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Paragraph 12.1 of your submission suggests that you will have a new burden of £182,000. Will your council be able to cope with some of that new burden, or would the Government have to provide new resources to take care of it?
The Borders railway will be crucial to the Borders economy and will also benefit Edinburgh and Midlothian with access to a new job market and new residential opportunities.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest estimate is of the number of households living in fuel poverty in both actual and percentage terms and what the comparative figures were for 1997 and 1999.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 November 2003
This shows that in 2001 (the latest year available), Scottish GDP wasestimated to be £69.2 billion at current basic prices, resulting in an averageGDP per head of £13,660.
He has tried to ensure that the issue does not slip away when the news coverage moves on but remains for all time as part of the political agenda that we all buy into.