Question reference: S1W-01067
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 24 August 1999
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Current status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 September 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many contractors have already been paid for disposing of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull, who these contractors are, and how much each has been paid.
Answer
The Intervention Board Executive Agency, whose Board answers to all the UK Agriculture Ministers, which runs the Over Thirty Month Scheme, is responsible for arranging the disposal of the rendered material from the cull.
The Board has awarded contracts to three companies, and is in negotiation with two others, to incinerate rendered material from the cull.
The Board also has contracts in place to incinerate direct carcases slaughtered under the Scheme. In Scotland, the Board currently has contracts with Orkney Islands Council, the Scottish Agricultural College, Matheson Jess Sacone Ltd, Dundas Chemical Co, Wescot Hides Ltd and Hamilton (Irvine) Ltd. In addition, a contract with Wm Forrest & Son Ltd provides for the rendering of cull material and disposal of the tallow by-products.The contractual terms involved are commercially sensitive and are a matter between the Board and the companies themselves.