- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will reply to the letter of 21 October 2002 from Norse Island Ferries regarding its application for the livestock shipping service from the northern isles to Aberdeen to be included in the Tariff Rebate Support Scheme.
Answer
My officials replied to the Norse Island Ferries letter on 6 November.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated capital cost will be of the plant that would be needed if the proposals to introduce the fluoridation of the public water supply contained in the consultation document Towards Better Oral Health in Children are adopted and how long will be needed for the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of the plant.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30478 on 28 October 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, if the fluoridation proposals for public water supply schemes outlined in the consultation document Towards Better Oral Health in Children are adopted, any public water supply schemes would be excluded from the proposals for technical reasons and, if so, which schemes would be so excluded.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30478 on 28 October 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which body would be legally liable for any damage to the health of members of the public which may be caused by fluoridation of the public water supply, both in the case of accidental overdosing of the supply and as a result of any long-term effects of the specified dose.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30478 on 28 October 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated annual cost will be of the fluoridation of the public water supply should the proposals contained in the consultation document Towards Better Oral Health in Children be adopted.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30478 on 28 October 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether capital grant applications to the Shetland Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme made by individual producers who hold binding agreements with the Scottish Executive were stopped on 1 November 2002 and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
With effect from 1 November 2002 variations to existing Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme agreements will be accepted only where the additional costs are affordable within the agreed expenditure limits of such agreements.These arrangements are necessary to ensure the effective management of the finite resources within the Scottish Rural Development Plan, and where strongly supported in the responses to a wide-ranging consultation exercise in March of this year.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether applications to the Shetland Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme are no longer being processed and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
I announced on 14 December 2000 that Environmentally Sensitive Area schemes (ESA) would close to new applications on 31 December 2000. All farmers and crofters in Scotland are eligible to apply to join the Rural Stewardship Scheme, including those with an existing ESA scheme agreement.I undertook a wide-ranging consultation exercise in March of this year, on proposals for a number of changes to the operation of agri-environment schemes as part of a process of improving the management of the limited resources contained within the Rural Development Plan for Scotland. One of these changes is that, with effect from 1 November, proposals to vary an existing ESA scheme agreement will be accepted only where there is a clear environmental benefit, and the change is affordable within the agreed financial limits of the agreement.I intend to consult early in 2003 on options for continued agri-environmental support when farmers' and crofters' existing ESA agreements come to an end.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has conducted into local area co-ordination to underpin the implementation of The same as you? and what the results of any such research were.
Answer
A short-life working group of The same as you? Implementation Group conducted a survey of the development of local area co-ordination in Scotland. A report prepared by the group was included in good practice guidance on local area co-ordination, issued by the Scottish Executive to all local authorities and NHS boards on 16 October 2002.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of Crown Estate seabed rentals for subsea cables on the laying of (a) power cables needed to harness renewable energy resources and (b) fibre optic telecommunications cables needed to provide fast information and communication technologies connections to the islands.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has made no assessment of the impact of any specific elements of the operational costs of laying power or telecommunications cables, such as Crown Estate rentals and royalties.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local area co-ordinators are currently placed with local health care co-operatives, as envisaged in The same as you?.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-31129 on 11 November 2002. 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/search_wa.
