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Question reference: S2W-16753

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency regarding ship-to-ship oil transfer in the Firth of Forth planned by Melbourne Marine Services of Sunderland.

The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) on a number of shipping related issues, including the proposed arrangements for ship to ship oil transfer, on which my department has responded as a statutory consultee. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is also a statutory consultee, and I understand SNH has highlighted the particular environmental sensitivities in the proposed transfer area. I would expect the MCA to take this advice into account when considering whether to recommend to the Secretary of State for Transport that he grant the relevant approvals for which he has reserved responsibility.

Question reference: S2W-16960

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total level of spending on social inclusion partnerships (SIP) has been in each financial year since their inception, broken down by partnership.

I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:

The information requested isshown in the following table.

SIP	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05¹
Aberdeen Great Northern	809,000	844,000	1,001,500	1,026,631	1,185,008	1,034,348
Arbroath²	140,000	-	-	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	205,113	291,610	465,866	485,914	478,793	674,563
Edinburgh North	2,830,281	2,556,423	2,525,408	2,550,717	2,364,159	3,143,292
Edinburgh South	506,427	964,498	1,170,503	1,652,643	1,990,716	2,146,897
Edinburgh Strategic Programme	1,098,064	537,490	574,746	502,257	399,936	427,260
Edinburgh Youth SIP	182,331	561,891	632,215	646,787	667,461	686,672
Edinburgh Craigmillar	1,669,416	1,731,958	1,894,163	1,969,955	1,976,996	2,082,156
Alloa South and East	783,252	1,014,783	1,148,003	1,132,734	1,146,481	1,166,046
Dundee Young Carers	24,332	101,404	130,421	176,532	181,996	158,738
Dundee SIP 1	2,508,967	2,106,738	2,229,836	2,383,387	2,463,446	2,428,504
Dundee SIP 2	792,000	448,030	442,236	420,955	365,454	342,000
Dundee Xplore	181,375	269,450	628,892	514,835	497,189	472,494
East Ayrshire Coalfields	694,110	1,042,043	1,492,309	1,951,118	2,343,123	2,343,123
Tranent	93,750	128,000	216,000	223,898	227,995	227,995
Levern Valley	554,299	528,206	482,766	476,947	338,533	322,311
Falkirk	550,000	578,750	645,600	533,356	395,635	423,266
Fife	720,332	630,000	666,720	604,674	415,414	656,494
Fife Frae	55,808	153,817	189,092	195,247	191,549	201,073
Glasgow Smaller Areas	1,096,559	757,173	1,502,708	1,824,880	2,408,174	2,475,729
Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance	465,202	757,294	696,492	817,592	620,753	855,206
Glasgow Big Step	87,298	565,541	646,321	548,775	510,009	563,093
Glasgow Drumchapel	1,587,475	2,594,432	2,642,466	2,850,730	2,950,747	3,197,543
Glasgow East End	2,672,295	2,791,711	3,070,534	3,219,094	3,414,357	3,700,506
Glasgow Gorbals	541,183	731,298	846,049	913,886	952,423	933,243
Glasgow Greater Easterhouse	3,378,280	3,395,426	3,729,402	3,903,739	4,050,037	4,007,856
Glasgow Greater Govan	349,172	481,019	993,938	1,402,633	1,800,683	2,634,341
Glasgow Greater Pollok	1,701,653	2,000,916	2,731,876	3,691,778	3,838,824	3,136,685
Glasgow Milton	170,303	581,783	737,485	909,712	938,891	1,051,299
Glasgow North	3,240,883	2,984,906	3,144,375	3,329,030	3,523,690	3,532,880
Glasgow Routes Out	65,175	269,706	337,406	260,311	292,631	358,222
Glasgow Springburn	200,085	736,558	884,378	910,110	1,003,277	1,059,715
Highlands and Islands	479,730	809,329	905,744	830,948	937,066	919,223
Inverclyde	2,991,245	2,423,735	2,546,173	2,464,011	2,919,446	3,958,903
Moray Youthstart	419,556	576,000	485,065	513,561	536,555	659,563
North Ayrshire	792,559	714,000	692,104	778,730	493,211	549,143
Motherwell North	1,329,242	1,533,240	1,735,344	1,748,722	1,980,661	1,716,071
North Lanarkshire	807,162	853,681	866,752	654,435	696,160	506,708
South Coatbridge	208,947	605,124	758,558	853,580	833,889	849,174
GO-Perth	46,577	167,706	270,286	228,623	310,046	250,153
Ferguslie Park³	528,740	868,946	1,090,899	-	-	-
Paisley	2,749,276	2,748,176	2,707,953	3,127,927	3,509,751	3,566,991
Scottish Borders	154,966	226,679	310,824	310,658	331,376	401,376
Girvan	289,848	417,587	487,922	544,022	568,474	569,645
North Ayr	1,950,332	1,853,918	1,965,165	1,756,642	1,817,000	1,817,000
Blantyre/North Hamilton	498,254	1,061,010	2,226,308	3,315,505	4,365,899	4,993,508
Cambuslang	598,595	593,275	682,162	570,547	432,343	429,763
Stirling	582,356	517,446	510,905	512,733	392,729	362,501
West Dunbartonshire	2,186,700	2,086,373	2,283,571	2,514,896	2,515,937	2,753,937
West Lothian	170,792	253,525	244,474	271,400	299,070	285,070
Total	46,739,297	51,446,604	59,269,915	63,027,797	66,873,993	71,032,279

