The Scottish Parliament

Question reference: S3W-21688

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to encourage the installation of water meters in all new homes.

Question reference: S3W-21600

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities include two hours of PE per week in their single outcome agreements.

Of the 32 single outcome agreements (SOAs) agreed between Councils and the Scottish Government by 30 June 2008, six mention two hours PE. These are: Western Isles; Edinburgh; North Ayrshire; Angus; Clackmannanshire, and Dundee.

We are currently in the process of agreeing SOAs for 2009-10 with all 32 Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) but it would not be appropriate at this stage of the process to comment on specific areas of focus within individual agreements for each council. We aim to complete this process by 1 June 2009.

Question reference: S3W-21602

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent physical education is measured by HM Inspectorate of Education in (a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary schools.

Consideration of physical education is an integral part of inspections of all early years establishments, primary and secondary schools. Each inspection of a nursery focuses on children''s experiences in physical development and movement. Inspectors discuss the opportunities provided for physical development and movement and observe and evaluate those that take place during the inspection.

In each inspection of primary and secondary schools, inspectors sample some learning and teaching and discuss with senior staff the quality of learning experiences in physical education and progress towards the two hour target. This evidence is supported by comments and observations during the inspection. Inspectors use all of this evidence to make a professional judgement on the quality of physical education and on progress towards the target.

Question reference: S3W-21687

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to encourage consumers to reduce their use of water.

Scottish Water and Scottish Water Business Stream have a range of programmes which aim to encourage consumers to use water efficiently. These include raising awareness to reduce their use of water and building regulations guidance which provides advice on rainwater harvesting systems and the use of waterless closets.

At present the most cost-effective way of reducing water use is through leakage reduction - which is being vigorously pursued by Scottish Water.

Question reference: S3W-21599

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities provide two hours of PE per week to each child in primary and secondary school education.

We do not hold this information, but physical education is an integral part of all school inspections. HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) has been gathering data on the two hour target since October 2006 and inspecting physical education in every school it has inspected since session 2008-09. In every inspection, inspectors discuss the school''s provision for physical education and sample some learning and teaching. Over time, HMIE will build up insight into actual progress and therefore be in a position to report on this.

Question reference: S3W-21601

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when the target of two hours of PE per week for each school pupil per week will be achieved.

We are using the concordat with local government to take forward delivery of Scottish Government policies including the development and delivery of Curriculum for Excellence within which the two hours PE target is embedded.

I expect the final version of the Curriculum for Excellence experiences and outcomes to be published on 2 April 2009. This will allow time for schools to begin introducing the new curriculum from August this year with full implementation by August 2010.

Ultimately local authorities are responsible for delivery but there are already examples of local authorities which are making excellent progress. The Scottish Government is working with the Association of Directors of Education Scotland, local authorities and Learning and Teaching Scotland to promote good practice on this and other aspects of the new curriculum.

Question reference: S3W-21686

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-20693 by Shona Robison on 4 March 2009, how obesity services and support for children can be planned given that data are not available for NHS Grampian, the former NHS Greater Glasgow, NHS Highland, NHS Orkney and NHS Shetland.

National data on levels of childhood obesity are available from the Scottish Health Survey and new data will be available later in 2009. We have used data from the most recent Scottish Health Survey (2003) to determine the HEAT targets for each health board in delivery of behaviour change programmes for overweight children.

Although data is not available through the national Child Health School System (CHSP-School) in these NHS boards areas for height and weight in primary seven, the health boards should have their own systems for monitoring purposes.

It is a matter for NHS boards to use and develop appropriate data to allow them to deliver effective interventions.

Question reference: S3W-21630

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what reports it has received from the audit sub-committee of the board of the Care Commission, which was established to review its performance against published performance targets.

The Audit Committee of the Board of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission) does not report to the Scottish Government but to the full Board of the Care Commission.

The terms of reference of the Care Commission''s Audit Committee are, in summary, all matters relating to:

the internal control arrangements of the Care Commission;

the external and internal audit arrangements, and

overseeing risk management and business continuity planning arrangements.

