Chamber and committees

Further to the answer provided to question S1W-17547, I can confirm that the following organisations had staff on loan from the Scottish Executive in the period May 1999 to July 2001: Audit ScotlandBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilCabinet OfficeDepartment of Trade and IndustryForeign and Commonwealth OfficeForestry CommissionHM TreasuryHome OfficeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsOffice of Fair TradingOFSTEDOFTELPrime Minister's Office, Downing StreetRoyal Botanical GardensScottish Court ServiceScottish Environment Protection AgencyScottish Criminal Cases Review CommissionScottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education

This is a matter for South Lanarkshire Council. Additional information is available in answers to questions S1W-17739 and S1W-17996.

I have asked Graeme Munro, Director and Chief Executive of Historic Scotland, to answer. His response is as follows: "Historic Scotland has not been consulted as the planning authority, South Lanarkshire Council do not consider that Listed Building Consent is required for works being carried out at Dungavel House."

Further to the answer provided to question S1W-17546 and not S1W-17547 as stated, I can confirm that the following organisations currently have staff on loan from the Scottish Executive:Cabinet Office Department of Trade and Industry Foreign and Commonwealth Office Forestry Commission HM Treasury Home Office Office of Fair Trading OFTEL Prime Minister's Office, Downing Street Scottish Environment Protection Agency Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education

The Home Office Immigration Service is responsible for refugees and asylum seekers and such matters are reserved. The Scottish Prison Service has housed such individuals, mainly in Greenock Prison. However, with effect from 3 September the process began of transferring such individuals from prison to the newly opened Dungavel Immigration Facility for which the Home Office is responsible.

Officers and members from South Lanarkshire Council have met with representatives of the Immigration Service on a number of occasions in the last year to discuss safety, health and educational arrangements. Strathclyde Police and Lanarkshire Health Board and Primary Care Trust have also been represented at meetings. Social Work Services Inspectorate has been in correspondence and telephone discussions with the Immigration Service, Department of Health and South Lanarkshire Council about standards of care for children.

The organisations of the staff on secondment during the period May 1999 to July2001, whose salary costs were met by the Scottish Executive, are as follows:Community Learning ScotlandCOSLAFair Play ScotlandGlasgow Employer CoalitionLloyds TSB Foundation for ScotlandMacMillan Cancer ReliefPrince's Trust Volunteers ScotlandQuality ScotlandRoyal Society of EdinburghSchlumbergerScotland Against Drugs Scottish and NewcastleScottish Business in the CommunityScottish Chambers of CommerceScottish Civic ForumScottish Council Development and IndustryScottish Council for Voluntary OrganisationsScottish Financial EnterpriseScottish PowerWestern Isles CouncilYoung Enterprise ScotlandYoung Scot Scottish and Newcastle, the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, the Scottish Council Development and Industry and Scottish Financial Enterprise all paid a contribution towards the salary costs of the secondment during the period stated.

Local authorities are free to bid to acquire Scottish Homes' stock.

The working group will examine the impact of the withdrawal of section 54 grant and, in particular, the effect on repairs programmes. The group is not precluded from considering alternative mechanisms for funding such repairs programmes in the future.

The information requested is not held centrally.