Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-03692

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on external consultants in each year since the establishment of the Parliament.

Question reference: S3W-03950

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were prosecuted for stealing one or more dogs in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S3W-03689

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 10 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Qualifications Authority has charged across Scotland for exam presentations in each year since the establishment of the Parliament.

Question reference: S3W-03544

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent per client on free personal care in each year since its introduction in (a) real and (b) cash terms.

Free personal careis available to people aged 65 and over who live in their own home, or are selffunding and living in a care home. For those in care homes, local authorities pay£145 per week to the care provider towards their personal care costs. This paymentlevel has remained static since the policy was introduced in July 2002. The ScottishGovernment will increase payments for personal and nursing care in line with inflationfrom April 2008.

Table 1 shows theweekly expenditure per client for free personal care in a care home in both realand cash terms.

Table 1: WeeklyExpenditure Per Client for Free Personal Care in a Care Home

	Year
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Free Personal Care payment – cash terms	£145	£145	£145	£145	£145	£145
Free Personal Care payment – real terms ¹	£157	£156	£153	£151	£148	£145

Note: 1. Figures arein real terms; they have been adjusted to 2007 prices using the Consumer Price Indexas inflation measure.

Table 2 shows theannual net expenditure per client on personal care services for older peopleliving in their own homes.

Local Authority	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Aberdeen City	3,458	3,734	4,552	4,931
Aberdeenshire	3,036	2,692	2,898	3,049
Angus	2,246	2,060	1,950	2,707
Argyll and Bute	7,721	6,334	8,530	12,119
Clackmannanshire	2,453	2,645	2,781	3,975
Dumfries and Galloway	3,159	4,631	5,275	5,840
Dundee City	6,547	7,840	6,531	4,954
East Ayrshire	3,506	3,382	3,737	4,060
East Dunbartonshire	3,103	3,649	3,480	4,197
East Lothian	2,451	4,112	5,597	5,322
East Renfrewshire	2,767	2,094	2,026	1,834
Edinburgh, City of	3,829	4,267	4,723	6,450
Eilean Siar	2,905	5,473	5,611	4,798
Falkirk	2,762	3,574	2,144	3,132
Fife	3,227	3,136	4,123	4,297
Glasgow city	2,774	3,116	3,083	3,204
Highland	3,261	2,651	2,482	2,241
Inverclyde	2,521	2,998	3,133	4,545
Midlothian	5,208	3,571	3,578	7,321
Moray	3,100	3,394	4,658	4,692
North Ayrshire	1,764	1,581	1,510	2,222
North Lanarkshire	5,395	5,348	4,325	3,749
Orkney Islands	2,662	2,179	2,599	3,430
Perth and Kinross	5,470	4,171	3,518	4,220
Renfrewshire	2,987	3,130	2,838	2,773
Scottish Borders	2,830	2,852	2,865	2,173
Shetland Islands	6,674	6,520	7,097	9,579
South Ayrshire	3,535	4,576	4,866	5,213
South Lanarkshire	3,687	5,908	7,425	6,170
Stirling	3,616	3,128	3,580	2,776
West Dunbartonshire	2,255	2,126	2,966	2,054
West Lothian	3,294	3,138	3,265	3,049
Scotland estimate	3,386	3,673	3,863	4,082

Sources:Community Care Quarterly Key Monitoring and Local Financial Return (LFR3).

Table 3 shows thesame information but adjusted to take inflation into account.

AnnualExpenditure Per Client Receiving Personal Care at Home (Real Terms)