Ministers and officials meet the Care Commission regularly to discuss performance, and the Care Commission''s Annual Report and Accounts are laid in the Scottish Parliament. The annual report for 2007-09 was laid on 14 November.

More information about the Audit Committee''s activities can be obtained from the Chief Executive of the Care Commission. Her contact details are:

Ms Jacquie Roberts

Chief Executive

Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care

Compass House

11 Riverside Drive

Dundee

DD14NY.

Question reference: S3W-21684

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive by how much each local authority increased its borrowing debt, including Housing Revenue Account debt, in each of the last 10 years.

The following tables show the year on-year change in total outstanding debt as at the end of each year from 1999 onwards for all local authorities in Scotland. This information is drawn from information provided by local authorities in their annual returns.

Over this period of time a number of councils have transferred their housing stock to private ownership and this has had a significant effect on the total debt outstanding. Two additional tables are therefore provided showing separately the change in General Fund (i.e. non-housing) debt, and the change in the Housing Revenue Account debt.

All values are shown in £000.

Change in Total Debt “ Year to 31 March

Local Authority (£000)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Aberdeen City	2,083	2,530	7,571	-1,656	-6,862
Aberdeenshire	4,796	2,621	-2,519	6,876	398
Angus	1,081	2,704	6,459	2,322	1,507
Argyll and Bute	3,147	-833	2,112	2,161	2,572
Clackmannanshire	2,946	1,362	1,920	1,657	178
Dumfries and Galloway	1,404	-413	3,660	2,490	-3,177
Dundee City	2,705	3,310	4,543	6,659	1,925
East Ayrshire	4,968	-2,983	1,434	3,553	-409
East Dunbartonshire	-1,268	-4,886	4,950	3,722	-1,877
East Lothian	2,727	-2,513	-780	2,082	-9,837
East Renfrewshire	3,598	-1,579	3,181	793	7,008
Edinburgh, City of	8,664	-8,766	22,953	-7,405	-23
Eilean Siar	1,049	2,644	9,289	4,031	-159
Falkirk	912	913	1,439	189	-2,620
Fife	3,270	4,045	20,848	2,931	8,193
Glasgow City	24,222	-29,131	39,298	18,079	-844,650
Highland	2,685	1,155	4,365	4,156	3,124
Inverclyde	5,164	-1,959	-257	2,171	2,842
Midlothian	-1,678	-1,007	1,435	-1,384	-2,341
Moray	4,119	2,259	4,276	816	2,552
North Ayrshire	433	-5,592	5,855	-2,510	10,451
North Lanarkshire	-17,651	-25,330	-6,574	-10,728	-24,223
Orkney Islands	1,188	237	2,516	3,794	3,657
Perth and Kinross	3,335	-521	4,568	3,984	-1,287
Renfrewshire	-5,694	-4,885	6,968	-4,210	-6,565
Scottish Borders	8,034	-870	6,494	-310	-61,601
Shetland islands	-402	-2,560	-1,574	240	-1,942
South Ayrshire	7,234	400	3,849	4,871	3,976
South Lanarkshire	-11,249	-21,170	225	-9,500	-15,573
Stirling	-623	2,442	9,720	-1,209	303
West Dunbartonshire	-2,156	-1,379	403	2,154	-1,461
West Lothian	-4,552	-2,875	-5,322	-11,445	1,241
Central Fire Board	991	681	-336	251	474
Dumfries and Galloway Fire Board	356	248	51	378	204
Fife Fire and Rescue	578	445	411	315	445
Grampian Fire	566	1,000	1,291	1,057	729
Highland and Island Fire	479	1,355	1,005	1,557	1,370
Lothian and Borders Fire	1,397	764	756	1,318	1,947
Strathclyde fire	2,418	2,133	2,070	2,762	3,292
Tayside fire	32	436	782	535	1,077
Central Police	172	-60	383	463	538
Dumfries and Galloway Police	371	291	341	155	396
Fife Police	245	123	345	-126	2,147
Grampian Police	-1,106	252	-1,797	-536	-340
Lothian and Borders Police	-189	-355	999	952	3,313
Northern Constabulary	5,003	830	-887	10	1,677
Strathclyde Police	347	3,149	1,618	2,408	2,531
Tayside Police	767	169	1,160	1,236	1,868
Tay Bridge	1,985	266	373	312	1,752
Strathclyde Passenger Transport	4,465	65,559	4,794	2,067	6,837
Total Debt	73,368	-15,344	176,664	44,488	-904,423

