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The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of households in fuel poverty for individual parliamentary constituencies.

Information is available at local authority level from the Scottish House Conditions Survey. The most recent available figures show that there were on average 62,000 households in fuel poverty in Glasgow City between 2009 and 2011, representing 22% of households.

Figures for the 2010 to 2012 period will be published in December 2013.

Fuel poverty estimates for local authorities are only available for three year aggregated periods, as the sample sizes in the Scottish House Conditions Survey are too small to produce reliable annual estimates.

Glasgow City Council has received an offer of grant under the Scottish Government HEEPS: Area-Based Schemes funding programme. The council has indicated it will use the funding to assist delivery of energy efficiency measures to 6,220 homes in the Glasgow City Council area.

The Scottish Government recognises the important role Junior football clubs play in communities across Scotland and I wrote to the Scottish Junior Football Association on 9 April 2013.

The Scottish Junior Football Association are an affiliated national association member of the overall governing body for football, the Scottish Football Association.

As such the Scottish Government has regular meetings with the Scottish Football Association to help ensure that the game in Scotland, at all levels, is supported and we are investing record levels of investment into football with almost £8.5m invested during 2011-12 which has supported the development of youth and grassroots football across Scotland.

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body tries to strike the correct balance between unencumbered internet access, and protecting the interests of all the users of the IT network. At this time we do not block internet access to payday loan companies but will keep this situation under review

Policy on fees and loans is different in Scotland and England.

Students living in Scotland who attend publically funded institutions in Scotland do not have to pay tuition fees whereas students in England are liable for fees of up to £9000 and are provided with an opportunity to apply for loans to cover the cost.

Students living in Scotland attending some private institutions receive fee support. It is a matter for each private institution to set their own level of fees, however the general level of contribution payable by the Scottish Ministers in 2012-13 was fixed at £1205. In the particular case of the International Christian College, the contribution was fixed at £1783. Beyond that, the student is responsible for paying the balance.

Providing student loans involves a cost to the Scottish Government. In the case of private institutions, and in line with the policy that applies in the case of publicly funded institutions, the Scottish Ministers have decided to use the resources that are available to meet the cost of a fee contribution rather than provide a fee loan.

The Scottish Government provides support with respect to courses delivered by 57 independent private institutions in Scotland. The names are as follows:

Achievable Care Training Scotland

Cairellot Learning Centre

Care Now

Care Skills Direct

CBT Ltd

Childcare Management Company

Childcare in the Community

Complementary Therapy School

Concentric Training

Edinburgh Creche Group

Experential Play Ltd

FTS Training Ltd

Gibson Training and Care Ltd

Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector

GMD Community Services

Happitots Day Nursery Training Ltd

Health and Social Care Training Consortium

Highlang and Moray Accredited Training

International Christian College

Interactive Design Ltd

Jays Consultancy

JHP Training

L&G Learning Scotland Ltd

Loretto Housing Association and Care

Linked Work and Training Trust

Minerva People Ltd

Megans Specialist Training

Microcom Training

North Edinburgh Childcare

Oilean Ltd

Opus Learning Ltd

PA Training

Q Train Ltd

Qualitas International

Quarriers

Quest Scotland Ltd

RT Resources

Rowan Consultancy

Ritchies Training Centre

Scottish Swimming Association

Sense Scotland

Scotia Law Training

Shelter Scotland

Simpson House Training

Step-Up

Stirling Council Children’s Services

Supporta Care

Thistle Training

Training Matters

Training Solutions Scotland Ltd

TESOL Training Scotland Ltd

The Care at Home Training Consortium

Training for Care

TELL Organisation

The Zone

Victim Support Scotland

WLR Associates Ltd

The Scottish Government has no control over the fees set by independent private colleges such as the International Christian College in Glasgow and therefore does not commit to meeting the full cost. Instead, the Scottish Government agrees to pay a fixed contribution.

In Scotland data on crimes recorded by the police are based on an aggregated count of crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police. No details are held relating to the victims and perpetrators of individual crimes making it impossible to extract information on the basis of ethnic group, or on how the perpetrators were brought to the attention of the police.

The Scottish Government does not have any information on how many children would be affected if St Margaret’s Children and Family Care Society was to close.

Scottish Ministers and Scottish Government officials have engaged with the representatives of St Margaret’s Children and Family Care Society through meetings and written communication on a number of occasions since the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator’s ruling.

The information requested is published by the National Records of Scotland, and can be found in Table P1b of the 2012 Births, Deaths and Other Vital Events Preliminary Annual Figures statistical release, which is available via:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/vital-events/general/bmd-preliminary/2012.html.