Elaine Murray

21 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken within Scotland by the Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture since 17 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10182 on 5 March 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

21 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official ministerial engagements have been undertaken by the First Minister within Scotland since 16 May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · John Swinney: The information sought could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p>

21 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances managers of residential care homes may refuse entry to visitors who have been invited by the families of individual residents who are incapable of making the request themselves.

Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10180 on 3 March 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website; the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

21 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances managers of residential care homes may refuse entry to visitors who have been invited by individual residents.

Answer · Shona Robison: Each care home will have its own set of rules for the day-to-day running of the home. <i >The National Care Standards - Care Homes for Older People</i> require care home providers to ensure that residents and their representatives are aware of the rules befor…

13 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what resources will be available under the Community Environmental Renewal Scheme and the Environmental Justice Fund in 2008-09.

Answer · Michael Russell: The Community Environmental Renewal Scheme and the Environmental Justice Fund will close at the end of 2007-08.</p> <p >The Scottish Budget Spending review 2007 sets out the governments plans for spending on Sustainable Development and Climate Change. These …

12 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what further consideration it has given to extending the exemption from water charges for churches and other voluntary organisations beyond 2010.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The Scottish Government is consulting on the future of the small organisation water charges exemption scheme as part of its consultation on the wider Principles of Charging for 2010-14. This closes on 29 February 2008.</p> <p >We will consider in light of a…

12 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will urgently review the Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/553) in relation to the licence fee payable by licensed premises that share a site with other licensed premises.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Scottish Government has no plans to review these regulations before 1 September 2009, the date on which the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 comes fully into effect.</p>

12 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is provision under the Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/553) to enable licensed premises that share a site with other licensed premises to pay each premise’s licence fee on the basis of a proportion of the rateable value of the entire site.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 state that the fee payable must be based on the rateable value shown on the valuation roll.</p>

12 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is the intention under the Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/553) that, where several licensed premises operate from within one site, each pays the premises licence fee on the basis of the rateable value of the entire site.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 state that the fee payable must be based on the rateable value listed on the valuation roll.</p>

12 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive who was consulted on the recent Net Limitation Order introduced under the River Border Esk Fisheries Byelaw and when the consultation took place.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The recent Net Limitation Order does not form part of the River Esk (Border) Byelaws, which were made under Article 4(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Border Rivers) Order 1999. The Net Limitation Order applies only to fisheries in England and was made under the …

8 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-5588 by Michael Russell on 31 October 2007, whether members of the public or MSPs can access the noise maps referred to and, if so, how this may be done.

Answer · Michael Russell: Yes. One of the requirements of the EC Environmental Noise Directive is that all noise maps produced must be made available to the public. The maps together with other related information can be found at <a href="http://www.scottishnoisemapping.org/">www.scot…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Contaminated Land Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: Details of the contaminated land grant allocated to local authorities in each of the three years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 are shown in the following table:</p> <p >Capital Grants for Contaminated Land</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Flood Prevention and Coast Protection Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Michael Russell: The amounts received by each local authority as Flood Prevention or Coast Protection Grant are shown below. It is for authorities to come forward with suitable schemes to take up these resources. At this stage the amounts for the current year are the estimate…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for air quality monitoring in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Michael Russell: The information requested is provided in the following table. Local authorities applied for funding each year based on their requirements for that year. Not all authorities applied therefore not all authorities received funding in a particular year.</p> <tab…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the Antisocial Behaviour Noise Grant Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Michael Russell: The table below details how much funding each participating local authority received under the Antisocial Behaviour Noise Grant Scheme for each year of the 2004 spending review.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td widt…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Strategic Waste Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The following table shows the total funding awarded to each local authority from the Strategic Waste Fund in each of the three years of the 2004 spending review: 2005-06; 2006-07, and 2007-08.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=609 > <t…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Public Transport Fund and Integrated Transport Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The Scottish Government does not hold information on these funds in the form requested. </p> <p >Expenditure over the first two years of the 2004 spending review from the Public Transport Fund and the Integrated Transport Fund was distributed by grants paid …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Piers and Harbours Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The information requestedis as follows:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td rowspan=2 valign=top> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td valign=top> <p align=center>2005-06</p> </td> <td valign=top> <p align=center>2006-07</p> …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for supported borrowing in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · John Swinney: The table below shows the supported borrowing (non-cash) allocations for each local authority for the period 2005-06 to 2007-08:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td > <p align=center >(all values in £000)</p> </…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each eligible local authority received from the Cities Growth Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · John Swinney: The following table shows howmuch was paid to the six local authorities eligible to receive funding from theCities Growth Fund in each year since 2005-06.</p><p>£000</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td width=128 valign=top> …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Efficiency and Reform Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · John Swinney: The first year (2005-06) of theSR04 Spending Review made provision for a Modernising Government Fund. This wasa means to support innovation in the public sector, to address policy prioritiesand particularly to support and promote ‘joined up’ working.</p><p>Th…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for school travel co-ordinators in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · John Swinney: Each local authority was awarded the following grants for School Travel Coordinator posts in each year of the 2004 spending review:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td nowrap valign=bottom > <p align=center >Local …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Bus Route Development Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The following table gives details of the Bus Route Development Grant funding allocations in the 2004 spending review period. The final funding allocations were made in March 2007.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td va…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Rural Public Passenger Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The amounts allocated to local authorities under the Rural Public Passenger Transport Grant Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review are set out in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Demand Responsive Transport Grant in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The amounts awarded to local authorities from the Demand Responsive Transport Grant Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review are set out in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Schools Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Maureen Watt: Whilst local government had flexibility to allocate other resources for work on the school estate, the amounts allocated to authorities from the Schools Fund in the years concerned were as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead>…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for youth work for local delivery in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Adam Ingram: Funding allocations were not calculated with specific reference to youth work services within Grant Aided Expenditure for these years. Whilst local government had flexibility to allocate other resources to this area, the specific amounts allocated to local go…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for adoption services in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Funding allocationswere not calculated with specific reference to adoption services within grantaided expenditure for these years. Whilst local government had flexibility to allocateother resources to this area, the specific amounts allocated to local governm…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received for improving fostering services in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Adam Ingram: In November 2004 £12 million was made available to improve fostering services including the recruitment and retention of foster carers, across Scotland.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=608 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=bottom > …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Early Years and Childcare Workforce Development Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Whilst local government had flexibilityto allocate other resources to this area, the specific amounts allocated to eachlocal authority from the Early Years and Childcare Workforce Development Fund ineach year of the 2004 spending review were as follows:</p><t…