- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 22 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Communities Scotland operates a percentage target for home ownership when approving housing projects for grant funding; if so, whether this target is uniform across the country or varies geographically, and what any such national or local targets are.
Answer
I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:Communities Scotland does not operate a specific percentage target for home ownership. Local programmes are developed in close consultation with partners and reflect a broad range of existing partnership arrangements. Local programmes are based upon local housing market and needs analysis to identify, consistent with our strategy, the demands, needs and opportunities for housing investment. It is this local analysis that dictates the requirement for home ownership in an area.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 21 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths of protected bird species occurred as a result of snaring within capercaillie habitats in 2001.
Answer
I have no information on this.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 20 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which social inclusion partnerships have (a) underspent and (b) overspent their budgets in each financial year since 1998-99 and by how much.
Answer
Details of social inclusion partnership (SIP) spending against their SIP Fund allocations is shown in the following tables for 1999-2000 and 2000-01. Out-turn information in respect of 2001-02 is not yet available.
| SIP | Total Allocation | Expenditure | Under (Over) |
| Aberdeen Great Northern | 809,000 | 809,000 | 0 |
| Arbroath | 140,000 | 140,000 | 0 |
| Argyle and Bute | 206,000 | 205,113 | 887 |
| Edinburgh North | 2,877,000 | 2,830,281 | 46,719 |
| Edinburgh South | 740,000 | 506,427 | 233,573 |
| Edinburgh Strategic Programme | 1,178,000 | 1,098,064 | 79,936 |
| Edinburgh Youth SIP | 205,000 | 182,331 | 22,669 |
| Edinburgh Craigmillar | 1,723,000 | 1,669,416 | 53,584 |
| Alloa South and East* | 750,000 | 783,252 | (33,252) |
| Dundee Young Carers | 56,000 | 24,332 | 31,668 |
| Dundee SIP1 | 2,512,000 | 2,508,967 | 3,033 |
| Dundee SIP2 | 792,000 | 792,000 | 0 |
| Dundee Xplore | 300,000 | 181,375 | 118,625 |
| East Ayrshire Coalfields | 741,000 | 694,110 | 46,890 |
| Tranent | 94,000 | 93,750 | 250 |
| Levern Valley* | 433,000 | 554,299 | (121,299) |
| Falkirk | 550,000 | 550,000 | 0 |
| Fife | 751,000 | 720,332 | 30,668 |
| Fife Frae | 94,000 | 55,808 | 38,192 |
| Glasgow Smaller Area | 1,100,000 | 1,096,559 | 3,441 |
| Glasgow Anti Racist | 593,325 | 465,202 | 128,123 |
| Glasgow Big Step | 378,000 | 87,298 | 290,702 |
| Glasgow Drumchapel | 1,875,000 | 1,587,475 | 287,525 |
| Glasgow East End | 2,800,000 | 2,672,295 | 127,705 |
| Glasgow Gorbals | 562,500 | 541,183 | 21,317 |
| Glasgow Greater Easterhouse | 3,400,000 | 2,779,274 | 620,726 |
| Glasgow Greater Govan | 375,000 | 349,172 | 25,828 |
| Glasgow Greater Pollock | 1,725,000 | 1,701,653 | 23,347 |
| Glasgow Milton | 200,074 | 170,303 | 29,771 |
| Glasgow North | 3,300,000 | 3,240,883 | 59,117 |
| Glasgow Routes Out | 187,500 | 65,175 | 122,325 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 200,316 | 200,085 | 231 |
| Highlands and Islands | 603,000 | 479,730 | 123,270 |
| Inverclyde | 2,998,000 | 2,928,225 | 69,775 |
| Moray Youthstart | 424,000 | 419,556 | 4,444 |
