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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 March 2002
On occasions throughout the year, when Loch Katrine is drawn down, the level to which water is pumped at Milngavie may be higher than the level of Loch Katrine but may not necessarily be higher than the level at which the water originated.
The Accounts Commission for Scotland has the overall responsibility for issues concerning the accounts of local authorities in Scotland, including the responsibility for the appointment of auditors. The Controller of Audit may decide to make a report to the Accounts Commission on a particular matter arising out of or in connection with the accounts of any local authority, or the Accounts Commission may ask him to produce such reports as it requires.
As a result of this, a seminar was held on 16 May at which the concept of a Scotland-wide consortium of Area Drug and Therapeutic Committees - a Scottish Medicines Consortium - was launched.
However, decisions on future provision for legal aid within the overall budget of the Scottish Executive lie with Scottish Ministers. As I explained in my answer on 17 May (question S1W-15596) the Legal Aid Fund is not cash limited.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 April 2001
Wildlife Inspectors appointed jointly by the Scottish Executive and DETR have a statutory role in certain types of cases.A strict licensing regime operated by the Executive and Scottish Natural Heritage controls those limited circumstances where certain species may legitimately be removed from their natural habitat.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 October 2000
Should this notice not be complied with, the authority may carry out the necessary works and recover the costs reasonably incurred by them in doing so.Section 130 of the 1991 Act requires that a utility company executing road works shall, in reinstating the road, comply with such requirements as may be prescribed as ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 August 2000
This means that receptions of prisoners serving only a day or two, such as fine defaulters, may not be counted. Because of this, the currently published figure of 8,400 fine default receptions may be under-estimated by a factor of up to 10%.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all those Private Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnership projects for which full business cases have been published since May 1999 and indicate for which projects it anticipates full business cases will be published during the current financial year.
However, where SNH is notifying an area of land as an SSSI and the scientific case for that land has been established, it is appropriate that SNH take no account of other factors.I am currently considering what future changes to the SSSI system may be desirable to ensure that we secure the protection of the natural heritage in a way which is effective and w...