- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have been registered as homeless in each year since 1980, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The numbers of applications assessedas homeless under the homelessness legislation by local authorities are shown inthe following table. Due to local government re-organisation in 1996, there areproblems of comparability with data prior to this date and the table therefore presentsfigures for 1996-97 onwards.
Number of ApplicationsAssessed as Homeless by Local Authority: 1996-97 to 2004-05
| | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| Scotland | 22,900 | 25,100 | 26,900 | 28,200 | 26,200 | 31,100 | 35,008 | 36,572 | 34,603 |
| Aberdeen City | 750 | 910 | 1,000 | 970 | 860 | 880 | 846 | 815 | 686 |
| Aberdeenshire | 700 | 670 | 690 | 700 | 640 | 620 | 667 | 627 | 711 |
| Angus | 330 | 330 | 450 | 350 | 270 | 310 | 438 | 471 | 446 |
| Argyll and Bute | 320 | 220 | 240 | 250 | 230 | 340 | 515 | 561 | 558 |
| Clackmannanshire | 130 | 150 | 280 | 320 | 350 | 390 | 376 | 408 | 513 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 420 | 430 | 390 | 590 | 490 | 620 | 779 | 799 | 853 |
| Dundee City | 620 | 630 | 550 | 500 | 530 | 510 | 415 | 365 | 319 |
| East Ayrshire | 300 | 390 | 380 | 340 | 390 | 430 | 671 | 692 | 803 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 290 | 260 | 250 | 240 | 230 | 220 | 260 | 309 | 257 |
| East Lothian | 360 | 360 | 370 | 370 | 340 | 450 | 435 | 436 | 439 |
| East Renfrewshire | 60 | 80 | 100 | 180 | 120 | 150 | 122 | 195 | 246 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 2,160 | 2,840 | 2,930 | 3,310 | 3,470 | 3,550 | 3,816 | 4,283 | 4,190 |
| Eilean Siar | 100 | 80 | 70 | 90 | 50 | 60 | 124 | 130 | 171 |
| Falkirk | 470 | 570 | 720 | 890 | 940 | 930 | 1,021 | 992 | 807 |
| Fife | 1,110 | 1,540 | 1,680 | 1,840 | 1,530 | 1,800 | 2,324 | 2,810 | 2,584 |
| Glasgow City | 8,570 | 9,010 | 9,260 | 9,390 | 8,380 | 11,520 | 11,027 | 10,623 | 8,429 |
| Highland | 370 | 390 | 360 | 370 | 440 | 530 | 791 | 1,221 | 1,276 |
| Inverclyde | 210 | 320 | 280 | 200 | 190 | 220 | 364 | 549 | 424 |
| Midlothian | 370 | 340 | 390 | 310 | 250 | 310 | 405 | 422 | 483 |
| Moray | 90 | 190 | 110 | 160 | 210 | 270 | 545 | 384 | 413 |
| North Ayrshire | 360 | 480 | 530 | 670 | 650 | 820 | 1,382 | 1,295 | 1,107 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1,030 | 1,000 | 1,360 | 1,060 | 900 | 1,110 | 1,649 | 1,971 | 2,754 |
| Orkney | 60 | 70 | 70 | 80 | 60 | 70 | 50 | 65 | 88 |
| Perth and Kinross | 130 | 120 | 110 | 210 | 380 | 430 | 654 | 359 | 296 |
| Renfrewshire | 310 | 270 | 180 | 420 | 630 | 440 | 565 | 652 | 690 |
| Scottish Borders,The | 480 | 370 | 390 | 370 | 380 | 350 | 388 | 598 | 467 |
| Shetland | 130 | 120 | 80 | 60 | 90 | 110 | 105 | 105 | 69 |
| South Ayrshire | 550 | 530 | 590 | 600 | 570 | 590 | 549 | 554 | 545 |
| South Lanarkshire | 810 | 1,000 | 1,090 | 920 | 820 | 970 | 1,335 | 1,400 | 1,266 |
| Stirling | 560 | 640 | 680 | 620 | 460 | 420 | 492 | 469 | 589 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 210 | 240 | 360 | 550 | 530 | 660 | 836 | 860 | 1,132 |
| West Lothian | 570 | 540 | 1,030 | 1,260 | 910 | 1,010 | 1,062 | 1,152 | 992 |
Source: HL1returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department AnalyticalServices Division (Housing Statistics).
