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Question reference: S2W-30353

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total number of days spent in temporary accommodation by families with children under the age of 16 evicted from their home has been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S2W-30355

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent by each local authority on the temporary housing of families with children under the age of 16 evicted from their home in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-30272

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been spent by each local authority on the temporary housing of people evicted from their homes in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-30273

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many families with children under the age of 16 have been evicted from their homes in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-30269

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been housed in temporary accommodation in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

The Scottish Executive collectssnapshot data on the number of households placed in temporary accommodation underthe homeless persons legislation as at the end of each quarter. The following tableshows the numbers of households in temporary accommodation as at 31 March for 1999to 2006.

Households in Temporary Accommodationby Local Authority as at 31 March: 1999-2006

All Households	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006¹
Scotland	3,864	3,995	4,060	4,153	5,488	6,574	7,539	8,135
Aberdeen city	32	31	30	32	80	76	93	122
Aberdeenshire	79	96	83	74	101	144	164	194
Angus	25	35	42	35	43	53	76	..
Argyll and Bute	29	29	30	41	118	144	163	199
Clackmannanshire	34	39	36	55	72	101	114	108
Dumfries and Galloway	74	65	76	103	154	188	250	238
Dundee City	93	78	107	101	131	121	171	198
East Ayrshire	43	30	21	16	44	51	71	100
East Dunbartonshire	62	62	69	64	84	112	116	116
East Lothian	46	43	52	69	86	111	187	188
East Renfrewshire	10	12	11	9	18	24	31	25
Edinburgh, City of	238	251	305	358	397	510	525	557
Eilean Siar	8	6	2	7	15	20	41	48
Falkirk	28	37	50	57	149	156	175	192
Fife	173	192	202	216	282	352	330	369
Glasgow City	1,576	1,724	1,657	1,507	1,725	2,024	2,084	2,168
Highland	72	81	87	89	145	227	327	316
Inverclyde	16	10	23	34	80	99	97	97
Midlothian	35	30	38	21	84	14	154	131
Moray	36	15	25	30	36	56	64	101
North Ayrshire	54	72	51	132	202	291	384	..
North Lanarkshire	213	192	217	204	290	317	338	368
Orkney	28	28	33	21	35	38	48	60
Perth and Kinross	57	43	26	27	52	95	142	181
Renfrewshire	121	138	125	130	143	185	186	167
Scottish Borders, The	16	24	35	35	6	32	40	46
Shetland	71	76	74	59	69	83	96	119
South Ayrshire	157	161	152	137	122	159	172	212
South Lanarkshire	203	181	197	246	316	345	337	432
Stirling	89	93	76	72	88	88	113	139
West Dunbartonshire	16	23	20	34	112	158	242	215
West Lothian	130	98	108	138	209	200	208	269

Source: Scottish Executive HousingStatistics Branch, HL2 Summary Homeless Data Set, as at December 11, 2006.

Note: 1. Due to technical problems,Scotland totals include estimates for Angus and North Ayrshire based on previousdata.

Question reference: S2W-30274

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many families with children under the age of 16 have been housed in temporary accommodation in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

The Scottish Executivecollects snapshot data on the number of households placed in temporaryaccommodation under the homeless persons legislation as at the end ofeach quarter. Data on households with dependent children have been collectedsince March 2001. The following table shows the numbers of households withdependent children in temporary accommodation as at 31 March for 2001 to 2006.

Households with Children in TemporaryAccommodation by Local Authority as at 31 March: 2001-2006

Households with Dependent Children	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006¹
Scotland	1,438	1,329	1,618	2,031	2,373	2,798
Aberdeen City	13	9	5	6	12	12
Aberdeenshire	56	38	53	75	95	108
Angus	10	7	12	10	9	..
Argyll and Bute	9	10	21	23	57	58
Clackmannanshire	13	23	16	29	27	26
Dumfries and Galloway	26	22	43	41	67	61
Dundee City	50	48	64	65	84	105
East Ayrshire	10	5	10	17	20	27
East Dunbartonshire	53	41	47	60	68	67
East Lothian	42	40	40	48	82	97
East Renfrewshire	6	4	8	11	15	4
Edinburgh, City of	130	132	124	160	159	187
Eilean Siar	1	1	1	1	10	13
Falkirk	34	33	38	44	46	73
Fife	110	94	106	108	135	158
Glasgow City	298	263	374	539	610	739
Highland	54	51	47	63	113	104
Inverclyde	9	9	17	41	39	55
Midlothian	31	8	51	8	45	35
Moray	11	15	19	26	24	33
North Ayrshire	15	34	37	73	85	..
North Lanarkshire	65	59	76	100	111	152
Orkney	15	8	17	16	25	28
Perth and Kinross	13	10	15	35	46	63
Renfrewshire	58	55	64	74	55	65
Scottish Borders, The	14	14	2	8	6	14
Shetland	33	21	27	30	33	30
South Ayrshire	53	52	34	44	28	72
South Lanarkshire	92	103	135	145	136	132
Stirling	37	28	28	36	36	52
West Dunbartonshire	9	13	27	38	32	42
West Lothian	68	79	60	57	63	92

