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Question reference: S1W-34693

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 March 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 25 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34130 by Ms Margaret Curran on 4 March 2003, whether it will publish the results of the review by Communities Scotland of financial procedures and practices in relation to the Social Inclusion Partnership Fund.

Question reference: S1W-34685

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 March 2003
Current Status: Answered by Des McNulty on 25 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34108 by Des McNulty on 26 February 2003, when a decision will be made on the wind farm public inquiry.

Question reference: S1W-32780

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 24 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tenants have benefited from the New Housing Partnership initiative through new or improved housing in each year of the partnership's existence.

The NHP challenge funding made available to councils in the 1998 and 1999 bidding rounds covered a wide range of projects. These were categorised as regeneration and development projects and transfer and feasibility projects.Some 9,600 new and improved units are expected to be delivered through approved regeneration and development projects. The number of new and improved units provided in each complete year to date is as follows.

1999-2000	920
2000-01	1,409
2001-02	1,379

These figures include both housing for rent and low cost home ownership. In addition, the whole stock transfers already completed in Glasgow and Scottish Borders, and likely to be completed shortly in Dumfries and Galloway, will generate investment in a further 100,000 homes.

Question reference: S1W-32779

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 24 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much private finance has been levered in during each year of the New Housing Partnership initiative.

The NHP challenge funding made available to councils in the 1998 and 1999 bidding rounds covered a wide range of projects. These were categorised as regeneration and development projects and transfer and feasibility projects.A total of some £175 million of private finance is expected to be generated by approved regeneration and development projects. The amount of private finance generated in each complete year to date is as follows.

	£ Million
1999-2000	11.036
2000-01	24.266
2001-02	29.65

It is estimated that a further £110 million of private finance will be generated in completing the approved regeneration and development projects. In addition, the whole stock transfers already completed in Glasgow and Scottish Borders, and likely to be completed shortly in Dumfries and Galloway, will generate private finance of around £1 billion.

Question reference: S1W-32778

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 24 March 2003

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.

The NHP challenge funding made available to councils in the 1998 and 1999 bidding rounds covered a wide range of projects. These were categorised as regeneration and development projects and transfer and feasibility projects. The information on resources earmarked for each council and the spend for each complete year to date is set out in the table.

Council	Total NHP Resources Earmarked	Outturn 1998-99	Outturn 1999-2000	Outturn 2000-01	Outturn 2001-02
Aberdeen City	1,213,228	143,000	202,000	390,020	446,208
Aberdeenshire	6,934,680	65,000	1,028,490	2,105,021	3,412,410
Argyll and Bute	270,000	0	95,000	0	0
Clackmannanshire	880,000	780,000	79,025	7,224	13,750
Comharlie nan Eilean Siar	898,005	21,000	52,405	122,250	134,600
Dumfries and Galloway	4,013,000	100,000	349,994	1,125,425	2,491,000
Dundee City	26,004,000	712,000	1,808,315	7,916,532	12,368,349
East Ayrshire	1,260,967	1,260,967	0	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	9,054,500	318,000	172,249	379,587	427,100
East Lothian	10,697,000	1,919,759	1,244,316	1,783,850	2,720,000
East Renfrewshire	125,000	25,000	16,862	80,000	0
City of Edinburgh	56,943,192	6,048,532	8,300,042	12,967,598	8,130,400
Falkirk	200,000	0	190,000	0	0
Fife	6,125,000	96,000	133,580	0	433,331
Glasgow City	85,023,000	6,880,000	7,989,000	11,318,289	18,652,900
Highland	8,045,855	916,000	1,347,990	2,994,058	2,256,533
Inverclyde	385,233	0	43,900	74,200	39,640
Midlothian	154,000	0	0	139,000	15,000
Moray	12,590,000	8,000	905,640	838,707	1,629,336
North Ayrshire	3,045,500	78,000	473,447	5,445	1,077,477
North Lanarkshire	12,586,000	4,525,429	4,503,630	2,238,375	1,261,400
Orkney Islands	563,000	0	99,500	0	67,046
Perth and Kinross	729,000	74,000	66,000	5,872	231,710
Renfrewshire	2,919,330	93,000	19,457	525,267	977,154
Scottish Borders	5,194,798	83,000	369,298	767,000	2,989,600
Shetland	1,127,000	200,000	104,792	147,251	441,257
South Ayrshire	197,000	0	121,113	75,886	0
South Lanarkshire	8,917,000	825,000	1,636,700	1,326,112	2,947,897
Stirling	9,058,000	4,000	1,572,212	2,935,461	1,411,091
West Dunbartonshire	115,000	11,000	0	70,000	0
West Lothian	11,179,500	2,087,000	2,143,000	1,585,678	2,487,037
Total	286,447,788	27,273,687	35,067,957	51,924,108	67,062,226

Question reference: S1W-34690

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 March 2003
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 24 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8569 by Nicol Stephen on 14 August 2000, what recent assessments it has made of the impact on its responsibilities of the World Trade Organisation.

The regulation of international trade is a reserved matter and as such the UK Government take the lead on this issue. However, the Scottish Executive maintains close contact with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other UK Government Departments on trade issues including assessing the potential impact of the WTO on its responsibilities.The Executive is currently working with DTI on the current WTO negotiations on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the UK position on the initial EC offer to ensure that Scottish interests are considered.

Question reference: S1W-34674

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 March 2003
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33067 on 21 January 2003, what it estimates the likely percentage change will be in school rolls by 2011 in (a) the South Lanarkshire Council area, (b) East Kilbride and (c) Hamilton.

