- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 24 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will set Scottish targets on climate change.
Answer
Measures in place through the Scottish Climate Change Programme are helping to deliver greenhouse gas emission savings in line with our commitment to make an equitable contribution to the UK Kyoto target. Scottish climate change targets are not considered necessary at this time but we will keep this position under review.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what energy efficiency targets will be set for any new private prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Any such targets would be set consistent with the Executive's wider energy efficiency policies.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 10 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24525 by Allan Wilson on 18 April 2002, what it means by "as soon as possible" in respect of publishing a draft Nature Conservation Bill.
Answer
As the First Minister announced on 30 May, we intend to publish a draft Nature Conservation Bill by March 2003. We will also bring forward amendments to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, in order to implement our proposals on custodial sentences and enhanced powers of arrest ahead of the main bill.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Enterprise has ever helped or offered business advice to firms that pitched for its brand and values exercise.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the enterprise networks. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive with regard to the branding and value exercise at Scottish Enterprise (SE), awarded to Corporate Edge as reported in The Drum on 15 February 2002, what brief was issued to firms intending to enter the competitive pitch process; how much SE received to fund the exercise; what input it had to the final selections, and what advantage Corporate Edge, based in London, had over any Scottish firms that pitched for the exercise.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. This is an operational matter for the enterprise networks.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost of the "do a little - change a lot" campaign was in 2001.
Answer
Accounts are currently being finalised, but the Scottish Executive has provisionally spent £1,015,000 on the "do a little - change a lot" environmental awareness campaign in financial year 2001-02. Many activities in this campaign are run with the help of corporate partners, whose contributions are not included in this figure.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when a report will be made available on the incident at Sandside Beach in Reay in which the UK Atomic Energy Authority was prevented from monitoring radioactive particles on the beach.
Answer
I understand that the most recent occasion on which access to Sandside Beach was prevented was between 2 August 2001 and 23 August 2001. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has confirmed that this did not affect the planned monitoring programme at that time.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received about (a) why the owners of Sandside Beach in Reay have stopped allowing the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to access the beach in order to undertake monitoring for radioactive particles and (b) the circumstances on any prior occasion in which the UKAEA was prevented from accessing the beach in order to undertake such monitoring.
Answer
I understand that the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has not been prevented from gaining access to Sandside Beach in Reay to carry out monitoring for radioactive particles this year. I believe that the most recent occasion on which UKAEA was prevented from undertaking monitoring on the beach was on 2 August 2001. Monitoring was resumed 21 days later on 23 August 2001.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what instructions it will give, or has given, to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in order to ensure public safety in the area of Sandside Beach in Reay.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not given instructions to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) on this matter, and has no plans to do so.SEPA is required to follow the terms of the Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) (Scotland) Direction 2000, which lays down safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation. SEPA is currently satisfied that the monitoring programme undertaken by the UK Atomic Energy Authority on Sandside Beach meets those requirements.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications were made to the Sustainable Action Fund in 2001-02 and how many such applications were successful.
Answer
In 2001-02, 70 applications were made to the Sustainable Action Fund for grant funding, of which 23 were successful. Ninety-eight applications were received for grants to be paid in 2002-03. Of these, 11 were successful.
