- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty's Government in regard to an inquiry into the flooding and subsequent closure of Longannet coal mine.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including Longannet coal mine.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to hold an inquiry into the environmental and economic impact of the flooding and subsequent closure of Longannet coal mine.
Answer
We have no such plans. Our current priority is to provide support and assistance for those facing redundancy.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision it made for non-wage related inflationary cost elements in the 2002-03 local government finance settlement and what provision it intends to make for this in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.
Answer
Allowance is included with the local government settlement totals for 2002-03 and 2003-04 towards general local authority pay and price inflation, but the inflation element is not identified separately. Allocations for 2004-05 have not yet been set.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-13080 and S1W-19055 by Susan Deacon on 17 April 2001 and 23 November 2001 respectively, what progress has been made to achieve the target of ending mixed sex hospital wards by April 2002.
Answer
Very substantial progress has been made towards achieving the target of ending mixed sex hospital wards. At present, of the 1,629 wards in Scotland, 1,559 are fully compliant. This represents 96% compliance and 4% non-compliance. Of the 70 non-compliant wards, 22 will be fully compliant by May 2002, bringing the total to 97%. We shall ensure that the rest are compliant in the shortest possible time. In the meantime, trusts have also been required to agree with their local health council a local policy to ensure that the dignity and privacy of patients is respected at all times in non-compliant wards.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the need for capital investment in the infrastructure for which local authorities are responsible.
Answer
It is for local authorities to assess the need for investment in the local infrastructure. The Executive allocates resources available for local authority capital investment on the basis of a formula that measures the relative need for investment in schools, roads etc.The Single Allocations are increasing by 40% over the current Spending Review period.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assumption it made of the efficiency savings each local authority will make, expressed as a percentage of their total budget, when calculating their grant aided expenditure allocations for (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05.
Answer
No specific assumption is made for efficiency savings within the settlement calculations.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment was made of each local authority grant aided expenditure requirements for roads maintenance in each year since 1995-96.
Answer
Details of the grant aided expenditure assessments for each local authority for the years 1995-96 to 2001-02 are set out in Grant Aided Expenditure (the
Green Book) for each year, which are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre with Bib. numbers as follows:
| Year | Bib. number |
| 1995-96 | 8 453 |
| 1996-97 | 8 454 |
| 1997-98 | 8 455 |
| 1998-99 | 8 140 |
| 1999-2000 | 3 274 |
| 2000-01 | 7 912 |
| 2001-02 | 12 261 |
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total capital allocations made to each local authority is in the current financial year and what the allocations will be in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.
Answer
The total non-housing allocations awarded to each authority to date for the current year and 2003-04 are given in the following table. No capital allocations have been made beyond 2003-04.Housing allocations are determined on an annual basis. Allocations for 2002-03 are set out in the tables.
| Total Non-Housing Capital Allocations* |
| Council | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Aberdeen City | 11,753 | 11,618 |
| Aberdeenshire | 10,891 | 12,149 |
| Angus | 6,845 | 7,713 |
| Argyll & Bute | 16,491 | 14,956 |
| Clackmannanshire | 3,564 | 3,937 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 12,771 | 12,693 |
| Dundee City | 10,907 | 11,304 |
| East Ayrshire | 7,793 | 8,543 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 10,256 | 6,581 |
| East Lothian | 6,050 | 6,279 |
| East Renfrewshire | 5,306 | 5,901 |
| Edinburgh City | 26,456 | 31,387 |
| Eilean Siar | 13,848 | 13,371 |
| Falkirk | 8,975 | 9,824 |
| Fife | 20,752 | 21,604 |
| Glasgow City | 41,611 | 44,485 |
| Highland | 21,926 | 24,459 |
| Inverclyde | 9,101 | 9,936 |
| Midlothian | 6,170 | 6,214 |
| Moray | 5,450 | 6,048 |
| North Ayrshire | 9,695 | 10,651 |
| North Lanarkshire | 16,460 | 17,852 |
| Orkney Islands | 5,523 | 5,984 |
| Perth & Kinross | 10,096 | 11,666 |
| Renfrewshire | 11,617 | 11,150 |
| Scottish Borders | 9,292 | 10,428 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 7,695 | 7,610 |
| South Lanarkshire | 16,999 | 18,587 |
| Stirling | 8,466 | 7,442 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 5,621 | 6,588 |
| West Lothian | 9,835 | 10,325 |
| SPTA | 10,699 | 11,823 |
| Tay Road Bridge Joint Board | 2,307 | 2,255 |
| Scotland | 381,221 | 401,363 |
Note:*Table excludes allocations for Air Quality Monitoring, Flood prevention (part), Public Transport Fund (2003-04 round), Piers and Harbours and Contaminated Land (2003-04).
| HRA Housing 2002-03(Council) | Allocations(£000) |
| Aberdeen City | 5,293 |
| Aberdeenshire | 4,495 |
| Angus | 1,536 |
| Argyll & Bute | 1,607 |
| Clackmannanshire | 1,597 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 2,1251 |
| Dundee City | 8,436 |
| East Ayrshire | 3,489 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 2,388 |
| East Lothian | 2,510 |
| East Renfrewshire | 964 |
| Edinburgh City | 14,916 |
| Eilean Siar | 1,701 |
| Falkirk | 5,369 |
| Fife | 7,007 |
| Glasgow City | 22,0001 |
| Highland | 7,230 |
| Inverclyde | 3,965 |
| Midlothian | 2,122 |
| Moray | 1,848 |
| North Ayrshire | 2,953 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1,2330 |
| Orkney Islands | 2,24 |
| Perth & Kinross | 2,108 |
| Renfrewshire | 8,565 |
| Scottish Borders | 4001 |
| Shetland | 1,0001 |
| South Ayrshire | 2,906 |
| South Lanarkshire | 5,858 |
| Stirling | 3,048 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 5,657 |
| West Lothian | 2,097 |
| Scotland | 147,744 |
Note:1. Reduced allocations due to expected housing stock transfer during 2002-03 (subject to tenant ballot). Supplementary allocations will be made available later in the year, to cover the period to the actual date of transfer.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the funding each local authority will require to pay from revenue budgets to fund Public/Private/Partnership Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes in the current financial year.