Notes:

1. Figures for 2004-05 may besubject to change following receipt of final grant claim.

2. Arbroath SIP, a former RegenerationProgramme, ended its designation in March 2000.

3. Funding ring-fenced and reported separately from the PaisleySocial Inclusion Partnership until 2002-03.

Question reference: S2W-16649

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 2 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is in a position to respond to my letter of 13 April 2005 regarding the Warm Homes Scheme and the use of Sedbuck C and D rated combi boilers.

Question reference: S2W-16651

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive which companies it has had discussions with regarding the provision of ferry services across the River Forth and what grants it will make available to support such services.

Question reference: S2W-16650

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 1 June 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive which of its agencies are regarded as trading fund operations and, in respect of these, what financial targets have been set for financial returns in each of the last five years and how many such targets have been met.

Registers of Scotland Executive Agency is the only agency that is regarded as a trading fund operation. Registers of Scotland became a Trading Fund in 1996 and now operates under analogous arrangements established by the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.

For each of the last five years Registers of Scotland has been set a target to secure a minimum rate of return on capital employed for the three-year period ending in that year. The rates set for each year were as follows: 6%, 3%, 6%, 15% and 15%. The target has been met in each year, in the latest year provisionally.

Question reference: S2W-16648

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 23 May 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has commissioned into the effects of drinks promotions offered by the off-trade sector and when it expects any findings to be published.

The Scottish Executive is in discussion with Alcohol Focus Scotland regarding the potential for useful research into the effects of off-sales promotions on binge and excessive drinking. Decisions on whether to conduct further research will be made following publication of the results of a desk survey currently being carried out by the Scottish Association of Alcohol Action Teams and due to report by the end of June.

Question reference: S2W-15386

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would cost to have an asthma-trained specialist in every medical practice, in light of the recent publication of Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Asthma UK Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-15385

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken, or will take, to ensure that every medical practice has an asthma-trained specialist, in light of the recent publication of Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Asthma UK Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-15384

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 April 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking, or will take, to ensure that all people with asthma have access to an asthma specialist when their asthma is difficult to control, in light of the recent publication of Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Asthma UK Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-14286

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 8 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will hold discussions with Scottish Water about issues that exist in the Auchterarder and Alyth areas in respect of a lack of sewage and drainage capacity constraining proposals for affordable housing developments.