| North Ayrshire | 776,000 | 776,000 | 0 |
| Motherwell North | 1,530,000 | 1,329,242 | 200,758 |
| North Lanarkshire | 850,000 | 807,162 | 42,838 |
| South Coatbridge | 250,000 | 208,947 | 41,053 |
| GO - Perth | 128,000 | 46,577 | 81,423 |
| Ferguslie Park** | 662,372 | 484,563 | 177,809 |
| Paisley | 2,981,000 | 2,654,076 | 326,924 |
| Scottish Borders | 215,000 | 154,966 | 60,034 |
| Girvan | 315,000 | 289,848 | 25,152 |
| North Ayr | 1,508,000 | 1,508,000 | 0 |
| Blantyre/ North Hamilton | 500,000 | 498,254 | 1,746 |
| Cambuslang | 600,000 | 598,595 | 598,595 |
| Stirling | 583,000 | 582,356 | 644 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2,193,000 | 2,186,700 | 6,300 |
| West Lothian | 188,000 | 170,792 | 17,208 |
| Total | 48,952,087 | 45,479,003 | 3,473,084 |
Notes:*Only two social inclusion partnership areas showed an over spend against the agreed SIP Fund allocation in 1999-2000, i.e. Alloa South and East and Levern Valley. It should be noted that any amounts over and above the agreed allocations are met from other sources, usually the local authority.**By April 1999 Ferguslie Park was absorbed into the Paisley Social Inclusion Partnership but was given a ring-fenced budget to be used solely for the Ferguslie Park area. Table shows figures for 2000-01;
| SIP | Total Allocation | Expenditure | Underspend |
| Aberdeen Great Northern | 844,000 | 844,000 | 0 |
| Argyle and Bute | 280,000 | 260,791 | 19,209 |
| Edinburgh North | 2,589,575 | 2,556,423 | 33,152 |
| Edinburgh South | 990,938 | 919,498 | 71,440 |
| Edinburgh Strategic Programme | 550,450 | 537,490 | 12,960 |
| Edinburgh Youth SIP | 567,000 | 535,543 | 31,457 |
| Edinburgh Craigmillar | 1,755,335 | 1,731,958 | 23,377 |
| Alloa South and East | 1,017,000 | 1,014,783 | 2,217 |
| Dundee Young Carers | 105,000 | 101,404 | 3,596 |
| Dundee SIP1 | 2,119,000 | 2,106,449 | 12,551 |
| Dundee SIP2 | 453,000 | 448,038 | 4,962 |
| Dundee Xplore | 500,000 | 269,450 | 230,550 |
| East Ayrshire Coalfields | 1,042,250 | 1,042,000 | 250 |
| Tranent | 128,000 | 128,000 | 0 |
| Levern Valley | 446,000 | 408,121 | 37,879 |
| Falkirk | 578,750 | 253,525 | 325,225 |
| Fife | 630,000 | 630,000 | 0 |
| Fife Frae | 164,750 | 153,817 | 10,933 |
| Glasgow Smaller Area | 1,128,000 | 6,365 | 1,121,635 |
| Glasgow Anti Racist | 780,500 | 737,782 | 42,718 |
| Glasgow Big Step | 722,328 | 565,541 | 156,787 |
| Glasgow Drumchapel | 2,755,280 | 2,165,307 | 589,973 |
| Glasgow East End | 2,868,000 | 2,737,062 | 130,938 |
| Glasgow Gorbals | 764,000 | 716,873 | 47,127 |
| Glasgow Greater Easterhouse | 3,491,000 | 2,716,902 | 774,098 |
| Glasgow Greater Govan | 509,000 | 472,008 | 36,992 |
| Glasgow Greater Pollock | 2,343,000 | 1,920,344 | 422,656 |
| Glasgow Milton | 764,000 | 567,683 | 196,317 |
| Glasgow North | 2,987,000 | 2,919,101 | 67,899 |
| Glasgow Routes Out | 353,000 | 323,209 | 29,791 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 764,000 | 717,959 | 46,041 |
| Highland and Islands | 886,825 | 603,504 | 283,321 |
| Inverclyde | 2,421,000 | 2,388,291 | 32,709 |
| Moray Youthstart | 576,000 | 131,277 | 444,723 |
| North Ayrshire | 730,000 | 701,581 | 28,419 |
| Motherwell North | 1,629,500 | 1,532,360 | 97,140 |
| North Lanarkshire | 886,250 | 853,681 | 32,569 |
| South Coatbridge | 716,000 | 605,124 | 110,876 |
| GO - Perth | 194,761 | 167,706 | 27,055 |
| Ferguslie Park* | 1,101,000 | 868,946 | 232,054 |
| Paisley | 2,947,000 | 2,748,356 | 198,644 |
| Scottish Borders | 235,000 | 226,679 | 8,321 |