Local Authority (£000)	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Aberdeen City	-692	20,562	14,215	15,203	45,373
Aberdeenshire	-2,414	-222	-217	10,019	4,581
Angus	6,989	4,509	6,843	13,784	1,897
Argyll and Bute	-3,137	-2,699	5,631	-29,330	1,088
Clackmannanshire	356	3,314	5,500	9,846	8,647
Dumfries and Galloway	-87,334	-1,917	2,400	3,725	4,829
Dundee City	4,258	7,860	11,462	16,063	-3,544
East Ayrshire	2,021	-2,672	-6,482	5,128	20,496
East Dunbartonshire	-3,579	-2,129	-2,337	-859	-7,851
East Lothian	-14,148	-5,304	15,667	26,262	21,298
East Renfrewshire	4,657	3,451	4,526	-474	4,317
Edinburgh, City of	-4,012	-25,993	25,975	58,528	46,827
Eilean Siar	5,746	-3,786	4,275	-39,655	-1,376
Falkirk	-7,435	5,827	609	7,754	5,878
Fife	-8,519	-4,134	-936	33,633	8,322
Glasgow City	-10,675	10,261	-19,928	44,118	-1,618
Highland	-4,336	2,680	5,017	5,622	5,565
Inverclyde	4,484	-1,363	-3,287	-558	-46,694
Midlothian	-4,145	-3,124	1,281	5,963	20,503
Moray	1,615	3,535	-5,322	1,630	-3,291
North Ayrshire	-5,069	-13,369	7,793	6,149	5,335
North Lanarkshire	-19,254	1,079	23,132	-3,013	4,857
Orkney Islands	4,135	939	2,697	472	19
Perth and Kinross	1,848	5,599	-1,079	4,020	10,987
Renfrewshire	-7,403	-628	2,970	7,761	-18,754
Scottish Borders	3,515	6,051	1,080	3,709	6,781
Shetland islands	-1,265	-1,341	-2,206	-380	-2,234
South Ayrshire	884	1,797	2,316	837	3,681
South Lanarkshire	-16,591	-21,355	44,383	56,300	42,687
Stirling	-3,014	-742	1,617	6,935	-8,865
West Dunbartonshire	-3,114	4,545	5,731	3,544	287
West Lothian	-12,610	14,035	34,536	22,211	31,370
Central Fire Board	1,314	-590	-625	-669	-597
Dumfries and Galloway Fire Board	245	-404	-500	-516	0
Fife Fire and Rescue	385	-700	266	-761	0
Grampian Fire	675	-1,355	-1,177	-986	-767
Highland and Island Fire	2,339	-1,399	-1,549	-1,524	-1,511
Lothian and Borders Fire	819	-2,571	-2,826	-3,093	-3,384
Strathclyde fire	4,456	-6,778	250	-14,800	-7,740
Tayside fire	1,429	-1,211	-859	-965	-1,030
Central Police	6,963	-994	-1,022	-858	-636
Dumfries and Galloway Police	980	-287	-309	-331	0
Fife Police	2,625	-79	-1,253	-1,002	0
Grampian Police	0	-321	-550	-351	0
Lothian and Borders Police	4,793	-3,147	-3,111	-2,979	-306
Northern Constabulary	1,822	242	-1,140	-972	-941
Strathclyde Police	3,101	-8,110	-5,951	-4,381	-2,561
Tayside Police	1,992	-914	-937	-1,006	-1,125
Tay Bridge	1,582	-3,507	-250	2,256	-15,422
Strathclyde Passenger Transport	-2,135	-11,041	-12,920	-14,500	-15,000
Total Debt	-144,853	-37,900	153,399	247,509	160,378

