- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will now institute a public inquiry into the application to build a wind farm at Whitelee Forest, in light of Scottish Power's recent acknowledgement that it underestimated the amount of aggregate to be excavated from the site by over two million cubic metres and South Lanarkshire Council's request that concerns raised by objectors and consultees be investigated.
Answer
There are a number of mattersconcerning this application that remain to be resolved. This is likely to take sometime. If at the end of this process there are still issues that cannot be resolvedwithout a public inquiry, then a public inquiry will be put in place.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cubic metres of peat are now expected to be disturbed at the site of the proposed wind farm at Whitelee Forest following Scottish Power's identification of deeper and more extensive areas of peat within the site during further ground investigation.
Answer
The disturbance of peat is oneof a number of issues that remain to be considered prior to determination of theapplication by ministers. No decision will be made until these issues are resolvedor until it becomes clear that there is no solution available that meets the needsof all the parties involved.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will respond to calls by South Lanarkshire Council and East Renfrewshire Council, among others, for it to ensure that Scottish Power submits separate planning applications with accompanying environmental assessments for the 16 sites it proposes to quarry to provide three million cubic metres of aggregate for the proposed construction of a wind farm site at Whitelee Forest.
Answer
We are considering whether thesesites should be treated as ancillary to the development under s.36 of the ElectricityAct 1989 and will advise the councils and those other parties that have raised thismatter once a decision has been made.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much expenditure has been set aside for New Housing Partnership challenge funding and (a) what level of and (b) to whom such funding was distributed in each year for which it has been available.
Answer
The information on resources currently earmarked for each council and the spend for each complete year to date is set out in the table. It updates the information provided in the answer given to question S1W-32778 and takes into account changes in NHP allocations and reconciliations on outturn expenditure since then. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/sch/search.
| Local Authority | Total NHP Resources currently allocated/ earmarked | Outturn 1998-1999 | Outturn 1999-2000 | Outturn 2000-2001 | Outturn 2001-2002 | Outturn 2002-2003 |
| Aberdeen City | 1,181,228 | 143,000 | 202,000 | 390,020 | 446,208 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 6,934,680 | 65,000 | 1,028,490 | 2,105,021 | 3,412,410 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2,380,400 | 0 | 95,000 | 0 | 0 | 107,673 |
| Clackmannanshire | 880,000 | 780,000 | 79,025 | 7,224 | 13,750 | 0 |
| Comharlie nan Eilean Siar | 2,038,138 | 21,000 | 52,405 | 122,250 | 134,600 | 375,187 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4,983,816 | 100,000 | 349,994 | 1,125,425 | 2,491,000 | 799,300 |
| Dundee City | 26,348,784 | 712,000 | 1,808,315 | 7,916,532 | 12,368,349 | 2,525,242 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,260,967 | 1,260,967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 9,054,000 | 318,000 | 172,249 | 379,587 | 427,100 | 696,170 |
| East Lothian | 10,698,712 | 1,919,759 | 1,261,178 | 1,783,850 | 2,720,000 | 1,800,000 |
| East Renfrewshire | 125,000 | 25,000 | 0 | 80,000 | 0 | 0 |
| City of Edinburgh | 52,244,617 | 6,048,532 | 8,300,042 | 12,967,598 | 8,205,570 | 4,613,907 |
| Falkirk | 200,000 | 0 | 190,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 6,125,000 | 96,000 | 133,580 | 0 | 433,331 | 408,956 |
| Glasgow City | 80,950,317 | 6,982,320 | 8,088,535 | 11,457,192 | 18,225,848 | 24,405,154 |
| Highland | 8,038,975 | 916,000 | 1,347,990 | 2,994,058 | 2,256,533 | 524,394 |
| Inverclyde | 385,233 | 0 | 43,900 | 74,200 | 39,640 | 96,505 |
| Midlothian | 154,000 | 0 | 0 | 139,000 | 15,000 | 0 |
| Moray | 12,583,035 | 8,000 | 905,640 | 838,707 | 1,629,336 | 9,201,352 |
| North Ayrshire | 2,829,598 | 78,000 | 451,545 | 5,445 | 1,077,477 | 809,060 |
| North Lanarkshire | 12,566,834 | 4,525,429 | 4,495,630 | 2,238,375 | 1,261,400 | 46,000 |
| Orkney Islands | 166,546 | 0 | 99,500 | 0 | 67,046 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 688,275 | 74,000 | 66,000 | 5,872 | 231,710 | 310,693 |
