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Question reference: S3W-01352

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many shared campus arrangements between denominational and non-denominational schools also involve twinning arrangements in each local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-01353

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to take to encourage both shared campus and twinning initiatives between denominational and non-denominational schools.

The Centrefor Education forRacial Equality in Scotland has been commissioned to updateand augment the Executive’s anti-sectarianism education resource Don’t Give It,Don’t Take It. As part of that work a new section on twinning between denominationaland non-denominational schools is being added. It is also our intention to run fora second year a £100,000 fund to support anti-sectarian projects in schools, includingtwinning initiatives.

On sharedcampuses, it is entirely a matter for local authorities to decide the configurationof their school estate.

Question reference: S3W-01354

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what support is given to denominational and non-denominational schools considering twinning arrangements.

In May 2006 the Executive,the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Scottish Catholic EducationService ran a national seminar to promote twinning. This was followed in Decemberby publication of Building Friendships and Strengthening Communities: a guideto twinning between denominational and non-denominational schools, a copy ofwhich was sent to every school in Scotland. It is availablein the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 41267). A £100,000 fund was made available in 2006-07 to supportinnovative anti-sectarianprojects in schools, includingestablishing new twinning arrangements.

Question reference: S3W-01351

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many twinning arrangements between denominational and non-denominational schools have been implemented in each local authority area.

A March 2007 survey ofdenominational schools (which achieved a response rate of 69%) produced theinformation set out in the following table. Of the 271 denominational schoolsresponding to the survey, 74% were involved in twinning arrangements.

Number of Schools (bothDenominational and Non-Denominational) known to be Involved in TwinningArrangements during the 2006-07 School Year

Local Authority
Aberdeen	7
Angus	1
Argyll and Bute	23
Clackmannanshire	1
Dumfries and Galloway	35
Dundee City	13
East Ayrshire	9
East Dunbartonshire	20
East Lothian	8
East Renfrewshire	3
Edinburgh City	20
Falkirk	8
Fife	24
Glasgow	74
Highland	13
Inverclyde	11
Midlothian	10
Moray	11
North Ayrshire	11
North Lanarkshire	56
Perth and Kinross	10
Renfrewshire	18
Scottish Borders	6
South Ayrshire	23
South Lanarkshire	49
Stirling	2
West Dunbartonshire	12
West Lothian	24
Total	502

Question reference: S3W-01837

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many restriction of liberty orders have been issued since April 2005, broken down by local authority area.

A total of 1,999 restrictionof liberty orders have been imposed between 1 April 2005 and31 March 2007. The information is not collected by local authorityarea but the following table provides details by court sheriffdom.

Sheriffdom	1 April to 31 December 2005	1 January to 31 December 2006	1 January to 31 March 2007
Glasgow and Strathkelvin	83	73	21
Grampian, Highlands and Islands	80	90	30
Lothian and Borders	83	76	28
North Strathclyde	53	70	25
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway	156	308	59
Tayside, Central and Fife	272	402	83
High Court	4	2	1
Stipendiary Magistrates	0	0	0
Total	731	1021	247

Question reference: S3W-00883

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been confiscated in each year since the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 came into force, broken down by local authority area.

The following tableconfirms the money recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Financial Year	Amount
2003-04	£2,191,175
2004-05	£2,348,846
2005-06	£4,835,541
2006-07	£6,120,955

A breakdown of thesefunds by local authority area is not held centrally.

Question reference: S3W-00884

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current value is of the Scottish Consolidation Fund.

Question reference: S3W-00885

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that the Scottish Consolidation Fund is ring-fenced for investment directly back into the community where the crimes have been committed.

The Cabinet Secretaryfor Justice announced – in Parliament on 6 June 2007 – the Scottish Government’sintention to establish a new approach to reinvesting money confiscated from criminalsunder the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. By the autumn of this year, we will have around£8 million to reinvest in those communities hardest hit by crime. Early talks willbe sought to establish the best way to make a visible impact on services and activitiesfor young people where this is most needed, and to encourage additional contributionsfrom the worlds of business, sport and culture.

Question reference: S3W-00886

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-32072 by Johann Lamont on 7 March 2007, whether it will provide a breakdown by year of the community projects that have benefited from the funds confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

The answer toS2W-32072 listed all those projects which benefited from funding from thissource in 2006-07, which was the first year in which that funding source wasused to support community projects.

The CabinetSecretary for Justice announced on 6 June the steps we are now taking to decidehow we can best use funds from this source in this and future years.

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