Change in Non-Housing Debt Outstanding “ Year to 31 March

Local Authority (£000)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Aberdeen City	8,321	7,757	20,618	3,648	-2,266
Aberdeenshire	5,367	3,742	242	9,379	4,709
Angus	2,973	4,615	8,668	3,672	3,865
Argyll and Bute	4,601	659	3,346	2,906	6,160
Clackmannanshire	2,202	2,157	4,760	2,983	2,699
Dumfries and Galloway	3,131	2,666	6,557	6,106	2,119
Dundee City	5,150	2,500	3,584	5,848	1,355
East Ayrshire	7,121	-1,167	3,353	4,453	3,724
East Dunbartonshire	1,184	-2,828	6,351	5,677	3,709
East Lothian	6,370	1,020	4,740	7,256	-377
East Renfrewshire	3,710	-410	3,377	2,110	8,333
Edinburgh, City of	6,757	-10,752	25,460	-6,910	500
Eilean Siar	2,622	3,444	10,059	4,669	1,512
Falkirk	3,805	3,909	6,796	5,655	8,477
Fife	8,528	10,902	25,475	9,888	18,361
Glasgow City	70,954	-19,740	72,281	3,981	-20,159
Highland	9,531	9,667	12,568	9,261	12,787
Inverclyde	7,628	-648	2,589	3,403	5,045
Midlothian	-110	627	2,965	894	2,315
Moray	4,294	2,922	4,390	1,519	3,850
North Ayrshire	3,056	-1,953	9,424	1,575	12,874
North Lanarkshire	-1,379	-9,353	12,095	7,910	344
Orkney Islands	2,013	1,439	2,996	4,280	4,035
Perth and Kinross	3,856	2,424	6,562	7,618	3,245
Renfrewshire	64	-5,955	5,793	-2,439	-3,878
Scottish Borders	9,640	-238	7,990	645	2,711
Shetland islands	239	-239	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	7,035	1,535	3,699	5,506	6,399
South Lanarkshire	888	-6,483	12,872	3,109	3,123
Stirling	1,513	5,471	11,268	1,478	6,289
West Dunbartonshire	-2,203	-585	1,301	4,203	2,100
West Lothian	343	3,499	-160	-3,761	12,829
Central Fire Board	991	681	-336	251	474
Dumfries and Galloway Fire Board	356	248	51	378	204
Fife Fire and Rescue	578	445	411	315	445
Grampian Fire	566	1,000	1,291	1,057	729
Highland and Island Fire	479	1,355	1,005	1,557	1,370
Lothian and Borders Fire	1,397	764	756	1,318	1,947
Strathclyde fire	2,418	2,133	2,070	2,762	3,292
Tayside fire	32	436	782	535	1,077
Central Police	172	-60	383	463	538
Dumfries and Galloway Police	371	291	341	155	396
Fife Police	245	123	345	-126	2,147
Grampian Police	-1,106	252	-1,797	-536	-340
Lothian and Borders Police	-189	-355	999	952	3,313
Northern Constabulary	5,003	830	-887	10	1,677
Strathclyde Police	347	3,149	1,618	2,408	2,531
Tayside Police	767	169	1,160	1,236	1,868
Tay Bridge	1,985	266	373	312	1,752
Strathclyde Passenger Transport	4,465	65,559	4,794	2,067	6,837
Total non-Housing Debt	208,081	87,890	315,378	131,636	147,046

