Questions and answers

Question reference: S1W-18841

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 15 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children live in poverty according to the most recent figures available and whether it will show this figure using the headline measure recommended by the Statistical Programme Committee of the European Community.

Question reference: S1W-21050

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 10 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list capital and revenue allocations to each social inclusion partnership area in real terms for each year since the partnerships were established to 2002-03 and how much of the expenditure allocated to each partnership has been spent in each of these years to date.

Allocations and expenditure for 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 (allocations only), for the 48 Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIP), are shown in the tables, all expressed in 2000-01 real terms. From 2001-02 there is no capital/revenue split. Table 1

Council	SIP	1999- 2000Capital Allocation(£000)	Expenditure(£000)	Revenue Allocation(£000)	Expenditure(£000)
Aberdeen City	Great Northern	0	0	824	618
Angus	Arbroath	0	0	143	107
Argyll & Bute	Argyll & Bute	44	33	166	123
Clack'shire	Alloa S & E	216	151	548	411
Dundee	Dundee 1	178	131	2,379	1,774
	Dundee 2	0	0	806	611
	Xplore	76	53	229	86
	Young Carers	10	4	47	14
E. Ayrshire	E. Ayr Coalfields	259	192	496	338
E. Lothian	Tranent	0	0	96	71
E. Renfrewshire	Levern Valley	102	67	339	255
Edinburgh	Craigmillar	0	0	1,754	1,200
	Strategic Prog.	25	19	1,174	820
	Edinburgh Youth	20	15	187	124
	North Edinburgh	632	474	2,297	1,687
	South Edinburgh	255	12	499	375
Fife	Fife	0	0	765	550
Fife	Frae Fife	0	0	96	43
Falkirk	Falkirk	0	0	560	420
Glasgow	Drumchapel	1,145	735	764	478
	GARA	92	31	512	325
	Big Step	96	0	288	66
	East End	633	475	2,217	1,558
	North Glasgow	47	34	3,313	2,441
	Smaller Areas	0	0	1,119	837
	Routes Out	48	0	144	50
	Gorbals	356	228	216	162
	Gt'r Easterhouse	611	457	2,851	2,122
	Greater Govan	228	170	154	97
	Greater Pollok	1,018	764	737	536
	Milton	90	77	114	72
	Springburn	148	111	60	40
Highland	Highland	214	94	400	273
Inverclyde	Inverclyde	468	347	2,584	1,937
Moray	Youth Start	100	71	332	248
North Ayrshire	North Ayrshire	102	76	688	528
N.Lanarkshire	Motherwell North	153	79	1,405	936
	N'Lanarkshire	51	38	815	579
	S' Coatbridge	0	0	255	160
Perth & Kinross	GO	0	0	130	37
Renfrewshire	Paisley	108	80	2,927	2,019
Scottish Borders	Scottish Borders	0	0	219	118
South Ayrshire	Girvan	127	79	193	142
South Ayrshire	North Ayr	382	286	1,154	799
S. Lanarkshire	Blantyre/N. H'ton	204	151	305	229
S. Lanarkshire	Cambuslang	204	153	407	303
Stirling	SPUR	51	39	543	406
W.Dunbartonshire	W.Dunbart'shire	509	366	1,724	1,293
W. Lothian	W. Lothian	0	0	191	130
Total		9,002	6,092	40,166	28,548

