- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any plans to close Langholm Ambulance Station and, if so, what action it proposes to take and what criteria are used to determine how far an ambulance station should be located from the communities which it serves.
Answer
The Chief Executive of the Scottish Ambulance Service has confirmed that there are no plans to close the Langholm Ambulance Station.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress the Scottish Ambulance Service is making in implementing the EU Working Time Directive.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-13873.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2000
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Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the outcomes from the Borders Visions conference held in Carlisle on 6 October 2000 and, if so, what steps it will take in response.
Answer
I understand that a second Borders Visions Conference will be held on 4 and 5 October 2001. The theme of this conference will be the delivery of services in rural areas.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to respond to the report of the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Kennedy McFarlane.
Answer
Dumfries and Galloway Child Protection Committee commissioned the report into Kennedy's tragic death and primary action on its recommendations is for the local agencies concerned.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2001
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Answered by Jack McConnell on 14 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has asked Dumfries and Galloway Council to carry out a "manageable rationalisation of school buildings"; what is meant by this expression, and whether it has held any discussions with the council on this issue.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not held discussions with Dumfries and Galloway Council on school rationalisation and has made no specific requests of the council in that regard.I understand, however, that the council are reviewing school provision in the context of the possible development of a Public/Private Partnership for refurbishment of school buildings in their area. I announced on 20 February 2001 the distribution of a total of £5 million to 21 education authorities to enable them to take forward work on feasibility studies into possible further school Ppp projects. This included an allocation of £466,000 to Dumfries and Galloway Council.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2001
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Answered by Wendy Alexander on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12728 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 6 February 2001, on what date the study into the potential impact of local loop unbundling across Scotland will be available and whether there will be a charge to businesses for copies of the results.
Answer
A draft report is scheduled for delivery by early summer. This will then need to be evaluated by Scottish Enterprise, Highlands & Islands Enterprise and the Executive. A summary report will be made available on the Scottish Enterprise website.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 12 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will be monitoring the progress of Camden Council's online transaction service for business rates, council tax and parking fines to assess the utility of a similar system for local authorities in Scotland.
Answer
Through the Central Local Government 21st Century Forum, the Scottish Executive is encouraging local authorities to deliver electronically all services for which this is feasible by 2005. To promote progress towards this target, the Scottish Executive monitors developments like the Camden scheme both north and south of the border.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2001
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Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 12 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12619 by Mr Alasdair Morrison on 1 February 2001, how much it will cost the Scottish Tourist Board to improve accessibility through search engines to the visitscotland.com website.
Answer
I will ask the Interim Chief Executive to write to you.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2001
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12577 by Susan Deacon on 1 February 2001, how many clinical psychology training posts were provided from the #100,000 allocated to the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.
Answer
The additional funding for clinical psychology training secured eight posts so that the output from the training programmes in Scotland over the next three years will be 32 clinical psychologists per year. Without the additional funding the output would have fallen back to the previous figure of 24 per year. Supported by the clinical psychology committee of the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (SCPMDE), work is under way to define the number and type of psychologists required to provide psychological services in NHSScotland in the most effective way.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 12 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12619 by Mr Alasdair Morrison on 1 February 2001, how much has been spent so far on developing the new look visitscotland.com website and what the total cost of the website will be on completion.
Answer
I will ask the interim Chief Executive to write to you.
