- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-21810 by Richard Lochhead on 26 March 2009, what enforcement measures it intends to use if fishing quota owners do not sign up to the proposed fishing quota and management licensing system.
Answer
The proposals for a Scottish quota management and licensing system would apply to all Scottish vessels and quota holders as defined in the consultation document Safeguarding Our Fishing Rights: The Future of Quota Management and Licensing in Scotland - Interim outcome of consultation report. Non-compliance with fisheries management rules will be dealt with in the normal way.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local agreements with no statutory basis should take precedence over the Parental Involvement in Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher Appointments (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/132).
Answer
Local authorities must ensure that their locally agreed procedures for the appointment of senior staff comply with any statutory regulations drawn up by Scottish ministers and must also pay due regard to any supporting guidance.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-21808 and S3W-21809 by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2009, for what reasons it is unable to compel Scottish-based fishing quota owners and boats to join the proposed fishing quota and management licensing system.
Answer
The proposals for a Scottish quota management and licensing system would apply to all Scottish vessels and quota holders as defined in the consultation document Safeguarding Our Fishing Rights: The Future of Quota Management and Licensing in Scotland - Interim outcome of consultation report.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what patient transport costs were incurred directly by NHS (a) Highland, (b) Grampian, (c) Western Isles, (d) Orkney and (e) Shetland in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Government do not hold centrally the amount each NHS board spends on patient transport costs.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs were incurred by NHS (a) Highland, (b) Grampian, (c) Western Isles, (d) Orkney and (e) Shetland for the use of taxis for patient transport in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Super Puma search and rescue helicopter operating from Shetland has been called out and what each response time was.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no functions in relation to search and rescue helicopters. This is a matter for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an Agency of the UK Department for Transport.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the criteria are for the Victims Advice and Information service to contact family members in the case of a domestic abuse situation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-22707 on 29 April 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it intends to hold regarding the sheep electronic identification scheme legislation.
Answer
The Scottish Government will hold a public consultation on sheep electronic identification prior to its introduction on 1 January 2010.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will make available to the agricultural industry to meet the additional costs of implementing the sheep electronic identification scheme.
Answer
The Scottish Government has made available up to £3 million on a large scale electronic research pilot which has the aim of finding workable and cost effective solutions for implementation in Scotland.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to have an orthoptist pre-school screening programme in every NHS board area.
Answer
A date has not been specified. The NHS boards who have not yet introduced an orthoptist pre-school screening programme are working towards doing so, or towards introducing a programme supervised by an orthoptist or an optometrist.
