- Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 10 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to increase the number of designated bathing beaches in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no proposals at present to increase the number of identified bathing waters in Scotland. As recently as February 1999 an additional 37 identified bathing waters were designated in Scotland. However, I will keep this matter under review and a further identification exercise will be undertaken when it is appropriate to do so.
- Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 5 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to update, in the light of the 1999 Partnership Agreement, the answers, and all tables, given by the then Secretary for State for Scotland in the House of Commons on 24 July 1998 in response to questions by Mr Browne on Public Expenditure and Local Government Finance (columns 138-144).
Answer
As I said during the debate on Financial Issues on 24 June, I intend to make a statement in the autumn on the financial expenditure announced in the partnership agreement. The latest planned spending figures are given in the Departmental Report 'Serving Scotland's Needs' (Cm 4215).
- Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 8 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to commission estimates of the cost to the NHS of road accidents on the A77 and other trunk routes which are included in the review of Scotland's Strategic Roads, and if so, whether it intends to publish these details.
Answer
The appraisal framework developed for the Scottish Strategic Roads Review takes into account the estimated reduction in the number of accidents which would follow implementation of the schemes under review and the resulting savings in medical costs. We expect to report to Parliament on the review after the summer recess.
- Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 8 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to commission estimates of the cost to the Scottish economy of congestion caused by the non-implementation of each of the 17 road investment priorities included in the Scottish Strategic Roads Review, and if so, whether it intends to publish these details.
Answer
The appraisal framework developed for the Scottish Strategic Roads Review takes into account the estimated journey time savings which would accrue to road users if the schemes under review were to be implemented. A monetary value is then calculated for these savings using long-established appraisal methodology. We expect to report to Parliament on the review after the summer recess.
- Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 8 July 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends that proposed work on trunk roads included in Scotland's Strategic Roads review will only be allowed to proceed on the basis of funding from motorway tolls, city centre access charges, and self-financing PFI schemes.
Answer
Funding is one of the issues being considered in the Strategic Roads Review. We expect to report to Parliament on the review after the summer recess.
- Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 30 June 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has for implementing the Environment Protection Act 1990 in respect of contaminated land.
Answer
Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 requires the Scottish Executive to issue statutory guidance and enact secondary legislation. It also requires the Scottish Executive to consult the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and others before issuing that guidance.The Scottish Executive proposes to issue a draft of the guidance and the regulations for a wide consultation this summer, before the final drafts are put to the Scottish Parliament. This should enable it to bring the new contaminated land regime into force in Scotland by the end of 1999.
