- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it intends to give to the campaign to maintain the facility of RAF Buchan, Peterhead, and whether it will set up an economic task force to investigate fully the potential impact on the local economy should the base be closed.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in contact with MOD on a wide range of issues including their review of RAF Buchan.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 28 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the coming year to deliver support to Family Mediation Scotland, and in particular how much money will be allocated to it, and from which budget.
Answer
The Scottish Executive plans to support Family Mediation Scotland in the coming year through the provision of grants under the Social Work (Scotland) 1968. As part of a 3 year funding package, Family Mediation Scotland are due to receive a total of £88,580 under sections 9 and 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 in the financial year 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001. Final allocations for all grant recipients under the 1968 Act in that year have, however, yet to be determined.Future arrangements for funding family mediation in Scotland are currently being examined as part of the review of family law in Scotland.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to respond to the request from Scottish police forces for adequate funds to cope with their Millennium workload.
Answer
We have made clear to the police that we are sympathetic to their request for additional funding to meet the costs of policing Millennium related activity. We are presently examining funding pressures across the Scottish Executive programmes and an announcement will be made in due course.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to conduct a road safety audit of the Aberdeen-Peterhead road in the coming year with respect to the lack of safe passing places and if it will provide details of the accident record over the last 5 years of the section known locally as the Hatton Bends.
Answer
There are no plans to conduct a review of overtaking opportunities on the Aberdeen to Peterhead road in the coming year, as the Scottish Executive already has sufficient data for present purposes. Between 1991 and 1996 there were 2 fatal, 1 serious and 6 slight injury accidents at the location known as Hatton Bends. Following the installation of remedial measures in 1996 there have been no recorded injury accidents.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements it has put in place to allow the Scottish Ambulance Service to cope with the Millennium celebrations in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service, in line with other parts of the NHS in Scotland, is geared up to deal with major incidents and provide emergency care 365 days a year. This winter will be no different. It is recognised, however, that the extended Millennium holiday will pose particular challenges requiring special preparation and planning arrangements.As part of this process the Scottish Ambulance Service is working with police, fire and local authorities to ensure that all major, planned local celebratory events are identified and that adequate first aid arrangements are made by the organisers. Consideration is also being given to the need for establishing emergency care centres at major celebration venues. Furthermore, in preparing its staffing plans for this period, the Scottish Ambulance Service has been mindful of the potential demands which millennium street parties and other events, whether licensed and approved or not, might place on the Service's resources.In terms of the preparedness of the NHS in Scotland as a whole, we have established a Year 2000 National Co-ordinating Group to ensure that there is no material disruption to the delivery of health services over the Millennium period. Each health service body, including the Scottish Ambulance Service, has an executive director responsible for our Year 2000 action programme at local level and the Chief Officers and Boards of these bodies, who are briefed on progress regularly at public meetings, have this programme as a high priority.
