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The information is not available at this time, but the numbers will depend upon the approaches taken by Glasgow City Council in respect of council stock and the Managing Agent in respect of stock in the private sector.

Yes, further applications for grant will be accepted providing the applicant is using the house as their only or main residence.

A pensioner is a person who is aged 60 or over.

The Scottish Executive does not operate any specific policies to influence the overall size or age structure of the population. Long-term planning aims to be sufficiently flexible to cope with change in these. However, our Framework for Economic Development in Scotland (laid before the Parliament in June 2000) is focused on instilling a greater economic dynamism that should attract skilled people to stay, return or settle here.

The grant for the heating system will cover the main living areas in the home; being the living room, the hall, the bathroom and the main bedroom(s). There will be no additional charge for this work if it exceeds £2,500, but a pensioner may pay to extend the system beyond these main living areas if he or she wishes to do so.

The information is not available in the form requested. Allocations of resources have been made for 2001-02, and allocations for future years will be made at the appropriate time, taking account of progress towards the target.

A breakdown of this information by local authority area is not available.

Without a consent from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, private sewage discharges, like any other discharge of "poisonous, noxious or polluting matter", would in all but exceptional cases - such as, in an emergency, to avoid danger to life and health - be illegal under the terms of the Control of Pollution Act 1974. It is for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to determine whether any individual private sewage discharge may be consented and, if so, what conditions should be placed on the consent under the terms of the 1974 Act to protect the environmental quality of the receiving waters.Where a private sewage discharge has no consent, or fails to comply with the conditions of its consent, any prosecution is a matter for the Procurator Fiscal.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17123 on 21 August 2001.

In 2001-02 Glasgow City Council will have an estimated £75 million to spend on its housing stock. It is for the council to prioritise its housing needs and allocate this funding accordingly. However, Glasgow, like all councils, will be expected to address the issues raised in the question in its new local housing strategy.