- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Answered by David Steel on 26 February 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, with regard to paragraph 22 of The 2001/02 Audit of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by the Auditor General for Scotland, why Holyrood project management did not obtain advice from the Parliament's legal directorate prior to issuing the interim contracts to Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd.
Answer
The Corporate Body has noted that these four questions are in addition to the 149 the member has already asked about the Holyrood Project. Accordingly, I shall write at length to the member in due course, placing a copy in SPICe. The following is a further answer (published on 13 March 2003); see below.Sir David Steel: Pursuant to my answer of 26th February 2003. I have written to the member and placed a copy of my letter in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 26936).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 February 2003
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will implement the recommendations made by the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee in paragraphs 213 and 214 of its 1st Report 2003, Report on the Future of Tourism in Scotland, regarding renegotiation of the private finance initiative contract for Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and review of some of the airport regulatory requirements under the current Civil Aviation Authority review.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is considering the recommendations contained in the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee's Report on the Future of Tourism in Scotland, and will respond in due course.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 February 2003
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 25 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how the additional financial aid for dentistry, announced on 12 February 2003, will be deployed and how much of it will be used to ensure that dentistry services are available at locations within reasonable travelling distance for people in rural areas.
Answer
I announced on 12 February, a £6 million package of measures aimed at improving dental practices and access to NHS dental treatment across Scotland. £3 million will be used for improvements to NHS dental practices of which NHS boards with rural areas will receive their share. A further £3 million is to provide for new and enhanced incentives to support the recruitment and retention of dentists and to encourage them to undertake more NHS work.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 24 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether brown tourist signage indicating accommodation is sufficiently informative in relation to the type of accommodation available, given that such signs do not specify what type of accommodation is available and whether this practice is consistent with the Executive's position in respect of grading hostel accommodation from one to five stars.
Answer
Commercial names on Thistle tourism signs are now being widely used to indicate the type of tourist accommodation or attraction being signposted. Only accommodation and other tourist facilities which are accredited under the VisitScotland Quality Assurance scheme can be signposted in this way; the VisitScotland Thistle logo is used to denote this.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2003
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Answered by Mike Watson on 24 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30425 by Mike Watson on 25 November 2002, how many people have visited Scotland on holiday to participate in outdoor pursuits in each month of 2003 to date and what its estimate is of the total number of such visitors in 2002.
Answer
The information requested is not available for each month. Complete statistical information on tourism in 2002 should be available early in April.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adverse incidents regarding the use of Factor VIII and Factor IX blood products in the treatment of haemophiliacs were reported in each year from 1970 to 1987.
Answer
The number of adverse incidents relating to the use of SNBTS Factor VIII and Factor IX concentrates reported to SNBTS between the years 1970 to 1987 are as follows:
| Factor VIII | Factor IX |
| 1970 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | 6 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 | 3 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | 4 | 1 |
| 1984 | 16 | 1 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 39 | 10 |
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will transfer all cases relating to agricultural holdings disputes within the jurisdiction of the sheriff courts to the Scottish Land Court and, in particular, whether it will transfer jurisdiction of such matters in relation to section 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940.
Answer
Sections 59 and 62 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill provide that the Scottish Land Court shall have jurisdiction for all disputes between a tenant and a landlord relating to an agricultural holding that arise in future. The Land Court will be able to exercise the powers of enforcement that are available under section 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 in relation to all decrees that it issues.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orders were (a) sought and (b) granted under (i) section 1(1) and (ii) section 1(2) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 and how many such orders related to disputes regarding agricultural holdings in each case in each year since the act came into force.
Answer
The number of applications for civil imprisonment relating to decrees
ad factum praestandum in the years 1979 to 2001 were as follows:
| Year | Number of Applications |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 10 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 14 |
| 1984 | 8 |
| 1985 | 8 |
| 1986 | 9 |
| 1987 | 6 |
| 1988 | 15 |
| 1989 | 0 |
| 1990 | 59 |
| 1991 | 14 |
| 1992 | 15 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 |
Source: Civil Judicial Statistics.The figures in the table cover all applications based on decrees ad factum praestandum. We do not know how many of these applications relate to disputes regarding agricultural holdings.No figures are available in relation to the following:(a) the number of applications for civil imprisonment based on decrees
ad factum praestandum prior to 1979, and(b) how many of the applications were granted, either as a warrant for civil imprisonment under section 1(1) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 or as another order in lieu of imprisonment by virtue of section 1(2) of that act.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-9466 on 19 September 2000 about the degree of detail on estimates and costs in respect of the Holyrood project that can be divulged to MSPs and in the light of developments subsequent to the answer being given, whether more detailed information should be provided; if so, what further information should be provided; whether it is in the public interest that more detailed information be provided; whether public interest in the information outweighs any disadvantages of disclosing it, and whether the information given by the Holyrood Progress Group in its newsletters is impartial, complete and accurate.
Answer
The Corporate Body has noted that these 36 questions are in addition to the 113 the member has already asked about the Holyrood Project. Accordingly, I shall write at length to the member in due course, placing a copy in SPICe.The following is a further answer (published on 13 March 2003); see below.Sir David Steel: Pursuant to my Answer of 12 February 2003. I have written to the Member and placed a copy of my letter in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 26936).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the his answer to question S1W-9543 on 21 September 2000, what the total fees for cost consultants for the Holyrood project (a) were projected to be at inception of the project and (b) are at the current date.
Answer
The Corporate Body has noted that these 36 questions are in addition to the 113 the member has already asked about the Holyrood Project. Accordingly, I shall write at length to the member in due course, placing a copy in SPICe.The following is a further answer (published on 13 March 2003); see below.Sir David Steel: Pursuant to my Answer of 12 February 2003. I have written to the Member and placed a copy of my letter in the Parliament's Information Centre (Bib. number 26936).
