Chamber and committees

The amount of lottery funding received by parliamentary constituency during the 12 months to 31 December 1999 is as follows:

Constituency	Amount (£)
Aberdeen Central	702,290
Aberdeen North	901,741
Aberdeen South	38,505
Airdrie & Shotts	464,740
Angus	1,126,507
Argyll & Bute	1,483,290
Ayr	641,494
Banff & Buchan	312,289
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	1,432,524
Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley	369,107
Central Fife	223,553
Clydebank & Milngavie	302,852
Clydesdale	3,543,253
Coatbridge & Chryston	220,621
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	763,986
Cunninghame North	811,149
Cunninghame South	556,482
Dumbarton	415,807
Dumfries	1,006,490
Dundee East	317,254
Dundee West	596,273
Dunfermline East	150,089
Dunfermline West	532,057
East Kilbride	130,473
East Lothian	2,104,878
Eastwood	148,515
Edinburgh Central	6,027,193
Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	2,318,536
Edinburgh North & Leith	1,495,753
Edinburgh Pentlands	630,009
Edinburgh South	611,536
Edinburgh West	781,262
Falkirk East	896,763
Falkirk West	842,305
Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	1,177,049
Glasgow Anniesland	1,375,066
Glasgow Baillieston	246,216
Glasgow Cathcart	898,071
Glasgow Govan	548,381
Glasgow Kelvin	5,977,378
Glasgow Maryhill	624,651
Glasgow Pollok	133,095
Glasgow Rutherglen	308,012
Glasgow Shettleston	1,256,235
Glasgow Springburn	286,462
Gordon	370,131
Greenock & Inverclyde	1,347,344
Hamilton North & Bellshill	64,965
Hamilton South	472,122
Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber	1,608,783
Kilmarnock & Loudoun	1,917,246
Kirkcaldy	1,354,966
Linlithgow	627,262
Livingston	931,738
Midlothian	1,080,757
Moray	1,624,507
Motherwell & Wishaw	1,695,370
North East Fife	557,361
North Tayside	1,007,063
Ochil	3,545,518
Orkney & Shetland	935,093
Paisley North	1,207,914
Paisley South	912,036
Perth	1,120,419
Ross, Skye & Inverness West	1,320,647
Roxburgh & Berwickshire	1,057,847
Stirling	1,501,671
Strathkelvin & Bearsden	297,346
Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	2,631,941
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	535,287
West Renfrewshire	2,718,141
Western Isles	2,203,241
Constituency Not Indicated	6,491
Total Amount Awarded	80,383,399

I refer you to my answer of 11 February 2000 about Scottish Executive support for Neighbourhood Watch and other initiatives. Many of the major crime prevention initiatives undertaken by the Scottish Executive are evaluated for their effectiveness. However, some benefits are indirect and others may take several years to feed through to making a direct impact on other parts of the criminal justice system.

Based on the most recent information available, it is estimated that around £1,500.163 million will be raised in non-domestic rates for 1999-2000. We estimate that £1,550 million will be raised in 2000-01, the same in real terms as 1999-2000 after taking into account expected losses from appeals and transitional relief.

RSG is one element of aggregate external finance (AEF), the total central government grant available to local authorities. AEF allocations will increase for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 from £5,331.557 million to £5,344.734 million, also in real terms.RSG is the balancing factor that makes up each council's share of AEF after specific grants and non-domestic rate income have been allocated. Non-domestic rate income is forecast to increase by up to £190 million in 2000-01 causing a corresponding drop in RSG. Revenue support grant (RSG) for these two years, expressed in real terms using the March 2000 GDP Deflators with base year 1998-99, is therefore £3,443.140 million and £3,252.191 million respectively. Such savings in RSG will remain in the Departmental Expenditure Limit as a provision to cover requirements for additional RSG arising from the impact of NDR appeals, and for other adjustments.

Local authorities provide match funding from within their overall section 94 resources to access capital grants from the European Union. On receipt, the grants automatically enhance a local authority's section 94 capital allocation.

Tenants will be fully involved in the preparation of any proposal for transfer of Glasgow's housing into community ownership, including decisions about future investment and demolition programmes. A transfer will take place only if a majority of tenants vote for it.

The document published on 10 April by the Glasgow Steering Group provides the framework for tenants to take the lead in developing a transfer proposal which delivers housing investment and sustainable communities on an integrated basis. The details of the investment programme, including demolition proposals, of the Glasgow Housing Association will be based on extensive consultations between tenant-led landlords, tenants and others at both city-wide and local levels.

I refer to my answer to S1W-2318.

I refer the member to my answer to question S1W-5615.

Raising awareness amongst GPs is the key issue, since early reporting of symptoms and rapid referral to a urologist are essential when symptoms of the disease occur. The Scottish Cancer Group is discussing with GPs and urologists the issuing of guidelines on the urgent referral of these cases.