Local Authority	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Aberdeen City	3,625	3,862	4,645	4,931
Aberdeenshire	3,182	2,784	2,957	3,049
Angus	2,354	2,131	1,990	2,707
Argyll and Bute	8,093	6,551	8,704	12,119
Clackmannanshire	2,572	2,735	2,838	3,975
Dumfries and Galloway	3,311	4,789	5,382	5,840
Dundee City	6,862	8,108	6,665	4,954
East Ayrshire	3,675	3,497	3,813	4,060
East Dunbartonshire	3,253	3,774	3,551	4,197
East Lothian	2,569	4,253	5,711	5,322
East Renfrewshire	2,900	2,166	2,067	1,834
Edinburgh, City of	4,014	4,413	4,819	6,450
Eilean Siar	3,045	5,660	5,726	4,798
Falkirk	2,896	3,696	2,188	3,132
Fife	3,383	3,243	4,207	4,297
Glasgow city	2,908	3,222	3,146	3,204
Highland	3,419	2,741	2,532	2,241
Inverclyde	2,643	3,100	3,197	4,545
Midlothian	5,460	3,694	3,651	7,321
Moray	3,250	3,511	4,753	4,692
North Ayrshire	1,849	1,635	1,541	2,222
North Lanarkshire	5,656	5,531	4,413	3,749
Orkney Islands	2,791	2,253	2,652	3,430
Perth and Kinross	5,733	4,313	3,589	4,220
Renfrewshire	3,131	3,237	2,896	2,773
Scottish Borders	2,966	2,950	2,924	2,173
Shetland Islands	6,996	6,743	7,242	9,579
South Ayrshire	3,706	4,733	4,966	5,213
South Lanarkshire	3,865	6,110	7,576	6,170
Stirling	3,791	3,235	3,653	2,776
West Dunbartonshire	2,364	2,198	3,027	2,054
West Lothian	3,453	3,245	3,332	3,049
Scotland estimate	3,550	3,799	3,942	4,082

Source: CommunityCare Quarterly Key Monitoring.

Note: 1. Figuresare in real terms; they have been adjusted to 2007 prices using the ConsumerPrice Index as inflation measure.

Question reference: S3W-03545

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have received free personal care in each year since its introduction, broken down by local authority.

The number of peoplewho received free personal care in each year since 2002-03, broken down by localauthority are detailed in the following table.

These figures includeall older people resident in care homes who are supported by local authorities andall people receiving personal care services in their own homes which are providedor purchased by local authorities.

Table 1: Numberof People Receiving Free Personal Care

Local Authority	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Aberdeen City	3,140	3,140	3,140	3,220	3,390
Aberdeenshire	2,560	2,660	2,770	3,020	3,190
Angus	1,460	1,510	1,550	1,510	1,510
Argyll and Bute	1,050	1,110	1,050	1,070	1,140
Clackmannanshire	500	610	610	700	730
Dumfries and Galloway	2,210	2,240	2,210	2,170	2,180
Dundee City	1,480	1,620	1,700	2,100	2,020
East Ayrshire	1,230	1,600	1,730	1,810	1,940
East Dunbartonshire	900	1,120	1,240	1,310	1,170
East Lothian	1,250	1,280	1,310	1,430	1,470
East Renfrewshire	980	990	1,030	1,110	1,090
Edinburgh, City of	4,400	5,000	5,370	5,490	5,660
Eilean Siar	510	610	590	640	650
Falkirk	1,620	1,700	1,880	1,910	1,930
Fife	4,750	5,200	5,330	5,350	5,440
Glasgow city	8,170	8,780	9,830	10,860	9,340
Highland	2,610	2,820	3,000	3,280	3,230
Inverclyde	1,460	1,450	1,520	1,500	1,590
Midlothian	750	800	810	990	760
Moray	1,070	1,120	1,130	1,260	1,320
North Ayrshire	1,540	1,680	1,810	1,830	1,840
North Lanarkshire	2,950	3,220	3,490	4,310	3,760
Orkney Islands	240	260	270	300	280
Perth and Kinross	1,490	1,880	2,120	2,170	2,090
Renfrewshire	1,590	1,740	1,860	2,000	2,080
Scottish Borders	1,460	1,620	1,790	1,860	1,770
Shetland Islands	280	300	300	270	290
South Ayrshire	1,860	1,890	1,970	2,040	2,140
South Lanarkshire	2,490	2,730	3,010	3,460	3,820
Stirling	910	980	970	1,000	970
West Dunbartonshire	960	1,180	1,140	1,550	1,520
West Lothian	1,740	1,900	1,650	1,540	1,570
Scotland estimate	59,580	64,760	68,190	73,060	71,870

Source: CommunityCare Quarterly Key Monitoring.

