- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given to councils regarding underused assets in the preparation for resource accounting and budgeting.
Answer
Advice regarding the treatment of assets for resource accounting and budgeting purposes is contained in the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it will commit, as part of its plans to improve health, to supporting community aerobic exercise provision, such as swimming pools.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to improving health. One way of doing this is to increase levels of participation in physical activity and plans are currently at an advanced stage to establish a national Physical Activity Task Force which aims to recommend ways of doing this. A full announcement on the task force will be made in the near future.The resourcing of facilities such as swimming pools are however a matter for individual local authorities and others.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many airline operators it has met in the last year to discuss the provision of budget air between Scotland and countries outside the UK.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has met a number of airlines and had discussions with Scottish Enterprise, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Scottish Airports Ltd and Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd about the promotion of more direct air services serving Scotland. These discussions have not been restricted to any one type of air service and we shall continue to encourage the development of more commercial and cost-effective air services for the benefit of the travelling public and the Scottish economy.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce a deafness test within 48 hours of birth for all babies.
Answer
The Scottish Executive welcomes the advice of the UK National Screening Committee on Neonatal Hearing Screening. The Executive has received a comprehensive review of the implications of a phased screening programme from the National Co-ordinator of the Scottish Screening Programmes and the Medical Director of the National Services Division, and the Scottish Executive will respond to its recommendations in due course.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it will play in the appointment of a chief executive of visitscotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15448.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Answered by Angus MacKay on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government regarding the implications for its policies and for public services in Scotland of any proposed changes to the Barnett formula.
Answer
The present Government has no plans to change the Barnett formula, therefore the Scottish Executive has had no discussions with the UK Government in this respect.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given to caravan users with regard to carbon monoxide leaks from appliances.
Answer
This is a reserved matter. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which is responsible for gas safety in Great Britain, has published several leaflets on gas safety, including carbon monoxide risks and the need to have appliances regularly serviced by CORGI registered installers. This guidance applies to all gas consumers, including caravan users. HSE has also worked closely with the National Caravan Council and the Council for Registered Gas installers in developing guidance specifically targeted towards caravan users. A quarter of a million copies of this free leaflet were distributed last year to all caravan parks across Great Britain.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vehicles have been converted to date for liquid petroleum gas fuel use in the ambulance service.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service has looked at the possibility of such a fuel conversion for their fleet of vehicles and decided that it is not feasible.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many items of business regulation it intends to repeal in the coming financial year as a result of the "regulatory MOT" announced by the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning on 15 February 2001.
Answer
The introduction of the Review Regulatory Impact Assessment (Review RIA), or "regulatory MOT", represents a significant step forward in securing for Scottish businesses the most effective regulatory environment. The Review RIA will ensure all regulations introduced by the Scottish Executive which impact on business will remain "fit-for-purpose". Requiring review of the regulation within 10 years of its introduction, it commits the Executive to reconsidering options, including repeal. The Executive would not wish to prejudice the success of this work by forcing arbitrary "quotas" for repeal on individual departments.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vehicles in its fleet have the ability to use liquid petroleum gas fuel.
Answer
There are 83 cars within the Scottish Executive vehicle fleet which can operate on either liquid petroleum gas or unleaded petrol. In addition, the Scottish Executive has two electric cars for use on short journeys in the Edinburgh area.
