- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much rent is received annually by each of the emergency services from mobile phone companies through the rental of roof space for mobile phone masts.
Answer
The police service receives £38,899 annually from mobile phone companies through the rental of roof space for mobile phone masts and the fire service receives £3,260. Information for the ambulance service is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 1 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11372 by Susan Deacon on 17 January 2001, why information on the number of hospitals with mobile phone masts attached to their buildings is not held centrally and where this information is held.
Answer
Information on the number of hospitals with mobile phone masts attached to their buildings is not held centrally as this is an operational matter, with this information being held by individual Trusts.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 1 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each Water Authority paid in interest on debt in each of the last three years.
Answer
The amounts paid in interest by each water authority are:
£millions
| | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
| West of Scotland | 54.248 | 52.379 | 49.239 |
| North of Scotland | 31.737 | 26.204 | 26.013 |
| East of Scotland | 36.656 | 40.051 | 44.247 |
The figures shown exclude any debt refinancing costs and any interest received. They are also consistent with the annual accounts for each of the water authorities.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering establishing a national youth strategy.
Answer
Yes. We are considering how best to give young people and youth issues a stronger profile at national and local level.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 24 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received representations from any other body, including Her Majesty's Government, requesting it to give directions to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency under section 40(1) of the Environment Act 1995 and what action resulted from any such representations.
Answer
The Scottish Ministers have received several representations arising from the same issue, asking them to direct SEPA in terms of section 40(1) of the 1995 Act to speed up determination of applications for consent to discharge chemicals, in particular emamectin benzoate, for use at fin fish farms. The Scottish Ministers have declined to give such a Direction.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 24 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture has visited or intends to visit the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority facility at Dounreay.
Answer
I have not yet visited the site, but plan to do so in due course.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 24 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken or intends to take to speed up completion of the recommendations contained in the Safety Audit of Dounreay conducted by the Health and Safety Executive and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in 1998.
Answer
Implementation of the recommendations in the report of the 1998 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Safety Audit of Dounreay is the responsibility of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), which is sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The HSE and SEPA are responsible for ensuring that UKAEA addresses the recommendations of the report. The Scottish Executive maintains regular contact with DTI and the regulators about UKAEA's progress in implementing the recommendations of the audit.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 24 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what directions have been given to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) under section 40(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (a) in connection with the Safety Audit of Dounreay conducted by the Health and Safety Executive and SEPA in 1998 and (b) on any other matter.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has issued no directions to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) under section 40(1) of the Environment Act 1995 in connection with the Safety Audit of Dounreay or on any other matter.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 23 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made towards completing by the end of 2000 improvements to the standards of urban wastewater treatment systems and the construction of new systems in Edinburgh and Glasgow, as referred to in Making it Work Together.
Answer
The Edinburgh works will be completed by the end of 2000, as will three of the four Glasgow works. The other Glasgow works at Dalmuir, where early construction was delayed by serious flooding of the site, will achieve compliance in mid-2001.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many submissions, letters and other forms of correspondence have been received since October 1999 on the review of Scottish Criminal Records Office checks on voluntary organisations.
Answer
We have received just over 1,000 representations from or on behalf of voluntary organisations expressing concern about the proposed charges for criminal record checks.