| Girvan | 428,000 | 417,587 | 10,413 |
| North Ayr | 1,545,938 | 1,545,938 | 0 |
| Blantyre/ North Hamilton | 1,019,000 | 1,018,721 | 279 |
| Cambuslang | 625,000 | 593,275 | 31,725 |
| Stirling | 526,000 | 517,446 | 8,554 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2,087,000 | 2,086,223 | 777 |
| West Lothian | 256,000 | 84,785 | 171,215 |
| Total | 53,800,430 | 47,598,906 | 6,201,524 |
Note:*Ring-fenced element of Paisley SIP.The following is a corrected answer (published on 24 July 2002); see below. Table shows figures for 1999-2000;
| SIP | Total Allocation | Expenditure | Under(Over) |
| Aberdeen Great Northern | 809,000 | 809,000 | 0 |
| Arbroath | 140,000 | 140,000 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 206,000 | 205,113 | 887 |
| Edinburgh North | 2,877,000 | 2,830,281 | 46,719 |
| Edinburgh South | 740,000 | 506,427 | 233,573 |
| Edinburgh Strategic Programme | 1,178,000 | 1,098,064 | 79,936 |
| Edinburgh Youth SIP | 205,000 | 182,331 | 22,669 |
| Edinburgh Craigmillar | 1,723,000 | 1,669,416 | 53,584 |
| Alloa South and East* | 750,000 | 783,252 | (33,252) |
| Dundee Young Carers | 56,000 | 24,332 | 31,668 |
| Dundee SIP1 | 2,512,000 | 2,508,967 | 3,033 |
| Dundee SIP2 | 792,000 | 792,000 | 0 |
| Dundee Xplore | 300,000 | 181,375 | 118,625 |
| East Ayrshire Coalfields | 741,000 | 694,110 | 46,890 |
| Tranent | 94,000 | 93,750 | 250 |
| Levern Valley* | 433,000 | 554,299 | (121,299) |
| Falkirk | 550,000 | 550,000 | 0 |
| Fife | 751,000 | 720,332 | 30,668 |
| Fife Frae | 94,000 | 55,808 | 38,192 |
| Glasgow Smaller Areas | 1,100,000 | 1,096,559 | 3,441 |
| Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance | 593,325 | 465,202 | 128,123 |
| Glasgow Big Step | 378,000 | 87,298 | 290,702 |
| Glasgow Drumchapel | 1,875,000 | 1,587,475 | 287,525 |
| Glasgow East End | 2,800,000 | 2,672,295 | 127,705 |
| Glasgow Gorbals | 562,500 | 541,183 | 21,317 |
| Glasgow Greater Easterhouse | 3,400,000 | 3,378,280 | 21,720 |
| Glasgow Greater Govan | 375,000 | 349,172 | 25,828 |
| Glasgow Greater Pollok | 1,725,000 | 1,701,653 | 23,347 |
| Glasgow Milton | 200,074 | 170,303 | 29,771 |
| Glasgow North | 3,300,000 | 3,240,883 | 59,117 |
| Glasgow Routes Out | 187,500 | 65,175 | 122,325 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 200,316 | 200,085 | 231 |
| Highlands and Islands | 603,000 | 479,730 | 123,270 |
| Inverclyde | 2,998,000 | 2,991,245 | 6,755 |
| Moray Youthstart | 424,000 | 419,556 | 4,444 |
| North Ayrshire* | 776,000 | 792,559 | (16,559) |
| Motherwell North | 1,530,000 | 1,329,242 | 200,758 |
| North Lanarkshire | 850,000 | 807,162 | 42,838 |
| South Coatbridge | 250,000 | 208,947 | 41,053 |
| GO - Perth | 128,000 | 46,577 | 81,423 |
| Ferguslie Park** | 662,372 | 528,740 | 133,632 |
| Paisley | 2,981,000 | 2,749,276 | 231,724 |
| Scottish Borders | 215,000 | 154,966 | 60,034 |
| Girvan | 315,000 | 289,848 | 25,152 |
| North Ayr* | 1,508,000 | 1,950,332 | (442,322) |
| Blantyre/ North Hamilton | 500,000 | 498,254 | 1,746 |
| Cambuslang | 600,000 | 598,595 | 1,405 |
| Stirling | 583,000 | 582,356 | 644 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2,193,000 | 2,186,700 | 6,300 |
| West Lothian | 188,000 | 170,792 | 17,208 |
| Total | 48,952,087 | 46,739,297 | 2,212,790 |
