- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 22 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2221 by Stewart Maxwell on 30 July 2007, whether it will provide a breakdown of the figure for the average cost of constructing a home for social rent.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
The average cost ofconstructing a home for social rent during 2006-07 was £117,762. This can be brokendown as follows:
| Average Acquisition Cost | £8,935 |
| Average Works Cost | £96,003 |
| Average Fees | £8,022 |
| Average other Costs | £4,802 |
| Total | £117,762 |
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what average calcium intake has been in each year since 1980, broken down by socio-economic group.
Answer
I am informed by theFood Standards Agency Scotland (FSAS) that there is no single data set that providesinformation on the average consumption of calcium by socio-economic group between1980 and the present time. Thus, data on the average consumption of calcium by incomequintiles was obtained from the Expenditure and Food Survey of the UK, which provides information from April 2002 up to March2003 and from April 2003 up to March 2006. This data is not Scotland specific.
The following tableshows the average intake of calcium (per person, per day) by income quintiles whichare based on gross weekly household income. The first quintile contains the lowestincome households and the fifth income quintile contains the household with thehighest income. Calcium intakes were determined from food brought into the homeand eaten outside the home.
Table 1 Average Calcium Intake from all Food andDrink in the United Kingdom
| Year | | Quintiles |
| Quintile 1 | Quintile 2 | Quintile 3 | Quintile 4 | Quintile 5 |
| April 2002 to March 2003 | Lower boundary (gross weekly income) | | £187.86 | £341.44 | £541.21 | £820.95 |
| | Intake of calcium per person per day (mg) | 1,020 | 1,010 | 980 | 990 | 970 |
| April 2003 to March 2006 | Lower boundary (gross weekly income) | 0 | £206 | £364 | £596 | £915 |
| | Intake of calcium per person per day (mg) | 1,055 | 1,044 | 1,006 | 973 | 977 |
Note: mg, milligram.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers dyslexia to be a disability.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentrecognises that the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act1995 may include people with dyslexia. Our policies in relation to disability aretherefore inclusive of people with dyslexia.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2223 by Stewart Maxwell on 1 August 2007, what it estimates the total value was of all discounts for the sale of council houses under the right to buy scheme in each year since 1979.
Answer
The following tableshows the amount of discount for sales of public authority stock to sitting tenantsunder the right to buy and rent to mortgage schemes, and through voluntary sales.
Total Value ofDiscount of Public Authority Stock Sold through Right to Buy, Rent to Mortgage andVoluntary Sales
| Year | Discount (£ Million) | Year | Discount (£ Million) |
| 1979 | 1.5 | 1993 | 355.8 |
| 1980 | 34.6 | 1994 | 388.6 |
| 1981 | 65.4 | 1995 | 310.3 |
| 1982 | 96.0 | 1996 | 237.3 |
| 1983 | 127.3 | 1997 | 317.9 |
| 1984 | 130.8 | 1998 | 276.5 |
| 1985 | 136.3 | 1999 | 264.5 |
| 1986 | 138.4 | 2000 | 278.8 |
| 1987 | 210.8 | 2001 | 268.6 |
| 1988 | 379.7 | 2002 | 333.9 |
| 1989 | 509.6 | 2003 | 367.0 |
| 1990 | 480.6 | 2004 | 306.7 |
| 1991 | 371.1 | 2005 | 308.2 |
| 1992 | 410.8 | 2006 | 280.9 |
Source: Sales3 returnsprovided to the Scottish Executive by local authorities.
Notes:
1. Public authoritiesinclude local authorities, new towns and Scottish Homes (Scottish Special HousingAssociation prior to April 1998).
2. Monetary valuesare in nominal terms and have not been adjusted for inflation.
3. The table excludessales to sitting tenants who preserved their rights to buy their home followingthe transfer of stock to housing associations in Dumfries and Galloway, Glasgow and the Scottish Borders in 2003, and in Argyll and Bute and Eilean Siar in 2006. The total value of these additionaldiscounts is £141 million.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 20 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that serious injuries to victims in road traffic incidents should be included in any subsequent criminal charges for road traffic offences.
