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I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6449 on 9 March 2004.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6449 on 9 March 2004.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

New Music In Scotland(NEMIS) will be consulted - as will all music industry constituents - by the Scottish Arts Council in relation to the proposal for an Association for theProfessional Music Industry in Scotland, referred to in that reply.

A phased study into a proposal to create an Association for the Professional Music Industry in Scotland is currently being carried out by the Scottish Arts Council. This association will become the voice of the industry in Scotland and will, amongst its other responsibilities, assume the role previously taken by the Music Forum. There are, therefore, no plans to reconvene the forum. Past membership of the Music Forum can be found in the reply to parliamentary question S1W-28273. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found athttp://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6499 on 9 March 2004.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

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

The table shows the planned number of housing approvals set out in answer S2W-5903 on 17 February 2004 in each local authority area split by general needs, special needs and low cost home ownership.

Table 1 - Unit Approvals (2003-04)
Unitary Authority	Rent -	Rent -	Low Cost
	General	Special	Home
	Needs	Needs	Ownership
	No.	No.	No.
Aberdeenshire	21	32	38
Angus	59	57	0
Argyll and Bute	86	28	5
City of Aberdeen	10	128	64
City of Dundee	100	121	0
City of Edinburgh	251	68	21
City of Glasgow	1,233	197	272
Clackmannanshire	16	17	0
Dumfries & Galloway	93	53	0
East Ayrshire	26	17	0
East Dunbartonshire	10	0	0
East Lothian	25	0	0
East Renfrewshire	36	40	0
Falkirk	34	10	12
Fife	104	87	56
Highland	155	8	97
Inverclyde	143	36	0
Midlothian	0	14	0
Moray	47	47	10
North Ayrshire	46	31	0
North Lanarkshire	141	97	72
Orkney	19	17	25
Perth and Kinross	106	49	26
Renfrewshire	222	124	0
Shetland	36	0	13
South Ayrshire	38	43	0
South Lanarkshire	254	42	60
Stirling	90	21	0
The Scottish Borders	44	13	2
West Dunbartonshire	155	63	0
West Lothian	90	10	0
Western Isles	37	8	22

 

the Scottish Arts Council, working closely with the Scottish PublishersAssociation, is supporting a range of initiatives designed to promote thecommercial success of Scottish literature. The Council’s Review of ScottishPublishing in the 21^st Century, to be published shortly, willprovide a further focus on support for, and consolidation of, the sector.

The Scottish Executive provides grant funding to voluntary sector organisations through anumber of schemes. These are detailed in the Scottish Executive’s Guide forthe Voluntary Sector to Scottish Executive Grants 2003-04, which isavailable from Scottish Parliaments Reference centre. Funding is generallyavailable for activities that promote Scottish Executive objectives and for nationalinfrastructure organisations and associated local networks to promote thegrowth and effectiveness of voluntary and community organisations.

It is for individual congregations,or their denominational bodies, to insure against damage or loss. Places of worshipin need of urgent repair may apply under a new Places of Worship Grants Schemeintroduced in 2002. The scheme is run in partnership by Historic Scotland and theHeritage Lottery Fund. The scheme has a total annual budget of £5 million andapplications are invited twice a year in March and September. A Directory ofGrants for Places of Worship in Scotland, compiled by Historic Scotland and the ScottishCivic Trust, is available and I am arranging for you to receive a copy.

The aim of the ActiveSchools Programme is to increase the numbers and range of opportunities foryoung people to be more active in a variety of settings. It will be forindividual local authorities and schools working with the Active SchoolsCo-ordinators to determine what activities will be promoted. Each Co-ordinatorwill have a budget which can be used to buy in services such as instruction inmartial arts.

The Executive supports theproposal in principle and has provided £50,000 to support the development workassociated with the aspiration to establish Edinburgh as a World City ofLiterature.