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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it received representations from NFU Scotland on the consequences of the method of calculating the single farm payment (SFP) for sheep farmers; whether it considers that an anomaly has arisen through the effect experienced by some sheep farmers as a result of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in 2001, whereby farmers who were only partially restocked before the 2002 sheep annual premium (SAP) claim period have received a lower annual premium and may be losing out financially due to the operation of the method of calculation of the SFP, and whether the Executive will exclude 2002 when selecting the reference period for calculation of the SAP. NFU Scotland hasbrought to my officials...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the si'e and types of habitats included in the estimates of 2% of the land area that is covered by wetland and 8.7% that is categorised as the water environment given by the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development at the Transport and the Environment Committee during the Stage 2 consideration of the bill on 20 November 2002 (Official Report, c 3722). The following table taken from information contained within the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute 1988 Land Coverage Map of Scotland gives a breakdown of the size and habitats included in the estimates of 8.7% of Scotland covered by wetlands, and approximately 2% of Scotland covered by surface water.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 August 2002
Education for Sustainable Development is of course an important element of education for citizenship and officials are currently in discussion with Learning and Teaching Scotland about developing support for schools following the publication of Education for Citizenship in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 December 2001
The lack of a power of this nature was identified as a particular weakness in the previous discretionary licensing schemes, which prevented local authorities from obtaining information to be used as evidence for the prosecution of an owner who failed to apply for a licence when one was required or continued to operate after a refusal of a license.The Guidance on the Mandatory Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation, which was issued by the Scottish Executive also drew the attention of local authorities to the need to establish good relations with the police and procurator fiscal and suggested that local authority officials...
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Date answered:
26 September 2001
Ministers are re-imbursed for expenditure incurred in the course of their official duties. Reimbursement is made in accordance with standard Civil Service procedures.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2001
Separately, there has also been correspondence between Ministers, officials and the SCVO.Most recently, in June of last year, the water authorities jointly consulted on a review of the policy of granting reliefs from water and wastewater charges to certain organisations.
(d) Tendering processInvitations to Tender (ITT) are advertised in the Official Journal of the European Communities in accordance with the timetable and procedures set out in Article 4(1)(d)-(k) of EC Regulation 2408/92.