subject but cuts across various areas of the curriculum.

Currently the National Guidelines 5 – 14 offer a number of opportunities for pupils to learn about citizenship education under personal and social development, religious and moral education and, in particular, under social subjects within environmental studies.

In addition, Learning And Teaching Scotland promotes citizenship education through its “Education for Citizenship” website. The website includes examples of cross-curricular approaches to citizenship and features items such as the J8 and G8 summits, the youth parliament and mock elections.

Many schools run mock elections, often in association with the Hansard Society, and engage with MSP’s and other elected representatives.

Work on the implementation of A Curriculum for Excellence is moving ahead and will ensure that cross-curricular issues such as citizenship education are reflected fully in new guidance on all curricular areas. There will be ample opportunity for wide debate, testing, refinement and consideration of any proposals which emerge.

Question reference: S2W-18531

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 8 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many school leavers in all Glasgow parliamentary constituency areas have left school with no (a) standard and (b) higher grade qualifications in each of the last five years and how this compares with the national average.

The tables provided show the percentage of school leavers in all Glasgow parliamentary constituency areas who have left school with no (a) standard grade and (b) higher grade qualifications for each of the last five years and the national average. It should be noted in relation to table (a) that some school leavers may achieve individual unit awards in national qualifications courses. However, unit awards have not been included in the table unless they form part of a full course award. The information is post-appeal. Post-appeal figures for 2004-05 are not yet available.

(a) Percentage of school leavers in Glasgow Parliamentary Constituency Areas with no standard grade or equivalent qualifications*:

Constituency	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Glasgow Anniesland	12	13	13	15	11
Glasgow Baillieston	8	11	8	12	10
Glasgow Cathcart	8	9	11	6	7
Glasgow Govan	11	15	13	13	10
Glasgow Kelvin	13	9	8	10	8
Glasgow Maryhill	13	10	10	20	10
Glasgow Pollock	11	9	8	8	8
Glasgow Rutherglen	6	7	7	7	8
Glasgow Shettleston	7	7	11	12	8
Glasgow Springburn	17	18	19	18	13
National Average	5	5	5	5	4

Note: *Equivalent qualifications include Access 3, Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2.

(b) Percentage of school leavers in Glasgow Parliamentary Constituency Areas with no higher grade qualifications:

Constituency	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Glasgow Anniesland	69	72	67	66	69
Glasgow Baillieston	64	68	69	74	70
Glasgow Cathcart	75	75	74	66	73
Glasgow Govan	73	68	71	71	66
Glasgow Kelvin	61	60	56	64	53
Glasgow Maryhill	74	72	75	95	78
Glasgow Pollock	73	73	71	71	70
Glasgow Rutherglen	61	63	62	59	63
Glasgow Shettleston	64	65	69	65	65
Glasgow Springburn	82	82	83	85	83
National Average	55	57	56	56	54

Question reference: S2W-18535

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 7 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in replacing lead piping, broken down by local authority.

This is a matter in which both Scottish Water and local authorities have responsibilities.

In relation to Scottish Water, I have asked the Chief Executive to write to you about this matter. I would also note that there are no lead water mains in Scotland. Part VIA of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 as amended places a duty on Scottish Water to supply water which is wholesome at the time of supply, and insofar as reasonably practicable to ensure in relation to the sources from which it supplies water, that there is no deterioration in the quality of water supplied from these sources.

The following table shows the number of Housing Repair Grants awarded by local authorities which include some element of lead pipe replacement. Although it cannot be said with certainty whether all lead piping was removed from these houses, some action has been taken in these properties. In addition, some private homeowners may have done work without grant, do not appear on any records.

Number of Grants for Lead Repair Work by Local Authority Area: 1998-99 to 2003-04

Financial year	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Scotland	1,991	1,967	1,582	1,780	1,637	1,367
Aberdeen City	21	16	22	13	14	18
Aberdeenshire	1	-	2	-	-	2
Angus	12	8	7	7	5	7
Argyll and Bute	24	15	9	18	15	15
Clackmannanshire	1	16	1	4	-	5
Dumfries and Galloway	2	3	-	2	-	2
Dundee City	9	-	4	2	11	15
East Ayrshire	1	31	26	1	-	8
East Dunbartonshire	65	27	71	38	61	22
East Lothian	23	61	46	37	23	55
East Renfrewshire	81	93	7	1	6	84
Edinburgh (City of)	512	401	548	561	587	567
Eilean Siar	4	-	18	38	21	2
Falkirk	46	72	46	30	42	29
Fife	48	58	3	9	13	8
Glasgow City	352	362	373	402	252	119
Highland	9	20	1	2	2	9
Inverclyde	84	26	26	23	12	18
Midlothian	-	-	6	-	-	-
Moray	1	1	-	-	-	5
North Ayrshire	69	43	31	33	47	52
North Lanarkshire	18	25	33	72	54	31
Orkney	9	-	-	-	-	1
Perth and Kinross	11	4	9	5	10	40
Renfrewshire	22	17	17	13	-	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	1	-	-	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	6	17	31	40	23	15
South Lanarkshire	439	551	108	199	136	122
Stirling	46	58	49	44	53	46
West Dunbartonshire	38	13	37	2	63	4
West Lothian	36	29	51	184	186	66

Question reference: S2W-18537

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties have been demolished to date under the Glasgow housing stock transfer process.

Question reference: S2W-18534

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was awarded to each social inclusion partnership in Glasgow in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows.