Table 2

Council	SIP	1999- 2000Capital Allocation(£000)	Expenditure(£000)	Revenue Allocation(£000)	Expenditure(£000)
Aberdeen City	Great Northern	0	0	844	844
Angus	Arbroath	Finished
Argyll & Bute	Argyll & Bute	60	41	220	220
Clack'shire	Alloa S & E	325	324	692	691
Dundee	Dundee 1	100	100	2,019	2,006
	Dundee 2	0	0	453	448
	Xplore	15	15	485	255
	Young Carers	5	5	100	96
E. Ayrshire	E. Ayr Coalfields	79	79	963	963
E. Lothian	Tranent	0	0	128	128
E. Renfrewshire	Levern Valley	100	62	346	346
Edinburgh	Craigmillar	93	91	1,663	1,641
	Strategic Prog.	25	21	525	516
	Edinburgh Youth	7	7	560	555
	North Edinburgh	460	456	2,130	2,100
	South Edinburgh	258	258	733	703
Fife	Fife	0	0	630	630
	Frae Fife	0	0	165	154
Falkirk	Falkirk	0	0	579	579
Glasgow	Drumchapel	845	392	1,910	1,773
	GARA	0	0	781	757
	Big Step	209	183	513	382
	East End	682	653	2,186	1,754
	North Glasgow	17	14	2,971	2,971
	Smaller Areas	5	5	1,128	720
	Routes Out	40	40	313	283
	Gorbals	187	187	577	544
	Gt'r Easterhouse	350	345	3,141	2,372
	Greater Govan	149	127	360	346
	Greater Pollok	1,099	891	1,244	1,029
	Milton	200	94	564	474
	Springburn	20	20	744	698
Highland	Highland	210	168	677	642
Inverclyde	Inverclyde	465	465	1,956	1,953
Moray	Youth Start	140	140	436	436
North Ayrshire	North Ayrshire	100	100	630	630
N.Lanarkshire	Motherwell North	50	50	1,580	1,484
	N'Lanarkshire	0	0	886	854
	S' Coatbridge	50	46	666	560
Perth & Kinross	GO	14	0	181	169
Renfrewshire	Paisley	115	90	2,832	2,658
Scottish Borders	Scottish Borders	116	0	235	227
South Ayrshire	Girvan	132	129	296	288
South Ayrshire	North Ayr	263	263	1,283	1,283
S. Lanarkshire	Blantyre/N. H'ton	250	250	769	769
S. Lanarkshire	Cambuslang	222	199	425	394
Stirling	SPUR	50	48	476	469
W.Dunbartonshire	W.Dunbart'shire	520	519	1,567	1,567
W. Lothian	W. Lothian	0	0	256	254
Total		8,027	6,877	44,818	41,615

Table 3

Council	SIP	2001-02Allocation(£000)	Expenditure*(£000)	2002-03Indicative Allocation(£000)
Aberdeen City	Great Northern	978	367	977
Argyll & Bute	Argyll & Bute	475	38	461
Clack'shire	Alloa S & E	1,140	423	896
Dundee	Dundee 1	2,221	977	2,234
	Dundee 2	466	153	406
	Xplore	578	169	465
	Young Carers	160	35	159
E. Ayrshire	E. Ayr Coalfields	1,460	636	1,765
E. Lothian	Tranent	211	47	209
E. Renfrewshire	Levern Valley	511	220	416
Edinburgh	Craigmillar	1,870	379	1,876
	Strategic Prog.	575	126	498
	Edinburgh Youth	560	117	617
	North Edinburgh	2,489	457	2,495
	South Edinburgh	1,199	126	1,521
Fife	Fife	684	307	593
Fife	Frae Fife	186	67	185
Falkirk	Falkirk	630	342	507
Glasgow	Drumchapel	2,789	884	2,709
	GARA	822	278	796
	Big Step	634	220	513
	East End	3,045	1,096	3,057
	North Glasgow	3,177	1,614	3,188
	Smaller Areas	1,832	48	1,747
	Routes Out	377	72	314
	Gorbals	848	255	857
	Gt'r Easterhouse	3,663	1,304	3,659
	Greater Govan	982	333	1,286
	Greater Pollok	3,072	9	3,092
	Milton	1,036	266	857
	Springburn	916	350	901
Highland	Highland	928	267	853
Inverclyde	Inverclyde	2,589	1,011	2,582
Moray	Youth Start	495	121	493
North Ayrshire	North Ayrshire	783	33	646
N.Lanarkshire	Motherwell North	1,857	450	1,790
	N'Lanarkshire	940	221	775
	S' Coatbridge	832	177	772
Perth & Kinross	GO	281	76	253
Renfrewshire	Paisley	2,912	1,068	3,078
Scottish Borders	Scottish Borders	304	112	297
South Ayrshire	Girvan	443	158	495
South Ayrshire	North Ayr	1,667	540	1,672
S. Lanarkshire	Blantyre/N. H'ton	2,173	950	3,082
S. Lanarkshire	Cambuslang	674	188	543
Stirling	SPUR	577	121	468
W.Dunbartonshire	W.Dunbart'shire	2,301	834	2,299
W. Lothian	W. Lothian	262	85	261
Total		59,604	18,127	59,615

Note:*Payments made to 30 September 2001.The following is a corrected answer (published on 27 August 2002); see below.Table 1 shows figures for 1999-2000

