- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2000
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Answered by Sam Galbraith on 17 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what remedial strategies are available to schools or individuals who believe that standard procedures in Scottish Qualification Authority examination appeals were not followed.
Answer
Exams and appeals are within the remit of the Scottish Qualifications Authority. Complaints from schools or individuals who believe that the standard appeals procedure has not been followed should be directed to the Chief Executive of the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken with regard to the implications for the Scottish economy of the dispute between the USA and the European Union over the issue of European banana imports.
Answer
The regulation of international trade is a reserved matter. However, the Scottish Executive is working closely with Scottish Trade International, the Scotland Office, and the Department of Trade and Industry to try to avert the imposition of tariffs by the US that would impact adversely on companies in Scotland.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2000
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish Prison Service's policy is regarding staff absence due to sickness for periods of (a) up to two weeks and (b) over two weeks.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service currently has local absence management policies in each prison, based on national guidelines.
None of the existing policies distinguishes between those absent for (a) up to two weeks and (b) over two weeks.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2000
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Answered by Sam Galbraith on 26 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the appeals received by the Scottish Qualifications Authority in respect of the 1999 Modern Studies Higher Grade examination were subject to a full review by a qualifications manager or principal assessor and how many only had the appeals procedure explained in response.
Answer
Exams and appeals are within the remit of the Scottish Qualifications Authority. The Scottish Executive does not hold the information requested, which should be obtained from SQA itself.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2000
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Answered by John Home Robertson on 20 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make allowances for "safety tonnage" such as additional shelterdecks when tonnage on new and modernised fishing vessels is recorded.
Answer
Council Decision 97/413/EC allows member states to seek an increase in their MAGP targets to take account of safety and similar improvements.
We are prepared to consider any requests from the fishing industry to take account of this provision but the approval of the European Commission will also be required.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2000
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Health and Community Care intends to reply to my letters of 24 March 2000 and 8 May 2000 regarding my constituent Moira Steinbach.
Answer
I replied to the letter dated 24 March on 28 April 2000 and I have arranged for a copy of this to be sent to Mr Salmond. I regret that I can find no record of receiving a further letter regarding Mr Salmond's constituent Moira Steinbach.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2000
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it has given to health boards and health trusts regarding the treatment of osteoporosis.
Answer
Health boards and NHS Trusts devise strategies for the care of patients with a wide variety of conditions, including osteoporosis. They are best suited to determine the services which are required to meet the needs of their local population, within available resources. Health boards have received allocations for the current year for their hospital and community health services and prescribed drugs totalling £4.1 billion.
Guidance to help health boards and NHS Trusts to devise strategies for osteoporosis was issued by the Health Department in 1997 in the form of a Scottish Needs Assessment Programme report. This gave the conclusions of a group of experts drawn from within the NHS on the current situation in Scotland, a review of recent research, and options for the prevention, detection and management of osteoporosis.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2000
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to issue the report into the infection of haemophiliacs with hepatitis C via contaminated blood products.
Answer
I refer you to the answer given to S1W-6774.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Rural Affairs intends to reply to my letter dated 10 May 2000 regarding my constituent Mr G Gibb.
Answer
In response to the letter a detailed review is being carried out into the decision made in Mr Gibb's case in order to allow me to consider whether or not the correct decision was made. I will reply to the member as soon as the review, which includes consideration of historical records, has been completed.
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
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Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-5884 by Sarah Boyack on 22 June 2000, what works are planned for the A90 at Hatton during financial year 2002-03 financed by the planned expenditure of #0.25 million that year.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is currently considering alternative proposals for the A90 Hatton Bends Improvement scheme and has provisionally included £0.25 million in financial year 2002-03 to cover the anticipated construction costs. However, the planned expenditure is subject to change depending on the outcome of the consideration of the alternative scheme proposals.
