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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

Question reference: S3W-09396

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

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

The table below shows the supported borrowing (non-cash) allocations for each local authority for the period 2005-06 to 2007-08:

(all values in £000)	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Aberdeen City	10,061	9,157	9,386
Aberdeenshire	10,477	10,109	10,362
Angus	5,642	5,973	6,122
Argyll and Bute	11,137	11,789	12,084
Clackmannanshire	3,116	3,299	3,381
Dumfries and Galloway	9,560	9,865	10,112
Dundee City	7,832	8,042	8,243
East Ayrshire	5,994	6,026	6,176
East Dunbartonshire	5,563	5,472	5,609
East Lothian	5,211	5,238	5,369
East Renfrewshire	4,648	4,920	5,043
Edinburgh, City of	25,089	20,883	21,406
Eilean Siar	10,428	11,039	11,315
Falkirk	7,267	7,345	7,528
Fife	15,766	16,149	16,552
Glasgow	39,906	33,976	34,826
Highland	18,692	19,786	20,281
Inverclyde	6,740	7,135	7,313
Midlothian	4,609	4,340	4,449
Moray	4,786	5,066	5,193
North Ayrshire	8,421	8,914	9,137
North Lanarkshire	15,748	14,807	15,177
Orkney Islands	3,990	4,224	4,329
Perth and Kinross	8,181	8,660	8,877
Renfrewshire	9,602	9,285	9,517
Scottish Borders	7,567	8,010	8,211
Shetland Islands¹	0*	0*	0*
South Ayrshire	5,529	5,512	5,650
South Lanarkshire	14,941	15,130	15,509
Stirling	5,354	5,475	5,612
West Dunbartonshire	5,018	5,029	5,155
West Lothian	6,923	7,057	7,233
Total²	303,800	297,713	305,156

Notes:

1. Shetland currently does not receive a separate calculable level of support for new in-year borrowing. Instead, under a historical agreement, they receive a percentage of the total Scotland loan charge support which incorporates support for all their debt types. From 2008-09, they will receive a separate element of support for new in-year borrowing under a new distribution agreement.

2. Minor roundings discrepancy from individual local authority split to the total. The amounts specified are actuals correct to each local authority.

These figures outline the levels of local authority borrowing for which the Scottish Government will provide revenue funding to support the costs associated with the on-going debt servicing charges (annual repayments of principal, interest and loans fund expenses).

Question reference: S3W-09157

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether mammals bred and reared in enclosures are considered to be farmed animals and are subject to the same legal protection in respect of their welfare as agricultural animals.

Mammals bred and reared in enclosures would have the same protection as domestic animals under Part 2 of the Animal Heath and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006, if the enclosure was of a size that the animals could not be considered to be living in the wild. This act states that an animal is a protected animal if it is of a kind which is commonly domesticated in the British Isles, under the control of man, or not living in a wide state.

Question reference: S3W-09376

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 20 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received to provide social work training in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The allocation of £5.5 million specific grant funding for social work training to local authorities in each year of the 2004 spending review was:

	£000
Aberdeen City	225
Aberdeenshire	168
Angus	116
Argyll and Bute	116
Clackmannanshire	61
Dumfries and Galloway	116
Dundee City	168
East Ayrshire	116
East Dunbartonshire	61
East Lothian	116
East Renfrewshire	61
Edinburgh, City of	500
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	61
Falkirk	168
Fife	332
Glasgow City	940
Highland	225
Inverclyde	116
Midlothian	61
Moray	61
North Ayrshire	168
North Lanarkshire	332
Orkney	61
Perth and Kinross	116
Renfrewshire	168
Scottish Borders	116
Shetland	61
South Ayrshire	116
South Lanarkshire	281
Stirling	61
West Dunbartonshire	116
West Lothian	116

Question reference: S3W-09774

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive who was consulted on the recent Net Limitation Order introduced under the River Border Esk Fisheries Byelaw and when the consultation took place.

The recent Net Limitation Order does not form part of the River Esk (Border) Byelaws, which were made under Article 4(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Border Rivers) Order 1999. The Net Limitation Order applies only to fisheries in England and was made under the provisions of section 26 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975. This Order was made by the Environment Agency, who undertook the consultation required under their statutory obligations. The Environment Agency can provide details of the consultation undertaken prior to the Order being made.

Question reference: S3W-09370

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 20 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for private landlord registration in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The breakdown of grant funding for landlord registration for each year of the 2004 spending review is shown in the following table.

Local Authority	Grant Distribution 2005-06 (£)	Grant Distribution 2006-07 (£)	Grant Distribution 2007-08 (£)
Aberdeen City Council	68,585	108,365	108,365
Aberdeenshire Council	50,540	79,853	79,853
Angus Council	33,896	53,556	53,556
Argyll and Bute Council	35,701	56,407	56,407
City of Edinburgh Council	182,337	288,093	288,093
Clackmannanshire Council	12,516	19,775	19,775
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	12,646	19,980	19,980
Dumfries and Galloway Council	51,825	81,884	81,884
Dundee City Council	56,576	89,390	89,390
East Ayrshire Council	18,954	29,948	29,948
East Dunbartonshire Council	13,773	21,762	21,762
East Lothian Council	21,463	33,912	33,912
East Renfrewshire Council	13,097	20,693	20,693
Falkirk Council	19,283	30,466	30,466
Fife Council	63,493	100,319	100,319
Glasgow City Council	149,911	236,859	236,859
Highland Council	60,424	95,470	95,470
Inverclyde Council	19,782	31,255	31,255
Midlothian Council	16,808	26,557	26,557
Moray Council	34,006	53,729	53,729
North Ayrshire Council	23,965	37,864	37,864
North Lanarkshire Council	26,624	42,065	42,065
Orkney Islands Council	12,536	19,807	19,807
Perth and Kinross Council	51,032	80,631	80,631
Renfrewshire Council	29,221	46,169	46,169
Scottish Borders Council	41,360	65,349	65,349
Shetland Islands Council	11,791	18,630	18,630
South Ayrshire Council	25,551	40,370	40,370
South Lanarkshire Council	31,326	49,496	49,496
Stirling Council	25,393	40,121	40,121
West Dunbartonshire Council	13,842	21,870	21,870
West Lothian Council	21,743	34,354	34,354
Total	1,250,000	1,975,000	1,975,000

Question reference: S3W-09382

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 19 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the Specialist Provision Programme - Centres of Excellence in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Funding was allocated to seven local authorities under the Centres of Excellence programme as follows:

Authority	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Aberdeen City	£753,000	£771,500	£792,300
East Ayrshire	£404,000	£269,400	£134,700
East Dunbartonshire	£715,000	£732,600	£752,400
City of Edinburgh	£646,000	£661,900	£679,800
Fife	£154,000	£102,700	£51,400
Glasgow City	£2,084,500	£2,010,600	£1,941,900
Highland	£389,500	£399,100	£409,900

Question reference: S3W-09373

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received to prevent delayed discharge in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Question reference: S3W-09244

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 February 2008

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

Question reference: S3W-09254

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive which body will be responsible for providing it with advice on the development of building regulations after the abolition of the Buildings Standards Advisory Committee.