- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what training it has given its staff in the development of sustainability policies.
Answer
A wide range of training opportunities are made available to Scottish Executive staff to ensure that they have the skills to enable them to support ministers in delivering the policy priorities of the Scottish Executive, including sustainable development.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 31 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government concerning the public safety, health and environmental implications of the storage of radioactive waste at the Rosyth naval base.
Answer
Answer expected on 31 August 2001
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 31 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what public safety, health and environmental monitoring it undertakes in connection with radioactive waste stored at the Rosyth and Faslane naval bases and the nuclear installations at Dounreay and Chapelcross and whether any such monitoring varies according to the amount of intermediate and low level radioactive waste stored at these locations.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not undertake monitoring of radioactive waste. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), however, undertakes a programme of environmental monitoring around nuclear sites. The monitoring is undertaken according to the nature and quantity of radioactivity discharged from nuclear sites. The detail of that programme is a matter for SEPA. I understand that the programme is reviewed on a regular basis and takes account of all relevant circumstances.The results of the monitoring programme are published annually in Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE). A copy of the latest RIFE report is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no.14600). That report contains an assessment of public dose around all nuclear sites.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what recommendations it has made and what advice it has given to Her Majesty's Government on public safety, health and environmental issues relating to the storing of radioactive waste at the Rosyth and Faslane naval bases and the nuclear installations at Dounreay and Chapelcross.
Answer
The Scottish Executive contributes fully to the development of UK policy on radioactive waste management. The safe storage of radioactive waste at nuclear sites is a matter for the site operator and the regulatory bodies, operating within that wider policy framework and the relevant legislation.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific monitoring responsibilities the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has in relation to radioactive waste stored at the Rosyth and Faslane naval bases and the nuclear installations at Dounreay and Chapelcross.
Answer
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has a general responsibility for protecting (and determining general levels of pollution in) the environment. SEPA does not monitor waste stored on site but undertakes a comprehensive environmental monitoring programme to determine the effects on the environment of radioactive discharges from nuclear installations. The results of the programme are reported annually in Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE). A copy of the latest RIFE report is available in the Parliament Information Centre (Bib. no. 146000).
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it has had with and what advice it has given Her Majesty's Government on public safety, health and environmental issues relating to the transportation of radioactive waste from the Rosyth and Faslane naval bases.
Answer
The regulation of the transport of radioactive material (including waste) is a reserved matter for the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. The regulations are designed to ensure that the transport of radioactive material is carried out in such a manner as to safeguard public safety, health and the environment.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how fallen cattle are disposed of; if by incineration, how many licensed incineration sites there currently are, where each is located, and how many carcasses each site is expected to deal with annually.
Answer
The Animal By-Products Order 1999 prescribes the following options for disposal of fallen cattle; incineration, rendering, knackery yard or hunt kennel or in limited circumstances burning or burial. Since July 1 there has been an EU requirement on all member states to carry out tests for BSE on all fallen cattle over 30 months old. All bovine carcasses that form part of the fallen stock survey are disposed of by incineration. The table shows the names and addresses of the businesses in Scotland awarded contracts by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). The RPA is responsible for procuring disposal facilities throughout Great Britain.The annual number of carcasses each site is expected to deal with will be governed to a maximum of each individual site's authorisation as stipulated by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. This figure has been provided based upon an average weight of 520kgs per beast and the RPA ensure that no more than 90% of this figure is incinerated under their contracts.It is not possible to provide an accurate figure in respect of the number of fallen stock carcasses that each site is expected to deal with annually.
| Company name | Address | Authorised max. Throughput per week |
| Hamilton (Irvine) Ltd | Oldhall West Industrial EstateIrvineAyrshireKA11 9DG | 140 |
| North East Incineration Services | Tarnash HouseTarnashKeithBanffshireAB55 5PB | 280 |
Incineration Scotland | MossparkAnnan RoadDumfriesDG1 4PH | 192 |
Sacone, Brechin | The AbattoirMontrose RoadBrechinAngusDD9 7PL | 161 |
| Sacone, Glasgow | 15/23 Westerburn StreetGlasgowG32 6AT | 213 |
| SAC Aberdeen | Mill of CraibstoneBucksburnAberdeenAB2 9TS | Dependant on hours of operation |
| SAC Ayr | Veterinary Science DivisionAuchincruiveAyrKA6 5AE | Dependant on hours of operation |
| Orkney Waste Disposal | Chinglebraes IncineratorSt. OlaOrkneyKW15 1SE | Dependant on hours of operation |
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what contracts it has issued for the disposal of fallen cattle; to whom these contacts were awarded; how many tonnes each contractor has been asked to dispose of, and what the means and location of disposal are.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17330 on 30 August 2001.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers represented Scotland at the recent World Climate Change summit in Bonn.
Answer
Scotland was represented in Bonn, along with the rest of the UK, by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, and the Minister for the Environment, the Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP. The Deputy Prime Minister also attended for part of the meeting. The UK delegation at the meeting included one of my officials from the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of all the organisations from whom the members of the Dounreay Particles Advisory Group receive an income and the incomes that they receive.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. The information is not held centrally.
