- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 1 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it received (a) Assessment of transport network around the Forth, (b) Determining network performance around the Forth and (c) Option generation and sifting for a possible new crossing from Transport Scotland.
Answer
An initial draft of each reportwas received as set out in the following table. Work continues on each report beforefinal versions are published.
| Report | Date Received |
| Assessment of transport network around the Forth | 3 November 2006 |
| Determining network performance around the Forth | 30 November 2006 |
| Option generation and sifting for a possible new crossing | 31 December 2006 |
Transport Scotland hasoperational responsibility for this area and can be contacted for more informationif required.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 31 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish all advice received in connection with the proposal that a local referendum be held in relation to the proposed designation of any part of Scotland as a coastal and marine national park.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-31125 on 31 January 2007 which outlines the Executive’s plansin making available responses received as part of the consultation on proposalsto establish Scotland’s first Coastal and Marine National Park,which closed on 10 January 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 31 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-11639 by Ross Finnie on 11 January 2007 (Official Report c. 31009), whether it anticipates that a decision on the location of the first coastal and marine national park will be taken before dissolution of the Parliament; whether it will publish all advice received in connection with the timing of any such decision or decisions, and whether it has given consideration to whether such a decision should be taken after the Scottish parliamentary elections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-31125 on 31 January 2007 which outlines the Executive’s plansin making available responses received as part the consultation on proposals toestablish Scotland’s first Coastal and Marine National Park,which closed on 10 January 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.We have started analysis of theresponses received but it is not possible to give a timescale of when final decisionswill be made on the designation of a Coastal and Marine National Park.No decisions have yet been made and proposals for the way forward, including thelocation of any park will need to be taken in the light of responses to the consultation.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 31 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place copies of the submissions made to its consultation on coastal and marine national parks in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre and whether it plans to prepare an analysis of these submissions showing the name, address and position of each of the respondents and a brief summary of their views.
Answer
The Executive places copies ofresponses to consultations in the Scottish Executive library and on the ScottishExecutive website for public access, unless respondents have requested that theirresponse remains confidential. Responses to the consultation on the Coastal andMarine National Park proposals will be placed in the library accordingly along witha summary of responses in line with the Executive’s Publication Scheme. A separatecopy will also be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
My officials are currently preparingan analysis of the responses to the consultation. We have received over 850 responses,all of which will need to be considered and taken account of in our report.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 25 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether the United Kingdom is a signatory to the Burra Charter and, if it is a signatory, on what date it became one.
Answer
The Burra Charter, which providesguidance for the conservation and management of places of cultural heritage significance,was written and adopted by Australia ICOMOS (International Council on Monumentsand Sites). It does not have international signatories.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 25 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the UK Government in respect of the Competition Commission’s inquiry into the joint venture between Stagecoach and Scottish Citylink and the manner in which the inquiry was conducted.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provideda written response to the Competition Commission (CC) inquiry on 3 April 2006 which isavailable on the CC website at:
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/inquiries/ref2006/citylink/third_party_submissions.htmOfficials also gave evidenceat an oral hearing dealing with the CC inquiry on the 27 March 2006; a summary ofevidence provided at this hearing is available on the CC website at:
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/inquiries/ref2006/citylink/third_party_summaries.htmOfficials are also in contactwith the commission to ensure that it takes a well informed and well consideredapproach that does not have unintended unhelpful consequences for passenger services.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much compensation has been paid under the sea eagle reintroduction programme to farmers on Mull for loss of lambs in each financial year since the inception of the programme.
Answer
Responsibility for the distributionof compensation to farmers impacted by the sea eagle reintroduction programme onMull lies with SNH rather than Scottish ministers. As indicated in the followingtable, such compensation payments by SNH were discontinued after 2003, in favourof a positive incentive scheme for the management of sea eagles and golden eaglesin Mull.
| Year | Compensation Payments |
| 1997-98 | 5,925 |
| 1998-99 | 7,081 |
| 1999-2000 | 6,123 |
| 2000-01 | 5,027 |
| 2001-02 | 4,979 |
| 2002-03 | 4,979 |
| 2003-04 | discontinued |
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in each of the last five years.
Answer
Data on primary pulmonary hypertensionalone are not available. The condition occurs in about one or two per million population.It affects women more than men, with an onset age of between 30 and 40 years.
The number of patients with primary pulmonaryhypertension referred to the national specialist centre in Glasgow in eachof the last five years was:
2001-02: 53
2002-03: 71
2003-04: 78
2004-05: 81
2005-06: 85.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is in relation to the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
Answer
The treatment of primary pulmonaryhypertension has been recognised as a designated national service because of thesmall numbers involved and the high cost of treatment. The service, which is fundedby NHSScotland collectively, is provided by the Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unitin Glasgow, and accepts referrals from anywhere in Scotland.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the contents of the Historic Scotland document, Conservation of Architectural Ancient Monuments in Scotland, represent Executive policy and, if so, how this policy was determined and whether it will publish any relevant consultation papers and responses.
Answer
The status of the Historic Scotlanddocument The Conservation of Architectural Ancient Monuments in Scotland: Guidanceon Principles is made clear by its title: as is made explicit in theforeword and introduction, the document provides guidance and advice to the ownersof scheduled and other monuments with structural remains, and those working fortheir owners, based on the accumulated knowledge and experience of several generationsof ancient monuments inspectors and architects.
