Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-09248

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 what revenue and capital costs were incurred by the Building Standards Advisory Committee in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

Question reference: S3W-09380

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 18 February 2008

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

The information requested is provided in the following table. Allocations were made to local authorities to support activities agreed jointly with local partners in the statutory and voluntary sectors. For 2006-07 and 2007-08, the fund was split between specific grant and grant aided expenditure (GAE). The table provides both elements.

Changing Children's Services Fund - Allocations To Local Authorities - 2005-08

Year	2005-06	2006-07	2006-07	2006-07	2007-08	2007-08	2007-08
Local Authority	Specific Grant Total (£)	Specific Grant (£)	GAE (£)	Total (£)	Specific Grant (£)	GAE (£)	Total (£)
Aberdeen City	2,038,000	1,550,000	482,000	2,032,000	936,000	1,125,000	2,061,000
Aberdeenshire	2,758,000	2,183,000	706,000	2,889,000	1,318,000	1,648,000	2,966,000
Angus	1,303,000	1,033,000	299,000	1,332,000	624,000	699,000	1,323,000
Argyll and Bute	1,161,000	942,000	270,000	1,212,000	569,000	629,000	1,198,000
Clackmannanshire	629,000	509,000	140,000	649,000	307,000	327,000	634,000
Dumfries and Galloway	1,986,000	1,525,000	438,000	1,963,000	921,000	1,022,000	1,943,000
Dundee City	2,204,000	1,548,000	408,000	1,956,000	935,000	953,000	1,888,000
East Ayrshire	1,639,000	1,263,000	348,000	1,611,000	763,000	812,000	1,575,000
East Dunbartonshire	886,000	724,000	234,000	958,000	437,000	546,000	983,000
East Lothian	1,035,000	819,000	251,000	1,070,000	495,000	585,000	1,080,000
East Renfrewshire	789,000	634,000	209,000	843,000	383,000	488,000	871,000
Edinburgh, City of	4,727,000	3,441,000	1,102,000	4,543,000	2,078,000	2,571,000	4,649,000
Eilean Siar	407,000	308,000	94,000	402,000	186,000	220,000	406,000
Falkirk	1,702,000	1,345,000	402,000	1,747,000	812,000	938,000	1,750,000
Fife	4,259,000	3,314,000	1,018,000	4,332,000	2,002,000	2,376,000	4,378,000
Glasgow City	10,438,000	7,650,000	2,268,000	9,918,000	4,620,000	5,293,000	9,913,000
Highland	2,927,000	2,322,000	685,000	3,007,000	1,402,000	1,598,000	3,000,000
Inverclyde	1,179,000	919,000	244,000	1,163,000	555,000	570,000	1,125,000
Midlothian	981,000	786,000	224,000	1,010,000	475,000	522,000	997,000
Moray	977,000	762,000	239,000	1,001,000	460,000	558,000	1,018,000
North Ayrshire	1,990,000	1,555,000	411,000	1,966,000	939,000	960,000	1,899,000
North Lanarkshire	4,306,000	3,494,000	1,038,000	4,532,000	2,110,000	2,423,000	4,533,000
Orkney Islands	279,000	206,000	67,000	273,000	125,000	156,000	281,000
Perth and Kinross	1,572,000	1,265,000	384,000	1,649,000	764,000	896,000	1,660,000
Renfrewshire	2,236,000	1,685,000	472,000	2,157,000	1,018,000	1,100,000	2,118,000
Scottish Borders	1,269,000	992,000	312,000	1,304,000	599,000	729,000	1,328,000
Shetland Islands	354,000	275,000	91,000	366,000	166,000	212,000	378,000
South Ayrshire	1,229,000	977,000	275,000	1,252,000	590,000	642,000	1,232,000
South Lanarkshire	3,680,000	2,950,000	881,000	3,831,000	1,782,000	2,056,000	3,838,000
Stirling	1,042,000	798,000	245,000	1,043,000	482,000	571,000	1,053,000
West Dunbartonshire	1,481,000	1,081,000	276,000	1,357,000	653,000	643,000	1,296,000
West Lothian	2,038,000	1,645,000	486,000	2,131,000	993,000	1,133,000	2,126,000
Total	65,500,000	50,500,000	15,000,000	65,500,000	30,500,000	35,000,000	65,500,000

Question reference: S3W-09390

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 February 2008

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

The amounts awarded to local authorities from the Demand Responsive Transport Grant Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review are set out in the following table.

Local Authority	2005-06 (£)	2006-07 (£)	2007-08 (£)	Total (£)
Aberdeen City	110,000	96,700	99,601	306,301
Aberdeenshire	0	50,000	51,500	101,500
Argyll and Bute	90,304	48,000	49,440	187,744
Dundee City	100,000	100,000	103,000	303,000
City of Edinburgh	145,000	145,000	149,350	439,350
Fife	177,519	177,500	182,825	537,844
Glasgow City	145,000	145,000	149,350	439,350
Highland	56,200	36,300	37,389	129,889
Total	824,023	798,500	822,455	2,444,978

Question reference: S3W-09374

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 18 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the National Accommodation Strategy for Sex Offenders in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The National Accommodation Strategy for Sex Offenders came into force on 2 April 2007 and grant funding was provided to local authorities in 2007-08 as set out as follows. No funding was provided in 2005-06 or 2006-07.

