Parliamentary questions

Elaine Murray

2,411 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the schools estate - PPP funding package in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The amounts included in Revenue Support Grant in the years concerned for the 16 authorities to whom support for the current tranche of school PPP projects has so far become payable 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 under the Children’s Legal Representation Grant Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The Children's Legal Representation Grant Scheme has operated since 2002. Its purpose is to reimburse local authorities the cost of legal representation of children at children's hearings. The scheme is budgeted for but is demand-led, i.e. payments are made i…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the Specialist Provision Programme - Centres of Excellence in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Maureen Watt: Funding was allocated to seven local authorities under the Centres of Excellence programme as follows:</p> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=bottom > <p align=center >Authority</p> </td> <td nowrap valig…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the Teacher Induction Scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The following table provides details of the amounts paid by specific grant to each local authority in each year of the 2004 spending review. These sums are additional to the £13 million that is included in the local government finance settlement in respect of…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Changing Children’s Services Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The information requested is provided in the following table. Allocations were made to local authorities to support activities agreed jointly with local partners in the statutory and voluntary sectors. For 2006-07 and 2007-08, the fund was split between speci…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the Educational Attainment for Looked After Children scheme in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Adam Ingram: Funding allocations were based on the level of funding requested by the local authority in their pilot project proposal. Each of the proposals and the level of funding were approved by Scottish ministers. All local authorities who submitted pilot project prop…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

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

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The individual allocations perlocal authority for 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 are detailed in the table below.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=437> <thead> <tr> <td width=188 nowrap valign=bottom> <p> </p> </td> <td nowrap …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received to provide social work training in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The allocation of £5.5 million specific grant funding for social work training to local authorities in each year of the 2004 spending review was:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td nowrap valign=bottom > <p align=…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

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

Answer · Maureen Watt: The information requested is contained in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=center >Authority</p> </td> <td valign=top > <p align=center >2005-06</p> </td> …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received under the National Accommodation Strategy for Sex Offenders in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The National Accommodation Strategy for Sex Offenders came into force on 2 April 2007 and grant funding was provided to local authorities in 2007-08 as set out as follows. No funding was provided in 2005-06 or 2006-07.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cell…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received to prevent delayed discharge in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Shona Robison: Spending Review 2004 allocated funding for delayed discharge through NHS boards not individual local authorities. This money has been used on a partnership basis to fund local joint initiatives.</p>

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

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

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Violence Against Women Fund was introduced in 2006. Details of the funding to local authorities which successfully applied under the Fund for the period 2006-08 are set out in the table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

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

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The 2004 spending review covered the period 2005-08. During this period local authorities received the Supporting People allocations detailed below.</p> <p >The Pipeline funding referred to in the table was revenue funding for new capital projects originally…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

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

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The breakdown of grant funding for landlord registration for each year of the 2004 spending review is shown in the following table.</p> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=457 > <thead> <tr > <td width=208 valign=top > <p align=left…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority received from the Children’s Services - Womens Aid Fund in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Children''s Services “ Womens Aid Fund was introduced in 2006 in order to develop children''s services in local women''s aid groups. The majority of funding was allocated directly to local groups but in a small number of cases was allocated via the local …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

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

Answer · Shona Robison: Other than the funding allocated in respect of the Mental Health Specific Grant (MHSG), local authorities were not provided with a separate budget specifically for mental health services over the period. The majority of spend on mental health services will ha…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

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

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Police Capital Grant was paid directly to the eight police authorities in each year of the 2004 Spending Review as shown in the following table.</p> <p >Police Capital Grant (£000)</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td …

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

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

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The following table provides a break down of funding to local authorities for community safety partnerships for each year of the 2004 spending review:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=556 > <tr > <td width=160 nowrap valign=bottom >…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding each local authority received to address antisocial behaviour in each year of the 2004 spending review.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-4366 on 21 September 2007. 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/web…

1 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much Dumfries and Galloway Council will receive for the provision of kinship care allowances in each year of the spending review period.

Answer · Adam Ingram: As set out in the <i>Scottish Budget: Spending Review 2007</i>, the payment of kinship care allowances has now been incorporated into the total local government settlement. As part of this settlement, local government has agreed to work with the Scottish gove…

31 Jan 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive who is legally responsible for clearing up litter dropped or blown on to private land.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: It is the responsibility of the landowner or land management to deal with litter on their property. In some cases, the local authority may take action in relation to litter on private land. Appendix 2 of Part II of the <i >Code of Practice on Litter and Refus…