Answer
The estimated payments under PFI contracts for local authority signed deals is £113.2 million for the current financial year, which represents 1.5% of the total expenditure provided to local authorities in 2001-02 from the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what challenge funding has been made available to each local authority in the current financial year and what funding was allocated in each of the past five years.
Answer
The main challenge funds in the past five years have been the Central Challenge Fund, the Transport Challenge Fund and the Public Transport Fund. Level Playing Field Support for Public/Private Partnership projects was also awarded on a competitive basis. Information on these awards is given in the following tables. Central Challenge Fund Awards 1997-2002
| Council | 1997-98(£000) | 1998-99(£000) | 1999-2000(£000) | 2000-01(£000) | 2001-02(£000) |
| Angus/Aberdeenshire | 3,000 | 2,400 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Angus | 1,500 | 622 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0 | 310 | 210 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 700 | 1,175 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,400 | 1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 300 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh City | 4,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 |
| Eilean Siar | 800 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow City | 400 | 1,250 | 2,650 | 400 | 0 |
| Moray | 100 | 700 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 500 | 1,000 | 2,300 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 0 | 3,700 | 5,300 | 5,300 | 4,000 |
| South Ayrshire | 375 | 503 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 127 | 173 | 158 | 0 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 1,646 | 1,898 | 1,888 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 15,033 | 17,681 | 16,456 | 5,700 | 4,000 |
Note:The table does not take account of subsequent re-profiling of awards.Transport Challenge Fund/Public Transport Fund Awards 1997-2002
| Council | 1997-98Transport Challenge Fund(£000) | 1998-99Transport Challenge Fund(£000) | 1999-2000Public Transport Fund(£000) | 2000-01Public Transport Fund(£000) | 2001-02Public Transport Fund(£000) |
| Aberdeen City | 0 | 2,400 | 3,900 | 2,800 | 2,500 |
| Aberdeenshire | 0 | 0 | 300 | 960 | 851 |
| Angus | 1,000 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 3,000 | 3,000 | 0 | 3,000 | 1,750 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 2,780 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 400 | 320 | 2,008 |
| Dundee | 0 | 0 | 475 | 250 | 835 |
| East Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 590 | 420 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| East Lothian | 0 | 0 | 75 | 370 | 436 |
| East Renfrewshire | 0 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 467 | 450 |
| Edinburgh City | 4,000 | 7,200 | 4,250 | 5,050 | 7,982 |
| Eilean Siar | 0 | 0 | 900 | 2,000 | 1,200 |
| Falkirk | 0 | 500 | 2,730 | 365 | 1,700 |
| Fife | 0 | 900 | 1,800 | 250 | 3,493 |
| Glasgow City | 0 | 0 | 1,300 | 3,200 | 4,220 |
| Highland | 3,000 | 3,000 | 265 | 0 | 1,727 |
| Inverclyde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Midlothian | 0 | 1,000 | 700 | 1,302 | 300 |
| North Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| North Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,260 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 323 | 600 |
| Perth and Kinross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 423 | 1,175 |
| Renfrewshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 650 | 268 |
| Scottish Borders | 4,000 | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 975 |
| South Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 1,850 |
| South Lanarkshire | 0 | 500 | 1,150 | 850 | 303 |
| SPTA | 0 | 800 | 6,200 | 2,900 | 450 |
| Stirling | 0 | 1,200 | 2,800 | 150 | 297 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 750 | 300 | 250 |
| West Lothian | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 220 |
| Scotland | 15,000 | 24,300 | 25,745 | 28,530 | 39,540 |
Note:The table does not take account of subsequent re-profiling of awards.Local Authority PPP Projects
| Council | Capital Value(£000) | Level Playing Field SupportStart Date |
| Aberdeenshire | 14,250 | 2002 |
| Argyll and Bute | 21,700 | 2001 |
| Dundee | 43,000 | 1999 |
| East Renfrewshire | 12,500 | 2001 |
| Edinburgh | 80,000 | 2003* |
| Falkirk | 65,000 | 2000 |
| Fife | 32,000 | 2002* |
| Glasgow | 225,000 | 2001 |
| Highland | 13,000 | 1999 |
| Highland | 17,000 | 2002* |
| Midlothian | 33,000 | 2003* |
| Moray | 5,600 | 1999 |
| Perth and Kinross | 15,000 | 2001 |
| Stirling | 16,500 | 2001 |
| West Lothian | 27,800 | 2002* |
| Strathclyde Police | 17,000 | 2001* |
| Councils with a Conditional Offer of Support1 |
| Angus | 38,000 | 2004* |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 17,500 | 2002* |
| East Renfrewshire | 46,000 | 2005* |
| Scotland | 116,474 | |
Notes:*Anticipated start date.1. Offer of support subject to project meeting LPFS criteria.
