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Question reference: S3W-10887

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 25 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-8170 by Jim Mather on 17 January 2008, whether the exact nature of the responsibilities to be transferred from Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to local authorities as a consequence of its review of the structures and functions of the enterprise networks has now been determined and, if so, what those responsibilities are.

Question reference: S3W-10888

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 25 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be made available to each local authority in each of the next three financial years to support the responsibilities transferred from Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to support Business Gateway.

Question reference: S3W-10892

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 25 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive which regional regeneration projects will become the responsibility of the Scottish Enterprise regional networks after 1 April 2008.

Question reference: S3W-10893

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 25 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive which regeneration projects have been assessed as being of national importance and will remain the responsibility of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise after 1 April 2008.

Question reference: S3W-10886

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4458 by Fiona Hyslop on 1 October 2007, when it expects its proposed replacement science strategy to be published.

on 1 October 2007, when it expects its proposed replacement science strategy to be published.

(S3W-10886)

Fiona Hyslop As indicated in the response to question S3W-4458 no publication date has been set but it is expected that the science strategy will be published in 2008, after the summer recess.
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S3W-10885

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4458 by Fiona Hyslop on 1 October 2007, whether it can now provide details of the scope, timing and related stakeholder engagement for its proposed replacement science strategy.

on 1 October 2007, whether it can now provide details of the scope, timing and related stakeholder engagement for its proposed replacement science strategy.

(S3W-10885)

Fiona Hyslop The Government Economic Strategy states that a new science strategy for Scotland will outline how science will underpin Scotland''s success as a nation through developing knowledge exchange between academia and business, increasing the flow of overseas investment into Scotland''s research and development base and developing the science base. Current policy development work includes engagement with the Scottish Science Advisory Committee and we shall also engage with a wide range of key stakeholders, based on those who responded to the formal consultation in 2006-07, and others as appropriate.
As indicated in the response to question S3W-4458 no publication date has been set but it is expected that the strategy will be published in 2008, after the summer recess.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S3W-09392

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Bus Route Development Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The following table gives details of the Bus Route Development Grant funding allocations in the 2004 spending review period. The final funding allocations were made in March 2007.

Local Transport Authority	Funding Allocated in 2005-06 (£)	Funding Allocated in 2006-07 (£)
Aberdeen City	1,031,000
Aberdeenshire	590,000	1,889,000
Angus	394,393
Argyll and Bute	154,000	103,000
City of Edinburgh	2,490,000	748,722
Dumfries and Galloway	535,000
Dundee City	1,771,000
East Lothian	116,000
Falkirk	480,000
Fife	1,915,000	590,000
Highland	943,000
HITRANS		2,080,304
Midlothian	533,000	2,184,000
Moray	515,000
Orkney Islands	162,000
Perth and Kinross	821,000
Scottish Borders	1,182,000
Shetland Islands	148,000
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	1,032,000	1,061,000
West Lothian	971,000	2,600,000

Question reference: S3W-09372

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Violence Against Women Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The Violence Against Women Fund was introduced in 2006. Details of the funding to local authorities which successfully applied under the Fund for the period 2006-08 are set out in the table.

	2006-07	2007-08
	£000	£000
Aberdeenshire	50,000	50,000
Dumfries and Galloway	50,000	50,000
Dundee City	50,000	50,000
East Dunbartonshire	50,000	50,000
East Renfrewshire	39,989	39,989
Edinburgh, City of	149,377	149,377
Eilean Siar	21,100	29,224
Falkirk	31,649	28,256
Fife	48,607	49,378
Glasgow City	89,469	90,429
Inverclyde	48,384	49,867
Moray	10,329	12,060
North Ayrshire	35,000	35,000
North Lanarkshire	24,703	39,828
Renfrewshire	76,453	94,954
Scottish Borders	42,000	42,000
South Ayrshire	31,250	31,250
South Lanarkshire	45,971	49,471
Stirling	99,000	100,000
West Dunbartonshire	48,397	48,525
West Lothian	49,908	42,958
Scotland	1,091,586	1,132,568

Prior to the Violence Against Women Fund there was the Domestic Abuse Service Development Fund and the Violence Against women Service Development Fund. Details of the funding to local authorities which successfully applied under these funds for the financial year 2005-06 are set out in the table.

