Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-09398

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Public Transport Fund and Integrated Transport Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on these funds in the form requested.

Expenditure over the first two years of the 2004 spending review from the Public Transport Fund and the Integrated Transport Fund was distributed by grants paid under section 70 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001. Details for the financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07 are contained in the annual reports to the Scottish Parliament, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 39974 and 43126).

Public Transport and Integrated Transport Funding that remained available in 2007-08 was allocated to Regional Transport Partnerships or Transport Scotland, who assumed responsibility for delivery. This was conditional on the work being completed by 31 March 2008, when this funding stream closes.

Question reference: S3W-09366

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for community safety partnerships in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The following table provides a break down of funding to local authorities for community safety partnerships for each year of the 2004 spending review:

Partnership	Allocation 2005-06	Allocation 2006-07	Allocation 2007-08
Aberdeen City	174,346.96	204,373.71	183,936.33
Aberdeenshire	107,773.79	132,014.74	118,813.26
Angus	74,353.66	132,014.74	88,650.43
Argyll and Bute	62,002.27	83,441.54	75,097.39
Clackmannanshire	61,109.45	83,531.11	75,177.99
Dumfries and Galloway	85,353.57	103,916.88	93,525.19
Dundee	130,646.00	153,639.29	138,275.36
East Ayrshire	94,196.23	119,379.09	107,441.18
East Dunbartonshire	71,240.80	97,415.99	87,674.39
East Lothian	64,797.33	88,274.63	79,447.17
East Renfrewshire	63,528.28	86,998.39	78,298.55
Edinburgh	230,533.00	259,974.01	233,976.60
Falkirk	88,715.97	105,909.76	95,318.78
Fife	166,338.90	202,154.53	182,939.07
Glasgow	296,305.87	328,425.06	295,582.55
Highland	106,895.12	134,698.32	121,228.48
Inverclyde	86,357.50	115,567.88	104,011.09
Midlothian	72,718.97	100,685.79	90,617.21
Moray	69,883.47	97,792.45	88,013.21
North Ayrshire	93,806.82	119,203.02	107,282.71
North Lanarkshire	156,319.29	179,539.17	161,585.25
Orkney	21,172.55	41,757.80	37,582.02
Perth and Kinross	81,485.61	98,291.24	88,462.12
Renfrewshire	120,738.48	145,997.75	131,397.97
Scottish Borders	70,514.97	94,513.92	85,062.53
Shetland Isles	26,753.53	45,609.17	41,048.25
South Ayrshire	81,645.14	109,847.82	98,863.04
South Lanarkshire	143,906.92	174,677.82	157,210.03
Stirling	68,481.62	93,616.64	84,254.95
West Dunbartonshire	98,695.32	120,660.01	108,594.00
West Lothian	105,880.30	131,778.64	118,600.77
Western Isles	23,512.31	49,661.55	44,695.39

Question reference: S3W-09386

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 29 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for improving fostering services in each year of the 2004 spending review.

In November 2004 £12 million was made available to improve fostering services including the recruitment and retention of foster carers, across Scotland.

