- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost of epilepsy operations has been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
A definitive group of procedures specifically attributable to the treatment of epilepsy is not available from central records.
Information on the costs of epilepsy operations is not, therefore, available.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what minimum level is specified by guidance for home contact by health visitors with children during their pre-school years.
Answer
Health for all Children (Hall 4) Guidance issued in April 2005 sets out the minimum programme of screening, surveillance and health promotion checks which every child should receive. The guidance does not stipulate a minimum level of home contact by health visitors.
Health for all Children Guidance recommends that services are targeted according to need and that Public Health nurses (Health Visitors and Nurses who provide care in schools) will therefore determine the nature and frequency of contacts beyond the core programme on the basis of each individual family''s needs. This is supported by the recommendation in Equally Well, the Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities, to provide services to identify and provide support to the most vulnerable children and families.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been any change in its support for the UK-wide modern ports policy.
Answer
Modern Ports - A UK Policy continues to provide the framework for devolved ports policy in Scotland. The policy is based on a market-driven approach to ports investment and funding and recognises the diverse nature of the ports sector in Scotland.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/shippingports/ports/modern/modernportsaukpolicy.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons the expansion of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest container port, was not explored thoroughly before the designation of a new port in Rosyth.
Answer
The designation of the Grangemouth Freight Hub as a national development in the Proposed National Planning Framework 2 supports the further development of port and freight-related activities at Grangemouth. The principle of port-related uses at Rosyth is already established by the approved Fife Structure Plan which can be found on the Fife Council website at:
http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=advice.display&adviceid=4674dc97-b5c6-7c32-fc5a8914d47330c4.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when research to assess the size of the increase needed in container capacity used to justify the proposal for a new port was undertaken and by whom.
Answer
No such research has been undertaken by the Scottish Government. It is for the ports industry to respond to anticipated demand based on market conditions and commercial considerations.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, prior to designating Port Babcock in Rosyth as a national development in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2, what methodology was used to assess the size of the increase needed in container capacity.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S3W-20709 and S3W-20711 on 2 March 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: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive on what evidence it disregarded the advice of the UK Government’s Ports Policy Division recommending that Rosyth should not become a national development
Answer
We have received no representations from the UK Government on the status of Rosyth.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, given its previous support for the modern ports policy and the incremental growth of existing port facilities, what evidence it took into account when favouring the development of a new port facility rather than the expansion of existing ports.
Answer
Scottish Government Policy does not favour the development of new ports over the expansion of existing ports. UK ports policy does not prevent the development of new port facilities, and it identifies the need for modernised facilities.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what alternative locations were considered for additional container capacity to meet the perceived shortfall and what criteria were used to select the specific location of the proposed Port Babcock in Rosyth.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20709 on 2 March 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.
The approved Fife Structure Plan establishes the principle of port-related uses at Rosyth. The Fife Structure Plan can be found on the Fife Council website at:
http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=advice.display&adviceid=4674DC97-B5C6-7C32-FC5A8914D47330C4.
The Rosyth International Container Terminal was selected for designation as a national development on the basis of an assessment against the criteria announced to Parliament on 13 September 2007. The criteria for designating national developments are listed in the national Planning Framework 2 participation Statement, available on the government''s website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/National-Planning-Policy/themes/npf/NPF-PS.
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used to inform its decision that there is a need for a new port to supplement the existing container capacity.
Answer
Schemes for port development are market driven, in accordance with UK policy. Nationally important developments which provide opportunities to supplement existing container capacity are the Grangemouth Freight Hub, Rosyth International Container Terminal, the Scapa Flow Transhipment Facility and the Hunterston Transhipment Hub. These projects have been selected for designation in the National Planning Framework as national developments on the basis of an assessment against the criteria announced to Parliament on 13 September 2007.
The criteria for designating national developments are listed in the National Planning Framework 2 Participation Statement, available on the Government''s website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/National-Planning-Policy/themes/npf/NPF-PS.
