- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 8 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) actual and (b) cumulative percentage increase from the 1997/8 level in rent charged by each local authority was in each of the five years from 1997/8, and what the (i) average and (ii) cumulative national increase was.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following tables:Local Authority Rents - Actual Percentage Increase
| | 1997-98 to 1998-99 | 1998-99 to 1999-2000 | 1999-2000 to 2000-01 | 2000-01 to 01-02 | 2001-02 to 2002-03 |
| Actual %Increase | Actual %Increase | Actual %Increase | Actual %Increase | Actual %Increase |
| Aberdeen City Council | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Angus Council | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Dundee City Council | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| East Lothian Council | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Edinburgh Council, City of | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Eilean Siar, Comhairle nan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Falkirk Council | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| Fife Council | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Glasgow City Council | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Highland Council | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Inverclyde Council | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Midlothian Council | 9 | -1 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Moray Council | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Orkney Islands Council | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Renfrewshire Council | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Scottish Borders Council | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | not available |
| Shetland Islands Council | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Stirling Council | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 3 | -1 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| West Lothian Council | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| Scotland | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Note:Rent information not collected for Scottish Borders in 2002-03 due to proposed housing stock transfer.Local Authority Rents - Actual Percentage Increase
| | Cumulative% Increase | Cumulative% Increase | Cumulative% Increase | Cumulative% Increase |
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| from 1997-98 to 1999-2000 | from 1997-98 to 2000-01 | from 1997-98 to 2001-02 | from 1997-98 to 2002-03 |
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| Aberdeen City Council | 19 | 25 | 29 | 34 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 7 | 10 | 15 | 21 |
| Angus Council | 14 | 20 | 30 | 35 |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 7 | 9 | 17 | 24 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 |
| Dundee City Council | 6 | 9 | 11 | 15 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 14 | 26 | 30 | 34 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 7 | 14 | 18 | 23 |
| East Lothian Council | 10 | 13 | 18 | 21 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 15 | 21 | 24 | 32 |
| Edinburgh Council, City of | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Eilean Siar, Comhairle nan | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 |
| Falkirk Council | 9 | 19 | 24 | 31 |
| Fife Council | 9 | 13 | 15 | 21 |
| Glasgow City Council | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 |
| Highland Council | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| Inverclyde Council | 16 | 21 | 26 | 32 |
| Midlothian Council | 8 | 13 | 22 | 23 |
| Moray Council | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
| North Ayrshire Council | 2 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 11 | 18 | 23 | 27 |
| Orkney Islands Council | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 7 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Renfrewshire Council | 11 | 18 | 19 | 28 |
| Scottish Borders Council | 7 | 13 | 17 | not available |
| Shetland Islands Council | 18 | 25 | 25 | 30 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 8 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Stirling Council | 4 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 |
| West Lothian Council | 8 | 17 | 21 | 33 |
| Scotland | 10 | 13 | 16 | 21 |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what new investment was made at HM Prison Aberdeen, and for what purpose, in each of the last five years and what investment is planned, and for what purpose, in future years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The total value of estate development projects completed at HM Prison Aberdeen in the last five years is about £2 million. Options for upgrading the existing health centre are currently being evaluated.I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30329 on 31 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Trade International website will be operational and what the reasons are for any delay in bringing it online.
Answer
In October 2001 the Scottish Executive launched its Global Connections Strategy which led to the creation of Scottish Development International. Scottish Development International brings together the activities of the former Scottish Trade International and Locate in Scotland.The Scottish Development International website became operational in October 2001 to tie in with the launch of the Global Connections Strategy and the creation of Scottish Development International.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its European Union Office has been involved in efforts to disperse any European agencies to Scotland and, if so, what representations the office has made and to whom.
Answer
The Scottish Executive EU Office is involved in a wide range of EU matters including efforts to disperse any European agencies to Scotland. However, the UK position in relation to siting of EU agencies is a reserved matter and decisions on representation on this issue are ultimately a matter for the UK Government.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in the dispersal of any European agencies to Scotland and what the timetable is for necessary decisions being taken.
Answer
The siting of EU agencies is reserved and a matter for the UK Government. The Executive is in regular contact with Her Majesty's Government Departments about a variety of EU issues including the siting of EU agencies. The decision on sites and the timetable for decisions are ultimately matters for the EU Heads of State and Government.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why the Minister for Environment and Rural Development was not listed as an attendee of the most recent meeting of the EU Fisheries Council.
Answer
The Council Secretariat's formal minutes do not include the names of those attending. The Council Secretariat's press release is clearly at fault.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 5 November 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer what research the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has carried out into the establishment of a parliamentary office in Brussels to represent the Parliament independently of the Scottish Executive.
Answer
The European Committee is at present conducting a short Inquiry to consider the role for, and activities of, the various bodies representing Scotland in Brussels. These bodies include parliamentary representation, government representation, commercial groups, trade bodies, and non-governmental organisations. The SPCB therefore awaits their report.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what regular bulletins or reports are compiled by its officials in Scotland House, Brussels, for submission to its departments and what discussions it has had with the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body on whether any such bulletins or reports should be made available to members as a matter of course.
Answer
The Scottish Executive EU Office provides Scottish Executive Departments and ministers with regular information about the EU agenda in a wide variety of forms. There have been no discussions with the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body on providing this information to members.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 4 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average age of local authority owned house is in each local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.Information is available on the numbers of local authority owned dwellings, in each local authority area, that are within the following five age bands: (a) pre-1919, (b) 1919-44, (c) 1945-64, (d) 1965-82 and (e) post-1982.The latest information - the position as at 31 March 2002 - was published in table 17 of the Scottish Executive Quarterly Housing Trends Bulletin HSG/2002/3, which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 23303).
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports establishing a link between the level of subsidy to, and the number of employees on, a farm.
Answer
As stated in A Forward Strategy for Scottish Agriculture, we are in favour of rewarding farmers according to the wide range of benefits they provide in economic, social and environmental terms. This would not rule out use of employment-related criteria, although the Executive has no plans at present to introduce or propose such criteria. Support arrangements under the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are largely production-based but the Mid-term Review of the CAP, which is currently in its preliminary stages, offers an opportunity to consider payments to farmers for the provision of a wider range of benefits.
