- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the EU Council decision not to take forward plans to label meat from animals that are is slaughtered without stunning in different ways from meat that is slaughtered after stunning, what further measures can be taken in Scotland to deliver clear labelling on this issue.
Answer
The Scottish Government intends to consult with our stakeholders on the implementation of the EU Regulation 1099/2009, which introduces new controls on the protection of animals at slaughter. The issue of slaughter without pre-stunning is one of the areas on which views will be sought. In addition, we will also take the opportunity to consult on the related issue of the labelling of meat produced from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Johnstone on 15 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S3W-39203 by Alex Johnstone on 9 February 2011, whether any of the assured farms that supplied it with milk and dairy products in 2010 were paid below (a) 24.36 pence per litre or (b) their production cost.
Answer
The farms that supplied the milk and dairy products in 2010 were paid above 24.36 pence per litre and their production cost.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the cost of production for dairy farmers supplying cheese to the public sector and the price that they receive.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39205 on 10 February 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the farmers who produce the milk that it purchases and how much they are paid on average per litre.
Answer
The contract to supply milk to the Scottish Government was awarded to Sodexo in 2010 who procure milk from Graham''s Dairy, its supplier in Scotland, in accordance with competitive practise. Sodexo''s contractual relationship with their suppliers is commercially confidential.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how much milk is purchased annually by (a) the NHS and (b) each local authority and how much each spends on (i) milk and (ii) other dairy products.
Answer
The total annual expenditure on dairy produce, including milk, through the health sector is estimated to be £4,220,000.
The total annual expenditure by local authorities on dairy produce, including milk, through the education and social work sectors is estimated to be £4,377,800.
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- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has produced guidance for public bodies on purchasing milk produced in Scotland and how much of the milk procured for the public sector is labelled with the (a) country of origin and (b) name of the supplying farm.
Answer
There is no guidance that has been produced specifically for milk as it is not possible to specify in contracts milk from Scotland or similar. New guidance has been produced, Catering for Change - January 2011, which shows how to make full use of the flexibility available to public bodies to legally include sustainability issues in their food procurement activity.
Milk is sourced through competitive contracts awarded by public bodies. Milk companies will have full traceability of the source of milk supplied. Wisemans is by some margin the largest supplier and their labelling identifies Scottish milk but not the name of the supplying farm.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of milk produced in Scotland is (a) purchased by (i) supermarkets, (ii) caterers and (iii) public sector organisations in Scotland and (b) sold in the (i) United Kingdom and (ii) rest of the European Union.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collate data on the market utilisation and final sale point of milk produced in Scotland.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the cost of production for dairy farmers supplying milk to the public sector and the price that they receive.
Answer
The Scottish Government collects milk data on (i) utilisation and (ii) average price in order to meet the requirements of EU Regulation 479/2010. This data shows that for 2010 the average price per litre was 24.36 pence for all types of milk and dairy products supplied to the public and private sectors by the liquid milk and cheese processors. We do no collect data on production costs.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) milk and (b) other dairy produce it purchases annually; by whom it is supplied, and what the farms of origin are.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s in-house contract was awarded to Sodexo in 2010. Last year Sodexo supplied just under 107,000 litres of liquid milk and 17,176 litres of dairy products, all of which was supplied by a network of 70 assured Scottish farms through the Graham''s dairy in Bridge of Allan.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Johnstone on 9 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how much milk it purchases annually; by whom it is supplied; what the farms of origin are, and what average price is paid per litre.
Answer
From January 2010 to December 2010, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body purchased 26,197 litres of milk. The milk is supplied by Graham''s Family Dairy, which is based in Bridge of Allan. The milk supplied is procured from 70 Farm Assured farms all located within Scotland. Due to the milk being supplied via our catering service provider, we are unable to state the average price paid per litre as this information is commercially sensitive.
