To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33550 by Ms Margaret Curran on 6 February 2003, what the expected timescale is for the implementation of changes made in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 under which the installation of a main-door entry phone system in buildings of common ownership will be specifically identified as work eligible for financial assistance through housing improvement and repairs grants.

It is expected that regulations to implement these changes will be laid before Parliament during the summer session and, if approved by Parliament, will come into force in the early autumn this year.