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Written Question · S3W-21079 · Session 3

Further to the answer to question S3W-20076 by John Swinney on 5 February 2009, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of community councils …

Answered Asked by Bill Butler Lab Lodged 17 Feb 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-20076 by John Swinney on 5 February 2009, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of community councils had registered for the Directorate for the Built Environment’s e-alert system as at 1 February 2009, broken down by local authority.

The answer

Answered by John Swinney on 11 Mar 2009 · 22 days after it was lodged, on time

As at 1 February 2009, there were 70 community councils registered as subscribers to the Directorate for the Built Environment''s e-alert system, representing 6.1% of the total number of community councils across Scotland. See the following table for local authority breakdown.
Local Authority
| No of Active
CCs
| No of CCs
Registered from LA
| Percentage
Registered by LA

Aberdeen City Council
| 23
| 1
| 4.3%

Aberdeenshire Council
| 70
| 3
| 4.3%

Angus Council
| 26
| 0
| 0.0%

Argyll and Bute Council
| 52
| 2
| 3.8%

Clackmannanshire Council
| 9
| 1
| 11.1%

Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 92
| 5
| 5.4%

Dundee City Council
| 5
| 1
| 20.0%

East Ayrshire Council
| 30
| 1
| 3.3%

East Dunbartonshire Council
| 12
| 0
| 0.0%

East Lothian Council
| 20
| 0
| 0.0%

East Renfrewshire Council
| 10
|

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-21079 by reference.