- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to provide adequate dental care on the Isle of Lewis.
Answer
Responsibility for the overall provision of NHS dental services on the Isle of Lewis rests with NHS Western Isles and the board is considering a number of options for the provision of such services in the area.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2004
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Answered by Frank McAveety on 22 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent to date on recruitment and retention of cultural co-ordinators for schools by (a) it, (b) local authorities and (c) the Scottish Arts Council.
Answer
The Scottish Arts Council administers and monitors the pilot Cultural Co-ordinators in Schools programme on behalf of the Scottish Executive. A total of £1,654,459, over the period 2002-03 and 2003-04, has been committed to the establishment of Cultural Co-ordinator posts within local authorities. Figures for local authority spending are not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 16 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to fund the roll-out of audio-description and subtitling capacity to all cinemas.
Answer
Scottish Screen is working to ensure that as many as possible of the films it supports are accessible to people with sensory deprivation. Future Lottery funding for film production will include provision for audio-description and subtitling. In addition, Scottish Screen is in discussions with the Scottish Arts Council over the possibility of finance for the specialised capital equipment needed by cinemas to provide suitable screenings for this audience.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the losses made by Northlink Orkney and Shetland Ferries Ltd have cost the Executive in addition to the normal level of subsidy.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has, to date, committed a further £14.75 million in support of the services.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote the future well-being of the Scots language, in light of its support for Gaelic culture and language.
Answer
The Scottish Executive considersScots to be an important part of Scotland’s linguistic and cultural heritage. There is a rangeof groups supporting and promoting Scots in Scotland, some of which receivesupport from the Scottish Arts Council. The Executive has also advocated the inclusionof Scots in the school curriculum where appropriate.
The Executive is committed tothe introduction of a national language strategy during the course of this Parliamentwhich will take account of the distinctive position of different languages usedin Scotland. The approach to Scots in the future will form part ofthat strategy.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will contribute to the North Atlantic Salmon Fund for the buy-out of the north east coast drift net fishery, in light of HM Treasury's contribution of #1.25 million to the fund, the level of expenditure on, and jobs supported by, tourism angling and the number of salmon taken in the drift net fishery that head for Scottish rivers.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no current plans to contribute to the buy out of England’s NorthEast drift net fishery. As the buy-out of the north east drift net fishery is a matter of stock management, the responsibilityfor this lies with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how the position of resident GP in the practice of Dalmally will be advertised and whether the advertisement will appear on the NHS website.
Answer
The advertising of a vacancyfor a general practitioner is a matter for the local NHS board.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when further improvement of the A830 trunk road from Arisaig to Loch nan Uamh will commence, following the recent commemoration of the A830 trunk road from Arisaig to Kinsadel improvement.
Answer
Draft Road Orders for this section werepublished last week. When I visited Arisaig to make this announcement, Iconfirmed that work on the new section of road was expected to start in late2005.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to encourage Historic Scotland to focus on building partnerships with stakeholders and customers and be open to input from external bodies.
Answer
Following itsreview, Historic Scotland will continueto develop its relationships with stakeholders and customers and to welcomedialogue with external bodies. Recent examples of this policy in practice includeworking with the City Councils in Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and Stirling todevelop City Heritage Trusts; supporting and meeting regularly with the BuiltEnvironment Forum for Scotland (BEFS); and developing concordats with key partnersin the historic environment, most recently with the Royal Commission on theAncient and Historic Monuments of Scotland and soon with the National Trust forScotland. Historic Scotland also intends to consult morefrequently and formally with stakeholders on policy development.
- Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that people living in remote and rural areas are adequately served under the new GP contract.
Answer
The new GMScontract is supported by 33% increased investment in primary care over threeyears, allocated through a funding formula designed to respond to the needs ofremote and rural communities. The contract guarantees that patients across Scotland will continue to be offered atleast the range of services they currently receive and the contract’s qualityand outcomes framework will incentivise practices in all areas to improve thoseservices.
