- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what new electricity generation plants are currently under construction; how many applications for construction have been approved, and how many applications are currently under consideration.
Answer
Figures for electricitygeneration plants currently under construction and applications for consentmade to local authorities are not held centrally.
Since January 2003, Scottishministers have given consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 totwo on-shore wind farms, three hydro schemes, one off-shore wind farm and anatural gas fired power station with a total additional generation capacity of736 megawatts.
Under the Electricity Act, weare presently considering 12 wind farm applications and nine hydro schemes witha potential capacity of over 1400 megawatts.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 13 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations or reports it has received from the staff and management of the Hannah Research Institute or any other individual or organisation with regard to the effects of any funding shortfall of the institute.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has received representations fromProspect trade union, and from members of staff at the Hannah ResearchInstitute both directly and through their MSPs.
Managementat the Hannah have submitted redundancy proposals to the Executive in responseto a need to reduce staff costs to bring the institute’s expenditure into linewith its income.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how the percentage fall in carbon emissions between 1990 and 2000 compares with the percentage fall in the United Kingdom as a whole.
Answer
The informationrequested is available in the publication
Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1999-2000 a copy of which has been placedin the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 29467) and is also available onthe Executive’s climate change website at
www.scotland.gov.uk/climatechange.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the economic and social effect will be if a further Scottish regiment is disbanded.
Answer
Defence is a reserved matter.The Scottish Executive understands that there are no plans to reduce the currentoverall strength of the army.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many reservists and territorial army personnel who live or are employed in Scotland are currently on active service and what effect the absence of such personnel is having on (a) public and (b) private sector services.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has nofunctions in relation to a central register of information on reservists and territorialarmy personnel.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to HM Treasury and the Ministry of Defence about any financial burden placed upon companies that may be adversely affected by the call up of reservists and territorial army personnel.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is inregular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues but it has no functionsin relation to a central register of information on reservists and territorial armypersonnel.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) doctors, (b) dentists, (c) consultants and (d) nurses have been called up for active service as reservists and territorial army personnel.
Answer
As at 19 March 2003, 37 membersof staff covering a number of professional categories had been called up acrossScotland. The total number of staff in NHSScotland is 143,074 (119,680 whole-timeequivalent).
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been undertaken into the use of plastic materials for road marking.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does nothave a record of the research that has been undertaken into the use of plastic materialsfor road marking. Plastic materials are currently widely used in road marking materialsthroughout the UK and world wide and have demonstrated good performancein visibility, durability and skid resistance.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any recorded evidence of accidents being attributed to the loss of vehicle control as a consequence of drive wheel contact with white line road markings.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has norecorded evidence of any accidents on the trunk road network being attributed tothe loss of vehicle control as a consequence of drive wheel contact with line roadmarkings. This type of information is not available from the police data from whichwe derive our accident information.
Accident information for localauthority roads is not held centrally. Again we are not aware of any recorded evidenceof accidents being attributed to this problem.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements it has made in respect of social support for families affected by the absence of a spouse or partner as a result of the call up of reservists and territorial army personnel where there are special care requirements.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has nofunctions in relation to a central register of information on reservists and territorialarmy personnel. The Executive understands that the Ministry of Defence has its ownarrangements in place.