Council	SIP	Capital Allocation	Expenditure	Revenue Allocation	Expenditure
Aberdeen City	Great Northern	0	0	833,270	833,270
Angus	Arbroath	0	0	144,200	144,200
Argyll and Bute	Argyll and Bute	44,290	44,474	167,890	166,792
Clack'shire	Alloa S and E	218,360	203,604	554,140	603,145
Dundee	Dundee 1	180,250	177,592	2,407,110	2,406,644
	Dundee 2	0	0	815,760	815,760
	Xplore	77,250	70,970	231,750	115,846
	Young Carers	10,300	5,150	47,380	19,912
East Ayrshire	E. Ayr Coalfields	261,620	259,066	501,610	455,868
East Lothian	Tranent	0	0	96,820	96,563
East Renfrewshire	Levern Valley	103,000	90,061	342,990	480,867
Edinburgh	Craigmillar	0	0	1,774,690	1,719,498
	Strategic Prog.	25,750	25,750	1,187,590	1,105,256
	Edinburgh Youth	21,115	20,600	190,035	167,201
	North Edinburgh	639,630	639,485	2,323,680	2,275,705
	South Edinburgh	257,500	16,920	504,700	504,700
Fife	Fife	0	0	773,530	741,942
Fife	Frae Fife	0	0	96,820	57,482
Falkirk	Falkirk	0	0	566,500	566,500
Glasgow	Drumchapel	1,158,750	991,108	772,500	643,991
	GARA	92,700	41,715	518,425	437,443
	Big Step	97,335	0	292,005	89,917
	East End	641,175	651,722	2,242,825	2,100,742
	North Glasgow	47,380	45,696	3,351,620	3,292,414
	Smaller Areas	0	0	1,133,000	1,129,456
	Routes Out	48,281	0	144,844	67,130
	Gorbals	361,123	308,189	218,252	249,229
	Gt'r Easterhouse	618,000	616,976	2,884,000	2,862,652
	Greater Govan	230,463	229,382	155,788	130,265
	Greater Pollok	1,030,515	1,030,515	746,235	722,188
	Milton	90,323	86,666	115,753	88,746
	Springburn	149,236	152,889	57,090	53,198
Highland	Highland	216,300	125,943	404,790	368,179
Inverclyde	Inverclyde	473,800	468,795	2,614,140	2,612,187
Moray	Youth Start	101,309	96,731	335,411	335,411
North Ayrshire	North Ayrshire	103,000	103,000	696,280	713,336
N.Lanarkshire	Motherwell North	154,500	106,564	1,421,400	1,262,555
	N'Lanarkshire	51,500	50,493	824,000	780,884
	S' Coatbridge	0	0	257,500	215,215
Perth and Kinross	GO	0	0	131,840	47,974
Renfrewshire	Paisley	109,180	108,944	2,961,250	2,722,810
Renfrewshire	Ferguslie Park	128,100	45,502	554,143	499,100
Scottish Borders	Scottish Borders	0	0	221,450	159,165
South Ayrshire	Girvan	128,750	107,319	195,700	191,225
South Ayrshire	North Ayr	386,250	515,000	1,166,990	1,493,842
South Lanarkshire	Blantyre/N. H'ton	206,000	203,688	309,000	309,514
South Lanarkshire	Cambuslang	206,000	206,625	412,000	409,928
Stirling	SPUR	51,500	51,500	548,990	548,327
West Dunbartonshire	West Dunbartonshire	515,000	494,756	1,743,790	1,757,545
West Lothian	West Lothian	0	0	193,640	175,916
Total		9,235,534	8,393,392	41,185,115	39,748,084

