- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to ensure that people are not priced out of their local housing markets due to increasing house prices.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to delivering good quality, sustainable and affordable housingfor all. The mechanisms for doing this are principally through the provision ofsocial rented housing but also through low-cost home ownership options. Developmentfunding of £262 million is being made available this year, and 18,000 new and improvedaffordable homes will be provided in the three years to 2006. Local authorities’local housing strategies, required in terms of the Housing (Scotland) Act2001, will play a major role in ensuring that the distribution of development fundingtakes account of local circumstances.
The Scottish Executive and its agencies are also working with local authorities and other bodiesto deal with other issues, such as availability of land and infrastructure, to ensurethat affordable housing is provided where it is most needed.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any assistance has been, or will be, made available to local authorities towards the costs of conducting housing needs assessments.
Answer
Local authorities are expectedto a carry out assessments of housing need in the process of preparing their localhousing strategies (LHS). Over the period 2001-02 to 2003-04, we made £4.5 millionavailable to local authorities for the preparation of their LHS.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #10 million support package announced for shore-based fishing businesses has been disbursed.
Answer
The £10 million transitionalsupport package is targeted at the owners of vessels worst affected by EU cod recoverymeasures agreed last December. As of this week, grant payments of just over £2.2million have been paid to vessel owners and a further £2.6 million of grant paymentsare being processed for payment.
We have also increased our contributionto local authorities towards the funding of any hardship relief they grant to harboursand other businesses affected by the reduction in white fish catches.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority area will receive of the additional #16.85 million for cycling, walking and safer streets projects announced on 11 September 2003, expressed also on a per capita basis.
Answer
The allocations to localauthorities for 2004-05 and 2005-06 for cycling, walking and safer streetsprojects are set out below.
| | Population | Allocation 2004-05 (£000) | Spending 2004-05 Per Capita | Allocation 2005-06 (£000) | Spending 2004-05 Per Capita |
| Aberdeen City | 211,910 | 343 | £1.62 | 362 | £1.71 |
| Aberdeenshire | 226,940 | 367 | £1.62 | 388 | £1.71 |
| Angus | 108,370 | 175 | £1.61 | 185 | £1.71 |
| Argyll and Bute | 91,300 | 148 | £1.62 | 156 | £1.71 |
| Clackmannanshire | 48,070 | 78 | £1.62 | 82 | £1.70 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 147,780 | 240 | £1.62 | 252 | £1.70 |
| Dundee City | 145,460 | 236 | £1.63 | 248 | £1.70 |
| East Ayrshire | 120,310 | 195 | £1.62 | 205 | £1.70 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 108,250 | 175 | £1.62 | 185 | £1.71 |
| East Lothian | 90,180 | 146 | £1.62 | 154 | £1.71 |
| East Renfrewshire | 89,410 | 145 | £1.62 | 153 | £1.71 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 449,020 | 727 | £1.62 | 767 | £1.71 |
| Eilean Siar | 26,450 | 43 | £1.62 | 45 | £1.70 |
| Falkirk | 145,270 | 235 | £1.62 | 248 | £1.70 |
| Fife | 349,770 | 566 | £1.62 | 597 | £1.71 |
| Glasgow City | 578,710 | 937 | £1.62 | 988 | £1.71 |
| Highland | 208,920 | 338 | £1.62 | 357 | £1.71 |
| Inverclyde | 84,150 | 136 | £1.62 | 144 | £1.71 |
| Midlothian | 80,950 | 131 | £1.62 | 138 | £1.70 |
| Moray | 87,000 | 141 | £1.62 | 149 | £1.71 |
| North Ayrshire | 135,820 | 220 | £1.62 | 232 | £1.71 |
| North Lanarkshire | 321,180 | 520 | £1.62 | 549 | £1.71 |
| Orkney | 19,220 | 31 | £1.61 | 33 | £1.72 |
| Perth and Kinross | 134,950 | 219 | £1.62 | 231 | £1.71 |
| Renfrewshire | 172,850 | 280 | £1.62 | 295 | £1.71 |
| Scottish Borders | 106,950 | 173 | £1.62 | 183 | £1.71 |
| Shetland | 21,960 | 36 | £1.64 | 38 | £1.73 |
| South Ayrshire | 112,160 | 182 | £1.62 | 192 | £1.71 |
| South Lanarkshire | 302,340 | 490 | £1.62 | 516 | £1.71 |
| Stirling | 86,200 | 140 | £1.62 | 147 | £1.70 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 93,320 | 151 | £1.62 | 159 | £1.70 |
| West Lothian | 159,030 | 258 | £1.62 | 272 | £1.71 |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 30 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of housing investment has been in each of the last 10 years, showing year on year percentage changes and broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested isshown in the following tables. It should be noted that the total council housingstock reduced by 25% between September 1993 and September 2002.
