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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-34121

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 March 2003

The information requested is shown in the following table.Confirmed Incidents of Bovine Tuberculosis 2000-02 (By Quarter)2000

Local Authority Area	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Total
Aberdeenshire	1	1	1	-
South Ayrshire		1		-
Total	1	2	1	-	4

2001

Local Authority Area	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Total
East Ayrshire	-	-	1	-
East Lothian	1	-	-	-
Total	1	-	1	-	2

2002

Local Authority Area	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Total
Aberdeenshire	-	-	-	4
Argyll and Bute	5	1	-	3
Dumfries and Galloway		5	-	1
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
Fife	1	-	-	-
Highland	-	1	-	1
Moray	-	-	-	1
Perth and Kinross	-	-	1	1
Total	6	8	1	11	26

Question reference: S1O-06578

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from air travel on targets to reduce climate change.

The UK has a Kyoto Protocol target to reduce emissions of the basket of six greenhouse gases to 12.5% below 1990 levels by 2008-12. This is a UK-wide target, and action taken to meet it will occur across all sectors of the economy and in all regions of the UK. The UK compiles an annual inventory of greenhouse gas emissions to assess progress towards meeting this target. The UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory is prepared according to international guidelines. It includes carbon dioxide emissions from domestic flights (both civil and military) between destinations in the UK, including take-off and landing and the cruise phase. The latest year for which published data are available is 2000. Emissions of carbon dioxide from domestic aviation in the UK were around 0.8 million tonnes of carbon equivalent in 2000, representing 0.4% of total UK greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions associated with aviation fuel loaded onto international flights are also recorded in the UK Inventory but, in accordance with reporting guidelines, are not included in the UK greenhouse gas totals.

Question reference: S1W-33484

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 3 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is its intended policy that care homes will pay water charges that are five times greater than the charges paid by their counterparts in England and Wales following the Court of Session decision in the case of Scottish Water v Clydecare Ltd.

I am not in a position to comment on the detail of charges to individual customers of Scottish Water. The Executive's policy on water charges is that the revenue raised under a charges scheme for a particular year should not exceed the revenue cap specified by the Water Industry Commissioner for that year in his Strategic Review of Charges; that by no later than 2005-06 charges within a scheme should be harmonised on a geographical basis across Scotland, and that tariffs within schemes should be broadly cost-reflective. A series of discounts and reliefs are available to customers in specific circumstances. These are not specific to care homes.I am unable to comment on the charges paid by an individual customer of Scottish Water. This is a matter for Scottish Water and the Water Industry Commissioner who are jointly responsible for agreeing the scheme of charges in any particular year.

Question reference: S1W-33483

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland will examine and report on the implications for Scottish Water's tariff structure of the Court of Session decision in the case of Scottish Water v Clydecare Ltd.

Question reference: S1W-33485

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to respond to any increase in the number of care home closures following the impact of the Court of Session decision in the case of Scottish Water v Clydecare Ltd.

Question reference: S1W-33486

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will give an estimate of the impact on levels of bed-blocking of any reduction in the number of available care home places following the Court of Session decision in the case of Scottish Water v Clydecare Ltd.

Question reference: S1W-33481

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in respect of liability of care homes to water charges in light of the Court of Session decision in the case of Scottish Water v Clydecare Ltd and when it will issue advice to the owners, operators and residents of such homes on the implications of the court's decision.

The Executive and local authorities presented the independent care sector with a substantial offer to uplift fee levels from 1 April 2003 at a meeting on 31 January. The offer honours our earlier commitment to meet the fee levels recommended by the National Review Group. An increase in real terms has been applied to the revenue element of existing care home costs to take account of various pressures, including water rates. The sector is considering the terms of the offer.

Question reference: S1W-33487

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make an early announcement about distributing supplementary financial resources to local authorities in order to help them meet any additional costs of running care homes following the Court of Session decision in the case of Scottish Water v Clydecare Ltd.

Question reference: S1W-33482

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider applications from care home owners to the water industry hardship fund in light of the Court of Session decision in the case of Scottish Water v Clydecare Ltd.

Question reference: S1W-33276

Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Sunday, 20 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 29 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will include the costs of water rates in any recalculation of care home costs in any updated version of the Report on care home costs for older people in Scotland by the National Review Group.