- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 17 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of financial support is committed by it and other government agencies to the regeneration of the Clydebank riverside.
Answer
There are currentlya number of funding streams which are contributing to the regeneration of the Clydebank riverside. These include the support that the ScottishGovernment and Scottish Enterprise are providing for Clydebank Re-built Urban RegenerationCompany, and the significant resources committed in the area by Communities Scotlandfor housing investment, Wider Role and the Community Regeneration Fund.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what total amount has been allocated in 2007-08 for expenditure on international development; what percentage of that amount will be spent on aid-related matters; how much remains unspent, and what steps are being taken to invite bids and make decisions about projects in sufficient time that funding for next year is fully utilised.
Answer
The Scottish Budgeton 14 November 2007 confirmed that the International DevelopmentFund is set at £4.5 million for 2007-08, an increase in the inherited baseline budgetof £3 million. The full amount of the fund will be spent on development as administrationcosts are met from a separate budget.
The majority of thisyear’s allocation is committed to on-going projects but as a result of the electionand the review of the international development policy that is underway, there isa small degree of flexibility in this year’s International Development Fund. ScottishGovernment officials have been actively considering how best to utilise this byidentifying priorities that are in line with existing policy commitments, with aprimary focus on Malawi.
A funding round isexpected to be announced in the New Year after the review of the wider policy iscomplete, with a view to making awards early in the 2008-09 financial year.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether discussions with Scottish aid agencies on the future direction of international development policy have reached any conclusions and when the outcome of such discussions is likely to be made known to the Parliament.
Answer
The call for commentson the international development policy closed on 31 October and 45 responses werereceived in total. Given the broad range of views expressed in those responses,Scottish Government analytical staff are carrying out an initial analysis and, oncethis is done, international development officials will prepare detailed recommendationsfor ministers’ consideration. An announcement remains on schedule for early 2008.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average peak hour rail journey time between Glasgow and Edinburgh has been since May 2007 and what percentage of trains have been delayed by five minutes or more.
Answer
No statistics arecurrently available of the average peak hour rail journey time between Glasgow andEdinburgh.
In the period sinceMay 2007, 12 percent of all trains on the Edinburgh and Glasgow route have been delayed by five minutes ormore.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers will make a statement following the publication of the report of the independent review, led by Tom Shaw, Historical Abuse Systemic Review: Residential Schools and Children’s Homes in Scotland 1950 to 1995.
Answer
Further to my responseto question S3W-6410 on 22 November 2007, the Scottish Governmentwill take forward the recommendations in the
Historical Abuse Systemic Review: Residential Schoolsand Children’s Homes in Scotland 1950 to 1995.
I am working withpartners to bring forward specific proposals, from developing the workforce to ensuringhigh-quality services, which address the issues raised. I will announce these proposalsto Parliament in due course.
All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6404 by Stewart Stevenson on 29 November 2007, what additional information can be provided about its proposed carbon impact assessments.
Answer
The carbon impactof a spending proposal will be an integral part of the policy assessmentprocess during the next budgetary period. Where appropriate, the assessmentwill measure the likely impact on emissions and incorporate the monetary costof these emissions using the government’s new shadow price of carbon guidance.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many enforcement notices have been issued under section 26 of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.
Answer
There has beenone enforcement notice served by local authorities to date under Section 26 of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.
The primarypurpose of the Code of Practice on Sewerage Nuisance –Assessment and Controlof Odour from Waste Water Treatment Works- issued under terms of the Act inApril 2006, is to minimise odour by providing management and operationalcontrol mechanisms for operators to implement to best practicable means and forlocal authorities to monitor compliance.
An enforcementnotice is issued if the code is not complied with or not likely to be compliedwith in a material regard, and as the vast majority of works are complying withthe code by producing odour management plans and odour improvement plans ifrequired, local authorities have not needed to pursue the enforcement noticeroute to expedite odour abatement action.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what Scottish Water’s budget is for dealing with sewerage odour nuisance over the next three years.
Answer
Scottish Water
were allocated
£14.4 million for odour minimisation at 14 works inthe Quality & Standards IIIa capital investment programme for 2006-10.
Compliance withCode of Practice on Sewerage Nuisance is met within Scottish Water’soperational budget.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional monies have been allocated by Scottish Water to comply with the provisions of any enforcement notices issued to it for sewerage odour nuisance.
Answer
The oneenforcement notice that has been served on Scottish Water was in relation to aworks that was in the commissioning phase, and was dealt with under thecontractual arrangements in place at the time. No additional monies wereallocated to Scottish Water for this purpose.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 13 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how its deliberations on the proposed Trump development in Aberdeenshire will take into account the extent to which it contributes towards or detracts from the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.
Answer
All relevantmaterial considerations will be taken into account in the determination of theplanning application.