HousingRevenue Account Gross Capital Expenditure Pre Local Authority Re-Organisation
| | 1993-94 (£ Million) | 1993-94 to 1994-95 (% Change) | 1994-95 (£ Million) | 1994-94 to 1995-96 (% Change) | 1995-96 (£ Million) |
| Berwickshire | 1.30 | -7.4 | 1.21 | -64.3 | 0.43 |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | 2.55 | -11.5 | 2.26 | 1.1 | 2.28 |
| Roxburgh | 2.91 | 37.3 | 3.99 | -22.3 | 3.10 |
| Tweeddale | 1.51 | -47.7 | 0.79 | 42.7 | 1.130 |
| Clackmannan | 4.14 | -0.6 | 4.12 | -1.4 | 4.06 |
| Falkirk | 14.89 | -3.2 | 14.41 | -17.1 | 11.94 |
| Stirling | 7.93 | -1.0 | 7.85 | -1.6 | 7.72 |
| Annandale and Eskdale | 4.14 | -18.0 | 3.40 | -10.6 | 3.04 |
| Nithsdale | 5.56 | -8.7 | 5.08 | 5.6 | 5.36 |
| Stewartry | 2.03 | -15.2 | 1.72 | -20.3 | 1.37 |
| Wigtown | 3.24 | -4.0 | 3.10 | 7.9 | 3.35 |
| Dunfermline | 7.96 | 50.5 | 11.98 | -3.7 | 11.54 |
| Kirkcaldy | 7.06 | -0.9 | 7.00 | 79.7 | 12.59 |
| North East Fife | 4.17 | 14.5 | 4.78 | -38.2 | 2.96 |
| City of Aberdeen | 17.91 | 5.7 | 18.94 | 4.8 | 19.84 |
| Banff and Buchan | 6.13 | -2.4 | 5.98 | 7.4 | 6.43 |
| Gordon | 7.55 | -4.7 | 7.20 | -23.0 | 5.54 |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 3.26 | -3.1 | 3.16 | 63.8 | 5.18 |
| Moray | 5.85 | 11.5 | 6.52 | -19.3 | 5.27 |
| Badenoch and Strathspey | 1.60 | -35.6 | 1.03 | 10.7 | 1.14 |
| Caithness | 2.39 | 42.3 | 3.40 | -21.9 | 2.66 |
| Inverness | 4.77 | 30.7 | 6.23 | -19.3 | 5.03 |
| Lochaber | 3.06 | 30.5 | 3.99 | -6.3 | 3.74 |
| Nairn | 0.97 | 14.3 | 1.10 | -24.6 | 0.83 |
| Ross and Cromarty | 5.73 | -5.5 | 5.41 | 4.5 | 5.66 |
| Skye and Lochalsh | 1.69 | -6.3 | 1.58 | 10.6 | 1.75 |
| Sutherland | 1.74 | 18.4 | 2.06 | -30.3 | 1.44 |
| East Lothian | 8.40 | -6.2 | 7.88 | 1.4 | 7.99 |
| City of Edinburgh | 28.38 | 13.4 | 32.19 | -6.2 | 30.19 |
| Midlothian | 6.55 | 15.4 | 7.56 | -11.9 | 6.66 |
| West Lothian | 8.52 | 26.9 | 10.81 | -13.0 | 9.40 |
| Argyll and Bute | 4.97 | -7.6 | 4.59 | 0.2 | 4.60 |
| Bearsden and Milngavie | 1.16 | 40.2 | 1.63 | -1.7 | 1.60 |
| Clydebank | 5.70 | 16.1 | 6.61 | 11.9 | 7.40 |
| Clydesdale | 3.91 | -1.5 | 3.85 | -52.3 | 1.83 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 1.56 | 4.7 | 1.631 | 0.6 | 1.64 |
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | 4.56 | -16.3 | 3.82 | -7.9 | 3.51 |
| Cunninghame | 9.48 | 17.8 | 11.17 | -3.0 | 10.84 |
| Dumbarton | 8.92 | 3.5 | 9.23 | -21.7 | 7.23 |
| East Kilbride | 0.85 | 38.0 | 1.18 | 49.6 | 1.76 |
| Eastwood | 1.08 | 108.2 | 2.24 | -33.9 | 1.48 |
| City of Glasgow | 105.24 | 1.5 | 106.82 | -11.2 | 94.88 |
| Hamilton | 10.44 | 20.9 | 12.63 | 18.2 | 14.93 |
| Inverclyde | 10.40 | 10.5 | 11.49 | -4.3 | 11.00 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 6.16 | -0.7 | 6.11 | -0.6 | 6.08 |
| Kyle and Carrick | 11.71 | 13.2 | 13.26 | -7.7 | 12.25 |
| Monklands | 12.52 | 28.0 | 16.03 | -0.3 | 15.98 |
| Motherwell | 18.36 | 19.4 | 21.91 | -17.9 | 17.99 |
| Renfrew | 20.69 | 11.3 | 23.03 | 10.4 | 25.41 |
| Strathkelvin | 5.86 | -5.4 | 5.54 | 14.1 | 6.32 |
| Angus | 5.52 | 29.1 | 7.12 | -3.0 | 6.91 |
| City of Dundee | 16.11 | 30.2 | 20.97 | -47.7 | 10.97 |
| Perth and Kinross | 11.87 | -28.6 | 8.48 | -19.1 | 6.86 |
| Orkney Islands | 0.64 | -0.4 | 0.64 | 48.9 | 0.95 |
| Shetland Islands | 4.06 | 25.3 | 5.09 | -15.5 | 4.30 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 3.40 | 11.2 | 3.78 | -15.4 | 3.20 |
| Scotland | 469.06 | 7.8 | 505.58 | -7.1 | 469.54 |
Source:HSG1A.
Notes:
1.Until 1995-96 councils were permitted to reinvest all right to buy receipts.
