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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-00437

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 14 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the projects proposed the in 2008 Infrastructure Investment Plan (a) have been completed, (b) are being taken forward or (c) have yet to begin.

Question reference: S4W-00254

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding borrowing powers for Scottish Water.

Question reference: S4W-00373

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next meet the Scottish Private Rented Sector Strategy Group and what items will be discussed.

Question reference: S4W-00213

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the deployment of the new fleet of longer electric trains in Central Scotland, what funding mechanism will be used; what the timetable is for delivery of the project; what the expected capital investment is for 2011-12 and each of the following four financial years, and what the projected total cost is.

Question reference: S4W-00439

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made toward securing funding for the A8 Baillieston to Newhouse upgrade.

Question reference: S4W-00440

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made toward securing funding for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S4W-00372

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with local authorities since May 2007 regarding the enforcement of tenancy rules for tenants who commit antisocial behaviour.

The Scottish Government regularly engages with local authorities through the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). While no discussions with individual local authorities have taken place, COSLA is a key partner in developing policy and practice in a range of housing and antisocial behaviour matters. This includes our approach to tackling antisocial behaviour set out in Promoting Positive Outcomes which was published jointly by the Scottish Government and COSLA in March 2009.

Question reference: S4W-00368

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many affordable homes it expects to be built in each local authority area in 2011 by (a) housing associations, (b) housing cooperatives and (c) the local authority.

The Scottish Government collates the estimated completion dates for affordable homes that the Scottish Government helps fund. The estimated completions in each local authority area for 2011-12 broken down by (a) housing association, (b) housing co-operative and (c) by local authority are set out in the table below. These are expected figures which may change over the course of the year due to possible delays in some projects starting on site or delays to anticipated completions following for example poor weather. The figures exclude affordable housing projects by other developers and are based on the projects that have been approved to date.

Estimated Completions 2011-12

Local Authority Area	Estimated Housing Association Completions	Estimated Housing Co-operative Completions	Estimated Local Authority Completions	Total
Aberdeen City	64	65	151	280
Aberdeenshire	52		35	87
Angus	44			44
Argyll and Bute	59			59
Clackmannanshire	47			47
Dumfries and Galloway	114			114
Dundee	92		32	124
East Ayrshire	105		40	145
East Dunbartonshire	72		19	91
East Lothian	76			76
East Renfrewshire	103			103
Edinburgh	446			446
Falkirk	58		96	154
Fife	257		57	314
Glasgow	985	2		987
Highland	310		51	361
Inverclyde	240			240
Midlothian	57		137	194
Moray	143			143
North Ayrshire	118		40	158
North Lanarkshire	183			183
Orkney	80		38	118
Perth and Kinross	111		81	192
Renfrewshire	93			93
Scottish Borders	0			0
Shetland	60			60
South Ayrshire	76		68	144
South Lanarkshire	298			298
Stirling	56		25	81
West Dunbartonshire	187			187
West Lothian	59			59
Western Isles	105			105
	4,750	67	870	5,687

Question reference: S4W-00370

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the national strategy on housing for older people will be published.

Question reference: S4W-00256

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals are being considered for inclusion in the legislation on expanding the role of Scottish Water.