- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 23 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive with regard to its news release SEen088/2002, how much funding will be provided to captive breeding programmes as part of the integrated national strategy to protect capercaillie.
Answer
No funding is planned for captive breeding programmes as part of the LIFE Project.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will give a substantive answer to question S1W-25635, lodged on 7 May 2002.
Answer
Question S1W-25635 has been answered today.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has ensured an adequate supply of iodine pills for use in any case of nuclear accident or incident and what constitutes an adequate supply of such pills.
Answer
Yes. The Scottish Executive has taken steps to ensure that a supply of stable iodine tablets adequate to satisfy potential needs following a nuclear accident or incident is in place. Potential needs arise only when the release contains radioactive iodine. Determination of adequacy has included assessment of the possible scale and spread of radioactive iodine emanating from such an accident or incident.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 23 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEen088/2002, whether it will undertake an investigation into the problems of all types of snaring carried out in capercaillie habitats and adjacent areas, including the (a) number, (b) sex, (c) age, (d) circumstances and (e) cause of death of birds snared.
Answer
No. Guidance has been prepared by the Capercaillie Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group, which aims to reduce the accidental snaring of capercaillie.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 23 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEen088/2002, whether it will keep a central record of snaring in capercaillie habitats.
Answer
No. The use of snares to target pest species such as foxes and rabbits is a matter for individual landowners or their agents.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 23 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SEen088/2002, whether it will outline what other protective measures it will undertake as part of the integrated national strategy to protect capercaillie.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to safeguarding the capercaillie population in Scotland and a wide range of measures have already been applied to tackle the decline in capercaillie numbers. These include the implementation of actions set out in the Biodiversity Species Action Plan for Capercaillie. With funding from the Scottish Executive the Forestry Commission spent £700,000 from September 2001 to March 2002 on the removal and marking of deer fences in Scotland.The recent award of almost £2.5 million from the EU LIFE-Nature Fund supports a five year project directed at capercaillie conservation. An equal sum will be secured from a number of public and non public bodies including the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 23 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to (a) the Home Office or (b) HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales that (i) the Social Work Services Inspectorate and (ii) the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care be involved in the monitoring and inspection of Dungavel House Detention Centre.
Answer
The Home Office is responsible for the Immigration Detention Centre at Dungavel House, Strathavon under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales is responsible for inspection. However, the Immigration Service have consulted with the host authority, South Lanarkshire Council and Social Work Services Inspectorate regarding the provision of services. It is anticipated that The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care will be consulted about arrangements for inspection.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24724 by Ms Margaret Curran on 20 May 2002, what auditing procedures it has put in place in respect of social inclusion partnership accounts.
Answer
Social Inclusion Partnership Fund grant expenditure is audited at a number of levels. At project level the accounts are subject to an annual audit by a qualified accountant. Where the council is the nominated partner, the council's management is responsible for ensuring that its systems for handling grant and accounting for it are sound. These systems may be subject to scrutiny by the council's internal auditors. Non-local authority nominated partners are responsible for ensuring that their systems for handling grant and accounting for it are sound and for ensuring that their final grant claim is audited by professionally qualified external auditors. At the partnership level, partnerships' final claims are periodically certified by auditors appointed by Audit Scotland. The role of these external auditors is to ensure that expenditure is properly accounted for and used for the intended purposes. Communities Scotland is currently undertaking a review of financial procedures and practices in relation to the social inclusion partnership programme.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why ambulance crews members are paid a single hourly rate, unlike other members of NHS staff.
Answer
Pay and conditions of service for ambulance service staff are negotiated and agreed by staff side representatives and the Scottish Ambulance Service.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 21 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25278 by Ms Margaret Curran on 22 May 2002, what percentage of homes provided in projects programmed to receive funding assistance from Communities Scotland will be for (a) ownership, (b) shared ownership and (c) affordable rent, broken down into Communities Scotland area of operation, in each year for which forward programming figures are available.
Answer
I have asked Mr Bob Millar, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:The percentage of homes provided in projects programmed to receive funding assistance from Communities Scotland in 2002-03 is as follows:Percentage of Homes Provided in Projects Receiving Funding Assistance from Communities Scotland (2002-2003)
| Area Office | Affordable Rent | Shared Ownership | Owner Occupation | Total |
| Inverness | 75.2% | 0.0% | 24.8% | 100% |
| Aberdeen | 88.4% | 0.0% | 11.6% | 100% |
| Dundee | 92.8% | 3.2% | 4.0% | 100% |
| Edinburgh | 89.8% | 2.2% | 8.0% | 100% |
| Hamilton/Ayr | 84.3% | 1.4% | 14.4% | 100% |
| Paisley | 98.7% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 100% |
| Glasgow | 71.0% | 1.4% | 27.6% | 100% |
| Total | 83.0% | 1.3% | 15.7% | 100% |