2.Additional allocations to enable councils to purchase new town stock in 1995-96excluded from table.
HousingRevenue Account Gross Capital Expenditure
| | 1996-97 (£ Million) | 1997-98 (£ Million) | 1998-99 (£ Million) | 1999-2000 (£ Million) | 2000-01 (£ Million) | 2001-02 (£ Million) | 2002-03 (£ Million) |
| Aberdeen City Council | 14.51 | 15.09 | 21.53 | 24.61 | 22.40 | 20.55 | 19.03 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 10.45 | 8.81 | 8.31 | 12.83 | 14.04 | 12.11 | 7.49 |
| Angus Council | 7.76 | 7.95 | 6.43 | 6.30 | 7.11 | 7.22 | 6.85 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 3.04 | 4.60 | 3.93 | 4.18 | 3.17 | 3.28 | 3.50 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 3.56 | 2.94 | 3.22 | 3.68 | 4.02 | 3.42 | 3.25 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 9.60 | 8.66 | 7.32 | 10.39 | 11.27 | 8.72 | 6.82 |
| Dundee City Council | 14.84 | 11.87 | 12.99 | 12.80 | 12.63 | 11.82 | 11.10 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 8.60 | 7.50 | 11.42 | 8.30 | 9.37 | 9.63 | 9.85 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 4.57 | 3.03 | 2.48 | 3.27 | 5.18 | 4.16 | 4.01 |
| East Lothian Council | 7.01 | 7.16 | 6.60 | 7.15 | 6.99 | 5.22 | 8.72 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 2.21 | 1.90 | 1.42 | 1.40 | 2.03 | 1.99 | 2.21 |
| Edinburgh Council, City of | 25.20 | 20.01 | 21.17 | 28.82 | 26.66 | 24.89 | 23.69 |
| Eilean Siar, Comhairle nan | 2.80 | 2.01 | 2.19 | 2.26 | 2.30 | 2.35 | 2.69 |
| Falkirk Council | 10.54 | 8.04 | 10.83 | 12.70 | 13.44 | 12.38 | 14.16 |
| Fife Council | 16.31 | 11.94 | 21.23 | 22.78 | 21.39 | 24.99 | 23.72 |
| Glasgow City Council | 76.62 | 51.62 | 50.37 | 53.02 | 60.09 | 77.72 | 105.61 |
| Highland Council | 14.69 | 9.51 | 10.22 | 11.23 | 13.80 | 14.64 | 12.34 |
| Inverclyde Council | 7.28 | 6.55 | 5.71 | 6.72 | 6.60 | 5.86 | 5.53 |
| Midlothian Council | 4.65 | 4.48 | 4.54 | 4.52 | 4.62 | 5.84 | 5.15 |
| Moray Council | 3.98 | 4.60 | 3.08 | 2.34 | 3.91 | 3.46 | 3.27 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 10.90 | 6.81 | 6.14 | 7.54 | 7.20 | 7.38 | 7.56 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 26.89 | 30.96 | 24.27 | 25.28 | 25.10 | 22.96 | 24.49 |
| Orkney Islands Council | 0.70 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.90 | 0.76 | 0.77 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 5.74 | 3.70 | 3.63 | 3.58 | 6.17 | 3.39 | 5.96 |
| Renfrewshire Council | 13.60 | 13.95 | 13.83 | 13.92 | 11.33 | 12.58 | 13.02 |
| Scottish Borders Council | 4.98 | 3.38 | 4.77 | 3.62 | 4.31 | 3.53 | 2.34 |
| Shetland Islands Council | 3.35 | 2.42 | 2.16 | 2.02 | 3.42 | 3.35 | 2.00 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 6.66 | 6.44 | 7.26 | 7.44 | 7.12 | 7.72 | 7.55 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 16.50 | 16.82 | 20.56 | 18.52 | 16.61 | 18.16 | 21.88 |
| Stirling Council | 6.22 | 4.96 | 5.14 | 4.50 | 6.42 | 6.31 | 5.98 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 8.30 | 8.84 | 7.05 | 7.34 | 8.23 | 7.17 | 6.83 |
| West Lothian Council | 9.70 | 11.05 | 12.41 | 11.34 | 12.11 | 13.76 | 23.17 |
| Scotland | 361.76 | 308.13 | 322.70 | 344.87 | 359.94 | 367.32 | 400.54 |
Source:CCPR 1996-97 to 2000-01 HRA 2001-02 to 2002-03.
Notes:
1. In1996-97, 25% of right to buy receipts required to be set aside to redeem debt;this was increased to 75% in 1997-98.
2.Additional allocations to enable councils to purchase new town stock in 1996-97excluded from table.
HousingRevenue Account Gross Capital Expenditure
| Percentage Change | 1996-97 to 1997-98 | 1997-98 to 1998-99 | 1998-99 to 1999-2000 | 1999-2000 to 2000-01 | 2000-01 to 2001-02 | 2001-02 to 2002-03 |