Local Authority	Financial Year 2005-06	Financial Year 2006-07	Financial Year 2007-08	Total
Aberdeen	£135,200.00	£270,422.00	£135,207.00	£540,829.00
Aberdeenshire	£91,000.00	£182,093.00	£91,031.00	£364,124.00
Angus	£57,100.00	£114,251.00	£57,117.00	£228,468.00
Argyll and Bute	£43,700.00	£87,490.00	£43,730.00	£174,920.00
Clackmannanshire	£25,900.00	£51,744.00	£25,881.00	£103,525.00
Dumfries and Galloway	£94,600.00	£189,203.00	£94,600.00	£378,403.00
Dundee	£123,320.00	£246,258.00	£123,159.00	£492,737.00
East Ayrshire	£81,200.00	£162,442.00	£81,214.00	£324,856.00
East Dunbartonshire	£22,800.00	£45,432.00	£22,758.00	£90,990.00
East Lothian	£43,300.00	£86,552.00	£43,284.00	£173,136.00
East Renfrewshire	£14,726.00	£29,451.00	£14,726.00	£58,903.00
Edinburgh	£35,750.00	£769,047.00	£403,603.00	£1,208,400.00
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	£11,200.00	£22,268.00	£11,156.00	£44,624.00
Falkirk	£80,300.00	£160,664.00	£80,321.00	£321,285.00
Fife	£164,200.00	£328,437.00	£164,212.00	£656,849.00
Glasgow	£679,200.00	£1,358,283.00	£679,161.00	£2,716,644.00
Highland	£99,500.00	£199,027.00	£99,509.00	£398,036.00
Inverclyde	£37,000.00	£37,074.00	£74,074.00	£148,148.00
Midlothian	£58,500.00	£116,868.00	£58,456.00	£233,824.00
Moray	£44,600.00	£89,269.00	£44,623.00	£178,492.00
North Ayrshire	£83,400.00	£167,935.00	£83,445.00	£334,780.00
North Lanarkshire	£91,500.00	£182,941.00	£91,477.00	£365,918.00
Orkney Islands	£4,500.00	£8,887.00	£4,462.00	£17,849.00
Perth and Kinross	£45,500.00	£91,046.00	£45,515.00	£182,061.00
Renfrewshire	£148,100.00	£296,244.00	£148,148.00	£592,492.00
Scottish Borders	£55,800.00	£111,536.00	£55,779.00	£223,115.00
Shetland Islands	£8,500.00	£16,935.00	£8,478.00	£33,913.00
South Ayrshire	£52,200.00	£104,427.00	£52,209.00	£208,836.00
South Lanarkshire	£87,500.00	£174,883.00	£87,461.00	£349,844.00
Stirling	£45,500.00	£91,046.00	£45,515.00	£182,061.00
West Dunbartonshire	£71,400.00	£142,790.00	£71,397.00	£285,587.00
West Lothian	£96,800.00	£193,696.00	£96,832.00	£387,328.00
Total	£2,733,796.00	£6,128,641.00	£3,138,540.00	£12,000,977.00

Over 2006-7 a capital grant of £2 million was allocated to support foster carers and kinship carers.

£2 Million Capital Fund to Support Foster Carers and Kinship Carers January to February 2007>

Local Authority
Aberdeen	67,161
Aberdeenshire	67,935
Angus	37,143
Argyll and Bute	29,177
Clacks	21,333
Dumfries and Galloway	47,893
Dundee	66,496
East Ayrshire	50,338
East Dunbartonshire	31,981
East Lothian	32,386
East Renfrewshire	28,120
Edinburgh	150,263
Eilean Siar	7,714
Falkirk	56,455
Fife	135,475
Glasgow	324,434
Highland	72,891
Inverclyde	38,917
Midlothian	32,233
Moray	26,818
North Ayrshire	63,949
North Lanarkshire	148,540
Orkney	5,200
Perth and Kinross	42,164
Renfrewshire	71,675
Scottish Borders	32,265
Shetland	6,872
South Ayrshire	38,695
South Lanarkshire	121,034
Stirling	29,631
West Dunbartonshire	46,143
West Lothian	68,669
	2,000,000

Question reference: S3W-09364

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 29 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Dumfries and Galloway Council will receive for the provision of kinship care allowances in each year of the spending review period.

Question reference: S3W-09776

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is provision under the Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/553) to enable licensed premises that share a site with other licensed premises to pay each premise’s licence fee on the basis of a proportion of the rateable value of the entire site.

Question reference: S3W-09803

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 29 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources will be available under the Community Environmental Renewal Scheme and the Environmental Justice Fund in 2008-09.

Question reference: S3W-09381

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 28 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the Teacher Induction Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The following table provides details of the amounts paid by specific grant to each local authority in each year of the 2004 spending review. These sums are additional to the £13 million that is included in the local government finance settlement in respect of the teacher induction scheme.

