- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 13 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimates it has made of the numbers of fridges that will need to be disposed of in Scotland in each of the next five years.
Answer
The Executive's research project The Determination of the Source, Nature, Amount and Disposal Routes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Arising in Scotland, published earlier this year, and available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 14595) indicated that 224,000 domestic fridges, fridge-freezers and freezers were discarded in 1998-99. The UK Government has estimated a UK total of around 2.5 million. A 9% pro-rata apportionment to Scotland would be 225,000. This is the figure the Executive is using in its policy considerations.Annual arisings of 225,000 units equate to about 44 units per 1,000 of population. The Executive is not aware of any factors which will materially change this over the next five years.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 13 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will establish baseline figures for biodegradable waste products for each local authority with regard to meeting the EC Landfill Directive target for 2010.
Answer
Following a public consultation the Scottish Executive announced, in May 2000, its intention to establish a system of tradable permits in order to meet the requirements in the Landfill Directive for the reduction of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill. The allocation of baseline figures between local authorities, and the level of annual permits, will be established following a further consultation in 2002.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 5 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has, following the recent terrorist attacks in the United States of America and any consequential impact on golf tourism, to encourage the Scottish Tourist Board to promote golf in Scotland and particularly in Ayrshire.
Answer
The marketing of Scotland as a golf tourism destination is, and will continue to be, a high priority. VisitScotland is spending around £1.5 million this year. As a major golfing area, Ayrshire will feature strongly in this effort and, of course, the area is also heavily promoted by Ayrshire and Arran Tourist Board.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of this year's total agri-environment budget will be available for the Rural Stewardship Scheme once the costs of all other agri-environment schemes have been met.
Answer
It is not possible at this stage to say how much will be available for the Rural Stewardship Scheme because payments will be funded from modulation and it is too early to know how much will be raised by modulation of 2001 CAP payments.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Rural Stewardship Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2001 will come into force.
Answer
In the absence of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament to annul, the Rural Stewardship Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2001 came into force on Friday 28 September 2001.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce a specific agri-environment scheme relating to land management in the proposed national park areas.
Answer
Farmers in National Parks will be eligible to apply to join the Rural Stewardship Scheme, but there are no plans to introduce a specific agri-environment scheme relating to land management in the proposed national park areas.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many candidates were interviewed for the position of (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of the new Scottish Water Authority.
Answer
Three and two respectively.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 6 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when a managing agent will be appointed to administer its central heating programme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17544.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications it has received under the Rural Stewardship Scheme; what funding has been set aside for the implementation of the scheme, and what percentage of applications are likely to receive funding, all in the current financial year.
Answer
The number of applications submitted for approval this year is 476. The total agri-environment budget for the current financial year is £30 million, subject to sterling/euro currency fluctuations. The percentage of applications which will receive funding is dependent on the relative merits of applications submitted.
- Asked by: John Scott, MSP for Ayr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to provide funding for the production of an information pack, similar to that produced in England and Wales, for those bereaved as a result of murder.
Answer
The Executive, through its Scottish Strategy for Victims, is committed to improving the information for victims of crime in Scotland. The Justice Department will consider providing an information pack for those families bereaved by murder, as part of this work.