Question reference: S1W-34688

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 March 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 20 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33598 by Ms Margaret Curran on 14 February 2003, whether the announcement on neighbourhood wardens will be made before dissolution of the Parliament.

Question reference: S1W-34131

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 5 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the administrative costs were of each social inclusion partnership in 2001-02.

Up to 2.5% of the Social Inclusion Partnership Fund allocation in any year may be used to meet administration costs incurred by the grant recipient. The amounts claimed in 2001-02 are shown in the following table:

SIP	Administrative Costs
Great Northern	£21,250
Argyle and Bute	0
Edinburgh North	£57,662
Edinburgh South	£26,118
Edinburgh Strategic Programme	£12,756
Edinburgh Youth SIP	£13,956
Edinburgh Craigmillar	£44,457
Alloa South and East	£23,407
Dundee Young Carers	£2,600
Dundee SIP1	£52,250
Dundee SIP2	£10,446
Dundee Xplore	£14,806
East Ayr Coalfields	£30,000
Tranent	0
Levern Valley	0
Falkirk	0
Fife	0
Fife Frae	0
Glasgow Smaller Area	£32,292
Glasgow Anti Racist	£14,499
Glasgow Big Step	£11,183
Glasgow Drumchapel	£49,154
Glasgow East End	£53,661
Glasgow Gorbals	£14,941
Glasgow Greater Easterhouse	£64,550
Glasgow Greater Govan	£17,315
Glasgow Greater Pollock	£55,089
Glasgow Milton	£18,262
Glasgow North	£55,992
Glasgow Routes Out	£6,629
Glasgow Springburn	£16,152
Highland Well-being	0
Inverclyde	£48,330
Moray Youthstart	0
North Ayrshire	£1,552
Motherwell North	£39,246
North Lanarkshire	£21,140
South Coatbridge	£18,235
GO - Perth	0
Renfrewshire - Paisley (incl. Ferguslie Park)	£86,725
Scottish Borders	£3,992
Girvan	0
North Ayr	£38,925
Blantyre/North Hamilton	£1,440
Cambuslang	£1,440
Stirling - SPUR	£11,815
West Dunbartonshire	£50,634
West Lothian	£3,010
Total	£1,045,911

Question reference: S1W-34132

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 5 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive which social inclusion partnerships (a) underspent and (b) overspent their budgets in 2001-02 and by how much in each case.

The Information requested is given in the following table:

SIP	Total Allocation¹	Total Expenditure²	Underspend
Aberdeen Great Northern	1,001,500	1,001,500	0
Argyll and Bute	493,547	465,866	27,681
Edinburgh North	2,551,403	2,525,408	25,995
Edinburgh South	1,228,669	1,170,503	58,166
Edinburgh Strategic Programme	589,250	574,746	14,504
Edinburgh Youth SIP	634,000	632,215	1,785
Edinburgh Craigmillar	1,916,500	1,894,163	22,337
Alloa South and East	1,174,500	1,148,003	26,497
Dundee Young Carers	164,000	130,421	33,579
Dundee SIP1	2,277,250	2,229,836	47,414
Dundee SIP2	477,850	442,236	35,614
Dundee Xplore	652,250	628,892	23,358
East Ayrshire Coalfields	1,496,000	1,492,309	3,691
Tranent	216,000	216,000	0
Levern Valley	524,443	482,766	41,677
Falkirk	645,600	645,600	0
Fife	700,500	666,720	33,780
Fife Frae	191,000	189,092	1,908
Glasgow Smaller Areas	1,878,125	1,502,708	375,417
Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance	843,250	696,492	146,758
Glasgow Big Step	650,443	646,321	4,122
Glasgow Drumchapel	2,858,726	2,642,466	216,260
Glasgow East End	3,120,850	3,070,534	50,316
Glasgow Gorbals	869,000	846,049	22,951
Glasgow Greater Easterhouse	3,754,850	3,729,402	25,448
Glasgow Greater Govan	1,006,981	993,938	13,043
Glasgow Greater Pollok	3,203,930	2,731,876	472,054
Glasgow Milton	1,062,125	737,485	324,640
Glasgow North	3,256,427	3,144,375	112,052
Glasgow Routes Out	385,552	337,406	48,146
Glasgow Springburn	939,425	884,378	55,047
Highland and Islands	950,500	905,744	44,756
Inverclyde	2,654,000	2,546,173	107,827
Moray Youthstart	507,000	485,065	21,935
North Ayrshire	802,675	692,104	110,571
Motherwell North	1,909,500	1,735,344	174,156
North Lanarkshire	964,325	866,752	97,573
South Coatbridge	853,000	758,558	94,442
GO - Perth	288,055	270,286	17,769
Ferguslie Park³	1,122,652	1,090,899	31,753
Paisley	2,985,154	2,707,953	277,201
Scottish Borders	312,000	310,824	1,176
Girvan	454,600	487,922	-33,322
North Ayr	1,708,500	1,965,165	-256,665
Blantyre/ North Hamilton	2,226,710	2,226,308	402
Cambuslang	691,350	682,162	9,188
Stirling	590,700	510,905	79,795
West Dunbartonshire	2,365,500	2,283,571	81,929
West Lothian	269,000	244,474	24,526
Total	62,419,167	59,269,915	3,149,252

Notes:1. Includes EYF adjustments (allocations carried forward from previous year).2. Expenditure incurred by grant recipient on behalf of the Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP). Overspends against budget (allocation) are not re-imbursed from the SIP programme.3. Allocation ring-fenced within the allocation to the Paisley SIP.