Table 2 shows figures for 2000-01

Council	SIP	Capital Allocation	Expenditure	Revenue Allocation	Expenditure
Aberdeen City	Great Northern	0	0	844,000	844,000
Angus	Arbroath	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	Argyll and Bute	60,000	40,791	220,000	250,819
Clack'shire	Alloa S and E	325,000	323,758	692,000	691,025
Dundee	Dundee 1	100,000	100,289	2,019,000	2,006,449
	Dundee 2	0	0	453,000	448,030
	Xplore	15,000	14,832	485,000	254,618
	Young Carers	5,000	5,000	100,000	96,404
East Ayrshire	E. Ayr Coalfields	79,000	79,000	963,250	963,043
East Lothian	Tranent	0	0	128,000	128,000
East Renfrewshire	Levern Valley	100,000	62,121	346,000	466,085
Edinburgh	Craigmillar	92,735	91,252	1,662,600	1,640,706
	Strategic Prog.	25,000	21,083	525,450	516,407
	Edinburgh Youth	7,000	7,000	560,000	554,891
	North Edinburgh	460,000	456,178	2,129,575	2,100,245
	South Edinburgh	257,500	257,500	733,438	706,998
Fife	Fife	0	0	630,000	630,000
Fife	Frae Fife	0	0	164,750	153,817
Falkirk	Falkirk	5,229	0	578,750	578,750
Glasgow	Drumchapel	845,390	773,802	1,909,890	1,820,630
	GARA	0	0	780,500	757,294
	Big Step	209,328	183,217	513,000	382,324
	East End	682,000	652,723	2,186,000	2,138,988
	North Glasgow	16,500	14,407	2,970,500	2,970,499
	Smaller Areas	5,229	5,229	1,372,771	751,944
	Routes Out	40,000	40,000	313,000	229,706
	Gorbals	187,000	187,000	577,000	544,298
	Gt'r Easterhouse	350,000	345,251	3,141,000	3,050,175
	Greater Govan	148,559	127,169	360,441	353,850
	Greater Pollok	1,098,867	890,998	1,244,133	1,109,918
	Milton	200,000	94,150	564,000	487,633
	Springburn	20,000	21,178	744,000	715,380
Highland	Highland	209,572	167,188	677,253	642,141
Inverclyde	Inverclyde	465,000	470,444	1,956,000	1,953,291
Moray	Youth Start	140,000	140,000	436,000	436,000
North Ayrshire	North Ayrshire	100,000	84,000	630,000	630,000
North Lanarkshire	Motherwell North	50,000	50,000	1,579,500	1,483,240
	N'Lanarkshire	0	0	886,250	853,681
	S' Coatbridge	50,000	46,017	666,000	559,107
Perth and Kinross	GO	13,500	0	181,261	167,706
Renfrewshire	Paisley	115,000	90,239	2,832,000	2,657,937
Renfrewshire	Ferguslie Park	178,000	117,520	923,000	751,426
Scottish Borders	Scottish Borders	0	0	235,000	226,679
South Ayrshire	Girvan	132,000	129,202	296,000	288,385
South Ayrshire	North Ayr	262,500	275,579	1,283,438	1,578,339
South Lanarkshire	Blantyre/N. H'ton	250,000	249,721	769,000	811,289
South Lanarkshire	Cambuslang	200,000	198,890	425,000	394,385
Stirling	SPUR	50,000	48,395	476,000	469,051
West Dunbartonshire	West Dunbartonshire	520,000	519,098	1,567,000	1,567,275
West Lothian	W. Lothian	0	0	256,000	253,525
Total		8,064,680	7,380,221	45,985,750	44,066,383

Table 3 shows both figures for 2001-02 and Allocations only for 2002-03:

Council	SIP	Allocation	Expenditure*	2002-03 Allocation
Aberdeen City	Great Northern	834,700	368,969	846,855
Argyll and Bute	Argyll and Bute	362,570	121,851	358,668
Clack'shire	Alloa S and E	1,019,316	426,264	1,008,936
Dundee	Dundee 1	2,052,380	982,894	2,134,323
	Dundee 2	410,329	154,057	304,236
	Xplore	581,590	168,931	482,318
	Young Carers	102,128	35,395	106,206
East Ayrshire	E. Ayr Coalfields	1,351,232	640,441	1,762,604
East Lothian	Tranent	153,192	86,303	159,309
East Renfrewshire	Levern Valley	456,083	220,485	338,256
Edinburgh	Craigmillar	1,733,230	722,771	1,758,470
	Strategic Prog.	519,724	229,798	385,884
	Edinburgh Youth	563,668	223,172	586,173
	North Edinburgh	2,344,034	888,998	2,378,168
	South Edinburgh	1,108,678	294,673	1,510,366
Fife	Fife	628,971	308,974	467,532
Fife	Frae Fife	128,642	52,619	133,778
Falkirk	Falkirk	575,059	344,210	427,532
Glasgow	Drumchapel	2,706,850	889,427	2,653,363
	GARA	769,152	279,995	773,054
	Big Step	579,815	221,158	476,904
	East End	2,854,674	1,102,457	2,968,650
	North Glasgow	2,992,154	1,623,934	3,111,619
	Smaller Areas	1,785,399	24,184	1,736,053
	Routes Out	319,692	72,772	268,577
	Gorbals	764,978	256,131	795,521
	Gt'r Easterhouse	3,475,298	1,312,832	3,614,053
	Greater Govan	880,835	334,596	1,244,852
	Greater Pollok	2,954,376	886,805	3,088,530
	Milton	925,167	267,918	795,521
	Springburn	810,150	352,746	824,497
Highland	Highland	874,471	268,639	832,907
Inverclyde	Inverclyde	2,377,422	1,017,543	2,504,843
Moray	Youth Start	438,954	122,087	456,479
North Ayrshire	North Ayrshire	729,307	32,910	541,404
North Lanarkshire	Motherwell North	1,611,217	452,588	1,628,826
	N'Lanarkshire	888,047	222,488	659,016
	S' Coatbridge	778,726	176,333	748,545
Perth and Kinross	GO	223,950	76,306	205,263
Renfrewshire	Paisley	2,643,695	1,074,880	2,896,050
Renfrewshire	Ferguslie Park	1,102,444	497,234	N/A
Scottish Borders	Scottish Borders	247,464	112,497	257,345
South Ayrshire	Girvan	358,037	159,239	436,056
South Ayrshire	North Ayr	1,528,974	544,068	1,551,239
South Lanarkshire	Blantyre/N. H'ton	2,078,609	956,211	3,102,478
South Lanarkshire	Cambuslang	619,986	189,843	459,756
Stirling	SPUR	521,147	245,647	386,856
West Dunbartonshire	West Dunbartonshire	2,038,632	839,385	2,120,027
West Lothian	West Lothian	205,238	85,282	213,433
Total		56,010,385	20,968,937	56,519,479