| Aberdeen City Council | 4.0 | 42.7 | 14.3 | -9.0 | -8.3 | -7.4 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | -15.7 | -5.7 | 54.4 | 9.4 | -13.7 | -38.2 |
| Angus Council | 2.4 | -19.0 | -2.1 | 12.9 | 1.5 | -5.1 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 51.5 | -14.7 | 6.4 | -24.0 | 3.4 | 6.6 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | -17.3 | 9.3 | 14.4 | 9.3 | -15.0 | -5.0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | -9.7 | -15.5 | 41.9 | 8.4 | -22.6 | -21.8 |
| Dundee City Council | -20.0 | 9.4 | -1.5 | -1.3 | -6.4 | -6.1 |
| East Ayrshire Council | -12.8 | 52.4 | -27.3 | 12.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | -33.6 | -18.2 | 31.7 | 58.5 | -19.7 | -3.4 |
| East Lothian Council | 2.2 | -7.8 | 8.2 | -2.2 | -25.3 | 66.9 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | -14.1 | -25.2 | -1.4 | 45.0 | -2.1 | 11.0 |
| Edinburgh Council, City of | -20.58 | 5.81 | 36.11 | -7.50 | -6.64 | -4.82 |
| Eilean Siar, Comhairle nan | -28.41 | 9.17 | 3.38 | 1.63 | 2.35 | 14.27 |
| Falkirk Council | -23.66 | 34.70 | 17.24 | 5.80 | -7.87 | 14.38 |
| Fife Council | -26.79 | 77.81 | 7.28 | -6.12 | 16.86 | -5.09 |
| Glasgow City Council | -32.63 | -2.41 | 5.25 | 13.34 | 29.34 | 35.88 |
| Highland Council | -35.29 | 7.50 | 9.84 | 22.95 | 6.09 | -15.73 |
| Inverclyde Council | -10.03 | -12.71 | 17.67 | -1.81 | -11.23 | -5.65 |
| Midlothian Council | -3.74 | 1.47 | -0.55 | 2.24 | 26.40 | -11.79 |
| Moray Council | 15.35 | -32.99 | -23.90 | 66.94 | -11.58 | -5.61 |
| North Ayrshire Council | -37.52 | -9.85 | 22.87 | -4.55 | 2.49 | 2.40 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 15.13 | -21.61 | 4.17 | -0.73 | -8.51 | 6.63 |
| Orkney Islands Council | -23.82 | -8.00 | -4.47 | 92.55 | -16.02 | 1.32 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | -35.48 | -1.81 | -1.60 | 72.68 | -45.05 | 75.63 |
| Renfrewshire Council | 2.63 | -0.90 | 0.62 | -18.58 | 11.04 | 3.45 |
| Scottish Borders Council | -32.16 | 41.04 | -24.09 | 19.06 | -18.12 | -33.60 |
| Shetland Islands Council | -27.54 | -10.97 | -6.25 | 68.77 | -1.96 | -40.28 |
| South Ayrshire Council | -3.26 | 12.70 | 2.55 | -4.38 | 8.47 | -2.25 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 1.94 | 22.23 | -9.91 | -10.30 | 9.31 | 20.46 |
| Stirling Council | -20.31 | 3.69 | -12.41 | 42.57 | -1.65 | -5.18 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 6.62 | -20.23 | 4.00 | 12.23 | -12.92 | -4.74 |
| West Lothian Council | 13.88 | 12.30 | -8.59 | 6.79 | 13.59 | 68.35 |
| Scotland | -14.82 | 4.74 | 6.86 | 4.37 | 2.05 | 9.03 |
Note:
Unable to show percentage change between 1995-96 and 1996-97 because ofboundary changes following local government re-organisation.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 30 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will bring forward any proposed changes to the planning system.
Answer
The Partnership Agreement commitsthe Executive to “improve the planning system to strengthen involvement of communities,speed up decisions, reflect local views better and allow quicker investment decisions”.The modernisation programme builds on measures set out in the
Conclusions of the Review of Strategic Planning and the white paper
Your Place, Your Plan,copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. numbers22236 and 27246).
