- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of public inquiries in respect of planning has been in each of the last five years.
Answer
The average length of public inquiries or hearings in respect of planning in the last five years is five days. A yearly breakdown of the figures is provided in the following table.
| Year | Average length of Planning Inquiries/Hearing |
| 2000-01 | 6 |
| 2001-02 | 5 |
| 2002-03 | 5 |
| 2003-04 | 4 |
| 2004-05 | 4 |
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning reporters it estimates it will need to employ if a third party right of appeal is introduced in the Planning Bill.
Answer
The number of reporters which would be required would depend upon the precise nature of the third party appeal right which was introduced. Even then, estimates are bound to be highly speculative because it cannot be known with certainty how many people would exercise a new right, and for how many cases.
The consultation paper, Rights of Appeal in Planning, estimated that applying a third party right to the categories of development included in the Partnership Agreement could more than double the Inquiry Reporters Unit’s caseload and would probably involve a greater proportion of large scale or contentious appeals than at present. This latter effect in turn would further increase the number of cases requiring inquiry procedures, which consume the most reporter resources. It would therefore be reasonable to estimate that significantly more than double the current number of reporters would need to be employed.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in providing respite care for people who are cared for in their own homes.
Answer
Audit Scotland monitoring of local authority provision shows that respite care for people who are cared for in their own homes has increased significantly in recent years. The Care 21 report published on 30 September calls for the development of a national respite strategy, and we will be responding early next year.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 24 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, if the strategic projects review for all transport modes, or any other detailed evaluation, concludes that the Dalkeith bypass remains a priority, whether it will investigate alternative alignments to protect the Dalkeith estate.
Answer
I refer to my answers to questions S2W-18343 on 18 August 2005 and S2W-18344 on 24 August 2005. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 24 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the proposed Dalkeith bypass will be considered under the strategic project review for all transport modes, to be carried out by the Executive in 2006.
Answer
In June of this year my predecessor announced the decision to proceed with the Dalkeith Northern Bypass. Construction is programmed to start in 2006 and therefore this scheme will not be part of the Strategic Projects Review.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 18 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to re-assess plans for the Dalkeith bypass in respect of integration into the existing transport network and the impact of the wellbeing of the local population and the natural environment, in light of the estimated cost of the bypass, the time that has elapsed since planning permission was granted and the changes in environmental and transport strategies since the early 1990s.
Answer
Statutory permissions are in place for the Bypass and land has been acquired by the Scottish Executive. There are therefore no plans to formally reassess the proposals.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 3 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-6783 by Ross Finnie on 19 May 2005, what investment it is making in the provision of recycling facilities in each local authority area, except West Lothian.
Answer
The following table shows the awards made, through the Strategic Waste Fund, to each local authority from 2000-01 to 2029-2030. We have included West Lothian for ease of reference. The table includes awards from 2008-09 onwards which are indicative at this stage. Resources from the Strategic Waste Fund are used to implement waste prevention initiatives, to improve recycling and composting facilities and services, to fund infrastructure to help divert waste away from landfill and to support education and awareness campaigns.
Strategic Waste Fund Awards to Local Authorities
| Local Authority | 2001-02 to 2029-2030 (£) |
| Aberdeen City | 23,475,014 |
| Aberdeenshire | 63,795,570 |
| Angus | 21,376,160 |
| Argyll and Bute | 64,419,150 |
| Clackmannanshire | 5,894,062 |
| Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | 25,305,349 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 101,233,400 |
| Dundee | 26,151,797 |
| East Ayrshire | 15,201,271 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 23,676,828 |
| East Lothian | 19,516,371 |
| East Renfrewshire | 19,719,342 |
| Edinburgh | 84,403,734 |
| Falkirk | 8,476,567 |
| Fife | 70,284,479 |
| Glasgow | 10,837,036 |
| Highland | 50,588,799 |
| Inverclyde | 11,782,350 |
| Midlothian | 34,689,579 |
| Moray | 11,529,521 |
| North Ayrshire | 19,888,954 |
| North Lanarkshire | 53,940,298 |
| Orkney | 4,463,842 |
| Perth and Kinross | 21,217,232 |
| Renfrewshire | 28,846,145 |
| Scottish Borders | 16,801,322 |
| Shetland | 5,979,595 |
| South Ayrshire | 19,943,907 |
| South Lanarkshire | 67,385,990 |
| Stirling | 31,503,473 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 17,963,665 |
| West Lothian | 33,722,017 |
| Total | 1,014,012,819 |
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the second supplementary question to question S2O-6076 by Nicol Stephen on 14 April 2005, when the next trunk road review will take place.
Answer
No decision has yet been taken on the date of starting the next trunk road review. As the last review took place in 1995, I have indicated it would be appropriate to hold such a review soon after the new Regional Transport Partnership are established.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 28 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in recruiting specialist nurses to support people with cancer.
Answer
Nursing People with Cancer in Scotland: A Framework, published in April 2004, sets out the strategic vision that will shape nursing services for people with cancer across NHSScotland, in all care settings and in all geographic areas.
The planning of the workforce, including specialist cancer nurses, is primarily a matter for individual NHS boards.
Figures to 30 September 2004 show that the total number of cancer specialist nurses in Scotland was 158.6 whole-time equivalents.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 28 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is given to local authority education departments regarding adopted children who are in the education system and their needs.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not issued guidance specifically on the education of adopted children. Local authorities have a duty to provide support after adoption to children and their families, and this could include any educational needs. The Scottish Executive’s adoption policy review group will report shortly and will make recommendations on improving arrangements for adoption support. Adopted children can access general education support in the same way as any other child.