Note: All figuresare yearly averages rounded to the nearest 10.

Question reference: S3W-03693

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on external advertising in each year since the establishment of the Parliament.

I refer the memberto the following answers, which give the spend details of the Scottish Office/ScottishExecutive’s Public Information campaigns for the dates requested.

S1W-26485 - answeredon 3 July 2002 providing spend from 1991-1992 to 2001-02.

S2W-2481 – answeredon 22 September 2003 providing spend for 2002-03.

S2W-15204 – answeredon 12 April 2005 providing spend for 2003-04.

These answers areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be foundat http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Advertising spendon Public Information campaignsfor 2004-05 to 2006-07 is publishedon the Scottish Executive Marketing Unit website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/17963/advertising-marketing.

Question reference: S3W-03117

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 30 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that all local authorities fully implement the provisions of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 and the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 and that parents are made aware of appropriate placements and services across their own and adjacent local authority areas in order that they can make an informed choice about their children’s education.

We have providededucation authorities with guidance on their duties arising from both theEducation (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 and the Scottish Schools (ParentalInvolvement) Act 2006.

Theimplementation of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 is already being evaluated. Her Majesty’sInspectorate of Education (HMIE) are monitoring and evaluating the consistency,effectiveness and efficiency of education authorities in implementing the newlegislation. An interim report of their findings can be found on the HMIEwebsite at: http://www.hmie.gov.uk/publication.asp,with a final report of their findings due to be published in November 2007. HMIEare also monitoring how the Parental Involvement Act is being implemented aspart of their regular programme of inspections of schools and education authorities.

In respect ofplacements, all education authorities are required to make informationavailable to parents about their schools and the type of education provisionthey can offer. Where an education authority is unable to offer appropriateprovision through its own services, it should provide parents with informationon alternative forms of provision that are available in other educationauthorities, grant-aided or independent schools.

Question reference: S3W-03354

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much public money was paid, or is planned to be paid, to registered social landlords through the Scottish Homes and Communities Scotland Approved Development Programme for each financial year from 1989-90 to 2007-08, including housing association grant, broken down by local authority area.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

Records of HousingAssociation Grant paid to registered social landlords, broken down by local authorityarea, are available back to 1996-97, which is the first year of the current localauthority areas.

Grants paid to registeredsocial landlords, through Scottish Homes and Communities Scotland Development Programmefrom 1996-97 to 2007-follows:

Local Authority	1996-97 (£ Million)	1997-98 (£ Million)	1998-99 (£ Million)	2000-01 (£ Million)	2001-02 (£ Million)
Aberdeenshire	2.995	3.368	3.497	4.619	5.158
Angus	3.665	4.711	3.152	2.584	4.194
Argyll and Bute	5.522	4.368	5.380	4.249	3.930
City of Aberdeen	4.798	3.921	4.905	5.579	4.811
City of Dundee	5.553	4.648	6.430	7.659	5.904
City of Edinburgh	15.907	16.862	15.984	15.933	13.334
City of Glasgow	51.187	50.703	54.134	62.725	70.022
Clackmannanshire	1.101	0.609	1.300	0.870	2.787
Dumfries and Galloway	2.599	2.428	2.880	4.549	4.279
East Ayrshire	2.515	0.396	0.791	2.495	1.077
East Dunbartonshire	1.027	0.854	1.702	1.497	0.680
East Lothian	2.214	1.946	1.618	0.953	0.714
East Renfrewshire	1.211	2.330	1.133	2.717	1.585
Falkirk	2.400	1.790	1.235	1.804	2.176
Fife	7.854	7.447	7.673	7.250	8.695
Highland	4.245	5.120	5.256	6.418	8.022
Inverclyde	7.308	6.214	5.938	5.963	5.360
Midlothian	0.989	1.768	0.431	0.676	0.942
Moray	0.963	0.942	0.893	0.128	1.202
North Ayrshire	2.436	2.410	2.937	1.961	2.599
North Lanarkshire	10.088	9.525	9.705	11.870	8.265
Orkney	0.885	0.839	1.095	1.535	1.963
Perth and Kinross	6.213	4.300	4.921	5.202	5.409
Renfrewshire	7.049	6.898	9.520	9.197	10.584
Shetland	1.211	1.546	0.504	0.416	0.583
South Ayrshire	2.586	2.626	3.603	3.529	4.105
South Lanarkshire	5.643	6.489	7.008	5.195	12.171
Stirling	2.504	1.309	2.323	1.900	3.198
The Scottish Borders	3.960	3.358	3.297	3.133	4.082
West Dunbartonshire	7.579	7.644	5.304	6.474	10.509
Western Isles	1.064	0.178	1.460	0.549	1.345
West Lothian	3.343	3.032	2.994	3.624	2.197
Scotland	178.613	170.577	179.004	193.256	211.882

