- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will explain the reasoning behind its decision to include a new power station and transhipment hub at Hunterston as a final national development in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 despite that development having obtained an overall score in the assessment matrix lower than the majority of proposals assessed but not taken forward as national developments.
Answer
It would be inappropriate to comment on an issue which relates to matters before the Court of Session.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it took to ensure that local communities that would be affected by national developments put forward in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 (NPF2) were aware that such designation in the NPF2 would establish the need for the development and that any subsequent examination of a planning application could not consider the principle of that development.
Answer
The role of the National Planning Framework (NPF) in establishing the need for national developments was set out in the NPF Participation Statement, newsletters and the Discussion Draft NPF, and also explained at the regional participation events held in 2007 and 2008.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it took to ensure that local communities that would be affected by proposed national developments were aware of the proposals before they were confirmed in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2.
Answer
The steps taken to engage with the public and communities on the second National Planning Framework for Scotland (NPF2) are set out in the NPF2 participation statement a copy of which is available online at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/212607/0083175.pdf.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it had with the developers or their agents regarding the proposed new coal power station at Hunterston before including the proposal as part of a national development in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2.
Answer
Proposals for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston were discussed at meetings attended by Scottish Government officials and representatives and agents of Clydeport Plc on 14 February and 16 October 2008. Records of these meetings are available online at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/212607/0083074.pdf
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/212607/0084529.pdf.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the assessment matrix used to score potential national developments was published after the proposed National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 (NPF2) had been laid before the Parliament and after the close of the call for evidence to the Local Government and Communities Committee for its consideration of the NPF2.
Answer
As we informed the Convener of the Local Government and Communities Committee on 25 June 2009, the need to take account of the conclusions of the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) on transport projects precluded earlier publication of the assessment matrix.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Active Schools there are, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. I have therefore asked the chief executive of sportscotland to write to the member providing the detailed operational information requested.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much sportscotland has invested in the Active Schools programme in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The information requested has been published by sportscotland for the four years 2004-05 to 2007-08 and can be accessed below:
http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/Resources/TopicNavigation/Collections/Annual+Reports.htm.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools have become Active Schools in each year since the programme’s launch in 2004, broken down by local authority.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27518 on 30 September 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
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- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are classed as Active Schools.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27518 on 30 September 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what training is offered to NHS workers regarding lifting patients, in particular overweight and obese patients.
Answer
All NHS boards provide a programme of manual handling training to their employees. The Managing Health at Work policy guideline sets out the minimum standards for manual handling training and these include safe handling techniques, risk assessment and the use of lifting equipment. NHS boards are tasked with ensuring that their policies are continually reviewed and updated and this will include their manual handling policy.
