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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-12298

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many requests for information it has received under the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information.

Details of the number of requests received under the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information during the period 1 July to 31 December 1999 were provided in my answer to question S1W-5908. I have today placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre a monitoring report on the operation of the code for the calendar year 2000. This report will also be placed on the Scottish Executive website.

Question reference: S1W-13837

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 14 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the substantive answer to question S1W-13110 will be given prior to the Stage 1 debate on the Housing (Scotland) Bill on 14 March 2001.

Question reference: S1W-13115

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 12 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much money it has allocated to the Empty Homes Initiative to date and how much of this has been spent, broken down by local authority area.

The table shows how much money has been allocated to local authorities for projects under the Empty Homes Initiative to 31 March 2002 and how much of this had been drawn down as at 31 January 2001, broken down by local authority area.

Local Authority	Award £	Grant Draw Down £
Aberdeen City	561,610	30,093
Aberdeenshire	815,066	702,107
Angus	374,000	164,497
Argyll & Bute	354,702	41,301
City of Edinburgh	3,107,030	1,698,864
Clackmannanshire	179,702	-
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	273,151	253,195
Dumfries & Galloway	285,000	170,105
Dundee City	376,527	30,027
East Ayrshire	856,120	224,640
East Dunbartonshire	36,302	36,302
East Lothian	102,000	22,759
East Renfrewshire	77,092	77,092
Falkirk	841,250	532,149
Fife	916,842	346,341
Glasgow	5,000,796	3,450,049
Highland	1,220,081	918,909
Inverclyde	346,421	21,174
Moray	484,500	224,650
North Ayrshire	141,300	141,300
North Lanarkshire	1,377,220	871,027
Orkney Islands	36,000	14,384
Perth & Kinross	208,775	20,000
Renfrewshire	291,109	203,024
Scottish Borders	1,352,632	1,003,449
Shetland Islands	307,800	180,506
South Ayrshire	774,877	528,053
South Lanarkshire	668,470	263,470
Stirling	740,000	210,000
West Dunbartonshire	556,292	380,722
West Lothian	1,380,000	916,749
Total	24,042,667	13,676,938

Question reference: S1W-13114

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 12 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties in Scotland have been purchased for social renting under the Empty Homes Initiative, broken down by local authority area.

The table shows the number of properties the Empty Homes Initiative has helped bring back into use for social rent to date since its inception in 1997, broken down by local authority area. The table excludes 86 properties the initiative has brought back into use for Low Cost Home Ownership.

Local Authority	Properties Provided for social rent
Aberdeen City	0
Aberdeenshire	19
Angus	6
Argyll & Bute	3
City of Edinburgh	101
Clackmannanshire	0
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	6
Dumfries & Galloway	5
Dundee City	0
East Ayrshire	7
East Dunbartonshire	0
East Lothian	5
East Renfrewshire	3
Falkirk	56
Fife	4
Glasgow	176
Highland	47
Inverclyde	0
Midlothian	0
Moray	10
North Ayrshire	8
North Lanarkshire	25
Orkney Islands	0
Perth & Kinross	0
Renfrewshire	0
Scottish Borders	50
Shetland Islands	13
South Ayrshire	0
South Lanarkshire	2
Stirling	10
West Dunbartonshire	12
West Lothian	67
Total	635

Question reference: S1W-13602

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a Tenement Law Bill and, if so, when.

The Scottish Law Commission published its Report on the Law of the Tenement (Scot Law Com No 162) in 1998. Following the publication of the subsequent Report on Real Burdens (Scot Law Com No 181) in October 2000, the Executive asked the Commission to update its recommendations on the law of the tenement to take account of its subsequent work on real burdens and title conditions. This is because the management of tenements is governed by rules and conditions set out as rights and real burdens in the relevant title deeds. The modernisation and simplification of the law on real burdens will rationalise the application and enforcement of burdens on all property, including tenements. Reforming the law relating to real burdens and title conditions first will mean that reform of the law of the tenement should be more straightforward. A Tenement (Scotland) Bill will therefore be introduced after enactment of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill when an opportunity arises in the legislative programme.

Question reference: S1W-12856

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 6 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights are for rating valuation appeals.

The Executive has considered the compatibility of the current arrangements in respect of valuation appeals as presently contained in the Valuation Appeal Committee (Procedures in Appeals under the Valuation Acts) (Scotland) Regulations 1995, and the Valuation Appeal Panels and Committees (Scotland) Regulations 1996, and is satisfied that they are compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.

Question reference: S1W-12408

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 6 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to address any problems of stress and low staff morale at the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

Question reference: S1W-13110

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 6 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what its definition of "successful balanced communities" is as referred to in paragraph 2 of the Policy Memorandum to the Housing (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S1W-13500

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive why question S1W-10428 lodged on 13 October 2000 has not yet received a substantive answer.

Question reference: S1W-13498

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12907 by Mr Jim Wallace on 13 February 2001, how many mortgage repossession orders were made in each court district in 2000 where the order was served on an owner who had purchased the property under the Right to Buy scheme, broken down in respect of domestic properties formerly owned by (i) local authorities, (ii) Scottish Homes and (iii) housing associations.