- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what target dates are currently under consideration for the issuing of contracts for the construction work necessary to carry out the improvements on the southern section of the A77 and what timescale it has set for completion of the improvements.
Answer
The dates of issue of contracts will be dependent on the time taken in the pre-contract stages, referred to in the answer given to question S1W-34557 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the East Ayrshire Council area have died from cancer that may have been caused from radiation in each year since 1986.
Answer
It is not possible to deduce how many cancer deaths have been caused by exposure to ionising radiation.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the causes of the pattern of cancer deaths in the East Ayrshire Council area have changed significantly since 1980.
Answer
Since 1980 the population in the East Ayrshire Council areas has increased slightly while the number of cancer deaths has remained relatively stable.The following tables provide detail of the number of deaths for various cancers in the East Ayrshire Council area for the period 1980-2001.
| Cancer Type | Year of diagnosis |
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Head and Neck | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Oesophagus | 8 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 |
| Stomach | 26 | 42 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 14 |
| Colorectal | 40 | 47 | 45 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 36 | 26 | 32 | 42 |
| Pancreas | 14 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
| Trachea, Bronchus and Lung | 76 | 74 | 93 | 94 | 97 | 85 | 96 | 81 | 87 | 98 | 100 |
| Breast | 29 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 35 | 29 |
| Cervix Uteri | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| Corpus Uteri | - | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Ovary | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Prostate | 10 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Kidney | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| Bladder | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Leukaemias | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| All Malignant Neoplasms | 286 | 335 | 345 | 296 | 312 | 326 | 328 | 319 | 284 | 338 | 342 |
| Cancer Type | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| Head and Neck | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Oesophagus | 20 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 14 |
| Stomach | 17 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 23 |
| Colorectal | 34 | 37 | 48 | 30 | 26 | 40 | 31 | 43 | 36 | 32 | 36 |
| Pancreas | 18 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
| Trachea, Bronchus and Lung | 102 | 83 | 103 | 91 | 94 | 95 | 98 | 106 | 116 | 89 | 98 |
| Breast | 25 | 34 | 25 | 35 | 25 | 38 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 29 | 25 |
| Cervix Uteri | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Corpus Uteri | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Ovary | 9 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 |
| Prostate | 12 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 27 |
| Kidney | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Bladder | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 10 |
| Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 |
| Leukaemias | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| All Malignant Neoplasms | 325 | 333 | 357 | 332 | 332 | 347 | 365 | 359 | 379 | 353 | 361 |
Source: Scottish Cancer Intelligence Unit, Information & Statistics Division, NHSScotland.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the East Ayrshire Council area are being treated for cancers that could have been caused by radiation.
Answer
It is not possible to identify patients currently undergoing treatment for cancer, nor is it possible to deduce how many cancers have been caused by exposure to ionising radiation.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 19 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will not proceed with the proposed public charter for the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland in the light of the level of response and content of responses received in respect of its consultation on this matter.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to ensuring that enforcement procedures are fair and transparent through the provision of a public charter for the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland. This charter will therefore seek to comply with the Executive's charter policy and the principles of the Cabinet Office Enforcement Concordat. The Executive's commitment started with the publication of the consultation document and will conclude with the publication of the charter itself.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 19 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been of the consultation on the Public Charter for the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland.
Answer
Definitive costs attributed to the consultation on the Public Charter for the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland relate to document production. The total costs of document production relating to the two phases of the consultation are £1,367.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 19 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider setting a job specification for the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland that ensures that all requirements of a public service regulatory appointment are met.
Answer
The Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland was appointed by Scottish ministers on 1 April 2002 under powers conferred by subsection 7(1) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002. The regulator has a job specification in that the terms of his appointment state that the purpose of the appointment is to exercise the functions conferred on him by Part 2 and Schedule 2 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 18 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what public positions Joan Aitken has held since 1 May 1999 and on what dates she started and completed her periods of service for each position.
Answer
Miss Aitken has been employed by the Scottish Executive as the Scottish Prison Complaints Commissioner since 1 November 1999 and will leave this post on 19 March 2003.During the period in question, Miss Aitken has not been a board member of any public body for which the Scottish Executive is responsible.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 6 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any consideration was given to design and construct contracts for the road improvement schemes recently announced for the Ayr to Stranraer section of the A77.
Answer
It is too soon to say how the construction of these schemes will be procured. However, the preliminary design will be undertaken through a framework design commission for which tenders will shortly be invited by the Scottish Executive Development Department. Thereafter, the strategy adopted will depend on public reaction to the draft design proposals, when they are published.
- Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what reductions in decision-making powers it would experience if the current draft text of the new European constitution were adopted by the European Union.
Answer
The functions of Scottish ministers are set out in the Scotland Act 1998 and subordinate legislation under that act. There is currently little draft treaty text available from the Praesidium of the Convention on the Future of Europe on the division of competences between member states - including devolved administrations - and the European Union. The Scottish Executive will, however, carefully assess any potential implications for the decision-making powers of Scottish ministers as soon as firm proposals for the division of competences come forward. Ministers will work with the UK Government as necessary to ensure that the proposals for treaty text coming out of the Convention are in the interests of Scotland and have proper regard for existing constitutional arrangements in the UK.
