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Question reference: S3W-09371

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 7 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Supporting People Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The 2004 spending review covered the period 2005-08. During this period local authorities received the Supporting People allocations detailed below.

The Pipeline funding referred to in the table was revenue funding for new capital projects originally scheduled for completion in 2003-04 where the completion date slipped so funding was rolled forward and added to the Supporting People grant allocations previously announced.

The Scottish Government has allowed councils to carry forward any unspent Supporting People grant since 2003-04. Councils can also transfer any under spent Supporting People grant into 2008-09.

Local Authority	2005-06 Original Allocations	Pipeline Carry Forward	2005-06 Final Allocations	2006-07 Final Allocations	2007-08 Final Allocations
Local Authority	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Aberdeen City	12,306	45	12,351	11,881	11,882
Aberdeenshire	9,375	415	9,790	9,440	9,707
Angus	6,404	45	6449	6,460	6,688
Argyll and Bute	13,782	0	13,782	13,261	12,222
Clackmannanshire	3,093	0	3093	3,242	3,851
Dumfries and Galloway	13,948	352	14,300	13,420	12,368
Dundee City	11,672	43	11,715	11,748	12,055
East Ayrshire	6,184	0	6,184	6,464	7,609
East Dunbartonshire	5,438	259	5,697	5,237	5,238
East Lothian	8,663	139	8,802	8,336	7,683
East Renfrewshire	5,789	54	5,843	5,570	5,134
Edinburgh, City of	41,343	29	41,372	39,778	36,661
Eilean Siar	484	97	581	585	593
Falkirk	8,275	15	8,290	8,439	9,109
Fife	26,207	177	26,384	24,560	24,561
Glasgow City	71,765	3,689	75,454	73,159	78,852
Highland	12,849	251	13,100	11,728	11,728
Inverclyde	7,979	172	8,151	7,684	7,685
Midlothian	5,616	12	5,628	5,404	4,981
Moray	6,401	0	6,401	6,159	5,677
North Ayrshire	13,602	78	13,680	12,242	12,066
North Lanarkshire	24,845	0	24,845	25,045	25,862
Orkney Islands	357	0	357	422	689
Perth and Kinross	6,226	60	6,286	6,395	7,086
Renfrewshire	16,971	4,005	20,976	16,329	15,049
Scottish Borders	5,956	0	5,956	5,750	5,751
Shetland Islands	788	0	788	815	926
South Ayrshire	8,172	540	8,712	7,975	7,975
South Lanarkshire	23,189	842	24,031	22,333	22,333
Stirling	3,800	188	3,988	3,966	4,649
West Dunbartonshire	16,187	166	16,353	15,575	14,355
West Lothian	9,761	423	10,184	9,783	9,871
Scotland	407,427	12,096	419,523	399,185	400,896

Question reference: S3W-10195

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Community Safety since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-09375

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the National Priorities Action Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The information requested is contained in the following table:

Authority	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Aberdeen City Council	£6,724,874	£8,171,985	£8,699,155
Aberdeenshire Council	£9,341,104	£11,392,462	£11,970,117
Angus Council	£4,143,496	£5,089,020	£5,416,123
Argyll and Bute Council	£3,464,941	£4,364,095	£4,544,063
Clackmannanshire Council	£1,872,114	£2,338,655	£2,550,679
Dumfries and Galloway Council	£5,743,712	£7,032,691	£7,391,548
Dundee City Council	£5,213,059	£6,517,349	£7,154,050
East Ayrshire Council	£4,602,093	£5,865,079	£6,360,808
East Dunbartonshire Council	£4,532,491	£5,530,732	£5,952,346
East Lothian Council	£3,363,034	£4,149,291	£4,425,429
East Renfrewshire Council	£3,888,425	£4,819,270	£5,231,590
City of Edinburgh Council	£12,691,895	£15,664,462	£16,819,879
Eilean Siar	£1,549,769	£1,952,868	£2,082,092
Falkirk Council	£5,324,383	£6,581,582	£7,049,833
Fife Council	£13,056,953	£16,054,973	£17,109,146
Glasgow City Council	£19,952,134	£25,666,207	£28,571,755
Highland Council	£9,144,415	£11,173,017	£11,678,738
Inverclyde Council	£3,277,748	£4,089,428	£4,493,575
Midlothian Council	£3,274,134	£4,025,077	£4,283,536
Moray Council	£3,378,185	£4,141,421	£4,412,208
North Ayrshire Council	£5,463,972	£6,776,380	£7,330,931
North Lanarkshire Council	£13,378,733	£16,552,596	£17,980,240
Orkney Islands Council	£1,114,068	£1,403,967	£1,530,922
Perth and Kinross Council	£4,812,129	£5,876,373	£6,203,320
Renfrewshire Council	£6,930,017	£8,509,134	£9,206,904
Scottish Borders Council	£4,063,718	£5,062,866	£5,353,291
Shetland Islands Council	£1,352,993	£1,720,562	£1,851,048
South Ayrshire Council	£4,284,834	£5,207,561	£5,576,504
South Lanarkshire Council	£12,000,582	£14,691,476	£15,790,442
Stirling Council	£3,371,975	£4,139,892	£4,432,161
West Dunbartonshire Council	£3,907,120	£4,865,319	£5,314,614
West Lothian Council	£6,124,581	£7,556,582	£8,060,761
Totals	£191,343,680	£236,982,367	£254,827,808

Question reference: S3W-10193

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Communities and Sport since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10192

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Public Health since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10197

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Environment since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10184

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Parliamentary Business since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10190

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Schools and Skills since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10185

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-10188

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.