Local Authority (£000)	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Aberdeen City	3,334	18,417	9,011	3,028	26,313
Aberdeenshire	3	2,902	5,454	14,325	5,019
Angus	8,704	4,834	6,361	14,180	1,572
Argyll and Bute	1,927	180	7,589	6,423	1,088
Clackmannanshire	2,318	2,423	4,253	5,821	3,469
Dumfries and Galloway	3,215	-1,917	2,400	3,725	4,829
Dundee City	2,079	4,101	10,262	12,601	-3,263
East Ayrshire	6,247	2,874	2,026	6,794	15,886
East Dunbartonshire	573	395	-708	4,192	-7,833
East Lothian	-4,187	634	11,063	14,656	17,186
East Renfrewshire	5,620	4,150	3,726	258	3,029
Edinburgh, City of	-2,823	-23,699	15,585	46,027	34,234
Eilean Siar	6,778	-2,852	4,358	-2,299	-1,376
Falkirk	1,986	10,684	8,204	13,171	10,765
Fife	8,144	16,744	12,636	35,256	12,445
Glasgow City	-9,594	30,005	-19,928	44,118	-1,618
Highland	5,560	10,130	12,461	12,438	12,621
Inverclyde	9,148	340	4,756	3,187	21,668
Midlothian	1,815	1,847	65	417	-1,287
Moray	2,545	5,214	-1,522	3,679	-1,441
North Ayrshire	968	-6,778	10,155	5,282	7,989
North Lanarkshire	2,928	10,705	32,018	7,097	4,886
Orkney Islands	4,899	1,564	2,697	472	19
Perth and Kinross	8,185	10,330	2,655	6,836	6,149
Renfrewshire	-5,522	-5,454	-429	11,247	-216
Scottish Borders	3,542	6,080	1,151	3,874	6,781
Shetland islands	0	0	0	1,476	9
South Ayrshire	3,508	5,720	840	-877	1,718
South Lanarkshire	-781	-7,122	44,674	54,275	44,848
Stirling	1,061	4,623	4,409	4,962	-7,263
West Dunbartonshire	1,820	3,848	4,373	4,217	-1,629
West Lothian	-2,529	14,262	27,568	12,913	23,819
Central Fire Board	1,314	-590	-625	-669	-597
Dumfries and Galloway Fire Board	245	-404	-500	-516	0
Fife Fire and Rescue	385	-700	266	-761	0
Grampian Fire	675	-1,355	-1,177	-986	-767
Highland and Island Fire	2,339	-1,399	-1,549	-1,524	-1,511
Lothian and Borders Fire	819	-2,571	-2,826	-3,093	-3,384
Strathclyde fire	4,456	-6,778	250	-14,800	-7,740
Tayside fire	1,429	-1,211	-859	-965	-1,030
Central Police	6,963	-994	-1,022	-858	-636
Dumfries and Galloway Police	980	-287	-309	-331	0
Fife Police	2,625	-79	-1,253	-1,002	0
Grampian Police	0	-321	-550	-351	0
Lothian and Borders Police	4,793	-3,147	-3,111	-2,979	-306
Northern Constabulary	1,822	242	-1,140	-972	-941
Strathclyde Police	3,101	-8,110	-5,951	-4,381	-2,561
Tayside Police	1,992	-914	-937	-1,006	-1,125
Tay Bridge	1,582	-3,507	-250	2,256	-15,422
Strathclyde Passenger Transport	-2,135	-11,041	-12,920	-14,500	-15,000
Total non-Housing Debt	104,856	82,018	193,700	306,333	189,396

Change in Housing Revenue Account Debt “ Year to 31 March

Local Authority (£000)	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Aberdeen City	-6,238	-5,227	-13,047	-5,304	-4,596
Aberdeenshire	-571	-1,121	-2,761	-2,503	-4,311
Angus	-1,892	-1,911	-2,209	-1,350	-2,358
Argyll and Bute	-1,454	-1,492	-1,234	-745	-3,588
Clackmannanshire	744	-795	-2,840	-1,326	-2,521
Dumfries and Galloway	-1,727	-3,079	-2,897	-3,616	-5,296
Dundee City	-2,445	810	959	811	570
East Ayrshire	-2,153	-1,816	-1,919	-900	-4,133
East Dunbartonshire	-2,452	-2,058	-1,401	-1,955	-5,586
East Lothian	-3,643	-3,533	-5,520	-5,174	-9,460
East Renfrewshire	-112	-1,169	-196	-1,317	-1,325
Edinburgh, City of	1,907	1,986	-2,507	-495	-523
Eilean Siar	-1,573	-800	-770	-638	-1,671
Falkirk	-2,893	-2,996	-5,357	-5,466	-11,097
Fife	-5,258	-6,857	-4,627	-6,957	-10,168
Glasgow City	-46,732	-9,391	-32,983	14,098	-824,491
Highland	-6,846	-8,512	-8,203	-5,105	-9,663
Inverclyde	-2,464	-1,311	-2,846	-1,232	-2,203
Midlothian	-1,568	-1,634	-1,530	-2,278	-4,656
Moray	-175	-663	-114	-703	-1,298
North Ayrshire	-2,623	-3,639	-3,569	-4,085	-2,423
North Lanarkshire	-16,272	-15,977	-18,669	-18,638	-24,567
Orkney Islands	-825	-1,202	-480	-486	-378
Perth and Kinross	-521	-2,945	-1,994	-3,634	-4,532
Renfrewshire	-5,758	1,070	1,175	-1,771	-2,687
Scottish Borders	-1,606	-632	-1,496	-955	-64,312
Shetland islands	-641	-2,321	-1,574	240	-1,942
South Ayrshire	199	-1,135	150	-635	-2,423
South Lanarkshire	-12,137	-14,687	-12,647	-12,609	-18,696
Stirling	-2,136	-3,029	-1,548	-2,687	-5,986
West Dunbartonshire	47	-794	-898	-2,049	-3,561
West Lothian	-4,895	-6,374	-5,162	-7,684	-11,588
Total Housing Revenue Account Debt	-134,713	-103,234	-138,714	-87,148	-1,051,469

