- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how long the foot-and-mouth disease virus can survive in dried meats.
Answer
According to the Office International Des Epizooties, which is the world organisation for animal health, FMD virus is resistant to fermentation and smoking processes. The virus may remain in hams for 180 days, dried sausages for more than one year and in processed intestinal casings (sausage skins) for more than two years.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to set out in detail its overall position in relation to the Cairngorms National Park before the publication of the draft designation order.
Answer
In accordance with the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000, no decision will be taken until we receive the Reporters consultation report and consider it. Following this we will bring forward a draft Designation Order on which there will be further consultation.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any joint plans with HM Custom and Excise to reduce the smuggling of illegal meat into Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15399.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to reduce illegal imports of animal products at airports and ferry terminals from countries which have a high level of endemic diseases such as foot-and-mouth.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15399 on 10 May 2001.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many junior doctors are working in jobs which do not currently comply with the 56 hours a week target outlined in the New Deal for Junior Doctors.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13853.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many junior doctors currently work within the 56-hour limit set out in the Working Time Directive.
Answer
The latest information and a full analysis of the current position on junior doctors' hours of work is given in the report of the joint Scottish Executive and British Medical Association New Deal Implementation Support Group report which was published on 26 April. Copies are available from the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full-time student retention rate was for each institution of further or higher education in each of the past three years.
Answer
The annual Performance Indicators published by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, available in the Parliament's Reference Centre or on the council's website, provide indicators of performance on retention and completion for each higher education institution in Scotland.In the Performance Indicators, projected learning outcomes for the higher education sector in Scotland for the two years for which figures are available show that:Extract from Table T5
| | Degree | Transfer/other award | Total | Neither transfer nor other award |
| 1996-97 | 73% | 9% | 82% | 17% |
| 1997-98 | 75% | 8% | 83% | 16% |
Information is not available for further education colleges.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will assist Inverness College to overcome a #5 million financial deficit in such a way as to retain staff and continue all courses offered.
Answer
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council is responsible for funding Scotland's further education colleges. The council has been monitoring closely the progress of the financial recovery plan implemented by the Board of Management of Inverness College to address the college's financial deficit.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive why the grant-in-aid received by Inverness College for 2000-01 is less, in real terms, than that received in 1993-94.
Answer
The Scottish Executive cannot provide explanations for decisions taken by previous administrations, and the responsibility of providing funding to individual further education colleges is now entirely a matter for the Scottish Further Education Funding Council. Last year the Scottish Executive announced substantially increased public funding for the FE sector, on top of the additional £214 million announced as part of the three-year Comprehensive Spending Review by the Secretary of State for Scotland in 1998.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how will it end "postcode prescribing", given that local Drugs and Therapeutics Committees have autonomy in local health board decision making.
Answer
The Executive is working with Area Drug and Therapeutic Committees and with the Health Technology Board for Scotland to reduce variations in prescribing practice across Scotland.
