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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: S2W-27632

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive when the results of the Growing Up in Scotland study will be published.

Question reference: S2W-27670

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it collects information regarding the extent to which temporary crisis accommodation is used for young people in care when there are no places available in fixed care establishments or foster care.

Question reference: S2W-27667

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has systems in place to monitor the number of children in care who are temporarily placed in accommodation outside Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-27669

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the number of Scottish children in care currently placed outside Scotland is known and, if so, what that number is.

Question reference: S2W-27633

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the research brief is for Growing Up in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-27638

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support the establishment of a regional network of offices for Planning Aid for Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-27668

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 29 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to monitor the wellbeing of, and provide appropriate support to, children in care who are temporarily placed outside Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-27621

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what trends there have been in respect of the provision of sheltered housing by local authority area since 1999.

The following table shows thenumber of sheltered accommodation dwellings provided by public authorities and housingassociations from 1999 to 2004. Information on sheltered accommodation providedby the private sector is not held centrally. Updated figures for 2005 will be publishedon 30 August 2006 in the statistical bulletin Quarterly housing trends in Scotland:Quarter ending 31 March 2006 which can be accessed online at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/PubHousingTrend.

Sheltered Housing Provided byPublic Authorities and Housing Associations as at 31 March: 1999-2004

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Scotland	35,296	35,348	34,615	34,247	33,861	32,758
Aberdeen City	2,562	2,556	2,540	2,542	2,589	2,718
Aberdeenshire	2,022	1,963	2,036	2,053	2,068	2,070
Angus	1,092	1,123	1,099	1,101	1,070	1,061
Argyll and Bute	590	590	616	586	586	586
Clackmannanshire	239	239	239	227	166	166
Dumfries and Galloway	696	639	655	668	643	747
Dundee City	4,057	3,973	4,203	3,964	3,656	3,604
East Ayrshire	734	662	683	683	626	626
East Dunbartonshire	336	341	412	399	399	399
East Lothian	452	452	435	435	435	434
East Renfrewshire	417	417	382	378	373	374
Edinburgh, City of	3,694	3,721	3,296	3,328	3,334	3,266
Eilean Siar	212	203	161	158	120	132
Falkirk	754	754	672	660	660	745
Fife	1,887	1,913	1,992	1,991	1,774	1,751
Glasgow City	3,785	4,293	3,391	3,241	3,517	3,158
Highland	799	972	1,092	1,099	1,071	1,043
Inverclyde	824	468	475	481	467	467
Midlothian	288	288	287	288	276	276
Moray	497	448	488	495	495	496
North Ayrshire	668	668	636	636	670	670
North Lanarkshire	1,569	1,596	1,666	1,669	1,789	1,821
Orkney Islands	44	44	46	51	46	46
Perth and Kinross	972	936	947	947	915	917
Renfrewshire	733	730	761	777	775	775
Scottish Borders, The	995	1,019	1,036	1,027	996	996
Shetland Islands	288	288	286	287	274	263
South Ayrshire	789	791	738	739	764	140
South Lanarkshire	1,645	1,597	1,592	1,587	1,602	1,599
Stirling	452	452	527	525	546	284
West Dunbartonshire	456	478	509	508	454	454
West Lothian	748	734	717	717	705	674

Source: S1B returns from localauthorities to Scottish Executive Development Department: Analytical Services Division(Housing Statistics), housing association/Scottish Homes data from Communities Scotland.

Note: 1. Figures may includeestimates from local authorities.

Question reference: S2W-27622

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an estimate of the demand for sheltered housing (a) currently, (b) in 2010 and (c) in 2015.

The Scottish Executive does notcompile estimates or projections of the demand for sheltered housing. The GeneralRegister Office for Scotland provides projections of numbers of households by ageand type. The latest, 2004 based projections are available at: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/household-estimates-projections/index.html.

As part of their Local HousingStrategies local authorities are required to identify how they intend to deliversuitable housing to various population groups, including older people.

Assessments of the possible futurescale and nature of the housing and support needs of the elderly will be informedby the review of older people’s housing described in answer to question S2W-27618on 28 August 2006. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S2W-27618

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the provision of sheltered housing by local authorities and housing associations is meeting current and future needs.

Data on demand for shelteredhousing is not collected centrally. However, local authorities are required to identifyhow they intend to deliver suitable housing to various population groups, includingolder people, in their Local Housing Strategy (LHS), which are assessed by CommunitiesScotland.

The Scottish Executive is currentlycarrying out a review of older people’s housing looking at various aspects of housingfor older people including: needs; the condition of current sheltered housing stock;the changing role of sheltered housing and future delivery by all sheltered housingproviders. This review is expected to be completed in March 2007 and will informfuture policy.