- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13424 by Ross Finnie on 20 January 2005, how much funding each local authority has received under the Innovation Fund in each year since the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 came into force.
Answer
Local authorities do not receive support from the Innovation Fund. The InnovationFund, run by the Waste and Resources Action Programme, is to help retailers minimise waste from packaging and products.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12955 by Lewis Macdonald on 10 January 2005, how many meetings it has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the implementation of the EU Environmental Noise Directive; when the meetings took place, and whether it will publish the minutes of these meetings.
Answer
The Executive has had a number of meetings with UK Government Departments since 2002 on the implementation of the EU Environmental Directive. The Executive does not intend to publish the minutes of these meetings since they reflect the formulation of government policy. They are exempt from disclosure under sections 28(1) and 29(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have set up designated noise control areas under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004.
Answer
By 2 February 2005, only one local authority, the City of Edinburgh Council, had formally submitted a copy of their resolution to Scottish ministers to apply the noise control provisions to all of its area, as required under section 41(5)(b)(i) of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004.
A total of twenty two local authorities have, however, applied to the Scottish Executive for funding to assist in the discharge of the noise provisions of the act. These provisions have not yet commenced as supporting regulations to the act – the Antisocial Behaviour (Noise control) Regulations 2005 – have still to come into force.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project is running to schedule.
Answer
Preparation of the scheme is running to schedule. I am, however, very concerned that the issues surrounding the Camphill/Newton Dee community need to be fully addressed. To this end I have commissioned further work on possible alternative routes. It is anticipated that any delay will be recovered in the course of the future development of the scheme.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 2 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will replace the regulations which close decennial census records for 100 years with regulations that close such records for 80 years.
Answer
The Executive has no plans to reduce from 100 years the exemption in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 applying to access to individuals’ census records. The Executive's view is that the recent act reflects the most satisfactory balance between the undertakings given to people responding to successive censuses, that their individual details would remain confidential, and the importance to family historians of access to the individual census records.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the report of the audit it commissioned into Supporting People funding will be available under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
The Price Waterhouse Coopers report on the analysis of funding arrangements for Supporting People is available under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and can be found on the Supporting People website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/housing/supportingpeople/new.asp.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the report of the audit it commissioned into Supporting People funding informed its recent reallocation of the fund and, if so, in what way.
Answer
The Price Waterhouse Coopers report identified wide variations across the country on unit costs and service provision. It confirmed the view emerging from reviews in England that significant efficiency savings were possible, particularly as unit costs are higher in Scotland. The wide variations in per capita funding across Scotland emerging in the report also reinforced the need to move towards a fairer distribution of resources across Scotland. Funding is now redistributed on a more objective basis using a new formula.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the report of the audit it commissioned into Supporting People funding.
Answer
The Price Waterhouse Coopers report on the analysis of funding arrangements for Supporting People is available on the Supporting People website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/housing/supportingpeople/new.asp.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 1 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it gives to the Grampian Japan trust which looks after Thomas Blake Glover's house in Aberdeen.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not currently provide any support to the Grampian Japan Trust.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 1 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to recognise the importance of Thomas Blake Glover in the development of Japanese industry.
Answer
The Scottish Executive currently has no plans to directly recognise the contribution made by Thomas Blake Glover to the development of Japanese industry.
Notwithstanding this, Mr Glover’s historical significance is acknowledged by Scottish Executive officials responsible for developing trade and investment between Scotland and Japan, and where appropriate circumstances arise reference is made to his contribution to Japanese industry. VisitScotland is considering a number of future tourism development opportunities in Aberdeenshire. The recognition of Mr Glover and of the Glover House Museum is one of these opportunities. While VisitScotland has no immediate plans to develop this, the situation will be kept under review.
