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Question reference: S3W-09251

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 who will provide independent strategic advice to Scottish ministers on issues affecting the historic environment after the abolition of the Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland.

We value the input of individuals with strong experience and understanding of the historic environment and would wish to retain access to such advice in the future. Historic Scotland is responsible for advising ministers on the historic environment and will ensure expert advice is provided. Historic Scotland will continue to ensure that external expertise is brought to bear on particular issues as appropriate and to consult with the public and stakeholders groups, as and when the need arises.

Question reference: S3W-09403

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 February 2008

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

Details of the contaminated land grant allocated to local authorities in each of the three years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 are shown in the following table:

Capital Grants for Contaminated Land

Local Authority	2005-06 £000	2006-07 £000	2007-08 £000
Aberdeen City	69	69	139*
Aberdeenshire	68	68	258*
Angus	98	98	98
Argyll and Bute	72	72	72
Clackmannanshire	50	50	50
Dumfries and Galloway	163	163	313*
Dundee City	142	142	413*
East Ayrshire	181	181	181
East Dunbartonshire	61	61	61
East Lothian	57	57	57
East Renfrewshire	50	50	50
Edinburgh, City of	181	181	181
Eilean Siar	72	72	356*
Falkirk	126	126	640*
Fife	325	325	1,310*
Glasgow City	580	580	1,120*
Highland	326	326	1,077*
Inverclyde	57	57	532*
Midlothian	133	133	133
Moray	50	50	703*
North Ayrshire	194	194	194
North Lanarkshire	662	662	1,812*
Orkney	50	50	50
Perth and Kinross	77	77	682*
Renfrewshire	300	300	3,547*
Scottish Borders	53	53	743*
Shetland	50	50	50
South Ayrshire	69	69	429*
South Lanarkshire	281	281	281
Stirling	92	92	92
West Dunbartonshire	101	101	2,101*
West Lothian	260	260	510*
Scotland Total	=SUM(ABOVE) 5,050	=SUM(ABOVE) 5,050	18,235

Note: *indicates local authorities offered enhanced grant provision for specific remediation projects.

The figures for 2007-08 include an additional £13.185 million distributed to 18 local authorities for specific remediation projects aimed at cleaning up contaminated land creating a risk to public health or the wider environment.

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.

Question reference: S3W-09400

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 26 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the Antisocial Behaviour Noise Grant Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The table below details how much funding each participating local authority received under the Antisocial Behaviour Noise Grant Scheme for each year of the 2004 spending review.

Local Authority	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
	£	£	£
Aberdeen	265,511.22	260,100.00	148,639.37
Angus	91,443.16	119,067.41	32,455.07
Argyll and Bute	17,636.76	16,131.21	4,421.01
Clackmannanshire	2,858.00	Nil	Nil
Clackmannanshire and Stirling (Joint)	Nil	80,438.94	22,793.55
Dumfries and Galloway	167,275.13	159,835.36	69,438.76
Dundee	Nil	385,020.98	221,110.93
East Dunbartonshire	Nil	122,660.62	76,398.18
East Lothian	86,938.00	74,400.00	18,600.00
East Renfrewshire	5,285.26	62,952.15	14,764
Edinburgh	669,187.97	647,216.81	174,127.02
Falkirk	66,860.01	94,801.71	46,399.63
Fife	Nil	377,936.50	68,980.93
Glasgow	604,998.66	325,631.03	224,170.05
Inverclyde	10,547.60	13,212.76	5,871.34
Midlothian	20,066.83	20,666.90	11,495.24
North, South and East Ayrshire (Joint)	183,658.29	247,936.50	69,108.83
North Lanarkshire	325,058.62	315,124.92	136,959.34
Orkney	11,092.00	Nil	Nil
Perth and Kinross	16,883.03	219,673.17	59,225.09
Renfrewshire	22,985.00	71,451.00	17,704.00
South Lanarkshire	261,265.99	256,511.58	43,038.34
West Dunbartonshire	130,338.48	213,098.40	0.00
West Lothian	132,131.89	213,098.40	69,170.04

Question reference: S3W-09243

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, further to the statement by the First Minister on 30 January 2008, when the Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland will cease to operate.

