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There are 88 young people currently on the Young People's Unit waiting list.

It is for each council to establish its expenditure priorities within unhypothecated resources available to it. It would not be appropriate for ministers to intervene in such circumstances.However, I am aware that Gala Youth Project was part of the bid put forward by Scottish Borders for resources allocated to drugs projects under the Changing Children's Services Fund. We understand that the full funding allocated by the Executive for the first year has been passed on to the Gala Youth Project. Officials will be seeking clarification from the council on the use of the resources to be allocated in years two and three of the project.

Information on the number of available staffed beds for child and adolescent psychiatry is shown in the following tables. Table 1 provides numbers by NHS board of treatment and Table 2 provides numbers by NHS trust. Table 1NHS Average Available staffed beds¹ by NHS board area of treatment

Selected psychiatric specialties

	Child Psychiatry Quarter ending 30 September 2001P	Adolescent Psychiatry Quarter ending 30 September 2001P
Scotland	15	43
Fife	-	10
Greater Glasgow	9	14
Highland	2	-
Lothian	-	12
Tayside	4	7

^P Provisional.Note:1. Includes NHS beds in joint-user and contractual hospitals.Table 2NHS Average Available staffed beds¹ by NHS trustSelected psychiatric specialties

	Child Psychiatry Quarter ending 30 September 2001 P	Adolescent Psychiatry Quarter ending 30 September 2001 P
All trusts	15	43
Fife Primary Care	-	10
Greater Glasgow Primary Care	-	14
Highland Acute Hospitals	2	-
Lothian Primary Care	-	12
Tayside Primary Care	4	7
Yorkhill (Glasgow)	9	-

^P Provisional.Notes:1. Includes NHS beds in joint-user and contractual hospitals.

As at 28 January 2002, there were 12 beds in the Young People's Unit in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Of these, nine are currently occupied (five by patients from NHS Lothian's area, three from NHS Forth Valley and one from NHS Borders). The beds are allocated on the basis of clinical need and priority. Funding for the unit is contributed on the basis of NHS Lothian having access to six beds, and NHS Forth Valley and NHS Borders having access to two beds each. The additional two beds are for the use of all Scottish NHS Boards, and give added flexibility to meet need.

It is entirely a matter for each local authority to establish its expenditure priorities within the budget available to it. It would not be appropriate for ministers to intervene in the individual spending decisions of a council.

It is a matter for Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) to determine the timing of inspections, including the inspection of the education functions of local councils. HMIE notified Scottish Borders Council on 28 January that it would be conducting an inspection of the education functions of the council. The main inspection activity will take place between late March and early May, with a report of the findings to be published in June 2002.

All of this funding has been allocated, as indicated in the answer given to question S1W-21939.

All of this funding has now been allocated. A significant proportion of EYF funding comprised a managed underspend to be set against the additional costs to local authorities arising from the teachers' pay and conditions settlement. Substantial additional resources have also been allocated to schools for use directly at school level. Funding has also been made available to authorities for increasing the number of three-year-olds in pre-school education, provision of Pupil Support Bases and ICT associated initiatives. Further EYF funding has been allocated to Social Justice projects aimed at improving the education of looked after children.Where resources have been allocated through specific grant mechanisms requiring application by education authorities, this process has been completed and all local authorities have received their appropriate allocation.

I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The valuation was provided to SPS by the Valuation Office Agency on a confidential basis. The Scottish Executive does not publish valuation data. The sale price was £450,000 and was recorded with the title deeds in the Land Register.

I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The valuation was provided to SPS by the Valuation Office Agency on a confidential basis, as were the offers. The Scottish Executive does not publish valuation data. The sale price was £275,000 and was recorded with the title deeds in the Land Register.