Answer
The Procurator Fiscalis entitled to include details of the consequences of driving, including injury,in charges of dangerous or careless driving in order to allow the court to considerthese consequences in assessing whether the driving was dangerous or careless. Atpresent death can only be included in charges relating to causing death by dangerousdriving or by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs, butthe Road Safety Act 2006 will in future allow prosecutors to bring charges for causingdeath by careless driving, or while unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many personnel have been employed by each fire and rescue service or predecessor body in each year since 1990.
Answer
The information relatingto firefighters and control room staff is given in the tables Establishment andStrengths of Fire Brigades 1990 – 2006. A copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43394). Information for supportstaff is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total expenditure on PFI/PPP projects has been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Table A shows theunitary charges paid by local authorities for PPP projects in each of the yearsfrom 1999-2000 to 2006-07.
Table B shows theunitary charges for PPP projects that are not readily identifiable with a localauthority area as they span more than one local authority area. The informationis provided in each of the years from 1999-2000 to 2006-07.
The unitary chargeis the amount paid by the public sector procuring body to the private sector consortiumfor the services it provides over the length of the contract. The services includecapital construction, lifecycle maintenance and facilities management, and not justthe upfront construction cost of the asset.
Table A: Unitary chargesof local authority PPP projects
| Local Authority Area | 1999-2000 (£ Million) | 2000-01 (£ Million) | 2001-02 (£ Million) | 2002-03 (£ Million) | 2003-04 (£ Million) |
| Aberdeenshire | | | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| Angus | | | | | |
| Argyll and Bute | | | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| City of Dundee | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| City of Edinburgh | | | | 13.4 | 18.0 |
| City of Glasgow | | | 7.0 | 35.8 | 41.3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | | | | | |
| East Lothian | | | | | |
| East Renfrewshire | | | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Falkirk | | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.1 |
| Fife | | | | | 4.2 |
| Highland | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 10.6 |
| Midlothian | | | | | 2.0 |
| Moray | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| North Ayrshire | | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| North Lanarkshire | | | | | |
| Perth and Kinross | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Stirling | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| West Lothian | | | 2.5 | 7.8 | 9.2 |
| Local Authority Area | 2004-05 (£ Million) | 2005-06 (£ Million) | 2006-07 (£ Million) | Total (£ Million) |
| Aberdeenshire | 3.2 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 21.9 |
| Angus | | 2.6 | 5.3 | 7.9 |
| Argyll and Bute | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 24.4 |
| City of Dundee | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 19.0 |
| City of Edinburgh | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 87.2 |
| City of Glasgow | 42.1 | 42.9 | 43.7 | 212.8 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | | 4.3 | 5.9 | 10.2 |
| East Lothian | | 7.2 | 7.3 | 14.5 |
| East Renfrewshire | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 17.3 |
| Falkirk | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 84.9 |
| Fife | 6.5 | 6.5 | 13.2 | 30.4 |
| Highland | 10.9 | 11.4 | 7.1 | 66.4 |
| Midlothian | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 15.3 |
| Moray | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 14.1 |
| North Ayrshire | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| North Lanarkshire | | 0.5 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| Perth and Kinross | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 15.7 |
| Stirling | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 22.2 |
| West Lothian | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 47.1 |
Table B: Unitary Chargesof PPP Projects which Span More than One Local Authority Area
| | 1999-2000 (£ Million) | 2000-01 (£ Million) | 2001-02 (£ Million) | 2002-03 (£ Million) | 2003-04 (£ Million) |
| Water and Sewerage | | | | | |
| Inverness Main Drainage/Fort William Sewage Treatment | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Tay Waste Water Project | | | 8.2 | 19.4 | 18.4 |
| Aberdeen sewage and sludge treatment | | | 2.5 | 14.5 | 13.5 |
| Moray Coast Waste Water Project | | | | 6.0 | 10.3 |
| Almond Valley, Esk Valley and Seafield Sewage Scheme | | | | 17.7 | 18.3 |