Local Authority	Grant
Aberdeen City	£61,715
Aberdeenshire	£63,570
Angus	£49,943
Argyll and Bute	£45,813
Clackmannanshire	£41,589
Dumfries and Galloway	£52,210
Dundee City	£57,620
East Ayrshire	£57,569
East Dunbartonshire	£48,322
East Lothian	£47,881
East Renfrewshire	£44,285
Edinburgh, City of	£117,446
Eilean Siar	£36,962
Falkirk	£58,393
Fife	£87,080
Glasgow City	£159,170
Highland	£70,316
Inverclyde	£44,363
Midlothian	£45,696
Moray	£48,640
North Ayrshire	£51,459
North Lanarkshire	£83,522
Orkney	£32,860
Perth and Kinross	£55,668
Renfrewshire	£62,704
Scottish Borders	£53,876
Shetland	£34,751
South Ayrshire	£47,328
South Lanarkshire	£83,034
Stirling	£46,244
West Dunbartonshire	£49,290
West Lothian	£60,681
Scotland	£1,900,000

Question reference: S3W-09383

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 18 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the Children’s Legal Representation Grant Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review.

The Children's Legal Representation Grant Scheme has operated since 2002. Its purpose is to reimburse local authorities the cost of legal representation of children at children's hearings. The scheme is budgeted for but is demand-led, i.e. payments are made in response to quarterly claims from local authorities. Claims from local authorities for the financial year 2007-08 are incomplete.

Payments Made Under the Children's Legal Representation Grant Scheme

Local Authority	2004-05 (£)	2005-06 (£)	2006-07 (£)
Aberdeen	8,278.22	11,845.40	10,701.39
Aberdeenshire	0.00	0.00	0.00
Angus	550.80	879.33	2,204.96
Argyll and Bute	2,526.14	1,169.50	1,847.02
Clackmannanshire	0.00	0.00	0.00
Dumfries and Galloway	880.32	2,489.31	2,977.86
Dundee	4,200.30	9,932.52	9,411.04
East Ayrshire	5,767.95	4,305.24	2,617.39
East Dunbartonshire	2,358.78	2,344.72	3,832.84
East Lothian	1,784.74	4,405.92	3,055.74
East Renfrewshire	1,007.75	384.95	693.60
Edinburgh	22,219.86	27,393.88	12,026.28
Falkirk	8,536.30	10,098.57	7,583.01
Fife	0.00	0.00	2,405.71
Glasgow	16,108.93	26,903.08	22,651.64
Highland	1,862.95	5,573.20	2,679.83
Inverclyde	458.53	1,110.07	1,317.15
Midlothian	4,261.30	9,129.01	4,659.44
Moray	859.00	1,017.59	2,056.35
North Ayrshire	3,312.59	6,154.08	7840.06
North Lanarkshire	733.00	1,725.13	1,639.23
Orkney	0.00	0.00	0.00
Perth and Kinross	0.00	0.00	0.00
Renfrewshire	3,290.76	2,359.21	4,099.94
Scottish Borders	0.00	2,203.43	0.00
Shetland	200.00	0.00	0.00
South Ayrshire	7,318.78	4,348.12	5,127.84
South Lanarkshire	6,123.36	5,516.69	2,922.26
Stirling	2,766.21	860.88	1,907.33
West Dunbartonshire	1,980.58	1,986.56	8,473.53
West Lothian	3,601.08	6,695.32	3,230.24
Western Isles	0.00	1,294.30	0.00
Totals	=SUM(ABOVE) 106,726.93	=SUM(ABOVE) 152,126.01	=SUM(ABOVE) 127,961.68

Question reference: S3W-09391

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 February 2008

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

The amounts allocated to local authorities under the Rural Public Passenger Transport Grant Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review are set out in the following table.

Local Authority	2005-06 (£000)	2006-07 (£000)	2007-08 (£000)
Aberdeenshire	572	594	726
Angus	216	223	223
Argyll and Bute	489	509	838
Clackmannanshire	59	59	59
Dumfries and Galloway	527	547	547
East Ayrshire	81	83	84
East Dunbartonshire	55	55	55
East Lothian	91	92	92
East Renfrewshire	54	54	54
Eilean Siar	513	533	547
Falkirk	80	82	82
Fife	158	163	163
Highland	1006	1047	1447
Inverclyde	51	51	51
Midlothian	70	71	71
Moray	170	175	175
North Ayrshire	106	109	109
North Lanarkshire	70	71	71
Orkney Islands	275	284	284
Perthshire and Kinross	285	295	322
Renfrewshire	58	58	58
Scottish Borders	276	285	356
Shetland Islands	216	223	350
South Ayrshire	135	139	139
South Lanarkshire	217	224	224
Stirling	139	143	143
West Dunbartonshire	55	55	55
West Lothian	76	76	76
Total	6,100	6,300	7,401

Question reference: S3W-09388

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 18 February 2008

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

Funding allocations were not calculated with specific reference to youth work services within Grant Aided Expenditure for these years. Whilst local government had flexibility to allocate other resources to this area, the specific amounts allocated to local government under the more general heading of Community Education, which would include youth work services, were as follows:

2005-06: £120.633 million

2006-07: £121.253 million

2007-08: £122.207 million.