Source: Scottish Executive Housing Statistics Branch, HL2 Summary Homeless Data Set, as at December 11, 2006.

Note: 1. Due to technicalproblems, Scotland totals include estimates for Angus and NorthAyrshire based on previous data.

Question reference: S2W-30270

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total number of days spent in temporary accommodation by people evicted from their homes has been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S2W-30268

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been evicted from their homes in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Local authority data on evictionswere not collected before April 2001, and housing association data are not availableat local authority level prior to 2003-04. Data on evictions in the private sectorare not collected centrally.

The following table shows thenumber of evictions by local authorities (LA) and housing associations (HA) for2001-02 to 2005-06.

Evictions by Local Authorities(LA) and Housing Associations (HA): 2001-02 to 2005-06

	2001-02		2002-03		2003-04		2004-05		2005-06
	LA	HA	LA	LA	LA	HA	LA	HA	LA	HA
Scotland	1,257	435	1,133	464	947	597	961	656	986	547
Aberdeen City	13		12		31	38	7	18	13	6
Aberdeenshire	45		49		65	13	42	10	18	6
Angus	8		18		11	13	14	1	10	9
Argyll and Bute	38		37		20	2	22	7	29	1
Clackmannanshire	1		2		7	4	4	10	5	21
Dumfries and Galloway	23		39		na	52	na	44	na	32
Dundee City	82		81		78	46	77	10	51	23
East Ayrshire	65		67		82	9	89	8	110	5
East Dunbartonshire	11		13		12	3	11	0	17	10
East Lothian	12		15		9	2	13	6	7	5
East Renfrewshire	11		5		13	3	10	5	4	0
Edinburgh, City of	30		17		22	55	27	54	30	35
Eilean Siar	0		0		0	1	1	0	3	2
Falkirk	105		84		69	11	82	12	98	21
Fife	40		77		94	36	76	27	62	21
Glasgow City	54		114		na	162	na	272	na	215
Highland	53		30		42	8	26	20	32	11
Inverclyde	35		14		17	4	9	7	0	4
Midlothian	4		18		8	7	6	4	17	7
Moray	7		6		6	3	4	3	5	2
North Ayrshire	68		57		45	11	43	8	34	8
North Lanarkshire	194		121		96	31	119	15	138	13
Orkney	0		0		0	3	0	1	0	0
Perth and Kinross	33		20		30	8	13	2	10	3
Renfrewshire	127		91		72	11	97	25	132	16
Scottish Borders	17		13		na	13	na	40	na	43
Shetland	0		0		1	0	1	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	48		65		29	9	48	2	16	1
South Lanarkshire	83		37		58	6	47	12	64	10
Stirling	19		15		22	2	14	5	18	3
West Dunbartonshire	0		0		1	18	0	15	0	8
West Lothian	31		16		7	13	59	13	63	6

Source: Evictions returns submittedby local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department, AnalyticalServices Division, Housing Statistics, housing association data provided by CommunitiesScotland.

Note: Local authority data havebeen collected from April 2001 onward. Housing association data are not availableat local authority level prior to 2003-04.

Question reference: S2W-30271

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time spent in temporary accommodation by people evicted from their homes has been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S2W-30352

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 December 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on training nurses to specialise in treating colitis and Crohn’s disease since 1999.

The total funding,spent on training nurses specialising in Colitis and Crohn’s disease since 1999, is not known by the Scottish Executive.

The Executive doesnot directly manage the care of Colitis and Crohn’sdisease, or any other chronic illnesses. Services for long-term conditions are forNHS boards to plan and to fund from the unified budgets which are made availableto them from the Executive. NHS boards are responsible for planning services intheir area based on clinical need and for securing and training the staff neededto deliver them. The Scottish Executive hasno power to intervene in their decisions.