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Question reference: S2W-21105

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 6 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority will receive from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in 2006-07.

The information requested is provided in the following table. The formula for distributing the part of the fund within Grant Aided Expenditure is the subject of discussion with COSLA and the Local Government Three Year Settlement Group. These allocations should, therefore, be regarded as provisional.

Local Authority Area	2006-07
	Ring-Fenced £	GAE (£)	Total (£)
Aberdeen City	1,550,000	482,000	2,032,000
Aberdeenshire	2,183,000	706,000	2,889,000
Angus	1,033,000	299,000	1,332,000
Argyll and Bute	942,000	270,000	1,212,000
Clackmannanshire	509,000	140,000	649,000
Dumfries and Galloway	1,525,000	438,000	1,963,000
Dundee City	1,548,000	408,000	1,956,000
East Ayrshire	1,263,000	348,000	1,611,000
East Dunbartonshire	724,000	234,000	958,000
East Lothian	819,000	251,000	1,070,000
East Renfrewshire	634,000	209,000	843,000
Edinburgh, City of	3,441,000	1,102,000	4,543,000
Eilean Siar	308,000	94,000	402,000
Falkirk	1,345,000	402,000	1,747,000
Fife	3,314,000	1,018,000	4,332,000
Glasgow City	7,650,000	2,268,000	9,918,000
Highland	2,322,000	685,000	3,007,000
Inverclyde	919,000	244,000	1,163,000
Midlothian	786,000	224,000	1,010,000
Moray	762,000	239,000	1,001,000
North Ayrshire	1,555,000	411,000	1,966,000
North Lanarkshire	3,494,000	1,038,000	4,532,000
Orkney Islands	206,000	67,000	273,000
Perth and Kinross	1,265,000	384,000	1,649,000
Renfrewshire	1,685,000	472,000	2,157,000
Scottish Borders	992,000	312,000	1,304,000
Shetland Islands	275,000	91,000	366,000
South Ayrshire	977,000	275,000	1,252,000
South Lanarkshire	2,950,000	881,000	3,831,000
Stirling	798,000	245,000	1,043,000
West Dunbartonshire	1,081,000	276,000	1,357,000
West Lothian	1,645,000	486,000	2,131,000
Total	50,500	15,000	65,500,000

Question reference: S2W-21106

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 6 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority will receive per head of population from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in 2006-07.

The information requested is provided in the following table. As the fund is directed at services for children (0-18) figures are included for amounts received by each local authority area per head of population 0-18. The information is based on provisional allocations for 2006-07 since the distribution formula for the proportion of the fund within Grant Aided Expenditure is being discussed with COSLA and the Local Government Three Year Settlement Group.

CCSF Allocations for 2006-07 per head of population by local authority.

Local Authority	Amount Per Head Population (2007 Projection (2002 based)) 2006-07	Amount Per Head Population (0-18) (2007 Projection (2002 Based)) 2006-07
Aberdeen City	£10.09	£53.61
Aberdeenshire	£12.70	£54.71
Angus	£12.63	£58.95
Argyll and Bute	£13.44	£66.89
Clackmannanshire	£13.73	£58.85
Dumfries and Galloway	£13.58	£67.41
Dundee City	£14.26	£71.22
East Ayrshire	£13.78	£62.66
East Dunbartonshire	£9.10	£40.84
East Lothian	£11.40	£49.33
East Renfrewshire	£9.25	£38.70
Edinburgh, City of	£10.07	£54.90
Eilean Siar	£16.17	£77.94
Falkirk	£11.87	£53.80
Fife	£12.29	£56.72
Glasgow City	£17.60	£86.02
Highland	£14.57	£67.47
Inverclyde	£14.44	£65.98
Midlothian	£12.33	£52.26
Moray	£11.81	£52.99
North Ayrshire	£14.78	£67.07
North Lanarkshire	£14.19	£61.05
Orkney Islands	£14.63	£66.99
Perth and Kinross	£12.11	£56.26
Renfrewshire.	£12.86	£58.51
Scottish Borders	£12.03	£56.46
Shetland Islands	£16.68	£70.17
South Ayrshire	£11.43	£56.17
South Lanarkshire	£12.77	£57.97
Stirling	£11.81	£54.16
West Dunbartonshire	£15.04	£68.12
West Lothian	£12.73	£52.51

Source: Population statistics GRO.

Note: Population figures for 2007 - 2002 based projections.

Question reference: S2W-21102

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority will receive per head of population from the Cities Growth Fund in 2006-07.