| Renfrewshire | 2,947,696 | 93,000 | 19,457 | 525,267 | 977,154 | 1,016,318 |
| Scottish Borders | 5,500,535 | 83,000 | 369,298 | 767,000 | 2,989,600 | 650,343 |
| Shetland | 1,123,878 | 200,000 | 104,792 | 147,251 | 441,257 | 230,578 |
| South Ayrshire | 197,000 | 0 | 121,113 | 75,886 | 0 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 8,916,381 | 825,000 | 1,636,700 | 1,326,112 | 2,947,897 | 2,180,672 |
| Stirling | 9,058,861 | 4,000 | 1,572,212 | 2,635,461 | 1,411,091 | 1,547,141 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 81,000 | 11,000 | 0 | 70,000 | 0 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 11,179,500 | 2,087,000 | 2,143,000 | 1,585,678 | 2,487,037 | 1,834,989 |
| Total | 281,823,006 | 27,376,007 | 35,137,590 | 51,763,011 | 66,710,344 | 54,179,634 |
Note: The figures aboveinclude NHP resources allocated through Communities Scotland.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been allocated under the New Housing Partnership programme in each year since its inception; whether any changes have been made to these allocations and, if so, whether it will detail the changes made, and what underspend there has been in each year, all broken down by local authority.
Answer
Details of the allocations of resources to councils under the New Housing Partnership programme and underspends against those allocations in each year since its inception are set out in the tables. The figures in the following tables are not cumulative. Allocations are determined on an annual basis taking into account the outturn in previous years.
Table 1: Allocation of NHP Resources
| Council | NHP Final allocations in 1998-1999 | NHP Final allocations in 1999-2000 | NHP Final allocations in 2000-2001 | NHP Final allocations in 2001-2002 | NHP Final allocations in 2002-2003 | NHP Final allocations in 2003-2004 |
| Aberdeen City | 330,000 | 302,000 | 390,020 | 446,208 | 0 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 65,000 | 1,028,490 | 2,105,021 | 3,412,410 | 0 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 0 | 95,000 | 71,250 | 100,000 | 150,000 | 582,500 |
| Clackmannanshire | 780,000 | 100,000 | 21,000 | 13,750 | 0 | 0 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 56,000 | 116,000 | 167,000 | 134,600 | 566,750 | 717,461 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 100,000 | 350,000 | 1,125,425 | 2,576,048 | 799,300 | 118,097 |
| Dundee City | 3,275,000 | 7,081,000 | 8,288,250 | 12,448,349 | 2,615,242 | 1,093,680 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,260,967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 319,000 | 534,000 | 828,000 | 427,100 | 792,152 | 469,382 |
| East Lothian | 2,945,000 | 2,149,000 | 2,702,850 | 2,720,000 | 1,800,000 | 1,213,925 |
| East Renfrewshire | 25,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City of Edinburgh | 7,718,000 | 8,958,042 | 13,556,930 | 8,551,520 | 4,873,156 | 4,644,760 |
| Falkirk | 200,000 | 200,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 125,000 | 319,000 | 0 | 573,000 | 475,419 | 0 |
| Glasgow City | 8,915,000 | 8,215,000 | 14,954,289 | 22,988,000 | 27,466,504 | |
| Highland | 993,000 | 1,468,450 | 3,133,108 | 2,780,927 | 524,394 | 0 |
| Inverclyde | 33,000 | 129,000 | 98,333 | 210,000 | 194,493 | 0 |
| Midlothian | 0 | 31,000 | 154,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 20,000 | 912,640 | 937,000 | 1,629,336 | 9,201,382 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire | 82,000 | 639,000 | 542,056 | 1,817,553 | 809,060 | 41,507 |
| North Lanarkshire | 4,752,000 | 4,581,630 | 2,250,000 | 1,261,400 | 46,000 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 | 99,500 | 0 | 67,046 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 187,000 | 113,000 | 47,000 | 275,000 | 310,693 | 0 |
| Renfrewshire | 93,000 | 999,000 | 629,000 | 984,336 | 1,016,318 | 110,845 |
| Scottish Borders | 105,000 | 369,298 | 767,000 | 3,608,894 | 650,343 | 55,949 |
| Shetland | 200,000 | 451,000 | 219,000 | 442,000 | 230,828 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | | 140,000 | 75,886 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 750,000 | 1,706,000 | 2,465,000 | 4,280,000 | 2,180,672 | 0 |
| Stirling | 310,000 | 1,751,000 | 3,236,780 | 1,411,091 | 1,547,141 | 1,078,249 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 15,000 | 0 | 70,000 | 30,000 | 0 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 2,630,000 | 2,393,000 | 1,849,040 | 2,487,037 | 1,834,989 | 1,092,983 |
