- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the East Dunbartonshire Council area is greenspace.
Answer
Greenspace is defined by Greenspace Scotland as vegetated land adjoining settlements of 3,000 people or more. On that basis, there are 1,207 hectares of greenspace in the East Dunbartonshire Council area, representing 6.9% of the total area.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any falls in carbon monoxide concentrations in the East Dunbartonshire Council area since 1987.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Monitoring of carbon monoxide levels and other air pollutants is a matter for East Dunbartonshire Council under the Environment Act 1995 which requires local authorities to review and assess air quality in their areas against the air quality objectives in the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This has been a statutory requirement since December 1997. Review and assessment work undertaken by the council so far suggests that the air quality objective for carbon monoxide will be met by the required date in the East Dunbartonshire area.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by (a) Scottish Enterprise and (b) Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire in the East Dunbartonshire Council area in each year since 1996, broken down by the total amount of funds spent and the amount spent per head of population.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what gross capital payments have been (a) proposed for and (b) made to East Dunbartonshire Council under the local government settlement in each year since 1996.
Answer
In each year since 1996, East Dunbartonshire Council has been issued capital consents for non-housing capital expenditure from borrowing and grants as follows:
| Year | £ million |
| 1996-97 | 6.7 |
| 1997-98 | 5.6 |
| 1998-99 | 10.4 |
| 1999-2000 | 4.8 |
| 2000-01 | 5.6 |
| 2001-02 | 12.1 |
| 2002-03 | 11 |
Outwith the local government settlement, East Dunbartonshire receives an allocation of around £2.4 million each year for housing capital expenditure.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what measurements of transport-related pollutants have been taken in the East Dunbartonshire Council area in each year since 1992 and what progress is being made on achieving the Air Quality Strategy Objective in the area.
Answer
Information on the measurement of transport-related pollutants is not held centrally. Monitoring of air pollutants is a matter for East Dunbartonshire Council under the Environment Act 1995 which requires local authorities to review and assess air quality in their areas against the air quality objectives in the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This has been a statutory requirement since December 1997. Review and assessment work undertaken by the council so far suggests that all the air quality objectives will be met by the required dates in the East Dunbartonshire area.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of household waste in (a) Scotland, (b) the East Renfrewshire Council area and (c) the East Dunbartonshire Council area is (i) disposed of by landfill, (ii) recycled, (iii) composted and (iv) incinerated.
Answer
The information requested for the two councils is available for 2001-02 on the Accounts Commission website,
http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/performance/compendium/councils.htmSummation of the data from that source shows that overall Scotland landfilled 89.6%, recycled 8% (including 2.3% composted and 0.4% ash from incineration which is recycled) and incinerated 2.4% of household waste in 2001-02. Unreliable information from one council (Dumfries and Galloway) has been excluded from the Scotland figures.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many new homes have been sold by building companies to individuals in the East Dunbartonshire Council area in each year since 1991.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.Information is available on the number of private sector housing completions in the East Dunbartonshire Council area in each year since 1991 as shown in the following table.Private sector sales figures can be obtained from Registers of Scotland. New Private Sector Dwellings Completed in East Dunbartonshire: 1991-2001
| Period | Number of Dwellings Completed |
| 1991 | 421 |
| 1992 | 162 |
| 1993 | 479 |
| 1994 | 562 |
| 1995 | 471 |
| 1996 | 234 |
| 1997 | 187 |
| 1998 | 312 |
| 1999 | 141 |
| 2000 | 192 |
| 2001 | 77 |
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) householder and (b) non-householder planning applications have been made to East Dunbartonshire Council in each year since 1999 and what percentage of each category of applications were dealt with by the council within two months of the application being lodged.
Answer
The following table shows the number of planning applications dealt with by East Dunbartonshire Council in the financial years 1999-2002. The category non-householder includes other planning consents, such as hazardous substances and listed building consents, as well as planning permissions.
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| No. of Applications | % Within 2 Months | No. of Applications | % Within 2 Months | No. of Applications | % Within 2 Months |
| Householder | 550 | 62.2 | 619 | 79.3 | 720 | 84.3 |
| Non-Householder | 214 | 17.3 | 192 | 39.1 | 191 | 47.1 |
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any falls in particulate-pollutant concentrations in the East Dunbartonshire Council area since 1992.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Monitoring of particulate levels and other air pollutants is a matter for East Dunbartonshire Council under the Environment Act 1995 which requires local authorities to review and assess air quality in their areas against the air quality objectives in the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This has been a statutory requirement since December 1997. Review and assessment work undertaken by the council so far suggests that the air quality objectives for particles will be met by the required dates in the East Dunbartonshire area.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any falls in nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the East Dunbartonshire Council area since 1987.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Monitoring of nitrogen dioxide levels and other air pollutants is a matter for East Dunbartonshire Council under the Environment Act 1995 which requires local authorities to review and assess air quality in their areas against the air quality objectives in the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This has been a statutory requirement since December 1997. Review and assessment work undertaken by the council so far suggests that the air quality objectives for nitrogen dioxide will be met by the required dates in the East Dunbartonshire area.
