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Answer · John Swinney · 18 Mar 2021

Through the Scottish Government’s previous school building programme, Scotland’s Schools for the Future, Dundee City Council received funding of £49 million towards the construction of three projects:
£19.5 million towards Baldragon Academy which was completed in June 2018,
£20.4 million towards Harris Academy which was completed in May 2016,
£9.1 million towards North East Campus which was completed in August 2018.
Phase 2 of the £2 billion Learning Estate Investment Programme was announced on 18th December 2020, and through this programme Dundee City Council will receive funding towards a new campus to replace Craigie and Braeview High Schools.
These projects were submitted by Dundee City Council as their priority projects for investment.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville · 19 Mar 2021

At present we have not published information on how many people in local authority areas receive Scottish Child Payment. More detailed information on application outcomes and payments, including at a local authority level, will be included in the next release of Official Statistics which will cover the period to the end of March and is due to be published on 11 May 2021.
Using the latest available forecasts published by the Scottish Fiscal Commission in January 2021, Scottish Government analysis estimates there could be around 4,300 families receiving the payment in Dundee in 2021-22, which equates to around 5,400 eligible children.
Subject to receiving data from the Department for Work and Pensions, it is our intention to extend the payment to under 16s by end 2022. Therefore using the above forecasts our analysis estimates that 15,500 children in Dundee could be eligible in 2022-23. In 2023-24, the first full financial year of the under 16s payment we estimate 15,000 children could be eligible.
The total value of Scottish Child Payment in Dundee could be £2.3 million in 2021-22, £3.5 million in 2022-23 and £6.1 million in 2023-24. The increase in spending in 2023-24 reflects that under 16s will only be paid for part of the previous year 2022-23.

Answer · Jamie Hepburn · 22 Mar 2021

Between 2006 and 2020 the Scottish Government has provided support to tackle youth unemployment in Dundee through a range of measures. This includes, but is not limited to programmes and services such as Activity Agreements, employer recruitment incentives, Employability Fund, Community Jobs Scotland, apprenticeships, college and university places, No One Left Behind employability support, Fair Start Scotland, Parental Employment Support Fund and the Young Person’s Guarantee.
The Scottish Government funded and worked with a range of partners to deliver support measures to tackle youth unemployment in Dundee. This includes Dundee City Council, Skills Development Scotland, colleges and universities, as well as a range of third sector organisations such as Inspiring Scotland and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Due to the scope and timeframe of the question, we have set out in Table 1 the funding provided directly by the Scottish Government to Dundee City Council for youth employability support.
This should be viewed as the minimum funding provided directly to Dundee to tackle youth unemployment between 2011 and 2020. Young people in Dundee will also have had access to support from nationally funded programmes and further and higher education, as well as other support from Europe, DWP, Local Authorities and the third sector.
Information regarding funding provided to Dundee City Council between 2006 and 2011 has not been included due to the disproportionate cost to the Scottish Government.
Dundee City Council have received the funding outlined below to deliver a number of employability programmes:
Table 1. Youth Employability Funding to Dundee City Council
Year
Post-16
YES Fund
No One Left Behind
YPG
Minimum total
2011/2012
£147,681
-
-
-
£147,681
2012/2013
£146,496
-
-
-
£146,496
2013/2014
£119,952
£390,000
-
-
£509,952
2013/2015 
£187,707*  
£187,707
2014/2015
£170,947
£465,602
£141,960
-
-
£778,509
2015/2016
£152,225
£152,100
-
-
£304,325
2016/2017
£174,225
£186,707
-
-
£360,932
2017/2018
£162,030
-
-
-
£162,030
2018/2019
£162,030
-
-
-
£162,030
2019/2020
-
-
£293,501
-
£293,501
2020/2021
-
-
£293,501
£1,060,840
£1,354,341
*additional funding provided between 2013-2015
Post-16 Transition Planning including Activity Agreements (Post-16)Delivered by Local Authorities and involved providing tailored support to eligible young people who have left school to help them prepare for employment, training or education. It was part of the Scottish Government’s 'Opportunities for All' of an offer of continuing education and training.
Youth Employment Scotland Fund (YES Fund)The Youth Employment Scotland was an employer recruitment incentive which supported young people into employment.
No One Left BehindFlexible and user-based model of employability support for people from school leaving age up to 67 years (pensionable age) and the Opportunities for All commitment to young people aged 16-19 (up to but not including their 20th birthday). This support includes in work support allowance, Activity Agreements and key worker support.
Young Person’s Guarantee (YPG)
o Person centred employability opportunities for young people aged between 16 and 24 years. This includes for example internships, job placements, recruitment incentives, mental health support, wrap support for Kickstart placements.
Our response to S5W-36092 on 19 March 2021 provides further information on the additional £70 million for the Young Person’s Guarantee in 2021-22. This will help build on the success of our significant investment in education, employability and skills and ensure young people are able to progress into fair and sustainable work.
In Table 2, we have also provided details of our investment into the internationally recognised Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) Programme in Dundee and Angus. This investment builds on wider Scottish Government funding in youth e