Local Authority	2002-03 (£ Million)	2003-04 (£ Million)	2004-05 (£ Million)	2005-06 (£ Million)	2006-07 (£ Million)	2007-08¹ (£ Million)
Aberdeenshire	7.080	12.371	11.646	10.865	16.143	15.180
Angus	2.813	3.912	3.599	5.412	8.208	5.415
Argyll and Bute	3.526	6.985	9.774	14.211	21.218	15.200
City of Aberdeen	3.988	3.231	6.779	19.888	4.985	6.717
City of Dundee	5.109	7.532	9.760	10.554	12.975	12.250
City of Edinburgh	13.385	16.789	17.383	32.015	39.205	36.100
City of Glasgow	111.461	116.613	110.874	126.740	139.589	126.950
Clackmannanshire	1.455	1.835	1.865	2.338	2.640	3.500
Dumfries and Galloway	4.265	5.718	8.269	10.447	14.868	12.667
East Ayrshire	1.135	0.691	1.496	9.001	9.182	11.533
East Dunbartonshire	0.099	0.440	0.567	0.190	5.281	5.800
East Lothian	1.014	1.684	1.803	3.198	4.440	5.600
East Renfrewshire	1.359	2.683	2.954	1.181	2.477	4.775
Falkirk	1.999	0.919	0.677	1.894	4.350	7.366
Fife	7.643	8.894	11.789	18.553	15.843	21.545
Highland	9.141	12.835	18.650	31.455	39.530	35.347
Inverclyde	6.534	5.061	5.868	9.193	12.324	18.565
Midlothian	1.405	0.841	0.896	4.925	2.786	4.580
Moray	0.459	1.827	5.129	9.088	11.261	9.150
North Ayrshire	3.848	3.981	8.757	7.579	11.686	10.281
North Lanarkshire	11.457	10.256	12.367	13.854	17.699	23.750
Orkney	1.514	2.189	0.913	5.119	4.193	5.223
Perth and Kinross	5.238	6.765	9.186	7.137	15.954	15.070
Renfrewshire	9.372	13.374	14.689	17.092	21.135	14.600
Shetland	1.288	1.033	1.963	1.441	2.914	3.727
South Ayrshire	3.461	3.942	5.540	4.410	6.175	6.674
South Lanarkshire	9.536	13.632	12.979	14.692	17.995	19.284
Stirling	3.118	4.362	4.647	3.403	8.992	10.724
The Scottish Borders	2.733	4.019	5.207	4.181	7.300	7.200
West Dunbartonshire	8.194	8.133	9.191	13.125	8.676	10.350
Western Isles	1.653	2.763	2.427	2.748	5.873	6.072
West Lothian	2.673	6.085	7.839	6.148	10.706	10.221
Scotland	247.955	291.395	325.483	422.077	506.603	501.416

Note:1. Planned expenditure.

Question reference: S3W-03179

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider extending the central heating programme to eligible groups who have partial or inefficient heating systems.

Question reference: S3W-03180

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of homes currently in receipt of the central heating programme also receive insulation or other energy saving measures.

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