Chamber and committees

All 32 local authorities and the emergency services in Scotland carry out a comprehensive exercise programme on an on-going basis covering a wide range of different scenarios, including dealing with the consequences of a terrorist attack. The detailed information sought by the member is not held centrally.

I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:Confidentiality is necessary to protect the interests of individuals and companies and ensure the privacy of personal and commercially confidential information.

I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32518 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa. From available information, in 2001-02 grants were awarded in 20 Town Schemes by 10 local authorities and expenditure incurred by Historic Scotland amounted to £199,000. The 20 Town Schemes were Albert Terrace and Marine Terrace, Aberdeen; Anstruther/Cellardyke/Kilrenny; Cupar; Dunbar; Dunfermline; Gatehouse of Fleet; Isle of Whithorn; Kirkwall; Lerwick; Moffat; Montrose; Newmilns; Pittenweem; Portobello and South Queensferry; Portpatrick; Sanquhar; Stromness; Westerton, East Dunbartonshire; West Wemyss, and Whithorn.

I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:Local authorities, with the agreement of Historic Scotland and on the basis of standard guidelines, set up and manage Town Schemes and make the individual awards of grant. Historic Scotland provides matching funding and makes payments to the local authority, not the individual applicant. Therefore, only information on payments made to local authorities is held centrally in a convenient form. A new IT system being installed in support of Historic Scotland's Historic Buildings Repair Grants Scheme will allow information on individual applications to be collated centrally in future.

I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The six separate sums were as follows:£400,000£50,000£26,600£22,900£22,400£21,085I also refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32522 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

The main purpose of the wide-ranging review of audiology services commissioned by the Executive last year was to establish the extent to which the Scottish audiology service needs to be modernised and improved. The final version of the report of that review was received by the Executive on 20 November. The Executive needs time to consider the recommendations of the review before reaching a decision on the way forward in Scotland.

Information on applications for medical and surgical junior house posts in Scotland is not held centrally. Information on the destination of graduates from Scottish Medical Schools for 2001 is in the following table. Information for 2002 will become available in January 2003.Destination of 2001 Graduates from Scottish Medical Schools as at November 2001

Taking up PRHO posts in:	Aberdeen	Dundee	Edinburgh	Glasgow
Scotland	154	112	190	188
England and Wales	4	17	3	4
Northern Ireland	0	1	0	3
HM Forces	0	0	0	0
Abroad	2	2	0	1
Not Known		1	6	1
Total	160	133	199	197

I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is not held centrally. Each local authority operating a Town Scheme should hold a record of properties that have received grant and also details of the status of applicants.

I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The conditions that Historic Scotland attaches to the grants it makes on behalf of Scottish ministers are in a standard legal form. A copy has been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 25425).With regard to adjusting the level of grant, since 1998 recovery of grant has been made in six cases where excess profit was made after a disposal and following a re-appraisal. The sum recovered amounted to £542,985. The financial information provided in such cases is confidential and individual details are not disclosed.

I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland, to reply. His response is as follows.Under the powers available to Scottish ministers to make grants available for the repair of historic buildings and buildings within outstanding conservation areas, the only grants made that are conditional on match-funding by a local authority are those made under the Town Scheme arrangements. Under these arrangements, the local authority and Historic Scotland agree to fund in equal shares fixed grants to owners of 50% of eligible costs normally subject to a maximum grant of £6,000. Historic Scotland currently has agreements with 16 local authorities for 22 Town Schemes and has allocated £418,500 for this purpose in 2002-03. Individual awards of grant are made by the local authorities who hold a record of the properties that have received grant.