- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 5 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of its staff are involved in planning for possible future constitutional changes.
Answer
The Executive's Constitutional Policy Unit works on a range of subjects, including issues relating to the operation of the Scotland Act and the devolution settlement.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 1 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on private sector housing grants in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The figures for 1999-2000 and 2000-01 are shown in the table. Figures are not yet available for financial year 2001-02.(a) Local Authority Gross Capital Expenditure 1999-2000 (£000)
| Statutory Grants1 | Discretionary Grants1 | Care and Repair1 | Total |
Scotland | 13,902 | 22,618 | 4,657 | 41,177 |
Aberdeen City | 1,712 | 135 | 60 | 1,907 |
Aberdeenshire | 288 | 100 | 0 | 388 |
Angus | 0 | 436 | 70 | 506 |
Argyll and Bute | 0 | 1,766 | 13 | 1,779 |
Clackmannanshire | 0 | 246 | 21 | 267 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 77 | 221 | 323 | 621 |
Dundee City | 972 | 648 | 26 | 1,646 |
East Ayrshire | 235 | 0 | 0 | 235 |
East Dunbartonshire | 1 | 149 | 0 | 150 |
East Lothian | 319 | 209 | 76 | 604 |
East Renfrewshire | 0 | 113 | 38 | 151 |
Edinburgh, City of | 168 | 2,334 | 346 | 2,848 |
Eilean Siar | 2,204 | 1,104 | 153 | 3,461 |
Falkirk | 0 | 495 | 0 | 495 |
Fife | 86 | 150 | 183 | 419 |
Glasgow City | 2,223 | 4,109 | 600 | 6,932 |
Highland | 2,279 | 397 | 1,638 | 4,314 |
Inverclyde | 3 | 486 | 0 | 489 |
Midlothian | 0 | 53 | 0 | 53 |
Moray | 0 | 557 | 0 | 557 |
North Ayrshire | 632 | 70 | 65 | 767 |
North Lanarkshire | 500 | 831 | 358 | 1,689 |
Orkney Islands | 0 | 1,408 | 0 | 1,408 |
Perth and Kinross | 77 | 646 | 360 | 1,083 |
Renfrewshire | 1,575 | 304 | 0 | 1,879 |
Scottish Borders | 52 | 895 | 0 | 947 |
Shetland Islands | 0 | 320 | 0 | 320 |
South Ayrshire | 250 | 60 | 0 | 310 |
South Lanarkshire | 0 | 3,274 | 226 | 3,500 |
Stirling | 2 | 673 | 101 | 776 |
West Dunbartonshire | 247 | 0 | 0 | 247 |
West Lothian | 0 | 429 | 0 | 429 |
Source: As reported by authorities on the statistical return Capital Payments and their Financing (CPR Fin5).Note:1. Includes capital payments funded from revenue.(b) Local Authority Gross Capital Expenditure 2000-01 (£000)
| Statutory Grants1 | Discretionary Grants1 | Care and Repair1 | Total |
Scotland | 12,706 | 20,480 | 5,758 | 38,944 |
Aberdeen City | 1,374 | 192 | 30 | 1,596 |
Aberdeenshire | 129 | 100 | 0 | 229 |
Angus | 0 | 421 | 0 | 421 |
Argyll and Bute | 0 | 1,972 | 43 | 2,015 |
Clackmannanshire | 0 | 339 | 25 | 364 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 168 | 155 | 341 | 664 |
Dundee City | 793 | 528 | 75 | 1,396 |
East Ayrshire | 275 | 124 | 0 | 399 |
East Dunbartonshire | 0 | 275 | 0 | 275 |
East Lothian | 0 | 552 | 95 | 647 |
East Renfrewshire | 0 | 111 | 86 | 197 |
Edinburgh, City of | 155 | 2,370 | 318 | 2,843 |
Eilean Siar | 2,317 | 1,160 | 169 | 3,646 |
Falkirk | 0 | 574 | 0 | 574 |
Fife | 73 | 216 | 134 | 423 |
Glasgow City | 1,583 | 3,898 | 638 | 6,119 |
Highland | 1,868 | 143 | 1,841 | 3,852 |
Inverclyde | 1 | 399 | 46 | 446 |
Midlothian | 0 | 123 | 0 | 123 |
Moray | 0 | 510 | 0 | 510 |
North Ayrshire | 688 | 76 | 233 | 997 |
North Lanarkshire | 1,260 | 204 | 353 | 1,817 |
Orkney Islands | 0 | 508 | 473 | 981 |
Perth and Kinross | 57 | 613 | 304 | 974 |
Renfrewshire | 676 | 506 | 0 | 1,182 |
Scottish Borders | 68 | 513 | 0 | 581 |
Shetland Islands | 386 | 101 | 0 | 487 |
South Ayrshire | 300 | 93 | 0 | 393 |
South Lanarkshire | 0 | 3,056 | 373 | 3,429 |
Stirling | 363 | 210 | 93 | 666 |
West Dunbartonshire | 172 | 0 | 88 | 260 |
West Lothian | 0 | 438 | 0 | 438 |
Source: As reported by authorities on the statistical return Capital Payments and their Financing (CPR Fin5).Note:1. Includes capital payments funded from revenue.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24724 by Ms Margaret Curran on 20 May 2002, what the administrative costs were of each of the social inclusion partnerships listed for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
Answer
Details of the administrative costs of the Social Inclusion Partnerships for 1999-2000 and 2000-01 are shown in the following table:
SIP | Administration Costs1999-2000(£) | Administration Costs2000-01(£) |
Great Northern | nil1 | 20,000 |
Arbroath | nil1 | N/A2 |
Argyle & Bute | nil1 | nil2 |
Edinburgh North | 53,888 | 51,575 |
Edinburgh South | nil1 | 17,889 |
Edinburgh Strategic Programme | 26,172 | 12,450 |
Edinburgh Youth SIP | 3,959 | 13,512 |
Edinburgh Craigmillar | 40,717 | 40,185 |
Alloa South & East | 2,022 | 7,616 |
Dundee Young Carers | 1,122 | 2,500 |
Dundee SIP1 | 57,000 | 50,100 |
Dundee SIP2 | 19,317 | 10,950 |
