- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 28 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government regarding the dispersal of UK civil service posts.
Answer
The Executive has been working closely, and will continue to work closely, with other Government departments on the dispersal of UK civil service posts. Scottish Development International maintains constant contact with UK departments in order to focus on opportunities resulting from the Lyons Review.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive which sites available on the open market are potentially available for housing development and, of these, which are earmarked for affordable housing, and which sites, out of the total number available for housing development, cannot be developed because of drainage constraints, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held by the Scottish Executive. Scottish Planning Policy 3: Planning for Housing looks to individual local authorities to estimate the requirement for future housing land and through their local plans ensure that there is sufficient effective land for at least five years at all times. Structure plans should in addition set out a strategy for the location of new housing over a period of at least 12 years. The Executive is working with the local authorities and Scottish Water to better understand the implications for new housing and other development arising from drainage constraints.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Minister for Health and Community Care’s statement at the Health Committee on 21 September 2004 (Official Report, c 1209) that “ workforce planning in the NHS did not exist at all until fairly recently”, when it considers that such workforce planning was first introduced.
Answer
There has been a lack of historic workforce planning in NHSScotland. Working for Health, the first ever Workforce Development Action Plan for NHSScotland was launched on 1 August 2002 setting out a step change in the way in which NHSScotland plans and develops its workforce. It heralded new regional and national teams to support workforce development and dedicated personnel to take this forward. It set out plans to drive forward better information, planning and employment data and also the production of an annual Scottish Workforce Plan.
Implementation of the Workforce Development Plan is continuing with new structures, processes and personnel in place and the first ever Scottish Health Workforce Plan 2004 Baseline published in April 2004.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost of NHS consultations has been in each of the last five years.
Answer
NHS boards consult patients, the public and local communities regularly about a variety of matters and the information on the cost of these consultations is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it has in ensuring that the European Union standards for drinking water quality are established and maintained.
Answer
Scottish ministers have appointed the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland to ensure that the drinking water quality duties imposed on Scottish Water by the European Drinking Water Directive and the Scottish Regulations are established and maintained.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 August 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total central government grant was for the replacement of lead piping in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer
Grants for the replacement of lead piping in privately owned houses are made by local authorities. There are no central government grants to individuals, nor is funding to local authorities ring-fenced for this purpose. However, the Scottish Executive does collect statistics on the amount spent by local authorities on grant for lead pipe replacement in private housing. Figures for the past 10 years, for the whole of Scotland, are given in the table. Figures for 2003-04 are not yet available.
| Year | Expenditure (£) |
| 1992-93 | 14,696,298 |
| 1993-94 | 14,604,760 |
| 1994-95 | 4,646,472 |
| 1995-96 | 1,833,774 |
| 1996-97 | 1,358,363 |
| 1997-98 | 1,057,141 |
| 1998-99 | 1,055,455 |
| 1999-2000 | 931,234 |
| 2000-01 | 1,007,734 |
| 2001-02 | 1,140,502 |
| 2002-03 | 1,082,880 |
Source: Scottish Executive Housing Statistics Branch.
IMP1 B Dataset as at January 8, 2004.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 August 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost would be of eliminating lead piping from all water supplies to properties.
Answer
The cost of eliminating all lead pipes in Scottish Water’s ownership that connect the public distribution network to individual properties has been estimated by Scottish Water to be £450 million.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 August 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently served by lead water piping in domestic properties.
Answer
Based on the assumption in the answer given to question S2W-9749 on 12 August 2004, that approximately 400,000 properties across Scotland have some lead piping, it can be estimated that approximately 1 million people are currently served by lead water piping in domesticproperties.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 August 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost would be of eliminating lead piping from all (a) domestic and (b) private water supplies.
Answer
The cost of replacing lead piping is property specific. The cost of eliminating lead piping from all domestic and private water supplies in Scotland is therefore unknown.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 August 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) public and (b) private sector properties require replacement of domestic lead piping.
Answer
Figures are not available for the number of public and private sector properties that require the replacement of domestic lead piping. However, between January 2000 and December 2002 Scottish Water took approximately 30,000 water samples from customers’ taps and tested them for lead. Statistical interpretation of the test results suggests that approximately 400,000 properties across Scotland (17%)have some lead piping and/or are connected to the water main with lead piping.
This estimate should be treated with caution, due to the small number of samples taken in some water supply zones.
