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Non-custodial Offenders
Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a break-down of all allocations of money over £10,000 made under the non-custodial offenders services scheme in the financial year 1997-98; if he will give the allocations over £10,000 already made under this scheme for the financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; if he will give (a) the amount allocated to running costs and (b) the total funds available for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65795]
Mr. McLeish [holding answer 18 January 1999]: The table shows the allocation of grants made to local authorities in 1997-98 and 1998-99 by Central Government for the provision of criminal justice social work services. Allocation of grant for 1999-2000 has yet to be made. Most of the grant allocated to authorities is used for revenue funding: the capital element is very small. The total funds available for criminal justice social work services in 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 are £40.8 million, £42.8 million, and £44 million respectively. All of the funding for criminal justice social work will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament.
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Millennium Festival Fund
Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those projects which have been allocated funding from the Millennium Festival Fund (a) in the current financial year, (b) for 1999-2000 and (c) for 2000-01; what is the total moneys available from the fund in each of these years; and what percentage will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65805]
Mr. Galbraith [holding answer 18 January 1999]: The Millennium Festival Fund has been established to help the nation to celebrate the Millennium. Like other National Lottery expenditure, it is not subject to annuality. Each of the National Lottery distributing bodies operating in Scotland--the Scottish Sports Council, the Scottish Arts Council, the National Lottery Charities Board, the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Millennium Commission--has contributed towards a Scottish fund of some £10.4 million.
Applications for large grants, over £5,000, were invited in May last year, with a closing date of late October. Details of the successful projects will be announced late next month. A further funding round, aimed at local communities and small organisations seeking grants of £500-£5,000, is expected to be launched shortly. It will be operational until June 2000.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland will shortly make an announcement on the involvement of Scottish Ministers in National Lottery distribution after devolution.
Mr. Swinney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of all allocations of money over £10,000 made under the New Deal for Communities in the financial year 1997-98; if he will give the allocations over £10,000 already made under this programme for financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; if he will give (a) the amount allocated to running costs and (b) the total funds available for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65799]
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Mr. Macdonald
[holding answer 18 January 1999]: The Working for Communities and Listening to Communities programmes were introduced earlier this financial year. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in May 1998 that two initial pathfinders would be established in Greater Easterhouse (Glasgow) and Wester Hailes (Edinburgh) under the Working for Communities programme; I expect the total cost of the two pathfinders in the current year to be between £250,000 and £300,000. An annual allocation of up to £200,000 is available to support each of the two pathfinders for the following three years.
Funding of £315,000 is being made available to support the development of New Community Schools in this financial year. Funding for this initiative will in future years be made available through the Excellence Fund for Schools.
A total of £3.3 million is available to support the Working for Communities and Listening to Communities programmes in each of the next two financial years, rising to £6.3 million in 2001-02. I have already announced the broad objectives for these two programmes and I expect to make a further announcement on the allocation of funds under these programmes before the end of March.
The running costs associated with the programmes are covered within the Scottish Office administration budget, and the funds earmarked for the Working for Communities and Listening to Communities programmes will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament.
Mr. Swinney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the transport projects of over £100,000 for which contracts have been signed which will require public funds in each of the next three financial years; what will be the annual cost of each of these projects for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of proposed spending on (a) road, (b) rail, (c) air, (d) sea and (e) other transport for this period has thus been allocated. [65928]
Mr. Macdonald
[holding answer 18 January 1999]: The information requested can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information on individual contracts entered into by local authorities is not held centrally.
Mr. Swinney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each project of over £10,000 the moneys he has provided to (a) local authorities, (b) other groups and (c) projects commissioned by his Department for energy efficiency projects in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99 and (iii) 1999-2000; what is the total proposed budget for energy efficiency projects for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65937]
Mr. Macdonald
[holding answer 18 January 1999]: In 1997-98 local authorities were allocated £2.5 million to improve the energy efficiency of their housing stock. In 1998-99 the Warm Deal has provided local authorities with £3 million, Home Energy Efficiency Installers with £1.75 million and Scottish Homes with £0.5 million to improve home energy efficiency across all tenures. An
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extra £1 million has been made available but has not yet been allocated. The budget for the Warm Deal in 1999-2000 will be £6 million. These funds will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament. Local authorities may use other resources for energy efficiency projects but no details are held centrally.
Mr. Swinney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of all allocations of money over £10,000 made under the Innovation Fund for Child Health in the financial year 1997-98; if he will give the allocations over £10,000 already made under this programme for financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; if he will give (a) the amount allocated to running costs and (b) the total funds available for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65814]
Mr. Galbraith
[holding answer 18 January 1999]: I announced details of the Innovation Fund for children's services in November 1998. No funds have been allocated from the fund for the financial years 1997-98 and 1998-99.
The total amount made available in the next three financial years is as follows:
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 1999-2000 | 2 |
| 2000-01 | 4 |
| 2001-02 | 3 |
No funds have been allocated to running costs.
As health related expenditure the Fund will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament.
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