Chamber and committees

Yes. The pressuredarea mechanism was introduced by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 and this legislation remains in force. However, the Scottish Governmentrecognises the pressures which right to buy sales can place on affordable housingin some communities, and is keen to explore how the policy might be aligned moreclosely to local needs. This will include considering the effectiveness of pressuredarea designations, looking in particular at sales from 30 September 2007, when tenantsaffected by designations begin to be eligible to buy in significant numbers.

The latest informationavailable is from the Statistical Bulletin Pupils in Scotland, 2006, published on 27 February 2007. At census week in September2006, 32 percent of P3 Composite classes had 18 pupils or less.

The latest informationavailable is from the Statistical Bulletin Pupils in Scotland, 2006, published on 27 February 2007. At census week in September2006, 10 per cent of single stage P2 classes had 18 pupils or less.

Yes. The funding of all aspects of housing willbe under consideration as part of the spending review process.

I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-173 on 6 June 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.

The latest informationavailable is from the Statistical Bulletin Pupils in Scotland, 2006, published on 27 February 2007. At census week in September2006, seven per cent of single stage P3 classes had 18 pupils or less.

The latest informationavailable is from the Statistical Bulletin Pupils in Scotland, 2006, published on 27 February 2007. At census week in September2006, 36 per cent of P2 composite classes had 18 pupils or less.

Local authoritieswhere tenants voted against stock transfer are developing standard delivery planssetting out how they will achieve the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS).It will be for those councils, as it is for all other councils in Scotland, to determinehow best to fund the required investment using the financial resources availableto them. Potential resources include tenants’ rents, increased efficiency, prudentialborrowing, receipts from right to buy sales and disposal of other Housing RevenueAccount assets.

The latest informationavailable is from the Statistical Bulletin Pupils in Scotland, 2006, published on 27 February 2007. At census week in September2006, 47 per cent of P1 Composite classes had 18 pupils or less.

The latest informationavailable is from the Statistical Bulletin Pupils in Scotland, 2006, published on 27 February 2007. At census week in September2006, 18 per cent of P1 classes had 18 pupils or less.