The provisional amount allocated to each eligible local authority from the Cities Growth Fund in 2006-07, broken down per head of population, is shown in the following table :

City	Provisional Allocation	Amount per Head of Population
	(£ Million)
Aberdeen	5.292	£26.01
Dundee	4.208	£29.66
Edinburgh	11.195	£24.68
Glasgow	18.030	£31.21
Inverness	1.407	£21.13
Stirling	0.868	£21.21
Total	41.000

Notes:

1. Amounts per head of population are derived by dividing the amount allocated to each eligible local authority in each year by population estimates.

2. The population estimates used for the four largest cities are mid-2004 council area population estimates from the General Register Office for Scotland.

3. As the cities of Inverness and Stirling form part of significantly larger local authority areas covering large areas of rural Scotland, the use of council area population estimates would not be appropriate, and separate mid-2004 estimates are not available. The population estimates used are therefore based on the 2001 census data.

Question reference: S2W-21101

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority will receive from the Cities Growth Fund in 2006-07.

Question reference: S2W-21103

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 6 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has received from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in each year since the inception of the fund.

Amounts received from the fund in each local authority, covering the period 2001-02 to 2005-06, are included in the following table. For 2004-05 and 2005-06, the previously separate element to support drugs-related activities was mainstreamed within the overall fund. Allocations were made to local authorities to support activities agreed jointly with local partners in the statutory and voluntary sectors.

Amounts Received from the Changing Childrens Service Fund by Local Authority

Local Authority	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Source of Funding	CCSF Drugs Strand £	Total (Including Drugs Strand) £	Total (Including Drugs Strand) £	Total (Drugs Strand Amalgamated) £	Total (Drugs Strand Amalgamated) £
Aberdeen City	111,000	1,039,000	1,563,000	1,951,000	2,038,000
Aberdeenshire	122,310	1,307,168	1,972,215	2,516,000	2,758,000
Angus	61,000	649,960	958,039	1,207,000	1,303,000
Argyll and Bute	57,000	549,000	827,000	1,038,000	1,161,000
Clackmannanshire	29,584	334,064	481,351	577,000	629,000
Dumfries and Galloway	91,420	991,894	1,439,686	1,824,000	1,986,000
Dundee City	162,000	1,155,000	1,728,000	2,040,000	2,204,000
East Ayrshire	113,000	845,000	1,266,000	1,513,000	1,639,000
East Dunbartonshire	35,000	395,000	596,000	768,000	886,000
East Lothian	66,500	487,000	707,000	915,000	1,035,000
East Renfrewshire	30,988	346,000	521,944	672,000	789,000
Edinburgh, City of	268,000	2,372,000	3,560,745	4,405,000	4,727,000
Eilean Siar	30,000	203,000	296,000	389,000	407,000
Falkirk	60,000	863,000	1,232,000	1,542,000	1,702,000
Fife	223,400	2,050,000	3,083,000	3,836,000	4,259,000
Glasgow City	861,000	5,789,000	8,640,000	10,056,000	10,438,000
Highland	149,166	1,453,000	2,161,189	2,739,000	2,927,000
Inverclyde	83,000	602,653	905,000	1,083,000	1,179,000
Midlothian	44,500	453,000	682,000	852,000	981,000
Moray	43,351	477,000	719,000	910,000	977,000
North Ayrshire	140,000	1,034,000	1,476,000	1,844,000	1,990,000
North Lanarkshire	162,000	2,189,000	3,276,000	3,914,000	4,306,000
Orkney Islands	21,000	150,500	213,500	261,000	279,000
Perth and Kinross	76,000	752,000	1,133,000	1,429,000	1,572,000
Renfrewshire	152,000	1,157,000	1,655,000	2,079,000	2,236,000
Scottish Borders	61,000	605,968	912,537	1,154,000	1,269,000
Shetland Islands	30,000	178,000	257,000	332,000	354,000
South Ayrshire	64,000	611,000	919,000	1,151,000	1,229,000
South Lanarkshire	196,000	1,809,000	2,641,000	3,390,000	3,680,000
Stirling	52,000	494,000	743,000	932,000	1,042,000
West Dunbartonshire	113,000	802,000	1,200,000	1,417,000	1,481,000
West Lothian	89,000	968,628	1,400,950	1,764,000	2,038,000
Total	3,798,219	33,112,835	49,166,156	60,500,000	65,501,000

Question reference: S2W-20642

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 December 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans are for the provision of New Futures funding after 31 March 2006.

Question reference: S2W-20812

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 28 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of maternity pay for student nurses and when it will make an announcement on the issue.

Question reference: S2W-20777

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding each NHS board has allocated to the provision of independent advocacy services, as recommended by the Millan Commission.

Question reference: S2W-20660

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 24 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20352 by Tavish Scott on 14 November 2005, when the Minister for Transport and Telecommunications expects to receive a full analysis of all available information in respect of the route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S2W-20640

Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 23 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland regarding the future of the Bikesafe initiative.