- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to address a shortfall in investment in rented and affordable housing in West Dunbartonshire.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
Communities Scotland is working closely with West Dunbartonshire Council todevelop a five year programme of housing investment to meet local priorities asidentified through the Local Housing Strategy process.
This will be furtherstrengthened as the council develops its Strategic Housing InvestmentPlan (SHIP) in partnership with local stakeholders in the development process.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that significant investment in new or replacement housing stock is required to meet an identified need for affordable and rented accommodation in the Clydebank and Milngavie parliamentary constituency and whether discussions have been held with the relevant authorities on the level of such investment.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
The Local HousingStrategies prepared by East Dunbartonshire Council and West Dunbartonshire Councilindicate a requirement for investment in both Milngavie and Clydebank for affordable housing for rent and sale. A good workingpartnership exists between both local authorities and Communities Scotland whichhas resulted in five year Investment programmes identifying investment prioritieswithin the parliamentary constituency. The recently introduced Strategic HousingInvestment Plan process will refine this approach and focus resources more effectivelyon meeting local housing needs in both towns.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers urgent additional housing investment in Clydebank to be critical to meeting its healthier, wealthier and fairer objectives in that area.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentconsiders housing investment in Clydebank to be essentialas part of a comprehensive package of measures towards the physical, social andeconomic regeneration of the area.
Communities Scotland is planning to increase the level of housing investmentin Clydebank, but the supply of land is a critical factorto release additional funds. Difficulties in securing land has been a significantinhibiting factor over the last few years in securing additional investment in thetown. Communities Scotland will continue to work with the council and local partnersto resolve these difficulties.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimated construction cost per kilometre was used in the 2002 estimate of £120 million for the preferred route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
The estimate was notmade on a cost per kilometre basis.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to address a shortfall in investment in rented and affordable housing in East Dunbartonshire.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentfully acknowledges the need for a comprehensive and strategic investment programmeto address the requirement for more affordable housing in East Dunbartonshire.
Communities Scotland will invest approximately £6 million in 2007-08 in East Dunbartonshire which is the highest amount of investmentin recent years and will provide 80 new homes in the area.
Communities Scotland is also working closely with the council and housingassociations, through the Strategic Housing investment Plan process, to identifya five year programme to meet housing need identified within the Local Housing Strategy.A major factor in this approach will be to secure a flow of land and additionalfunding (through commuted sums) from private developers through the council’s affordablehousing planning policy.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been made available for new rented and affordable housing in the last three years in the Clydebank and Milngavie parliamentary constituency.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
The information requestedis given in the following table:
| Area | 2004-05 (£ Million) | 2005-06 (£ Million) | 2006-07 (£ Million) | Total |
| Clydebank | 3.882 | 0.646 | 0.129 | 4.595 |
| Milngavie | 0.045 | 0.000 | 0.169 | 0.214 |
| Total | 3.927 | 0.646 | 0.298 | 4.809 |
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that a reasonable estimate of the proportion of the costs of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route attributable to the Stonehaven Fastlink would be the length of the fastlink as a proportion of the length of the overall route, giving a range of 11.5/46 or between £73.57 million and £98.75 million and, if not, what it considers would be a reasonable formula for assessing the proportionate cost of this additional section.
Answer
No. It is not appropriateto attribute costs to the Fastlink or any other individual section of the AberdeenWestern Peripheral Route (AWPR) in such a way as the cost will be affected by factorssuch as the number of bridges, complexity of drainage, amount of earthworks involved,cost of compensation for land and the like.I also refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-1812 on 17 July 2007. 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: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its top objectives are for regeneration policy.
Answer
The Scottish Government’sprincipal objective for regeneration policy is to promote the successful and sustainabletransformation of communities across Scotland by creatingthe right environment for private and public investment; through targeted actionin the most disadvantaged communities, and by devolving power to the local level.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of providing the new pier at Dunoon.
Answer
The total cost of the new breakwater and linkspan at Dunoon Pier was £5.2 million.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a new rail-ferry interchange at Gourock has been the subject of a STAG appraisal.
Answer
The Gourock Interchangeproject has not been appraised in accordance with the Scottish Transport AppraisalGuidance (STAG), as funding had been awarded before the guidance was formally introduced.An economic appraisal was completed in January 2006 and a detailed cost-benefitanalysis is being undertaken to ensure the scheme provides value for money, takingaccount of current land values and the proposed wider development.
