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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-27830

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what rate of interest will be charged on loans from the £50 million lending facility from the European Investment Bank.

The rate of interest to be charged will only be known when the loan agreement between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and The Housing Finance Corporation is finalised. Because the EIB is AAA-rated, it is able to source funds from the international capital markets at competitive rates otherwise only available to sovereign states. One of the conditions of EIB funding is that the same rate is charged by The Housing Finance Corporation when it subsequently lends the money on to individual housing associations.

Question reference: S3W-27828

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, in its announcement on 28 September 2009 regarding loans from the European Investment Bank, what is meant by “new affordable private home developments”.

Question reference: S3W-27831

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the £50 million lending facility from the European Investment Bank will be available for social rented housing.

Question reference: S3W-27829

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the timeframe is for access to the £50 million lending facility from the European Investment Bank.

Scottish housing associations are expected to be able to access the £50 million of European money from The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) from around December 2009. This depends on completion of the formal loan agreement between THFC and the European Investment Bank, and on housing associations which have applied for a share of the money successfully getting through THFC''s credit appraisal. Both processes are currently underway.

Question reference: S3W-27832

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Housing Finance Corporation will charge fees for handling loans from the £50 million lending facility from the European Investment Bank.

Question reference: S3W-27708

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many householders benefited from Stage Three of the Energy Assistance Package in each local authority area during April to July 2009.

Question reference: S3W-27707

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many householders benefited from Stage Two of the Energy Assistance Package in each local authority area during April to July 2009.

The number of applicants between 6 April and 31 August 2009 who have been referred for different types of help under the Energy Assistance Package within each local authority are shown in the following table. It is expected that the number of applicants will increase during autumn and winter and in response to marketing activity, including the television advertisement campaign launched on 18 September.

Information on the household characteristics of all those who apply to the Energy Assistance Package is not available. Those applicants that are referred for Stage 4 will be required to provide details of age and receipt of qualifying benefits to establish their eligibility for measures at Stage 4, but this information will not be held for all applicants to other stages of the package.

	Energy Saving Advice Provided	Income Maximisation Referral	Tariff Check Signposting	Stage 3 Referral	Stage 4 Referral
Aberdeen City Council	298	34	88	27	38
Aberdeenshire Council	499	36	84	95	90
Angus Council	328	33	94	74	50
Argyll and Bute Council	222	21	66	69	62
Clackmannanshire Council	127	31	40	26	8
Dumfries and Galloway Council	599	123	113	193	193
Dundee City Council	368	39	120	46	82
East Ayrshire Council	386	78	85	76	51
East Dunbartonshire Council	323	66	117	97	39
East Lothian Council	212	62	65	35	24
East Renfrewshire Council	391	91	112	106	34
Falkirk Council	566	168	218	105	57
Fife Council	1,323	349	392	169	117
Glasgow City Council	1,188	301	494	228	170
Highland Council	696	78	183	188	100
Inverclyde Council	302	67	102	55	38
Midlothian Council	232	66	78	39	17
North Ayrshire Council	437	114	109	103	62
North Lanarkshire Council	863	258	338	204	113
Orkney Islands Council	95	7	13	7	13
Perth and Kinross Council	391	38	87	109	62
Renfrewshire Council	536	149	212	136	66
Scottish Borders Council	343	91	76	50	55
Shetland Island Council	21	7	5	3	7
South Ayrshire Council	462	96	75	141	74
South Lanarkshire Council	960	245	374	221	146
Stirling Council	338	84	135	74	36
The City of Edinburgh Council	962	201	239	144	109
The Moray Council	227	22	40	57	41
West Dunbartonshire Council	214	64	87	46	25
West Lothian Council	423	100	153	82	23
Western Isles Islands Council	94	20	29	25	24
Total	14,431	3,139	4,426	3,031	2,026

Question reference: S3W-27711

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many householders aged 60 or over and receiving a qualifying benefit benefited from the Energy Assistance Package in each local authority area during April to July 2009.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27707 on 8 October 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The information on households benefiting from the Energy Assistance Package is not broken down by household characteristics and local authority.

Question reference: S3W-27712

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many householders with a child under five and receiving a qualifying benefit benefited from the Energy Assistance Package in each local authority area during April to July 2009.

The information on households benefiting from the Energy Assistance Package is not broken down by household characteristics and local authority.

Question reference: S3W-27709

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many householders benefited from Stage Four of the Energy Assistance Package in each local authority area during April to July 2009.