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I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-2612 on 23 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

No date has been setfor when Shotts will be made fully accessible for people with disabilities.

Under the Access forAll programme, eight stations have so far been selected to receive funding to improveaccess for disabled people. These initial eight stations were considered to havea greater priority for investment than Shotts. However, Shotts railway station willbe considered for funding, along with the remaining stations requiring access improvements,in the second phase of the programme. This second phase will start in 2009 and finishin 2014 and Transport Scotland will be consulting widely on this programme during2008.

I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-1736 on 24 July 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-1736 on 24 July 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The information requested isin the following table. The distribution amongst authorities is linked to ourcommitment to reduce class sizes in P1-P3. Therefore, 95% of the distributionof the additional resources has been based on primary school occupancy rates,with a weighting of 30:70 applied to the number of primary schools which fallwithin the occupancy categories 75‑90% and 90%+ respectively. Theremaining 5% of the allocation reflects our focus on areas of deprivation inthe context of class size reduction.

 

Schools Fund Capital Grant2007-08 – Additional Allocation

Local Authority	Share of additional £40m
	£m
Aberdeen	0.687
Aberdeenshire	3.565
Angus	1.172
Argyll and Bute	0.780
Clackmannanshire	0.426
Dumfries and Galloway	3.607
Dundee	0.536
East Ayrshire	0.668
East Dunbartonshire	0.573
East Lothian	1.008
East Renfrewshire	0.883
Edinburgh, City of	2.345
Eileen Siar	0.064
Falkirk	0.627
Fife	3.306
Glasgow	2.174
Highland	1.714
Inverclyde	0.407
Midlothian	0.524
Moray	0.567
North Ayrshire	0.924
North Lanarkshire	3.468
Orkney	0.025
Perth and Kinross	2.094
Renfrewshire	0.930
Scottish Borders	1.237
Shetland	0.535
South Ayrshire	0.593
South Lanarkshire	0.949
Stirling	0.902
West Dunbartonshire	0.378
West Lothian	2.329
Total	40.000

 

This information will not beavailable until February 2008, when the results of the 2007 Pupil Census arepublished.

I refer the member to questionS3W-1447 answered on 25 July 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website the search facility for which can befound at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Detailed information of thekind requested is not collected centrally, although our recently publishedStatistics Publication Notice (ISSN 1479-7569) indicates the number of schoolsin each authority in each of four condition categories.

The Scottish Futures Trustis our alternative funding mechanism to the ‘standard PFI model’, and will beable to deliver better, more efficient major public infrastructure projects fortaxpayers. Work has already started on the design aspects of the Trust and anannouncement will be made when we are ready to explain it in more detail.

I refer the member to thequestion S3W-1736 answered on 24 July 2007. All answers to written ParliamentaryQuestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.