Question reference: S3W-09365

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received to address antisocial behaviour in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Question reference: S3W-09253

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 21 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive which body will be responsible for providing advice on Regional Selective Assistance grants of over £250,000 after the abolition of the Scottish Industrial Development Advisory Board.

We value the input of individuals with strong business experience when considering large grants in support of company growth and investment and would wish to retain access to such advice in the future. What will follow the Scottish Industrial Development Advisory Board has still to be determined but the provision of appropriate business related advice will be in place prior to the abolition of the non-departmental public body.

Question reference: S3W-09250

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 21 February 2008

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

Members of the Scottish Industrial Development Advisory Board (SIDAB) are unpaid, the only direct revenue costs incurred by the board being for members expenses and some hospitality. In 2005-06 and 2006-07 these totalled £470 and £480 respectively. SIDAB does not incur any capital costs.

There are also administration costs in supporting SIDAB including the costs involved in appointing new board members, government staff time and stationery costs. However, there is no separate record maintained of these costs.

Question reference: S3W-09401

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 21 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for air quality monitoring in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The information requested is provided in the following table. Local authorities applied for funding each year based on their requirements for that year. Not all authorities applied therefore not all authorities received funding in a particular year.

	2005-06 (£)	2006-07 (£)	2007-08 (£)
Aberdeen	23,265	17,135	19,725
Aberdeenshire	0	0	0
Angus	7,260	6,550	8,680
Argyll and Bute	0	10,600	2,565
Borders	0	0	8,650
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0
Dundee	59,250	51,570	7,575
East Ayrshire	5,390	0	11,835
East Dunbartonshire	26,265	33,635	12,020
East Lothian	0	0	4,130
East Renfrewshire	0	895	4,440
Edinburgh	0	13,620	13,810
Eilean Siar	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	8,550	6,905
Fife	20,790	11,165	23,670
Glasgow	24,015	47,025	0
Highland	0	0	6,965
Inverclyde	0	0	4,500
Midlothian	12,815	0	0
Moray	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	0	0	4,615
North Lanarkshire	29,120	27,040	26,430
Orkney	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	37,620	34,855	17,645
Renfrewshire	3,940	13,480	20,315
Shetland	0	0	11,835
South Ayrshire	7,545	0	13,595
South Lanarkshire	0	0	43,830
Stirling	7,045	7,200	5,310
West Dunbartonshire	20,095	16,680	3,155
West Lothian	15,585	0	17,800
Total	300,000	300,000	300,000

Question reference: S3W-09402

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 21 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Flood Prevention and Coast Protection Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The amounts received by each local authority as Flood Prevention or Coast Protection Grant are shown below. It is for authorities to come forward with suitable schemes to take up these resources. At this stage the amounts for the current year are the estimated outturn.

Council	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Aberdeen	27,000	1,768,735	51,406
Aberdeenshire		228,698	4,711
Argyll and Bute	568,136
East Ayrshire	1,486,338	1,215,181	9,334,156
East Dunbartonshire	2,030,337	206,023	172,569
Dumfries and Galloway	254,423	19,629
Edinburgh City	2,430,697	2,201,431	12,000,000
Falkirk			641,279
Fife	27,588	966,200	2,704,000
Glasgow City		2,739,078	5,728,527
Highland	756,480	68,687
Moray	756,844	733,248	3,536,074
North Ayrshire			968,000
Perth and Kinross	487,459	1,258,156	413,386
Renfrewshire			686,678
South Lanarkshire		520,861	1,034,173
West Lothian	199,000	203,222	540,675
Western Isles	15,908		138,400
Annual Totals	9,040,210	12,129,149	37,954,034