- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 20 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its explanation is for the removal of the active travel overarching statement “I know and can demonstrate how to travel safely whether on foot, on a bicycle, in a motor vehicle or on public transport” and the outcome “I am encouraged and supported to travel actively and safely to and from my place of learning”, which were in the draft but not in the final published version of the Curriculum for Excellence, without any records being kept of the reasons and how this relates to the consultation process.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S3W-27966 and S3W-27967 on 26 October 2009.
In addition, the member will wish to be aware that, due to concerns about the size and complexity of the curriculum as a whole, the Curriculum Governing Group asked experienced and senior writers to review the draft experiences and outcomes. During this process, which was led by Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS), the writers exercised their professional judgement and consulted with a wide range of practitioners in a context of peer review. In addition to track documentation, LTS has documented the process for developing the health and wellbeing part of the curriculum framework together with those who input to the review.
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13291 by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008, whether it will provide an updated list of the sources of anticipated capital receipts that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will use to contribute funding for the new Southern General Hospital and in which financial year each receipt is expected to be obtained.
Answer
The sources of anticipated capital receipts are unchanged from the previous answer given to S3W-13291 on 30 May 2008.
The exact timing and final value of individual capital receipts will be dependent upon detailed negotiations, prevailing property market conditions and factors such as planning consent(s) at the time at which disposals are undertaken.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13290 by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008, how much will remain in each year from 2009-10 to 2017-18 from the capital allocation to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde after funding for the new Southern General Hospital has been excluded.
Answer
The capital allocations available in 2009-10 and 2010-11 are unchanged. The level of capital resources available to all NHS boards after 2010-11 will be subject to the outcome of future spending reviews and the outcome of a review of the basis of distributing capital resources to NHSScotland bodies, which is to be undertaken in 2010.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the percentage of freight tonnage commencing its journey in Fife that is travelling to (a) Edinburgh, (b) the Lothians region, (c) the Scottish Borders, (d) north-east England, (e) west central Scotland and (f) north-west England.
Answer
Origin “ destination data on freight movements at a local authority level is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the volume of freight traffic is on the Forth Rail Bridge.
Answer
There is currently no rail freight traffic moving on the Forth Rail Bridge. The allocation of train paths is a matter for Network Rail.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, should cable drying on the Forth Road Bridge fail to arrest the corrosion in the main cables, whether it is envisaged that restrictions will be imposed on HGV traffic and whether such restrictions would limit the overall number of HGV vehicles using the bridge or the number allowed on at one time.
Answer
The Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) has reported in June 2008 that if dehumidification fails to halt corrosion, then restrictions will more likely need to be considered at some time between 2017 and 2021.
The Scottish Government has committed to delivering a replacement crossing by 2016, therefore avoiding the significant disruption to cross-Forth travel that vehicle restrictions would cause.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the percentage of freight tonnage commencing its journey in Fife that remains in Fife.
Answer
Origin “ destination data on freight movements at a local authority level is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, should cable drying on the Forth Road Bridge fail to arrest the corrosion on the main cables and restrictions be applied to the volume of HGV traffic allowed on the bridge at one time, what number of HGV vehicles it envisages allowing on the bridge.
Answer
The degree of future restrictions necessary across the Forth without the availability of the Forth Replacement Crossing (FRC) or the replacement of cables on the Forth Road Bridge (FRB) would depend on considerations based on future strength assessments. Because the cables have already been weakened by corrosion, the design factor of safety which we would wish to see restored in the longer term could only be achieved by the removal of all HGV and a proportion of other traffic.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the modal split between road and rail of freight tonnage commencing its journey in Fife.
Answer
Origin “ destination data on freight movements at a local authority level is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the modal split between road and rail of freight tonnage arriving in Fife.
Answer
Origin “ destination data on freight movements at a local authority level is not held centrally.