The following table shows the total funding awarded to each social inclusion partnership in Glasgow in 2003-04 and 2004-05.

SIP	2003-04 (£)	2004-05 (£)
Glasgow Smaller Areas	2,449,009	2,733,349
Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance	875,206	875,206
Big Step	562,908	572,908
Drumchapel	3,019,141	3,286,792
East End	3,462,013	3,912,256
Gorbals	960,939	960,939
Greater Easterhouse	4,094,520	4,068,980
Greater Govan	1,831,744	2,743,849
Greater Pollok	3,886,195	3,180,087
Milton	1,000,460	1,088,106
Glasgow North	3,645,007	3,793,537
Routes Out	407,162	358,222
Springburn	1,062,305	1,098,290

Question reference: S2W-18533

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the administration costs have been in each social inclusion partnership in each of the last five years.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

The amounts claimed for administration costs in each of the last five years are shown in the following table:

SIP	2000-01 (£)	2001-02 (£)	2002-03 (£)	2003-04 (£)	2004-05 (£)
Aberdeen Great Northern	20,000	21,250	21,781	22,326	22,328
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh North	51,575	57,662	54,127	53,442	63,280
Edinburgh South	17,889	26,118	36,535	45,292	50,165
Edinburgh Strategic Programme	12,450	12,756	9,072	9,607	10,098
Edinburgh Youth	13,512	13,956	13,887	14,463	15,090
Edinburgh Craigmillar	40,185	44,457	44,565	44,260	47,904
Alloa South and East	7,616	23,407	25,950	0	0
Dundee Young Carers	2,500	2,600	2,732	4,300	4,300
Dundee SIP 1	50,100	52,250	57,644	59,642	62,065
Dundee SIP 2	10,950	10,446	10,678	8,754	8,754
Dundee Xplore	10,250	14,806	13,905	12,780	12,780
East Ayrshire Coalfields	0	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
Tranent	0	0	0	0	0
Levern Valley	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	1,171	0	0	0	0
Fife	819	0	8,263	0	0
Frae Fife	4,119	0	1,733	3,376	0
Glasgow Smaller Areas	17,972	32,292	48,037	58,501	58,501
Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance	19,513	14,499	21,383	21,880	21,880
Glasgow Big Step	12,825	11,183	13,334	14,073	14,073
Glasgow Drumchapel	47,747	49,154	71,063	73,555	73,555
Glasgow East End	54,650	53,661	77,921	83,314	85,306
Glasgow Gorbals	14,425	14,941	20,461	24,023	24,023
Glasgow Greater Easterhouse	78,525	64,550	94,073	99,732	101,724
Glasgow Greater Govan	9,011	17,315	33,812	45,401	45,401
Glasgow Greater Pollok	31,103	55,089	83,171	95,755	70,755
Glasgow Milton	14,100	18,262	21,497	24,026	24,026
Glasgow North	65,805	55,992	83,740	86,845	88,837
Glasgow Routes Out	7,828	6,629	8,408	8,581	8,581
Glasgow Springburn	17,422	16,152	24,200	25,258	25,258
Highlands and Islands	8,891	0	0	0	0
Inverclyde	48,900	48,330	49,540	50,780	0
Moray Youthstart	8,021	0	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	797	1,552	0	0	0
Motherwell North	36,176	39,246	37,408	43,222	35,053
North Lanarkshire	17,469	21,140	12,656	13,352	10,000
South Coatbridge	13,637	18,235	19,455	18,892	16,275
GO-Perth	0	0	5,279	5,411	0
Ferguslie Park	20,365	0	0	0	0
Paisley ¹	70,798	86,725	74,487	75,036	83,349
Scottish Borders	599	3,992	2,983	2,500	5,116
Girvan	5,370	0	0	0	11,496
North Ayr	31,711	38,925	0	0	42,511
Blantyre/North Hamilton	0	1,440	0	1,273	1,576
Cambuslang	0	1,440	0	0	0
Stirling	11,074	11,815	10,830	6,707	6,488
West Dunbartonshire	38,220	50,634	50,110	55,890	61,397
West Lothian	6,400	3,010	0	0	4,294
Total	952,490	1,045,911	1,194,720	1,242,249	1,246,239

Note: 1. From 1 April 2001 includes Ferguslie Park.

Question reference: S2W-18538

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress Scottish Water has made in building a new treatment works to reduce the risk of water contamination in parts of Glasgow.

As these are operational matters for Scottish Water, this is a matter for the Chief Executive and I have asked him to write to you on this.

In the meantime, you may be interested to know that Scottish Water is currently undertaking the construction of the Katrine Water Project, with an estimated value of around £120 million, to improve the drinking water of 700,000 customers in the Glasgow area. For more information and an update of progress please refer to Scottish Water’s website for this project: www.katrinewaterproject.com.

Question reference: S2W-08804

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7760 by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004, whether it will give full details of the notice received on 29 January 2004 under paragraph 6.8 of Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, including (a) the effective date of the notice, (b) the risk insured, (c) the extent of the insurance, (d) the insured sum, (e) the premium, (f) any excess requested by the previous insurer for a replacement policy, (g) details of any proposal the contractor made in the notice to mitigate, manage and control such risks and (h) details of any financial resources available to the contractor to meet any claim made against it in respect of such risks.

Question reference: S2W-08802

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7760 by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004, whether it will give details of any waiver by it of the contractor's obligation to secure insurance under Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.

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