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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-09777

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will urgently review the Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/553) in relation to the licence fee payable by licensed premises that share a site with other licensed premises.

Question reference: S3W-09245

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by the First Minister on 30 January 2008, when the Scottish Records Advisory Council will cease to operate.

Question reference: S3W-09249

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what revenue and capital costs were incurred by the Scottish Records Advisory Council in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

Question reference: S3W-09252

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive which body will be responsible for providing advice to Scottish ministers on matters relating to the keeping of public records in Scotland and on issues of importance to the archive community after the abolition of the Scottish Records Advisory Council.

Question reference: S3W-09389

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 27 February 2008

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

Whilst local government had flexibility to allocate other resources for work on the school estate, the amounts allocated to authorities from the Schools Fund in the years concerned were as follows:

	2005-06 (£ Million)	2006-07 (£ Million)	2007-08 (£ Million)
Aberdeen City	3.045	4.766	4.484
Aberdeenshire	4.235	6.629	9.057
Angus	2.076	3.249	3.811
Argyll and Bute	1.943	3.041	3.316
Clackmannanshire	0.962	1.506	1.617
Dumfries and Galloway	2.809	4.396	7.281
Dundee City	2.461	3.852	3.586
East Ayrshire	2.366	3.703	3.610
East Dunbartonshire	2.443	3.824	3.584
East Lothian	1.751	2.740	3.174
East Renfrewshire	1.942	3.039	3.266
Edinburgh City	6.886	10.778	10.730
Eilean Siar	0.830	1.299	1.173
Falkirk	2.576	4.032	3.816
Fife	6.427	10.059	11.360
Glasgow City	10.109	15.822	14.653
Highland	4.332	6.780	7.425
Inverclyde	1.839	2.880	2.671
Midlothian	1.717	2.688	2.656
Moray	1.660	2.598	2.676
North Ayrshire	2.692	4.213	4.270
North Lanarkshire	6.958	10.891	12.066
Orkney	0.598	0.936	0.788
Perth and Kinross	2.348	3.673	5.101
Renfrewshire	3.336	5.221	5.052
Scottish Borders	2.171	3.398	4.001
Shetland	0.692	1.083	1.453
South Ayrshire	2.264	3.544	3.404
South Lanarkshire	6.205	9.712	8.640
Stirling	1.754	2.745	3.097
West Dunbartonshire	1.967	3.078	2.811
West Lothian	3.306	5.175	6.420
Scotland Total	96.700	151.350	161.050

Question reference: S3W-09369

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Children’s Services - Womens Aid Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The Children''s Services “ Womens Aid Fund was introduced in 2006 in order to develop children''s services in local women''s aid groups. The majority of funding was allocated directly to local groups but in a small number of cases was allocated via the local authority. Details of the funding to local authorities in 2006-07 are set out in the table below.

	2006-07
Aberdeen City	0.042
Aberdeenshire	0.074
Fife	0.070
West Lothian	0.033
Scotland	0.219 million

Question reference: S3W-09384

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the schools estate - PPP funding package in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The amounts included in Revenue Support Grant in the years concerned for the 16 authorities to whom support for the current tranche of school PPP projects has so far become payable were as follows:

Local Authority	2005-06 (£)	2006-07 (£)	2007-08 (£)
Aberdeenshire	1,700,000	3,400,000	3,400,000
Angus	-	-	573,216
Argyll and Bute	-	637,581	4,995,193
East Ayrshire	-	-	448,633
East Lothian	2,920,000	2,950,000	2,950,000
East Renfrewshire	330,000	3,110,000	3,950,000
Edinburgh City	-	-	251,556
Fife	-	823,164	3,668,162
Highland	-	-	1,143,470
Midlothian	-	-	1,249,500
North Ayrshire	-	-	2,656,213
North Lanarkshire	70,000	3,494,511	7,541,458
Renfrewshire	-	3,170,000	6,160,000
South Ayrshire	-	-	130,824
South Lanarkshire	-	-	2,167,281
Stirling	-	-	693,382

Question reference: S3W-09258

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive who is legally responsible for clearing up litter dropped or blown on to private land.

Question reference: S3W-09247

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani on 26 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what revenue and capital costs were incurred by the Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.