Dundee Xplore | 5,488 | 10,250 |
East Ayr Coalfields | nil1 | nil1 |
Tranent | nil1 | nil1 |
Levern Valley | nil1 | nil1 |
Falkirk | nil1 | 1,171 |
Fife | 18,775 | 819 |
Fife Frae | 2,344 | 4,119 |
Glasgow Smaller Area | 27,500 | 17,972 |
Glasgow Anti Racist | 12,583 | 19,513 |
Glasgow Big Step | 7,088 | 12,825 |
Glasgow Drumchapel | 18,750 | 47,747 |
Glasgow East End | 54,437 | 54,650 |
Glasgow Gorbals | 5,297 | 14,425 |
Glasgow Greater Easterhouse | 70,000 | 78,525 |
Glasgow Greater Govan | 3,781 | 9,011 |
Glasgow Greater Pollock | 18,113 | 31,103 |
Glasgow Milton | 2,810 | 14,100 |
Glasgow North | 81,350 | 65,805 |
Glasgow Routes Out | 3,515 | 7,828 |
Glasgow Springburn | 1,386 | 17,422 |
Highland Well Being | nil1 | 8,891 |
Inverclyde | 63,020 | 48,900 |
Moray Youthstart | NIL (1) | 8,021 |
North Ayrshire | 16,900 | 797 |
Motherwell North | 29,897 | 36,176 |
North Lanarkshire | 18,491 | 17,469 |
South Coatbridge | 5,096 | 13,637 |
GO - Perth | 1,136 | nil1 |
Renfrew -Ferguslie Park | 13,450 | 20,365 |
Renfrew Paisley | 72,025 | 70,798 |
Scottish Borders | nil1 | 599 |
Girvan | nil1 | 5,370 |
North Ayr | 28,325 | 31,711 |
Blantyre/ North Hamilton | nil1 | nil1 |
Cambuslang | nil1 | nil1 |
Stirling - SPUR | 13,251 | 11,074 |
West Dunbartonshire | 41,702 | 38,220 |
West Lothian | 4,700 | 6,400 |
Total | 845,407 | 952,490 |
Notes:1. Denotes no claim for administrative costs submitted.2. The Arbroath SIP was concluded in 1999-2000.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which social inclusion partnerships (a) underspent and (b) overspent their budgets in 2001-02 and by how much.
Answer
Out-turn information in respect of 2001- 02 is not yet available.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering any legislation to tackle anti-social behaviour of residents who are not tenants.
Answer
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 introduced a new civil order - the Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO) - to tackle anti-social behaviour. Local authorities, in consultation with the police, can apply to a sheriff for an ASBO to prohibit an individual over 16 from further anti-social behaviour that causes or is likely to cause alarm or distress. ASBOs can be taken out against any resident regardless of whether he or she is a tenant. The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill makes provision for an interim ASBO to take effect pending the outcome of the substantive application for an order. The interim order will provide more immediate protection from anti-social behaviour from tenants and non-tenants alike.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to submit the next recommendations of the Housing Improvement Task Force to any other body prior to publication.
Answer
It is for the task force itself to decide whether to propose that its recommendations should be the subject of further consultation, but there are no plans at present for this in advance of submitting its views to the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the next recommendations of the Housing Improvement Task Force will be made to it and when these recommendations will be published.
Answer
The task force will make its recommendations to the Executive in its final report to be published early in 2003.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill will have on the provision of social rented housing.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-26834 on 1 July 2002.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities fund independent living services or jointly fund care packages under the Independent Living Fund and how many such packages have been funded in each local authority area in each of the last three years.
Answer
Information on independent living services and which local authorities fund them, is not held centrally.The Independent Living Fund is funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and data relating to the fund is not held by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it has had with, and representations it has had from, Glasgow Airport and the appropriate air traffic control authority in regard to the proposed wind farm at Whitelees and what the outcome was of any such consultations and representations.
Answer
Details of ScottishPower's proposal to construct a 240 megawatt windfarm at Whitelee Forrest were issued on 24 January to a wide range of consultees, including the Civil Aviation Authority and National Air Traffic Services (NATS).We received a response from Scottish Airports Ltd on 7 May expressing concerns about the potential impact of the proposed windfarm on the operations of Glasgow Airport.Officials met representatives of NATS, the Civil Aviation Authority and Scottish Airports Limited on 24 June 2002 to discuss these concerns.