Local Authority	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Aberdeen	£398,836	£687,199	£930,439
Aberdeenshire	£457,844	£540,320	£873,763
Angus	£464,384	£547,152	£627,606
Argyll and Bute	£46,016	£149,696	£389,295
Clackmannanshire	£54,998	£361,425	£595,069
Dumfries and Galloway	£112,174	£145,910	£288,028
Dundee	£57,450	£604,497	£893,587
East Ayrshire	£629,605	£985,066	£1,159,272
East Dunbartonshire	£516,230	£408,849	£788,585
East Lothian	£957,149	£1,294,773	£1,156,553
East Renfrewshire	£1,754,403	£2,176,290	£1,933,777
Edinburgh	£980,292	£1,913,541	£2,237,272
Eilean Siar	£7,896	£112,644	£319,862
Falkirk	£646,526	£1,189,461	£1,128,386
Fife	£612,614	£775,614	£1,583,932
Glasgow	£1,546,230	£2,384,264	£2,382,138
Highland	£200,114	£463,791	£910,017
Inverclyde	£213,574	£715,969	£1,027,112
Midlothian	£316,598	£822,494	£1,017,492
Moray	£408,568	£360,136	£393,458
North Ayrshire	£682,633	£1,087,093	£1,208,386
North Lanarkshire	£2,069,188	£2,754,160	£2,837,715
Orkney Islands	£162,001	£109,195	£180,128
Perth & Kinross	£479,635	£583,875	£648,128
Renfrewshire	£382,058	£1,534,630	£2,272,406
Scottish Borders	£160,638	£83,588	£520,887
Shetland Islands	£58,321	£216,678	£289,866
South Ayrshire	£180,241	£649,701	£766,322
South Lanarkshire	£1,834,564	£2,477,624	£2,354,734
Stirling	£611,356	£1,044,221	£1,340,419
West Dunbartonshire	£948,106	£1,222,342	£1,223,699
West Lothian	£161,030	£1,056,530	£1,859,613
Total	£18,111,272	£29,458,728	£36,137,946

Question reference: S3W-09368

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive much funding each local authority received for mental health services in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Other than the funding allocated in respect of the Mental Health Specific Grant (MHSG), local authorities were not provided with a separate budget specifically for mental health services over the period. The majority of spend on mental health services will have been drawn from the overall funds allocated to local authorities through their block grant. It is the responsibility of these agencies to work in partnership and to allocate funds from the total financial resources available to them on the basis of local needs, priorities and agreed targets.

The MHSG allocations made by the Scottish Government in 2005-06 to 2007-08, to which local authorities also add their own resources, are shown in the following table.

The record funding included within the draft Scottish Government Budget to 2010-11 will ensure continuity of approach and investment on mental health and other priorities by NHS boards, local authorities and other partners, and from April 2008, MHSG will be absorbed into the main local government settlement. The funding will continue to have an important role in continuing to provide local, community based services and support for people with a mental health problem, their carers and families.

Allocations in Each Year from 2005-06 to 2007-08

Council	(£)
Aberdeen City	708,400
Aberdeenshire	578,200
Angus	320,600
Argyll and Bute	312,200
Clackmannan	110,600
Dumfries and Galloway	373,800
Dundee City	341,600
East Ayrshire	320,600
East Dunbartonshire	163,800
East Lothian	222,600
East Renfrewshire	57,400
Edinburgh City	1,345,400
Eilean Siar	163,800
Falkirk	366,800
Fife	893,200
Glasgow City	2,774,800
Highland	597,800
Inverclyde	193,200
Midlothian	266,000
Moray	159,600
North Ayrshire	197,400
North Lanarkshire	562,800
Orkney	133,000
Perth and Kinross	271,600
Renfrewshire	375,200
Scottish Borders	310,800
Shetland	165,200
South Ayrshire	301,000
South Lanarkshire	750,400
Stirling	207,200
West Dunbartonshire	250,600
West Lothian	204,400
Total	=SUM(ABOVE) 14,000,000

Question reference: S3W-09393

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for school travel co-ordinators in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Each local authority was awarded the following grants for School Travel Coordinator posts in each year of the 2004 spending review:

Local Authority	2005-06 (£000)	2006-07 (£000)	2007-08 (£000)
Aberdeen City	34	34	34
Aberdeenshire	48	50	52
Angus	20	22	22
Argyll and Bute	17	17	17
Clackmannanshire	15	15	15
Dumfries and Galloway	28	28	28
Dundee City	26	25	25
East Ayrshire	24	24	25
East Dunbartonshire	23	22	22
East Lothian	18	21	21
East Renfrewshire	19	20	21
Edinburgh	71	73	75
Eilean Siar	15	15	15
Falkirk	28	30	31
Fife	69	71	73
Glasgow	104	101	103
Highland	41	42	43
Inverclyde	16	16	17
Midlothian	17	18	18
Moray	17	18	18
North Ayrshire	28	27	28
North Lanarkshire	64	68	70
Orkney Islands	15	15	15
Perthshire and Kinross	26	27	28
Renfrewshire	33	34	35
Scottish Borders	20	22	23
Shetland Islands	15	15	15
South Ayrshire	21	21	22
South Lanarkshire	59	62	63
Stirling	16	18	18
West Dunbartonshire	19	18	19
West Lothian	34	37	39
Total	=SUM(ABOVE) 1,000	=SUM(above) 1,026	=SUM(above) 1,050

Question reference: S3W-09399

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 February 2008

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

The following table shows the total funding awarded to each local authority from the Strategic Waste Fund in each of the three years of the 2004 spending review: 2005-06; 2006-07, and 2007-08.

Council	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	Total
Aberdeen City	2,798,935	1,844,333	1,555,284	6,198,552
Aberdeenshire	4,804,500	6,367,000	4,202,629	15,374,129
Angus	2,815,500	1,284,065	1,262,000	5,361,565
Argyll and Bute	3,599,210	3,149,710	3,153,110	9,902,030
Clackmannanshire	372,104	284,071	284,071	940,246
Dumfries and Galloway	4,404,500	4,326,000	4,438,646	13,169,146
Dundee	1,614,493	1,420,438	3,134,329	6,169,260
East Ayrshire	2,056,500	694,000	859,144	3,609,644
East Dunbartonshire	1,831,500	1,302,000	1,641,000	4,774,500
East Lothian	1,457,500	1,643,000	1,490,000	4,590,500
East Renfrewshire	1,269,500	1,032,000	1,158,398	3,459,898
Edinburgh	9,822,198	6,685,145	5,927,924	22,435,267
Falkirk	485,425	431,655	1,281,699	2,198,779
Fife	5,925,803	6,819,000	4,506,350	17,251,153
Glasgow	5,433,407	3,139,742	5,757,994	14,331,143
Highland	5,962,238	4,480,839	4,419,472	14,862,549
Inverclyde	1,685,398	375,938	541,772	2,603,108
Midlothian	2,101,824	2,271,154	3,828,154	8,201,132
Moray	1,804,500	1,232,605	1,062,279	4,099,384
North Ayrshire	1,179,500	1,682,000	1,404,000	4,265,500
North Lanarkshire	5,484,550	3,832,000	3,192,055	12,508,605
Orkney	567,010	347,000	478,000	1,392,010
Perth and Kinross	1,969,980	3,359,040	1,922,095	7,251,115
Renfrewshire	3,065,500	1,381,000	1,343,000	5,789,500
Scottish Borders	2,987,704	4,217,256	2,492,742	9,697,702
Shetland	591,755	417,296	306,425	1,315,476
South Ayrshire	1,525,412	1,671,000	1,341,000	4,537,412
South Lanarkshire	3,607,894	3,794,650	3,392,000	10,794,544
Stirling	1,804,520	2,354,000	1,696,000	5,854,520
West Dunbartonshire	2,700,184	1,151,863	1,370,300	5,222,347
West Lothian	1,862,500	2,583,000	2,885,750	7,331,250
Western Isles	6,180,500	2,536,000	1,283,800	10,000,300
Total	93,772,043	78,108,800	73,611,422	245,492,265

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