- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish ministers take part in discussions concerning the disposal of redundant offshore oil and gas installations with (a) the companies that own such structures, (b) UK ministers, (c) commercial fishermen’s organisations and (d) other interested parties.
Answer
The Department of Trade and Industryconsults the Scottish Executive on all decommissioning programmes covering redundantoffshore oil and gas infrastructure located in Scottish waters. Such proposals includethe outcome of consultations by the operator with interested parties including therelevant fishermen’s organisations.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 12 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money will be spent on the Warm Deal programme in (a) Renfrewshire and (b) Inverclyde in 2007-08 and, of this, how much will be allocated to (i) Renfrewshire Council, (ii) Inverclyde Council and (iii) housing associations in these areas.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
It is estimated that £16,000will be spent in Renfrewshire and £56,000 in Inverclyde on Warm Deal measures during2007-08 in council owned properties. No requests for funding had been received fromhousing associations in the Renfrewshire and Inverclyde areas when funding for2007-08 was being allocated.
It is likely that some Warm Dealmeasures will also be provided to private households in the PA postcode area during2007-08, but as this scheme is demand-led, it is not possible to provide estimatesof possible expenditure.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions have taken place with the UK Government anent the impact of the dismantling and disposal of redundant offshore oil and gas structures where such work takes place in Scottish waterways.
Answer
Most recently the Executive alongwith DTI and other interested parties were invited to meet with Shell and discussthe future decommissioning project of Brent Field.
Over the last five years theDepartment for Trade and Industry has consulted with the Scottish Executive priorto approving decommissioning programmes for the Hutton, Frigg, Beatrice and NorthWest Hutton Field facilities and on removal and disposal of the Brent flare towerand Brent Spar anchor blocks all of which are located in Scottish Waters.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has anent the number of Scottish companies involved in the disposal of decommissioned, or redundant, offshore oil and gas structures and what estimate has been made of the number of people employed in such work.
Answer
There is no data stored centrallyregarding number of jobs and Scottish companies involved in decommissioning projects.However, Scottish Enterprise published a decommissioning report in 2005 (Oil andGas Decommissioning Opportunity Review) providing forecasts of expenditures, jobsand timescales for when main programmes would begin.
With the increase in new technologiesand techniques, the anticipated dates for abandonment are continually being revisedand deferred, giving Scottish companies time to prepare and adapt their skills andservices to take up opportunities.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 12 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimates have been made anent the number of households that are eligible for installations under the Warm Deal programme in (a) Renfrewshire and (b) Inverclyde in 2007-08.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
The latest information providedby the local authorities would indicate that 50 council owned properties in Renfrewshireand 500 in Inverclyde would be eligible for Warm Deal measures in 2007-08. No requestsfor funding had been received from housing associations in the Renfrewshire andInverclyde areas when funding for 2007-08 was being allocated.
It is likely that some Warm Dealmeasures will also be provided to private households by the managing agent in thePA postcode area during 2007-08, but as this scheme is demand led, it is not possibleto provide estimated numbers.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 12 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has anent the number of households in (a) Renfrewshire and (b) Inverclyde that have benefited from the Warm Deal programme since its inception.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
Since the programme began in1999, a total of 1,979 households in council owned properties have benefited fromthe Warm Deal programme in Renfrewshire. For Inverclyde, the total for that periodis 5,853.
The managing agent for theprogramme also installed Warm Deal measures, covering the private sector togetherwith local authority and housing association properties during that period, butthe information regarding numbers installed by the managing agent is only availableby main postcode area. The figure for the PA postcode area was 8,445 for the period1999 to 2006.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 8 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has anent the number of occasions in each of the last seven years on which the Erskine Bridge was closed to all types of vehicles because of severe weather conditions.
Answer
The number of occasions whenthe Erskine Bridge has been closed to all types of traffic since 1 April 2001 becauseof severe weather conditions is set out in the following table:
| Year | Number of Closures | Dates and Times of Closures |
| 2001 | 0 | - |
| 2002 | 1 | 28 January – no times available |
| 2003 | 1 | 28 January - 06.00 to 09.55 |
| 2004 | 0 | - |
| 2005 | 2 | 11 January 19.45 to 12 January 20.00 11 November 15.20 to 12 November 07.00 |
| 2006 | 3 | 26 October 14.30 to 17.30 3 December 19.00 to 4 December 14.30 31 December 20.00 to 1 January 06.00 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 January 23.00 to 4 January 14.00 10 January 23.00 to 12 January 01.30 13 January 15.30 to 14 January 03.00 |
Transport Scotland has operationalresponsibility for this matter and can be contacted for more information if required.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-30903 by Mr Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007, what recent information was given to the partnership board by the Ministry of Defence (MOD Defence Medical Services) anent the number of discharged Scottish servicemen and servicewomen who have been (a) directed to Scottish NHS hospitals for the treatment of physical injuries and therapeutic care and (b) referred for psychiatric treatment and care to Scottish NHS hospitals in each of the last seven years.
Answer
None. The statistical informationrequested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish NHS hospitals and psychiatric clinics have the right to seek financial contributions from the Ministry of Defence (MOD Defence Medical Services) in order to help meet the cost of the medical treatment of discharged Scottish servicemen and servicewomen.
Answer
The Transfer of Functions (Ministryof Pensions) Order 1953 passed the financial and administrative responsibility forthe provision of medical and surgical services for war pensioners to Health Departments.In Scotland funding was transferred to NHS boards. Travel and subsistencecosts remain the responsibility of the Veterans Agency.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental surgeons operated in the NHS in (a) Renfrewshire and (b) Inverclyde at the most recent date for which figures are available and what the comparable figures were in 2003.
Answer
The information requested isshown in the following table.
Number of Dentists1Providing NHS General Dental Services; at 31 March
| | Renfrewshire2 | Inverclyde2 |
| 2006 | 90 | 35 |
| 2003 | 89 | 31 |
Source: ISD Scotland.
Notes:
1. The number of NHSgeneral dentists in post, not the whole-time equivalent, as informationon the working hours of each dentist is not collected.
2. The number of NHS non-salaried and salaried principals,assistants and vocational dental practitioners working in dental practices basedwithin the local authority areas Renfrewshire and Inverclyde.
