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Evidence from pilot schemes in the west of Scotland has shown that the group lending model is suitable for women, and women are expected to be the main beneficiaries of the extended scheme. Evaluation of the programme will, however, assess carefully the impact of the scheme on any mixed gender groups established.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-24408.

The number of any job reductions cannot be confirmed until Babcock Naval Services has reviewed its requirements. However, Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire (SED) is currently considering the potential impact on the local economy and will meet shortly with representatives from the Clyde Base.Once the scale of any job losses is known, SED will assess the likely cost of the assistance offered to any employees affected. Support will be provided for those affected through dedicated local response teams in conjunction with the Executive's PACE framework. It will be for SED to discuss with Scottish Enterprise any requirement for additional financial assistance which cannot be met from its existing budget.

Currently, 0.5% of senior civil service grades within the Executive have identified themselves as coming from an ethnic minority background and 1% have self-declared a disability.

The information requested is not held by local authority area, but we estimate that across Scotland there are 40,000 over 60s in the private sector without central heating or with a system which is broken and beyond repair. Over 3,500 systems have been installed to date. The remainder will be installed between now and March 2006.

We cannot identify the number of private sector households that will benefit from the central heating programme by local authority area, but Eaga's budget will provide for 4,600 owner-occupiers and private sector tenants across Scotland in 2002-03 to receive central heating. Allocations for local authorities and housing associations have not yet been finalised for 2002-03, because most of them are still finishing the programme for 2001-02, and so it is not possible to provide the information requested at (b) and (c). The budget for this sector means that around 6,000 local authority tenants and 1,200 housing association tenants should benefit from the programme in 2002-03.

The information requested for the private sector part of the central heating programme is not held by local authority area, but 3,500 installations were delivered across Scotland in 2001-02. A report on the results of the programme across all sectors of the stock in 2001-02 will be published later this year. Tables A and B show the position for the local authorities and housing associations respectively.Table A: Local authorities

Local Authority	Number of Dwellings
Aberdeen	83
Angus	6
Argyll and Bute	28
Dundee	604
East Ayrshire	133
East Dunbarton	8
East Lothian	0
East Renfreshire	61
Edinburgh	140
Falkirk	0
Fife	319
Glasgow	1,352
Highland	24
Inverclyde	84
Midlothian	21
Orkney	60
Renfrewshire	121
Shetland	28
South Lanarkshire	863
West Dunbarton	72
Total*	4,007

Note:*Local authority stock in Aberdeenshire, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, Scottish Borders, South Ayrshire, Stirling, West Lothian and Western Isles all have central heating and so were not included in the programme.Table B: Housing associations

Local Authority Area	Number of Dwellings
Edinburgh	102
Dundee	109
Falkirk	61
Glasgow	281
Inverclyde	22
North Lanarkshire	12
Stirling	19
Total	606**

Note:**This is an estimated figure. Communities Scotland are responsible for the housing association programme. They estimate that central heating will be installed in a total of 871 housing associations dwellings in 2001-02.

The Water and Sewerage Charges (Exemption) (Scotland) Regulations 2002, made on 27 March 2002 and which came into force on 1 April 2002, provided a definition of net annual income. This was defined as any income received by a person liable to pay water and sewerage charges, less:Any funds raised and paid over by that person as a donation to a charity;Any funds raised and paid over by that person to a parent organisation, andAny grant paid to that person under any enactment for the purposes of capital expenditure.

The Scottish Maritime Museum is receiving resources of £160,000 in 2002-03 as their share of the funding injection package of £1.26 million over three years announced in December 2000 for the three main industrial museums - the Scottish Fisheries Museum, the Scottish Maritime Museum and the Scottish Mining Museum.

IVF is funded in all NHS board areas and may offer an alternative where ICSI is not available.