We are currently consulting onproposals to improve the operation of public local inquiries and, by the end of the year, we expect to launch consultations on widening rights of appeal in planningand modernising the development planning process. Some of these measures will requirechanges to primary legislation. On 29 September, we published research on the possiblecontent of a planning bill, Options for Change, a copy of which is availablein the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 29390).
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many rural home ownership grants have been awarded in each local authority area for each year since the scheme was created and what the average cost is of administering individual applications for such grants.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,acting Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
Information in the form requestedis only available since 1996-97. The number of rural home ownership grants (RHOG)that have been awarded in each local authority area in the period 1996-97 to 2002-03is as follows:
Number of RHOG Approvals byUnitary Authority (1996-97 to 2002-03)
| | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
| Aberdeenshire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Angus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Highland | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 27 |
| Moray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands | 12 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 26 |
| Perth and Kinross | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shetland Islands | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Stirling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Scottish Borders | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Western Isles | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Records are not maintained onthe costs of administering individual project applications.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1327 by Ross Finnie on 31 July 2003, how many fishing vessels have been allocated decommissioning grants, broken down by port, and how much has been allocated under the transitional aid scheme.
Answer
There are currently 70 extantoffers of grant, of which 54 have been accepted by the owners concerned. The breakdownby port of administration of the 54 vessels for which grant has been accepted is:
| Aberdeen | 4 |
| Buckie | 11 |
| Eyemouth | 1 |
| Fraserburgh | 16 |
| Kirkwall | 1 |
| Lerwick | 7 |
| Peterhead | 14 |
By the end of the six-month periodcovered by the transitional aid scheme, we anticipate that around half of the budgetceiling of £10 million will have been allocated.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S2W-1326 and S2W-1327 by Ross Finnie on 31 July 2003, what funds remain to be allocated under the transitional aid scheme for the fishing industry and whether it plans to allow the continuation of applications whilst funds remain available.
Answer
We anticipate that, following outstanding payments in respect of the six-month period covered by the scheme, around half of the budget ceiling of £10 million will remain unallocated.
We are examining the case and arrangements for any scheme extension, including any EC State Aid implications ,and hope to make an announcement soon.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1326 by Ross Finnie on 31 July 2003, whether it plans to extend the timescale for the transitional aid scheme for the fishing industry in light of any on-going financial pressures facing the industry.
Answer
We are looking at the issue,including the EC State Aid implications. I hope to announce the outcome within thenext couple of weeks.