Note:* Four Social Inclusion Partnership areas showed an overspend against the agreed SIP Fund allocation in 1999-2000, i.e. Alloa South and East, Levern Valley, North Ayrshire and North Ayr. It should be noted that any amounts over and above the agreed allocations are met from other sources, usually the local authority.** By April 1999 Ferguslie Park was absorbed into the Paisley Social Inclusion Partnership but was given a ring-fenced budget to be used solely for the Ferguslie Park area. Table shows figures for 2000-01;
| SIP | Total Allocation | Expenditure | Underspend |
| Aberdeen Great Northern | 844,000 | 844,000 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute* | 280,000 | 291,610 | (11,610) |
| Edinburgh North | 2,589,575 | 2,556,423 | 33,152 |
| Edinburgh South | 990,938 | 964,498 | 26,440 |
| Edinburgh Strategic Programme | 550,450 | 537,490 | 12,960 |
| Edinburgh Youth SIP | 567,000 | 561,891 | 5,109 |
| Edinburgh Craigmillar | 1,755,335 | 1,731,958 | 23,377 |
| Alloa South and East | 1,017,000 | 1,014,783 | 2,217 |
| Dundee Young Carers | 105,000 | 101,404 | 3,596 |
| Dundee SIP1 | 2,119,000 | 2,106,738 | 12,262 |
| Dundee SIP2 | 453,000 | 448,030 | 4,970 |
| Dundee Xplore | 500,000 | 269,450 | 230,550 |
| East Ayrshire Coalfields | 1,042,250 | 1,042,043 | 207 |
| Tranent | 128,000 | 128,000 | 0 |
| Levern Valley* | 446,000 | 528,206 | (82,206) |
| Falkirk | 578,750 | 578,750 | 0 |
| Fife | 630,000 | 630,000 | 0 |
| Fife Frae | 164,750 | 153,817 | 10,933 |
| Glasgow Smaller Areas | 1,378,000 | 757,173 | 620,827 |
| Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance | 780,500 | 757,294 | 23,206 |
| Glasgow Big Step | 722,328 | 565,541 | 156,787 |
| Glasgow Drumchapel | 2,755,280 | 2,594,432 | 160,848 |
| Glasgow East End | 2,868,000 | 2,791,711 | 76,289 |
| Glasgow Gorbals | 764,000 | 731,298 | 32,702 |
| Glasgow Greater Easterhouse | 3,491,000 | 3,395,426 | 95,574 |
| Glasgow Greater Govan | 509,000 | 481,019 | 27,981 |
| Glasgow Greater Pollok | 2,343,000 | 2,000,916 | 342,084 |
| Glasgow Milton | 764,000 | 581,783 | 182,217 |
| Glasgow North | 2,987,000 | 2,984,906 | 2,094 |
| Glasgow Routes Out | 353,000 | 269,706 | 83,294 |
| Glasgow Springburn | 764,000 | 736,558 | 27,442 |
| Highland and Islands | 886,825 | 809,329 | 77,496 |
| Inverclyde* | 2,421,000 | 2,423,735 | (2,735) |
| Moray Youthstart | 576,000 | 576,000 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire | 730,000 | 714,000 | 16,000 |
| Motherwell North | 1,629,500 | 1,533,240 | 96,260 |
| North Lanarkshire | 886,250 | 853,681 | 32,569 |
| South Coatbridge | 716,000 | 605,124 | 110,876 |
| GO - Perth | 194,761 | 167,706 | 27,055 |
| Ferguslie Park** | 1,101,000 | 868,946 | 232,054 |
| Paisley | 2,947,000 | 2,748,176 | 198,824 |
| Scottish Borders | 235,000 | 226,679 | 8,321 |
| Girvan | 428,000 | 417,587 | 10,413 |
| North Ayr* | 1,545,938 | 1,853,918 | (307,980) |
| Blantyre/ North Hamilton* | 1,019,000 | 1,061,010 | (42,010) |
| Cambuslang | 625,000 | 593,275 | 31,725 |
| Stirling | 526,000 | 517,446 | 8,554 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2,087,000 | 2,086,373 | 627 |
| West Lothian | 256,000 | 253,525 | 2,475 |
| Total | 54,050,430 | 51,446,604 | 2,603,826 |
Note:* Five Social Inclusion Partnership areas showed an overspend in 2000-01, i.e. Argyll and Bute, Levern Valley, Inverclyde, North Ayr and Blantyre/North Hamilton. It should be noted that any amounts over and above the agreed allocations are met from other resources, usually the local authority.**Ring-fenced element of Paisley SIP.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what reduction in the combustion of fossil fuels has been effected by the advent of wind generated electricity.