Notes:
1. All applicationswithin period assessed as homeless (excludes potentially homeless).
2. Some householdsmay have applied several times during the period, and will be counted more thanonce.
3. Data priorto 2002 are estimated due to missing returns (rounded to the nearest 100 for Scotland level and the nearest 10 for local authoritylevel).
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21275 by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005, whether its estimate of the cost of constructing the M80 through the identified Kelvin Valley route takes account of the (a) good rock that would be excavated at various points on the route that could be crushed on site and utilised for hardcore and other purposes, thus saving purchase cost and aggregate tax, (b) utilisation of excavated material which could be used as filling, thereby saving on landfill transport and landfill tax, or (c) sale of large amounts of peat that could be excavated on the route which could be offset against the costs of construction.
Answer
The Kelvin Valley Route was costed in outline for the Public Local Inquiry held in October 2005.A general allowance for these items was included in these costs, but the estimatesdid not separately identify these savings.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more informationif required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of prisoners intentionally endangering the health or personal safety of others there have been in each prison in each year since 1999.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer question S2W-23890 on 16 March 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why it prefers to upgrade the A80 on its on-line route to full motorway status, rather than constructing the M80 through the identified Kelvin Valley route.
Answer
This matter was fully discussedat the Public Local Inquiry held in October 2005.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more informationif required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many socially rented housing units have been lost to that form of tenure (a) by right to buy, (b) by demolition or (c) for any other reason in each year since 1980, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The tables produced for thisanalysis are too large to be included in this response and have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Two tables showing right to buysales for local authorities and registeredsocial landlords (RSL) are available underBib. number 39153. Information on RSL sales by local authority area is only availablefor 2002-03 onwards.
One further table showing alldemolitions by local authority area is available under Bib. number 39152. Data bycurrent local authority area is only available for 1991 onwards.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of all houses bought privately in each year since 1995 have been purchased by first-time buyers, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information on the proportionof houses purchased by first time buyers is not available by local authority area.Estimates, for Scotland as a whole, from the Regulated Mortgage Survey of theproportion of loans to first time purchasers are given in table 5 of
HousingTrends in Scotland: quarter ending 30 September 2005. Thiscan be accessed through the data library in the publications and data section of the Scottish Executive housing statistics branch website at
www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/housing/hsbref.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Forth Estuary Transport Authority is funded; what its budget has been in each of the last three years, and what it will be in each of the next three years.
Answer
The Forth Estuary TransportAuthority (FETA) is principally funded through tolling revenues. Details ofFETA’s past and future budgets are available from the Authority, which producesannual operating reports and accounts.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21275 by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005, whether the estimated cost of its planned on-line upgrade of the A80 to full motorway status does not include the cost of the Auchenkilns interchange project and work on the millennium bridge over the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Answer
The estimated cost of themotorway upgrade does not include either the Auchenkilns Junction or the Millenium Bridge.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the staffing levels have been at the headquarters of the Scottish Prison Service in each year since 1990.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Reliable information is readilyavailable only from 1999 and is as follows:
| 1 April 2000 | 277 |
| 1 April 2001 | 293 |
| 1 April 2002 | 307 |
| 1 April 2003 | 319 |
| 1 April 2004 | 317 |
| 1 April 2005 | 274 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21275 by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005, whether it will revise these figures to include an estimate of what the total cost would be to (a) upgrade the A80 to full motorway status on the on-line route by one lane more than is presently planned, as recommended by consultants in 2002, and (b) construct the motorway through the Kelvin Valley route with an extra lane.
Answer
No. Neither of these isbeing proposed.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
