- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what fuel costs have been incurred by Reporters to (i) Children's Panels and (ii) the Children's Hearing System since 1997.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what fuel costs have been incurred by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited annually since 1997.
Answer
This is a matter for Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what fuel costs have been incurred by each local enterprise company annually since 1997.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and I have asked the chairman to reply to the member. A copy of the reply will be placed in SPICe.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what fuel costs have been incurred by the Scottish Prison Service annually since 1997.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The information is as follows:
| | £ million |
1997-98 | 2.383 |
1998-99 | 2.493 |
1999-2000 | 2.686 |
Note: the cost information above excludes fuel used in vehicles, which is not measurable separately from other vehicle costs.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a decision regarding any Bellwin funding for the city of Edinburgh following the recent flooding, when such payments would be made and whether it can make a projection of the sum to be provided.
Answer
A decision on whether to trigger the Bellwin Scheme for the recent flooding will depend on information yet to be submitted by the City of Edinburgh Council on the scale of the emergency and its associated costs.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what fuel costs have been incurred by the Scottish Tourist Board and each local tourist board annually since 1997.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Scottish Tourist Board and the Area Tourist Boards. I shall ask the Chairmen of these bodies to write to you direct.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has sought or obtained regarding any effect of European Commission directives on state aid to ferry services if such operations were devolved to a transport authority.
Answer
Under the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information, information is not disclosed if to do so would harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion, including internal opinion, advice and deliberation. This is the case for internal consideration of the effect of European Commission regulations and guidelines on state aid to ferry services.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred on an annual basis since 1995, broken down by fire authority area, on (a) vehicle fuel and (b) transport.
Answer
The available information is as follows:Fire Services Revenue Expenditure: Transport costs
1| | 1995-96 | 1996-97 |
Brigade | Transport costs | of which revenue contributions to capital 2 | Transport costs | of which revenue contributions to capital |
Central Scotland | 195 | | 169 | |
Dumfries & Galloway | 119 | | 278 | 158 |
Fife | 544 | | 567 | |
Grampian | 605 | 38 | 654 | 396 |
Highlands & Islands | 283 | | 153 | |
Lothian & Borders | 682 | | 733 | |
Strathclyde | 1,130 | | 1,947 | |
Tayside | 337 | | 334 | |
SCOTLAND | 3,895 | 38 | 4,835 | 554 |
| | 1997-98 | 1998-99 3 |
Brigade | Transport costs | of which revenue contributions to capital | Transport costs | of which revenue contributions to capital |
Central Scotland | 244 | | 213 | |
Dumfries & Galloway | 549 | 350 | 451 | 248 |
Fife | 582 | | 515 | |
Grampian | 1,085 | 506 | 801 | 281 |
Highlands & Islands | 167 | | 357 | |
Lothian & Borders | 752 | | 700 | |
Strathclyde | 2,062 | | 1,875 | |
Tayside | 365 | | 394 | |
SCOTLAND | 5,806 | 856 | 5,603 | 529 |
Source: As reported by authorities on Local Return (LFR4).
1. Information about revenue expenditure on transport is not collected at a level of detail which would allow expenditure on vehicle fuel to be identified separately.
2. Transport costs include operating costs for transport and revenue contributions to capital for vehicles.
3. Data for 1998-99 are provisional and may be subject to change.
4. Information about capital expenditure on transport is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6342 by Sarah Boyack on 10 May 2000, to detail (a) the routes and airports specified in the Public Service Obligations, (b) the criteria for the selection of the routes and airports, (c) what consultation has taken place with members of the public, local authorities and industry regarding these routes and airports and (d) the process for tendering regarding the airlines and airports.
Answer
The information requested is as follows:
(a) Routes/airports specified in the Scottish Executive's and Islands Councils' Public Service Obligations |
Glasgow-Campbeltown-Tiree |
Glasgow-Barra |
Stornoway-Benbecula-Barra |
Kirkwall-North Ronaldsay |
Kirkwall-Papa Westray |
Tingwall-Foula |
Tingwall-Papa Stour |
Tingwall-Out Skerries |
Tingwall/Sumburgh-Fair Isle |
(b). Criteria
The criteria are contained within Article 4.1(a)-(d) of EC Regulation 2408/92 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes. These involve the public interest, the availability of other forms of transport, air fares/conditions for users, and carriers operating or intending to operate on the route.
(c). Consultation
The Scottish Executive consulted Argyll and Bute Council, Argyll and the Islands Enterprise, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and Western Isles Enterprise prior to the award of its contracts. Individuals and organisations provided comments on the performance of the air services and these were noted by the Scottish Executive. Any consultation by the Islands Councils is a matter for each council to consider.
(d) Tendering process
Invitations to Tender (ITT) are advertised in the Official Journal of the European Communities in accordance with the timetable and procedures set out in Article 4(1)(d)-(k) of EC Regulation 2408/92.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 16 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what information was made available to it on 5 May 2000 regarding GM contaminated crops; what was the nature of that information; to whom and by whom it was passed, and what action was then taken prior to the communication being received from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food on 15 May 2000.
Answer
An official from the Scottish Executive's GM Co-ordination Team attends fortnightly liaison meetings on biotechnology issues involving officials from the UK Government and the devolved administrations. After the formal meeting on 5 May, he participated in a conversation with officials from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions during which he learned of the possible problem.
He was informed that an unspecified amount of Advanta rapeseed had been imported from Canada containing traces of a GM contaminant that only had clearance to be grown for research purposes in this country. It was understood that some of the contaminated seed might have been planted and that Scotland could be affected.
This information was relayed to officials in the Food and Agriculture Group of my department who, during the course of the following week, pressed MAFF officials for further details. The full extent of the problem was only elicited on 15 May.