Answer · Richard Lochhead · 23 Mar 2021

The Care Experienced Bursary (CEB) was introduced in Higher Education to full time students studying at undergraduate level in the Academic Year (AY) 2017/18. The number of CEB bursary awards made since its introduction is 2,472.
The CEB was introduced to full time students in Further Education in the AY 2018-19. The total number of awards made since its introduction is 4,338.

Answer · Kate Forbes · 22 Mar 2021

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government introduced an unprecedented package of business support worth over £3 billion, including 100% rates relief for properties in the retail, hospitality, leisure and aviation sectors as well as a 1.6% relief awarded to every property in Scotland, effectively introducing a poundage freeze.
The following table shows the number of properties awarded each of these relief, and the value of reliefs, by local authority area.
Further details are available in the Non-Domestic Rates Reliefs 2020 publication, available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/non-domestic-rates-relief-statistics-2020/ . As at 1 July 2020, £965m was attributable to these COVID-19 reliefs (though in some instances the COVID-19 reliefs may have displaced a previous relief).
 
Local Authority
Retail, Hospitality, Leisure and Airports
Universal 1.6% Relief
Number
Value (£thousands)
Number
Value (£thousands)
Aberdeen City
1,170
62,982
9,700
4,943
Aberdeenshire
1,090
23,993
13,170
2,446
Angus
430
8,257
5,350
661
Argyll & Bute
980
11,012
9,480
911
City of Edinburgh
4,280
182,213
22,980
7,719
Clackmannanshire
170
3,785
1,680
351
Dumfries & Galloway
920
16,975
10,140
1,175
Dundee City
830
31,589
5,840
1,562
East Ayrshire
510
11,068
4,460
665
East Dunbartonshire
330
11,016
2,430
552
East Lothian
320
7,867
3,780
667
East Renfrewshire
260
7,329
1,820
347
Falkirk
440
14,982
5,320
1,530
Fife
1,800
43,524
14,050
3,453
Glasgow City
3,790
146,480
27,230
8,197
Highland
2,240
43,362
20,060
3,122
Inverclyde
270
7,870
2,430
452
Midlothian
450
14,827
3,040
718
Moray
480
10,202
5,160
1,010
Na h-Eileanan Siar
120
1,954
2,780
218
North Ayrshire
650
14,734
5,350
932
North Lanarkshire
840
30,752
10,320
2,406
Orkney Islands
130
2,035
2,600
247
Perth & Kinross
1,000
22,626
9,640
1,337
Renfrewshire
710
43,881
9,900
2,395
Scottish Borders
490
10,249
8,480
853
Shetland Islands
100
2,075
2,370
507
South Ayrshire
680
20,855
5,320
947
South Lanarkshire
1,110
39,373
10,630
6,192
Stirling
630
20,468
5,920
1,003
West Dunbartonshire
490
10,926
2,990
1,535
West Lothian
710
24,905
6,550
1,681
Scotland
28,400
904,164
250,940
60,732
Data: Scottish Assessors' Valuation Roll, Local Authority billing data as at 1 July 2020.
The numbers of properties are rounded to the nearest 10.
These reliefs will have in part displaced other previously awarded relief, so the additional value to ratepayers will be lower than the figures presented above.
The relief values are the awards given as at 1 July 2020, and do not necessarily reflect the cost of a given award over the full year.
These figures include reliefs awarded to supermarkets and other businesses which have since repaid, or committed to repaying, the rates relief awarded to them in 2020-21. These repayments are made as donations to the Scottish Government and thus do not directly affect income from non-domestic rates or the values of reliefs.

