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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S4W-09451

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 21 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08694 by Alex Neil on 9 August 2012, for what reason there were no completions through the New Supply Shared Equity Scheme with Developers in (a) Falkirk, (b) North Lanarkshire and (c) South Lanarkshire in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.

Question reference: S4W-09454

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 21 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08694 by Alex Neil on 9 August 2012, for what reason there was a reduction in the number of completions through the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme in South Lanarkshire from 44 in 2009-10 to 3 in 2010-11 and 2 in 2011-12.

Question reference: S4O-01224

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what procedures there are to monitor the use of funds allocated through the CashBack for Communities programme.

Since the inception of the highly successful CashBack Programme in 2007, over £46 million recovered from the proceeds of crime has been invested throughout Scotland, directly benefitting over 600,000 young people and generating over 11,000 young person volunteers who are now putting something back into their communities.

The use of funds is monitored through a robust project management framework using our delivery team partners who provide dedicated support to CashBack partners on accountability, monitoring, and reporting of their project grants.

Question reference: S4T-00018

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that young people across Scotland have access to the relevant information regarding the legal and practical definition of rape.

Question reference: S4W-08693

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 9 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many new homes for social rent were built in 2011 and have been built in 2012, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Question reference: S4W-08694

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 9 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the take-up rate has been for the (a) New Supply Shared Equity, (b) New Supply Shared Equity with Developers and (c) Open Market Shared Equity scheme in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.

The number of completions for a) New Supply Shared Equity Scheme; b) New Supply Shared Equity with Developers Scheme, and c) Open Market Shared Equity Scheme by local authority area for 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 are provided in the following tables.

(a) New Supply Shared Equity

Local Authority

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

Highlands and Islands and Moray

Highland	111	164	87
Moray	0	22	0
Orkney	0	4	5
Shetland	0	0	0
Western Isles	0	0	18

North and East

Aberdeenshire	138	35	12
Angus	10	10	0
City of Aberdeen	18	17	12
City of Dundee	0	0	1
Clackmannanshire	18	8	0
Falkirk	18	0	0
Perth and Kinross	73	3	0
Stirling	0	0	0

South and East

City of Edinburgh	60	13	0
East Lothian	20	2	9
Fife	0	4	0
Midlothian	0	0	0
The Scottish Borders	0	17	0
West Lothian	16	8	0

North and South Clyde

Argyll and Bute	0	27	25
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	11
East Renfrewshire	30	0	0
Inverclyde	26	0	27
Renfrewshire	0	0	55
West Dunbartonshire	0	8	18

Glasgow

Glasgow City Council

128

159

South and West

Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	30	0	0
North Ayrshire	14	7	0
North Lanarkshire	60	6	7
South Ayrshire	25	0	0
South Lanarkshire	56	8	0

(b) New Supply Shared Equity with Developers

Local Authority

2009-10*

2010-11

2011-12

Highlands and Islands and Moray

Highland	N/A	3
Moray	N/A	0
Orkney	N/A	0
Shetland	N/A	0
Western Isles	N/A	0

North and East

Aberdeenshire	N/A	0	0
Angus	N/A	0	0
City of Aberdeen	N/A	0	0
City of Dundee	N/A	0	0
Clackmannanshire	N/A	0	0
Falkirk	N/A	0	0
Perth and Kinross	N/A	4	2
Stirling	N/A	28	0

South and East

City of Edinburgh	N/A	11	11
East Lothian	N/A	0	0
Fife	N/A	0	5
Midlothian	N/A	0	5
The Scottish Borders	N/A	0	2
West Lothian	N/A	7	26

North and South Clyde

Argyll and Bute	N/A	0	10
East Dunbartonshire	N/A	0	0
East Renfrewshire	N/A	0	0
Inverclyde	N/A	0	0
Renfrewshire	N/A	14	0
West Dunbartonshire	N/A	0	0

Glasgow

Glasgow City Council

N/A

South and West

Dumfries and Galloway	N/A	0
East Ayrshire	N/A	0
North Ayrshire	N/A	3
North Lanarkshire	N/A	0
South Ayrshire	N/A	0
South Lanarkshire	N/A	0

Note: *The New Supply Shared Equity with Developers Trial commenced in 2010-11.

Local Authority

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

Highlands and Islands and Moray

Highland	92	10	38
Moray	6	4	4
Orkney	6	2	2
Shetland	0	0	0
Western Isles	1	0	0

North and East

Aberdeenshire	15	10	12
Angus	10	3	3
City of Aberdeen	69	36	16
City of Dundee	23	5	2
Clackmannanshire	6	2	0
Falkirk	21	11	2
Perth and Kinross	24	12	18
Stirling	33	11	1

South and East

City of Edinburgh	325	226	12
East Lothian	67	33	15
Fife	65	30	3
Midlothian	41	28	3
The Scottish Borders	11	1	4
West Lothian	161	86	11

North and South Clyde

Argyll and Bute	7	2	1
East Dunbartonshire	28	0	0
East Renfrewshire	17	2	2
Inverclyde	21	5	2
Renfrewshire	18	3	3
West Dunbartonshire	24	1	2

Glasgow

City of Glasgow

176

South and West

Dumfries and Galloway	49	5	11
East Ayrshire	13	3	0
North Ayrshire	13	1	0
North Lanarkshire	45	5	1
South Ayrshire	28	6	2
South Lanarkshire	44	3	2

Question reference: S4W-08695

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 9 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when the MI New Home scheme will become operational.

Question reference: S4W-08347

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 July 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates were represented at the 2012 Scottish Minority Ethnic Achievement Awards.

Question reference: S4W-08376

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 26 July 2012

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012.

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is not subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012. It is listed as a public body subject to the specific duties as covered by the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 which covers mainly public sector bodies in England but includes the SPCB as a public body listed under “parliamentary and devolved bodies”.

Question reference: S4W-08348

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 July 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012.