- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many requests for information it has received under the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information.
Answer
Details of the number of requests received under the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information during the period 1 July to 31 December 1999 were provided in my answer to question S1W-5908. I have today placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre a monitoring report on the operation of the code for the calendar year 2000. This report will also be placed on the Scottish Executive website.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 14 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the substantive answer to question S1W-13110 will be given prior to the Stage 1 debate on the Housing (Scotland) Bill on 14 March 2001.
Answer
This question was answered on 6 March 2001.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 12 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money it has allocated to the Empty Homes Initiative to date and how much of this has been spent, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The table shows how much money has been allocated to local authorities for projects under the Empty Homes Initiative to 31 March 2002 and how much of this had been drawn down as at 31 January 2001, broken down by local authority area.
| Local Authority | Award £ | Grant Draw Down £ |
| Aberdeen City | 561,610 | 30,093 |
| Aberdeenshire | 815,066 | 702,107 |
| Angus | 374,000 | 164,497 |
| Argyll & Bute | 354,702 | 41,301 |
| City of Edinburgh | 3,107,030 | 1,698,864 |
| Clackmannanshire | 179,702 | - |
| Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | 273,151 | 253,195 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 285,000 | 170,105 |
| Dundee City | 376,527 | 30,027 |
| East Ayrshire | 856,120 | 224,640 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 36,302 | 36,302 |
| East Lothian | 102,000 | 22,759 |
| East Renfrewshire | 77,092 | 77,092 |
| Falkirk | 841,250 | 532,149 |
| Fife | 916,842 | 346,341 |
| Glasgow | 5,000,796 | 3,450,049 |
| Highland | 1,220,081 | 918,909 |
| Inverclyde | 346,421 | 21,174 |
| Moray | 484,500 | 224,650 |
| North Ayrshire | 141,300 | 141,300 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1,377,220 | 871,027 |
| Orkney Islands | 36,000 | 14,384 |
| Perth & Kinross | 208,775 | 20,000 |
| Renfrewshire | 291,109 | 203,024 |
| Scottish Borders | 1,352,632 | 1,003,449 |
| Shetland Islands | 307,800 | 180,506 |
| South Ayrshire | 774,877 | 528,053 |
| South Lanarkshire | 668,470 | 263,470 |
| Stirling | 740,000 | 210,000 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 556,292 | 380,722 |
| West Lothian | 1,380,000 | 916,749 |
| Total | 24,042,667 | 13,676,938 |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 12 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties in Scotland have been purchased for social renting under the Empty Homes Initiative, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The table shows the number of properties the Empty Homes Initiative has helped bring back into use for social rent to date since its inception in 1997, broken down by local authority area. The table excludes 86 properties the initiative has brought back into use for Low Cost Home Ownership.
| Local Authority | Properties Provided for social rent |
| Aberdeen City | 0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 19 |
| Angus | 6 |
| Argyll & Bute | 3 |
| City of Edinburgh | 101 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0 |
| Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | 6 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 5 |
| Dundee City | 0 |
| East Ayrshire | 7 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0 |
| East Lothian | 5 |
| East Renfrewshire | 3 |
| Falkirk | 56 |
| Fife | 4 |
| Glasgow | 176 |
| Highland | 47 |
| Inverclyde | 0 |
| Midlothian | 0 |
| Moray | 10 |
| North Ayrshire | 8 |
| North Lanarkshire | 25 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 |
| Perth & Kinross | 0 |
| Renfrewshire | 0 |
| Scottish Borders | 50 |
| Shetland Islands | 13 |
| South Ayrshire | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 2 |
| Stirling | 10 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 12 |
| West Lothian | 67 |
| Total | 635 |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a Tenement Law Bill and, if so, when.
Answer
The Scottish Law Commission published its Report on the Law of the Tenement (Scot Law Com No 162) in 1998. Following the publication of the subsequent Report on Real Burdens (Scot Law Com No 181) in October 2000, the Executive asked the Commission to update its recommendations on the law of the tenement to take account of its subsequent work on real burdens and title conditions. This is because the management of tenements is governed by rules and conditions set out as rights and real burdens in the relevant title deeds. The modernisation and simplification of the law on real burdens will rationalise the application and enforcement of burdens on all property, including tenements. Reforming the law relating to real burdens and title conditions first will mean that reform of the law of the tenement should be more straightforward. A Tenement (Scotland) Bill will therefore be introduced after enactment of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill when an opportunity arises in the legislative programme.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to address any problems of stress and low staff morale at the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
Answer
SQA's statement of how it intends to implement the recommendations of the Deloitte and Touche report (available from the Parliament's Reference Centre, bib. no. 9778) sets out a number of actions which are intended to address the problem of low morale. These include a review of working practices and procedures, organisational restructuring and the deployment and recruitment of additional staff.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what its definition of "successful balanced communities" is as referred to in paragraph 2 of the Policy Memorandum to the Housing (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
In that particular context, neighbourhoods with a mix of good-quality affordable housing options, in which local people want to live, work and spend their leisure time.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 6 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights are for rating valuation appeals.
Answer
The Executive has considered the compatibility of the current arrangements in respect of valuation appeals as presently contained in the Valuation Appeal Committee (Procedures in Appeals under the Valuation Acts) (Scotland) Regulations 1995, and the Valuation Appeal Panels and Committees (Scotland) Regulations 1996, and is satisfied that they are compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12907 by Mr Jim Wallace on 13 February 2001, how many mortgage repossession orders were made in each court district in 2000 where the order was served on an owner who had purchased the property under the Right to Buy scheme, broken down in respect of domestic properties formerly owned by (i) local authorities, (ii) Scottish Homes and (iii) housing associations.
Answer
The information requested is not available. Data is collected with respect to the number of repossession orders granted by the courts. Specific information is not available in respect of the number of repossession orders where the order was served on an owner who had purchased the property under the Right to Buy Scheme.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive why question S1W-10428 lodged on 13 October 2000 has not yet received a substantive answer.
Answer
Question S1W-10428 was answered on 1 March 2001.