Answer
Wind energy at present accounts for a very small fraction of Scottish electricity generation - around 1%. However, the introduction of the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) has created a huge demand for new sources of renewable energy, which onshore wind is very well placed to meet. As existing fossil fuel power stations are closed over the next two decades, it is expected that wind and other forms of renewable generation will increasingly fill the gap.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much energy from wind power is exported as Green Credits.
Answer
In 2000-01, Scotland exported around 19% of its generated electricity; a breakdown of exports by source is not available. The system of Renewable Obligation Certificates under the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) is not yet in full operation, but will not require the export of electricity to accompany the sale outwith Scotland of any such certificates.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many wind farms are currently (a) operational and (b) planned.
Answer
There are currently 12 wind farms in operation across Scotland. Four developers have submitted applications for the consent of Scottish ministers under section 36 of the 1989 Electricity Act for windfarms of over 50MW capacity. A further five applications are in the process of preparing formal applications under section 36.We do not possess figures for applications made to local planning authorities for windfarms under 50MW under the Town and Country Planning Act.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the electricity generated currently comes from wind power and what the wind power generating capacity is.
Answer
There is currently around 100 megawatts of onshore wind energy capacity installed across Scotland. This amounts to around 1% of Scotland's total installed generating capacity.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 17 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24178 by Ms Margaret Curran on 2 April 2002, whether the police or the procurator fiscal service have ever been informed about the workings of a social inclusion partnership (SIP) or asked to investigate any of the workings of a SIP or any predecessor body and, if so, whether it will give details.
Answer
I can confirm that there are or have been five occasions on which the police or the procurator fiscal service have been informed about the workings of a social inclusion partnership (SIP), or asked to investigate the workings of a SIP. For information, in the context of this question the phrase "workings of a SIP" is taken as referring not just to internal SIP processes but also to projects funded or partially funded by a SIP. I am unable to comment on any cases that may be under investigation at present on the basis that such disclosure might compromise an on-going criminal investigation. I am also unable to comment on any cases in relation to which there is any related current legal action. Information in the answer refers to the SIP programme, which commenced in 1999.Given the above, I can confirm the details in relation to one case of the five:There were investigations by Glasgow City Council Internal Audit department and Strathclyde Police carried out into the operation of the CHEAF project in Milton. Both of these investigations concluded that there was no evidence to substantiate allegations of financial irregularity which had been levelled at this project.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications are of the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions for local authorities as employers and whether it will make any assistance available to local authorities to meet additional expenditure on such contributions.
Answer
The implications for local authorities of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions will depend on a range of factors which relate to councils' staffing and pay levels. We are discussing the total future funding requirements for local government with COSLA as part of the spending review process.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the duties of local authorities are in respect of children held in immigration removal centres.
Answer
The Home Office has responsibility for ensuring the needs of children in detention centres are met. The Home Office has the power to make arrangements with the local authorities. I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-24470 on 23 April 2002 and S1W-25113 today.
