- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in providing access to broadband for people in remote locations.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28329 on 6 October 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 5 October 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Chief Executive of Transport Scotland will reply to my letter of 27 July 2006 regarding Inveraldie Granary.
Answer
Transport Scotland didnot receive the letter of 27 July 2006. A faxed copy was received on 22 September and the Chief Executive will reply within the next two weeks.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 29 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce its response to the consultation on the Strategic Transport Projects Review.
Answer
The Strategic TransportProjects Review is expected to conclude by summer 2008. The Scottish Executivewill announce its response thereafter.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 28 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists are providing NHS services in the North Tayside parliamentary constituency.
Answer
At 31 March 2006, there were39 dentists providing NHS general dental services in the North Taysideparliamentary constituency. This figure comprises non-salaried and salariedprincipals, assistants and vocational dental practitioners, and is based on thelocation of the dental practice. Information on the total number of NHSdentists (General Dental Services, Community Dental Services and HospitalDental Services) is available at NHS board level, and is published on
www.isdscotland.org/dentist_numbers.Source: MIDAS (ManagementInformation and Dental Accounting System).
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why the publication of the report of the Budget Review Group has been delayed until 2007, given the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform's statement to the Finance Committee on 7 November 2005 that the findings would be published by spring 2006 (Official Report c. 3012).
Answer
There is a general expectationthat the substantial rises over the last two spending reviews are unlikely to berepeated. Therefore, ministers may need tomake some careful choices and the outcome of this review, which was submitted tome in July, will assist with this. Later publication of this information providesministers time to explore and think through all the implications of particular optionsin private.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many appeals against council tax banding there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform will publish the report of the Budget Review Group.
Answer
The report will be publishedas background information that informed spending review decisions when the Executive announces the outcome of the next spending review in September 2007.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what planning assumptions were used to assist the selection of suitable fire and rescue services for the New Dimension programme.
Answer
The objective of the New Dimensionprogramme in Scotland is to enhance the resilience of the Fire and Rescue Services(FRS) and their capability to deal collectively with catastrophic incidents as wellas the more frequently occurring major incidents and natural disasters that requirespecialist equipment and trained personnel.
National risk assessment andplanning guidance developed by a joint Chief Fire Officers’ Association workinggroup that also involved the then Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the HMFire Inspectorates in Scotland and England was issued to all FRS in 2002 to supportthis work.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trained urban search and rescue technicians are available throughout each day.
Answer
The Scottish Executive fundsthe centralised training for all Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) urban searchand rescue (USAR) technicians and USAR operators. To the present date a total of90 FRS personnel have been trained to USAR Technician standard and 450 to USAR Operatorlevel.
Additionally, the Executive supports,through central funding, the enhanced continuation training course at Mines Rescuein Fife for all FRS USAR personnel and currently around 125 personnel have attendedthis course.
The actual number of these personnelon duty and available each day is a matter for each individual FRS to determine.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 25 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new appliances have been provided by the Scottish Executive to the fire and rescue authorities for the New Dimension programme.
Answer
The Scottish Executive in collaborationwith the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have to date funded 13 new vehicles aspart of the New Dimension programme.