Note: *Payments made for 1st and 2nd quarters for 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-17930

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2001
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that contracts and sub-contracts for modernisation work arising from the proposed Glasgow housing stock transfer will be of a si'e that enables not just large but also small- and medium-si'ed Glasgow-based companies to win such contracts.

Question reference: S1W-21047

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the suspension of new approvals within the grants for owner occupation programme would have on the owner occupied sector.

Question reference: S1W-21046

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Scottish Homes invested in (a) urban and (b) rural housing in each year from 1996-97 to 2000-01 in real terms and what Scottish Homes and Communities Scotland's planned investment is in each year from 2001-02 to 2003-04.

I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:Scottish Homes and Communities Scotland's investment in urban and rural areas in the period 1996-97 to 2003-04, in 2000-01 real terms is as follows:

Scottish Homes Development Programme - Urban & Rural Capital Expenditure (1996-97 to 2002-03)
	Rural	Urban
Year	£ million	£ million
1996-97	61.5	262.6
1997-98	43.4	171.7
1998-99	37.9	162.3
1999-2000	42.7	162.4
2000-01	44.4	163.0
2001-02¹	48.3	146.9
2002-03	tbc	tbc
2003-04	tbc	tbc

Note:1. Estimate.

Question reference: S1W-21049

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why Glasgow and North Clyde Region of Scottish Homes/Communities Scotland has reduced its investment from #78.406 million in 2000-01 to #75.115 million in 2001-02 as identified in Scottish Homes Investment Programme 2001-02 and what impact this reduction will have on the quality of housing provision.

I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The Glasgow and North Clyde Regional programme is developed in close consultation with partners and reflects a broad range of existing partnership arrangements. Programmes are based upon local housing market and needs analysis to identify, consistent with strategy, the demands, needs and opportunities for housing investment and to ensure the continued provision of high quality housing.

Question reference: S1W-21048

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why Scottish Homes/Communities Scotland investment on owner occupied properties will fall from #29.571 million in 2001-01 to #16.539 million in 2001-02 as identified in Scottish Homes Investment Programme 2001-02 and what impact this reduction will have on the owner occupied sector.

I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:This reflects increased ministerial priority for the provision of affordable rented housing and the temporary suspension of the Grants for Rent or Owner Occupation programme. There will be around 500 fewer units for owner occupation approved in 2001-02 than in 2000-01, with the expenditure released being redirected to the rented programme.

Question reference: S1W-21080

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has with Glasgow City Council about planned teacher redundancies.

Question reference: S1W-21045

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on its discussions with the European Commission regarding the future of grants for owner occupation (gro grants).

Question reference: S1W-20524

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 3 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it provides to prospective homeowners who currently rent from a registered social landlord or local authority on the maintenance requirements of owning a home.

The Scottish Executive has published a booklet, Your right to buy your home, which all prospective homeowners considering the right to buy option are encouraged to read. This contains a section on the additional costs of buying your home, including advice on the repair, maintenance and associated responsibilities attached to buying a property. This booklet is available from landlords, local citizens' advice centres and the Scottish Executive.The Scottish Executive has also recently published two further booklets which are specifically aimed at prospective house purchasers including those who currently rent from a registered social landlord or local authority:Thinking about buying attempts to answer many of the questions potential homebuyers are confronted with, including advice on the responsibilities which come with ownership.We are all responsible provides relevant advice to homeowners who share repair and maintenance responsibilities with their neighbours. Both booklets have been sent to local authorities, issued to a variety of interested organisations (with further copies available from the Scottish Executive) and have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.

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