- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull have been disposed off and what method has been used for its disposal.
Answer
In Scotland, 72,100 tonnes of rendered material is currently held in storage. None of this material has yet been consigned for destruction. The Intervention Board Executive Agency, whose Board answers to all the UK Agriculture Ministers, intends to dispose of the material by incineration. Some 2,800 tonnes of tallow, one of the by-products of the rendering process, has been burnt on-site in Scotland for energy recovery purposes.Additionally, around 15,000 tonnes of carcase material from the cull has been sent for direct incineration in Scotland.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull are currently held in storage and how much does it cost per storage location per month to store this material.
Answer
There is currently 72,100 tonnes of rendered material held in secure storage at two sites (Ratho and Glenrothes) in Scotland.The contractual terms of securing storage space are commercially sensitive and are a matter between the Intervention Board and the companies themselves. On average, the Board pays about £16-18 a year to store one tonne of meat and bonemeal.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is intending to dispose of the rendered material from the BSE cattle cull which still remains in storage and what the estimated cost of disposing of the remaining materials is.
Answer
The Intervention Board Executive Agency, whose Board answers to all the UK Agriculture Ministers, which runs the Over Thirty Month Scheme, is responsible for the disposal of rendered material produced under it. EU regulations require the material to be destroyed. The Board has incineration contracts with three companies. One of these contracts is currently operational and the other two are due to come on stream next year. In addition, the Board is currently in negotiation with two further companies.
Some carcases from animals slaughtered under the Scheme are incinerated direct.The Board estimate that cost of disposing of the remaining material currently stored in Scotland is approximately £7.1m. This equates to around £98.50 per tonne and includes storage, transportation, final incineration and ash disposal to landfill.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull have been disposed of by dispersal on land.
Answer
None. The preferred method of disposal of meat and bone meal is incineration with energy recovery. Tallow will be sold by tender for use as a fuel.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many contractors have already been paid for disposing of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull, who these contractors are, and how much each has been paid.
Answer
The Intervention Board Executive Agency, whose Board answers to all the UK Agriculture Ministers, which runs the Over Thirty Month Scheme, is responsible for arranging the disposal of the rendered material from the cull.
The Board has awarded contracts to three companies, and is in negotiation with two others, to incinerate rendered material from the cull.
The Board also has contracts in place to incinerate direct carcases slaughtered under the Scheme. In Scotland, the Board currently has contracts with Orkney Islands Council, the Scottish Agricultural College, Matheson Jess Sacone Ltd, Dundas Chemical Co, Wescot Hides Ltd and Hamilton (Irvine) Ltd. In addition, a contract with Wm Forrest & Son Ltd provides for the rendering of cull material and disposal of the tallow by-products.The contractual terms involved are commercially sensitive and are a matter between the Board and the companies themselves.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 11 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider ensuring that an ambulance service is based in Kinross on a twenty-four hour cover basis.
Answer
It is for the Scottish Ambulance Service and Tayside Health Board to determine the level and configuration of emergency ambulance service provision across the Tayside Health Board area. This is being looked at as part of a wider review of Acute Services that is being carried out by the Health Board in consultation with the Scottish Ambulance Service, local hospitals, general practitioners, the health council and service users.The Scottish Executive expects Health Boards to apply the principles of the national Acute Services Review report when planning services for people in rural areas by balancing local access with the provision and maintenance of viable services of appropriate quality.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 20 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive whether in the light of the review of the funding of area tourist boards announced by the Deputy Minister for Highland and Islands and Gaelic on 24 June 1999, it will provide details of the review's remit, who will be involved in the review process and when the outcome will be published.
Answer
I intend to write to all those who have an interest in how Area Tourist Boards are funded seeking their views. I will place a copy of our consultation letter in the Parliament's library.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 20 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the change of name from The Scottish Office to The Scottish Executive is estimated to cost.
Answer
The main costs are associated with changing the signage on buildings. Other costs include revising the corporate identity on uniforms, headed stationery, publications and redesigning our Internet and Intranet sites. Full and final costs are not yet available but are likely to amount to less than £60,000 in total. This will be offset by improvements in efficiency and small ongoing savings in the region of £17,000 per annum by moving to self printing of headed paper.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 19 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide a detailed breakdown of the increase of #0.4 million made available to Perth College in 1999-2000 as announced on 2 July 1999.
Answer
Perth College was notified in February 1999 of the following increases in grant provision for 1999-2000 over comparable provision announced in February 1998 for last year -
Increase in recurrent grant-in-aid | £72,000 |
Increase in bursary allocation | £170,000 |
New Infrastructure Grant - for health and safety projects | £91,000 |
New Information and Communications Technology Grant | £96,000 |
Total | £429,000 |