Domestic Abuse Service Development Fund	2005-06
Aberdeen City Council	44,610
Aberdeenshire Council	50,000
Angus Council	78,610
Argyll and Bute Council	59,800
City of Edinburgh Council	308,821
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	15,000
Dumfries and Galloway Council	50,000
East Ayrshire Council	6,300
East Dunbartonshire Council	50,000
East Lothian Council	26,175
East Renfrewshire Council	37,000
Falkirk Council	0
Fife Council	117,106
Glasgow City Council	87,468
Highland Council	50,000
Inverclyde Council	46,800
Midlothian Council	27,470
Moray Council	34,000
North Ayrshire Council	19,000
North Lanarkshire Council	30,766
Orkney Islands Council	15,464
Perth and Kinross Council	20,227
Renfrewshire Council	38,000
South Ayrshire Council	50,000
Stirling Council	176,526
West Dunbartonshire Council	38,480
West Lothian Council	13,208
Dundee City Council	29,865
	1,520,696

Violence Against Women Service Development Fund
Argyll and Bute Council	17,415
City of Edinburgh Council - Housing Department	50,000
Dumfries and Galloway Council	18,500
Glasgow City Council	50,000
Falkirk Council	99,731
Renfrewshire Social Work Dept	38,113
	273,759

Question reference: S3W-09371

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 7 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Supporting People Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The 2004 spending review covered the period 2005-08. During this period local authorities received the Supporting People allocations detailed below.

The Pipeline funding referred to in the table was revenue funding for new capital projects originally scheduled for completion in 2003-04 where the completion date slipped so funding was rolled forward and added to the Supporting People grant allocations previously announced.

The Scottish Government has allowed councils to carry forward any unspent Supporting People grant since 2003-04. Councils can also transfer any under spent Supporting People grant into 2008-09.

Local Authority	2005-06 Original Allocations	Pipeline Carry Forward	2005-06 Final Allocations	2006-07 Final Allocations	2007-08 Final Allocations
Local Authority	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Aberdeen City	12,306	45	12,351	11,881	11,882
Aberdeenshire	9,375	415	9,790	9,440	9,707
Angus	6,404	45	6449	6,460	6,688
Argyll and Bute	13,782	0	13,782	13,261	12,222
Clackmannanshire	3,093	0	3093	3,242	3,851
Dumfries and Galloway	13,948	352	14,300	13,420	12,368
Dundee City	11,672	43	11,715	11,748	12,055
East Ayrshire	6,184	0	6,184	6,464	7,609
East Dunbartonshire	5,438	259	5,697	5,237	5,238
East Lothian	8,663	139	8,802	8,336	7,683
East Renfrewshire	5,789	54	5,843	5,570	5,134
Edinburgh, City of	41,343	29	41,372	39,778	36,661
Eilean Siar	484	97	581	585	593
Falkirk	8,275	15	8,290	8,439	9,109
Fife	26,207	177	26,384	24,560	24,561
Glasgow City	71,765	3,689	75,454	73,159	78,852
Highland	12,849	251	13,100	11,728	11,728
Inverclyde	7,979	172	8,151	7,684	7,685
Midlothian	5,616	12	5,628	5,404	4,981
Moray	6,401	0	6,401	6,159	5,677
North Ayrshire	13,602	78	13,680	12,242	12,066
North Lanarkshire	24,845	0	24,845	25,045	25,862
Orkney Islands	357	0	357	422	689
Perth and Kinross	6,226	60	6,286	6,395	7,086
Renfrewshire	16,971	4,005	20,976	16,329	15,049
Scottish Borders	5,956	0	5,956	5,750	5,751
Shetland Islands	788	0	788	815	926
South Ayrshire	8,172	540	8,712	7,975	7,975
South Lanarkshire	23,189	842	24,031	22,333	22,333
Stirling	3,800	188	3,988	3,966	4,649
West Dunbartonshire	16,187	166	16,353	15,575	14,355
West Lothian	9,761	423	10,184	9,783	9,871
Scotland	407,427	12,096	419,523	399,185	400,896

Question reference: S3W-09781

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 7 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what further consideration it has given to extending the exemption from water charges for churches and other voluntary organisations beyond 2010.