| Levenmouth Purification Scheme | | | | 2.7 | 7.7 |
| Dalmuir Sewage Treatment | | | | 6.7 | 7.0 |
| Daldowie/Shieldhall Sludge Treatment Centres | | | | 5.4 | 14.3 |
| Meadowhead Sewage Treatment | | | | 8.2 | 11.2 |
| Health | | | | | |
| NHS Ayshire and Arran | | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | | | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| NHS Grampian | | | | | 1.9 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | | | | | 5.4 |
| NHS Highland | | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | | | | | 3.9 |
| NHS Lothian | | 0.4 | 5.5 | 19.3 | 41.8 |
| NHS Tayside | | | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| Justice ¹ | | | | | |
| National Roads and Transport | | | | | |
| M6 DBFO | 21.3 | 22.1 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 20.7 |
| M77/Glasgow Southern Orbital Road (SE/East Renfrewshire) ² | | | | | 0.6 |
| Social Work | | | | | |
| SCRA - Integrated Information System | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
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| Police Force Training Centre, East Kilbride | | | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| | 2004-05 (£ Million) | 2005-06 (£ Million) | 2006-07 (£ Million) | Total (£ Million) |
| Water and Sewerage | | | | |
| Inverness Main Drainage/Fort William Sewage Treatment | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 59.2 |
| Tay Waste Water Project | 19.6 | 18.9 | 19.3 | 103.8 |
| Aberdeen sewage and sludge treatment | 14.1 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 75.7 |
| Moray Coast Waste Water Project | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 48.6 |
| Almond Valley, Esk Valley and Seafield Sewage Scheme | 18.2 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 92.4 |
| Levenmouth Purification Scheme | 8.5 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 39.7 |
| Dalmuir Sewage Treatment | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 33.5 |
| Daldowie/Shieldhall Sludge Treatment Centres | 15.3 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 64.7 |
| Meadowhead Sewage Treatment | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 53.6 |
| Health | | | | |
| NHS Ayshire and Arran | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 17.6 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 7.2 |
| NHS Grampian | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 23.3 |
| NHS Highland | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 24.4 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 39.8 | 42.1 | 42.7 | 128.5 |
| NHS Lothian | 45.1 | 46.2 | 47.9 | 206.2 |
| NHS Tayside | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 17.3 |
| Justice ¹ | | | | |
| National Roads and Transport | | | | |
| M6 DBFO | 20.5 | 19.5 | 23.2 | 169.2 |
| M77/Glasgow Southern Orbital Road (SE/East Renfrewshire) ² | 0.7 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 23.3 |
| Social Work | | | | |
| SCRA - Integrated Information System | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 16.8 |
| Other | | | | |
| Police Force Training Centre, East Kilbride | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 18.8 |
Notes:
1. Information on the unitary charge for KilmarnockPrison is available in the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Annual Reports which canbe found at http://www.sps.gov.uk/Default.asp?menuid=230.
2. The M77/GSO isa joint project between the Executive, East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire Councils.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average house price has been in each local authority area in each year since 1995.
Answer
The information requestedruns to six pages and is detailed in Annual average house price in each LocalAuthority since 1995, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 43334).
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it gives to the social enterprise sector.
Answer
Our current frameworkfor support to the social enterprise sector is contained in Better business – a strategy and action plan forsocial enterprise in Scotland (Bib. number 42840) which highlights the importantcontribution a social enterprise business model can make to life in Scotland. It also contains a £1.5 million action plan for 2007-08intended to grow and develop social enterprise. We intend to build on the foundationof this strategy in considering the need for further support as part of the forthcomingspending review.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of Scottish GDP is generated by social enterprises.
Answer
It has been estimatedthat social enterprises in Scotland contribute around £600 million to GDP, butwe currently do not have moreprecise figures. Research we will do as part of Better business – a strategy and action plan for socialenterprise in Scotland, a copyof which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 42840), will help clarify this further.