Local Authority (£000)	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Aberdeen City	-4,026	2,145	5,204	12,175	19,060
Aberdeenshire	-2,417	-3,124	-5,671	-4,306	-438
Angus	-1,715	-325	482	-396	325
Argyll and Bute	-5,064	-2,879	-1,958	-35,753	0
Clackmannanshire	-1,962	891	1,247	4,025	5,178
Dumfries and Galloway	-90,549	0	0	0	0
Dundee City	2,179	3,759	1,200	3,462	-281
East Ayrshire	-4,226	-5,546	-8,508	-1,666	4,610
East Dunbartonshire	-4,152	-2,524	-1,629	-5,051	-18
East Lothian	-9,961	-5,938	4,604	11,606	4,112
East Renfrewshire	-963	-699	800	-732	1,288
Edinburgh, City of	-1,189	-2,294	10,390	12,501	12,593
Eilean Siar	-1,032	-934	-83	-37,356	0
Falkirk	-9,421	-4,857	-7,595	-5,417	-4,887
Fife	-16,663	-20,878	-13,572	-1,623	-4,123
Glasgow City	-1,081	-19,744	0	0	0
Highland	-9,896	-7,450	-7,444	-6,816	-7,056
Inverclyde	-4,664	-1,703	-8,043	-3,745	-68,362
Midlothian	-5,960	-4,971	1,216	5,546	21,790
Moray	-930	-1,679	-3,800	-2,049	-1,850
North Ayrshire	-6,037	-6,591	-2,362	867	-2,654
North Lanarkshire	-22,182	-9,626	-8,886	-10,110	-29
Orkney Islands	-764	-625	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	-6,337	-4,731	-3,734	-2,816	4,838
Renfrewshire	-1,881	4,826	3,399	-3,486	-18,538
Scottish Borders	-27	-29	-71	-165	0
Shetland islands	-1,265	-1,341	-2,206	-1,856	-2,243
South Ayrshire	-2,624	-3,923	1,476	1,714	1,963
South Lanarkshire	-15,810	-14,233	-291	2,025	-2,161
Stirling	-4,075	-5,365	-2,792	1,973	-1,602
West Dunbartonshire	-4,934	697	1,358	-673	1,916
West Lothian	-10,081	-227	6,968	9,298	7,551
Total Housing Revenue Account Debt	-249,709	-119,918	-40,301	-58,824	-29,018

Question reference: S3W-21683

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has concerns about the level of local authority debt.

Legislation places local authorities under a duty to determine and keep under review the maximum amount it can afford to allocate to capital expenditure, and hence the amount of borrowing it will need to undertake, and requires that in doing so local authorities have regard to the Prudential Code.

The key elements of the Prudential Code are that expenditure plans must be affordable, prudent and sustainable, and that associated decisions are in accordance with good professional practice and are consistent with local strategic planning, asset management planning and proper option appraisal.

In 2007-08 the Scottish Government provided local authorities with £916.6 million of support for borrowing through the payment of loan charge support.

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