| Total | 3,705,000 | 45,331,050 | 60,783,238 | 75,690,605 | 58,084,836 | 2,379,533 |
Table 2: Underspend Against Allocation of NHP Resources
| Council | Underspend in 1998-99 | Underspend in 1999-00 | Underspend in 2000-01 | Underspend in 2001-02 | Underspend in 2002-03 |
| Aberdeen City | 187,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 0 | 856,000 | 71,250 | 100,000 | 42,327 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0 | 20,975 | 13,776 | 0 | 0 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 35,000 | 63,595 | 44,750 | 0 | 191,563 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 6 | 0 | 85,048 | 0 |
| Dundee City | 2,563,000 | 5,272,685 | 371,718 | 80,000 | 90,000 |
| East Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,000 | 361,751 | 448,413 | 0 | 95,982 |
| East Lothian | 1,025,241 | 887,822 | 919,000 | 0 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 0 | 100,000 | 20,000 | 0 | 0 |
| City of Edinburgh | | | | | |
| Falkirk | 200,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 29,000 | 185,420 | 0 | 139,669 | 66,463 |
| Glasgow City | | | | | |
| Highland | 77,000 | 120,460 | 139,050 | 524,394 | 0 |
| Inverclyde | 33,000 | 85,100 | 24,133 | 170,360 | 97,988 |
| Midlothian | 0 | 31,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 12,000 | 7,000 | 98,293 | 0 | 30 |
| North Ayrshire | 4,000 | 187,455 | 536,611 | 740,076 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 226,571 | 86,000 | 11,625 | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 113,000 | 47,000 | 41,128 | 43,290 | 0 |
| Renfrewshire | 0 | 979,543 | 103,733 | 7,182 | 0 |
| Scottish Borders | 22,000 | 0 | 0 | 619,294 | 0 |
| Shetland | 0 | 346,208 | 71,749 | 743 | 250 |
| South Ayrshire | 0 | 18,887 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire | -75,000 | 69,300 | 1,138,888 | 1,332,103 | 0 |
| Stirling | 306,000 | 178,788 | 601,319 | 0 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 4,000 | 0 | 0 | 30,000 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 543,000 | 250,000 | 263,362 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1,265,571 | 2,406,741 | 3,044,891 | 3,467,442 | 98,268 |
Note: The figures in the Tables include NHP resources allocated through Communities Scotland.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Answer
Scottish Planning Policy 1:The Planning System sets out the role of the European Convention on HumanRights within the planning system. The Executive undertook a review of existingplanning legislation from the perspective of the European Convention on HumanRights in 1999. We concluded that the current planning system with its inbuiltchecks and safeguards is compatible with the Convention. The Scottish Executive issued guidance on the Human Rights Act 1998 and ECHR to all publicauthorities, including planning authorities in January 2000. However, we keepunder review the need to amend existing law and procedures (whether in theplanning field or elsewhere) to comply with the Convention.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4807 by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004, whether it will publish the mean along with the median figures in each future release of waiting list statistics.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to the question S2W-4812 on 19 January 2004 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_waISD Scotland have no plansto include an arithmetic mean of waiting times on their website, ScottishHealth Statistics.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 27 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers social work departments have to assist children and families from whom welfare benefits are withdrawn under clause 7 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Bill.
Answer
If as a result of asylumsupport being withdrawn, a local authority considered that any child concernedwas one in need or one for whom accommodation should be provided under section25 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, then it could exercise its powers inthe usual way.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S2W-3857.
Answer
Question S2W-3857 wasanswered on 17 February 2004.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 27 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the results of its research into right to buy sales and resales.
Answer
The Scottish Executive hasnot yet commissioned further research into right to buy sales and re-sales. Thisis being considered in line with the requirement to assess the impact of theright to buy, as required by section 52 of the Housing (Scotland)Act 2001.
