- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in receipt of the low rate of the mobility component of disability living allowance since the introduction of the national concessionary travel scheme have lost their eligibility for concessionary travel.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and return to a fire and rescue service-led proactive inspection process
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4742 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the options in the Mott MacDonald report, The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland, to reduce the number of control rooms from eight to three or less, it will confirm whether it intends that the existing level of control rooms should be retained.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4738 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the process of self-regulation, whereby property owners and occupants are responsible for ensuring that non-domestic premises comply with fire safety legislation, contradicts the principle of community fire safety being the responsibility of the fire and rescue services.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4742 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reduce the number of fire service control rooms.
Answer
Following an analysisof responses to an earlier consultation exercise in respect of the future of firecontrol rooms, the Minister for Justice of the previous Executive announced on 1June 2006 that the matter should be further considered as part of a wider reviewof Scotland’s preparedness to deal with simultaneous major emergencies. The emergencypreparedness review team has completed its report which is being considered by ministers.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider returning to the fire and rescue services the responsibility for inspecting non-domestic premises to ensure that they comply with fire safety legislation.
Answer
Responsibility forinspecting non-domestic premises to ensure that they comply with fire safety legislationstill sits with the fire and rescue services in the majority of cases. Informationabout the new legislation is available at
www.infoscotland.com/firelaw.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider reviewing the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 in order to permit competition between neighbouring local authorities in relation to the provision of building warrants.
Answer
I have asked DrPaul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency, toanswer. His response is as follows:
There is nojustification for such a review.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Association of Building Standards Managers is funded by public money.
Answer
I have asked DrPaul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency, toanswer. His response is as follows:
I can confirmthat the Scottish Association of Building Standards Managers does not receivefunding support from the Scottish Government and I am unaware of the extent andnature of possible local authority support.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to review the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 in order to permit competition between neighbouring local authorities in relation to the provision of building warrants.
Answer
I have asked DrPaul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency, toanswer. His response is as follows:
No.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3799 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, why NHS Lothian decided that colorectal surgery would be relocated from the Western General Hospital to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Answer
Awaiting answer
