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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4W-14179

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what involvement ministers and officials will have in awarding funding through strategic funding partnerships.

Question reference: S4W-14180

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding will be made available for strategic funding partnerships and what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum award will be.

Question reference: S4W-14175

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what involvement ministers and officials have had in the selection of organisations to be funded from the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund.

Question reference: S4W-14176

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the Big Lottery Fund Scotland regarding the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund (TSEIF) since it became aware that TSEIF awards would be delayed.

Question reference: S4W-14177

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the eligibility criteria will be for funding via strategic funding partnerships; what body will administer such funding, and what form the application process will take.

The Scottish Government invited organisations which satisfied one or more of the following criteria in to discussions about establishing Strategic Funding Partnerships:

The organisation is unique in the services it delivers and loss of these services would have an unacceptable impact;

The service the organisation provides is a key part of the Scottish Governments national support for delivery;

The organisation’s service is important in ensuring equality of access to support.

There is no application process. The Scottish Government has approached key organisations. The Scottish Government will administer Strategic Funding Partnerships.

Question reference: S4W-14178

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale will be for (a) applications for and (b) awards of funding via strategic funding partnerships.

Question reference: S4W-14184

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that applicants to the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund and organisations eligible for funding via strategic funding partnerships are informed about the process and any developments.

Question reference: S4W-14181

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether funding for strategic funding partnerships is new money.

Question reference: S4W-14182

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether successful applicants to the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund will be eligible to apply for funding via strategic funding partnerships.

The Third Sector Early Intervention Fund (TSEIF) and Strategic Funding Partnerships are designed to provide a coherent package of support to deliver key outcomes for children, young people and the families and communities who support them across Scotland. In order to support as many organisations in the third sector as possible, organisations which successfully applied to the TSEIF have not been approached about Strategic Funding Partnerships.

Question reference: S4W-14005

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in (a) Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, (b) Pentland Hills Regional Park, (c) Edinburgh Castle, (d) the National Museum of Scotland, (e) the National Gallery of Scotland, (f) Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and (g) the Burrell Collection in each year since 1999 and (i) Cairngorms National Park and (ii) Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park in each year since 2002.

The level of investment in the following organisations – Edinburgh Castle; National Museum of Scotland; National Galleries of Scotland and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, for the years requested, can be found in the following table:

Organisation	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005
Edinburgh Castle*
Capital	-	-	-	-	£273,034
Maintenance	-	-	-	-	£643,041
National Museum of Scotland	£13,300,000	£16,100,000	£16,600,000	£18,100,000	£21,000,000
National Galleries of Scotland	£11,600,000	£18,200,000	£15,300,000	£11,900,000	£18,100,000
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum			£3,000,000

Organisation	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010
Edinburgh Castle*
Capital	£322,358	£844,556	£1,841,279	£446,914	£60,177
Maintenance	£593,689	£602,029	£485,083	£523,918	£489,379
National Museum of Scotland	£24,000,000	£23,800,000	£24,700,000	£26,800,000	£26,500,000
National Galleries of Scotland	£12,100,000	£12,400,000	£12,700,000	£21,000,000	£21,000,000
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Organisation	2010-2011	2011-2012	2012-2013
Edinburgh Castle*
Capital	£108,719	£253,364	£119,005
Maintenance	£419,646	£530,827	£444,981
National Museum of Scotland	£27,700,000	£22,700,000	£22,600,000
National Galleries of Scotland	£24,200,000	£14,200,000	£13,300,000
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Note: *Edinburgh Castle - Due to a change in accounting heads it has only been possible to provide comparable information from 2004-2005.

The Scottish Government has not provided any investment in the Burrell Collection in the years stated.

The level of investment in the Cairngorms National Park Authority and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority, for the years requested, can be found in the following table:

Organisation	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
Cairngorms National Park	£1,926,000	£3,111,000	£4,188,000	£4,446,000	£4,548,000
Loch Lomond and Trossachs	£5,232,000	£5,667,000	£5,778,000	£7,068,000	£6,673,000

Organisation	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-2011	2011-2012	2012-2013
Cairngorms National Park	£4,546,000	£4,805,000	£5,357,000	£5,153,000	£6,282,000
Loch Lomond and Trossachs	£6,940,000	£7,376,000	£7,802,000	£7,189,000	£9,511,000

Regional Parks do not receive direct funding from the Scottish Government. However, they do receive financial support in the form of grants paid via other public bodies/public sector organisations. Further information on this is provided in the background note.