- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 4 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its review of toll bridges will fully take into account economic and employment considerations and when the report of the review will be published.
Answer
I shall be making an announcementon these matters very shortly.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2004
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive where the Scottish Building Standards Agency will be located.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take following the judgement of Lord Bonomy in the Napier case concerning slopping out in prisons.
Answer
We are considering LordBonomy’s judgement carefully including the possible grounds for appeal. In themeantime we will continue work to improve the prison estate, includinginvestment equivalent to around £1 million per week.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 23 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are employed by (a) the Scottish fishing industry as fishermen, (b) the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, (c) its Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture Division and (d) other public sector bodies involved in fisheries.
Answer
The number of persons employed in the Scottish sea fisheries catching sector during 2002 and persons employed in public sector bodies involved in fisheries during the financial year 2002-03 is shown in the following table.
Employment in the Sea Fisheries Catching Sector and Public Sector Bodies Involved in Fisheries.
| Sector/Organisation | Number of Persons Employed |
| Scottish sea fisheries catching sector (2002) | 5,707 |
| Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (2002-03) | 271 |
| SEERAD Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (2002-03) | 25 |
| Other Public Sector Bodies Involved in Fisheries | |
| SEERAD Sea Fisheries Division (2002-03) | 31 |
| Fisheries Research Services (2002-03) | 332* |
Note: *staffing levels for Fisheries Research services are presented in this table on a full-time equivalent basis
Fisheries Research Services (FRS) are shown as employing 332 full-time equivalent staff in the table. FRS undertake a considerable amount of work on the marine environment more generally; only a proportion of FRS personnel work in topic areas directly concerned with fisheries.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of the importance of music, physical education and drama teaching within schools.
Answer
The 5-14National Guidelines on Expressive Arts encourage schools to provide varied andstimulating experiences for pupils in all of these areas and I have recently announced that wewould like to see more teachers working in these areas.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many successful prosecutions there have been against operators of fishing vessels in the last five years in respect of actions in their capacity as operators of fishing vessels.
Answer
The number of successful prosecutions obtained in Scottish courts against either the master and/or the owners of fishing vessels for breaches of fishing regulations in the last five financial years was as follows:
| Year | Number |
| 1998-99 | 80 |
| 1999-2000 | 55 |
| 2000-01 | 56 |
| 2001-02 | 62 |
| 2002-03 | 58 |
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in respect of any review of Erskine Bridge tolls.
Answer
The Executive is committed toreviewing existing bridge tolls in Scotland. That review will include consideration of Erskine Bridgetolls.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the #13,712,663 accumulated surplus identified in the Erskine Bridge accounts for 2000-01 is consistent with section 4(2) of the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968.
Answer
Yes. Audit Scotland havecertified that the 2000-2001 accounts were properly prepared in accordance withErskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs are payable annually to APCOA Parking (UK) Ltd for the collection of tolls at the Erskine Bridge and what percentage of tolls collected is received by the company as a fee.
Answer
Costs vary year on yearunder the terms of the toll collection contract. Costs in the current year willbe £555,594 excluding VAT. These costs represent an agreed management fee undercontract and are not calculated as a percentage of tolls collected.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it estimates that total expenditure on maintenance of the Erskine Bridge will total more that #1.1 billion over the next 90 years.
Answer
The need for maintenance isidentified from inspections. This enables maintenance to be planned on arational basis. Most major maintenance does not follow a fixed cycle and it is thereforenot possible to predict accurately the maintenance costs over a 90 year period.
