To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16516 by Mr Tom McCabe on 23 May 2005, why Perth qualified for funds from the Scottish Safe City Centres Initiative but not from the Cities Growth Fund.

Perth was invited to participate in the Safe City Centres Initiative alongside Scotland’s six cities because it already had key elements in place such as CCTV, Radiolink and centre management structures, which could best support the model being piloted. Hugh Henry announced on 7 June 2005 that the Initiative is now operating in another eleven urban areas throughout Scotland (Falkirk, Paisley, East Kilbride, Invergordon, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Fraserburgh, Musselburgh, Tranent, Glenrothes and Peterhead).

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-16516 on 23 May 2005 for the reasons why the Cities Growth Fund was allocated to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Stirling and Inverness. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.