Answer · Kate Forbes · 22 Mar 2021

The following tables show the number of properties receiving 100% non-domestic rates relief in the Dundee City Council area in each year for which data is available, broken down by ward and the value of reliefs awarded to non-domestic properties in these wards. The data include all awards of 100% relief (either a single relief or a combination of reliefs summing to 100%), e.g. through the Small Business Bonus Scheme; charitable rates relief; empty property relief; retail, hospitality, leisure and aviation relief, etc.
Note that the following figures relate to numbers of properties, rather than businesses, as one business can occupy multiple properties.
Data for years between 2006-07 and 2011-12, and for 2017-18, is not available.
Note also that ward level data is not available for all local authority areas; this is dependent on the data available on the valuation roll for each area.
Table 1: Number of properties receiving 100% rates relief in Dundee, by ward and year
Ward
2012-13
2013-14
2015-16
2016-17
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
Strathmartine
110
120
130
120
180
190
240
Lochee
210
250
240
230
300
300
420
West End
550
700
650
640
770
790
910
Coldside
400
480
500
490
560
560
640
Maryfield
580
680
700
690
760
780
1,180
East End
60
60
70
60
70
70
90
The Ferry
110
130
130
120
130
140
190
North East
240
260
270
260
320
330
460
Unknown
-
-
-
-
0
0
0
All
2,250
2,670
2,670
2,610
3,100
3,160
4,120
Source: Scottish Assessors' Valuation Roll and Local Authority billing information.
Reliefs data as at: 17 May 2012, 1 October 2013 and 2015, 5 October 2016, 1 June 2018, 31 May 2019, 1 July 2020.
Figures represent situation as at snapshot date and is likely to have changed throughout each year. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Values marked "-" represent a true 0, and values marked as "0" represent values which are greater than zero but lower than 5.
"Unknown" ward refers to Valuation Roll entries which may not directly correspond to a single ward, e.g. cumulative entries or shooting rights.
Table 2: Value of reliefs awarded to properties receiving 100% rates relief in Dundee, by ward and year (£thousands)
Ward
2012-13
2013-14
2015-16
2016-17
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
Strathmartine
1,045
1,074
1,296
1,229
1,437
1,244
3,437
Lochee
2,304
2,214
1,757
1,476
2,223
2,695
11,293
West End
2,692
3,065
3,824
3,217
3,826
4,197
7,519
Coldside
1,624
1,673
1,769
1,726
2,144
2,392
3,058
Maryfield
4,331
4,218
5,153
5,060
5,061
7,190
19,381
East End
636
656
628
427
569
968
839
The Ferry
635
982
972
825
897
1,001
4,755
North East
1,371
1,388
1,451
1,289
1,615
1,634
4,292
Unknown
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
All
14,639
15,270
16,851
15,249
17,773
21,322
54,575
Source: Scottish Assessors' Valuation Roll and Local Authority billing information.
Reliefs data as at: 17 May 2012, 1 October 2013 and 2015, 5 October 2016, 1 June 2018, 31 May 2019, 1 July 2020.
Figures represent situation as at snapshot date and is likely to underestimate the value of reliefs awarded throughout the year.
"Unknown" ward refers to Valuation Roll entries which may not directly correspond to a single ward, e.g. cumulative entries or shooting rights.

Answer · Kevin Stewart · 24 Mar 2021

From 2016 until 2020, the total amount of funding provided to Dundee Council for its Area Based Schemes (ABS) has been £8,113,141.00. We do not hold information about spending by ward or by constituency.
Year
ABS Funding Allocation
Final Spend
2016-17
£1,238,929
£1,960,429
2017-18
£1,347,571
£1,810,500
2018-19
£1,401,341
£1,549,841
2019-20
£1,362,372
£2,792,371
2020-21
£1,603,947
NA
Total
£6,954,160
£8,113,141
We do not hold data at local authority or constituency level for measures provided through other home energy efficiency schemes, such as Warmer Homes Scotland.
Further details of ABS funding provided to Dundee Council and other local authorities can be found on the Scottish Government website: https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-18-01563/

Answer · Michael Matheson · 23 Mar 2021

The National Concessionary Travel Scheme provides eligible applicants free bus travel through the National Entitlement Card (NEC).
The Improvement Service is responsible for the management of the NEC, the application process and provides overall governance for the data management of cardholders.
Therefore, Transport Scotland does not have access to the information requested but the Improvement Service should be able to provide it, and they can be contacted at [email protected]
Regarding the roll out of the under 22s concessionary travel scheme, we estimate that there are around 30,000 residents of Dundee, who are aged between 5 and 21, who may benefit from this.