Question reference: S3W-09367

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 14 February 2008

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

Police Capital Grant was paid directly to the eight police authorities in each year of the 2004 Spending Review as shown in the following table.

Police Capital Grant (£000)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Central Scotland Police	1,494	1,567	1,425
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary	899	921	765
Fife Constabulary	1,905	2,024	1,781
Grampian Police	2,234	3,123	2,705
Lothian and Borders Police	4,711	4,519	4,622
Northern Constabulary	2,772	1,787	1,485
Strathclyde Police	14,824	15,202	16,267
Tayside Police	2,576	2,272	1,995
Total	31,415	31,415	31,045

The amounts allocated to each force area in 2005-06 and 2006-07 were distributed according to the requirements for Airwave for each force with the remainder distributed by a formula agreed with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS). In 2007-08, the allocations were calculated by using the agreed formula.

In 2007-08 £370,000 was transferred from Police Capital Grant to the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) as part of the transfer of the costs for Forensic Science Services, as agreed with ACPOS.

Question reference: S3W-09395

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 February 2008

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

The following table shows howmuch was paid to the six local authorities eligible to receive funding from theCities Growth Fund in each year since 2005-06.

£000

Council	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	Total Paid
Aberdeen	7,226	5,369	3,296	15,891
Dundee City	3,315	3,698	9,409	16,422
City of Edinburgh	9,529	17,204	15,312	42,045
Glasgow City	14,094	22,487	24,820	61,401
Highland	280	1,609	2,649	4,538
Stirling	0	1,973	630	2,603
Total	34,444	52,340	56,116	142,900

Note: Funding allocations wereannounced at the outset for each eligible council but councils only drew down theirfunding as they incurred expenditure. As a result, the amounts paid are uneven overthe period shown.

Question reference: S3W-09394

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 February 2008

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

The first year (2005-06) of theSR04 Spending Review made provision for a Modernising Government Fund. This wasa means to support innovation in the public sector, to address policy prioritiesand particularly to support and promote ‘joined up’ working.

The Efficiency and Reform Fund(ERF) (a merger of the two separate funding streams of the Modernising GovernmentFund and Efficient Government Fund) promoted efficiency improvements across thepublic sector. The ERF began in 2006-07 and runs until March 2007-08. A breakdownof the amount each authority received for the three year funding period is detailed:

	Modernising Government Fund	Efficiency and Reform Fund	Efficiency and Reform Fund
Local Authority	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Aberdeen City	£765,750	£31,226	£150,000
Aberdeenshire	£491,750	£0	£150,000
Angus	£331,250	£0	£150,000
Argyll and Bute	£649,250	£0	£150,000
Clackmannanshire	£556,750	£350,000	£415,000
Dumfries and Galloway	£479,750	£0	£150,000
Dundee City	£562,750	£247,000	£415,000
East Ayrshire	£377,750	£56,296	£150,000
East Dunbartonshire	£249,750	£0	£150,000
East Lothian	£305,250	£0	£150,000
East Renfrewshire	£198,750	£0	£190,000
Edinburgh, City of	£603,750	£761,250	£750,000
Eilean Siar	£236,750	£0	£180,000
Falkirk	£572,750	£0	£150,000
Fife	£455,750	£13,017	£150,000
Glasgow City	£451,750	£798,371	£750,000
Highland	£374,750	£0	£150,000
Inverclyde	£411,750	£0	£150,000
Midlothian	£746,750	£0	£150,000
Moray	£608,750	£0	£470,000
North Ayrshire	£456,750	£0	£150,000
North Lanarkshire	£685,750	£0	£150,000
Orkney	£100,750	£90,723	£730,000
Perth and Kinross	£521,750	£0	£150,000
Renfrewshire	£402,750	£100,000	£4,650,000
Scottish Borders	£410,750	£0	£150,000
Shetland	£150,750	£125,000	£150,000
South Ayrshire	£153,750	£0	£150,000
South Lanarkshire	£539,750	£506,000	£1,884,000
Stirling	£488,750	£0	£1,105,000
West Dunbartonshire	£165,750	£17,257	£150,000
West Lothian	£249,750	£0	£400,000
Scotland	£13,758,500	£3,096,140	£14,939,000

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