- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with the fishing industry regarding the quota settlement.
Answer
There are multifarious parts to the quota settlement which impact on the management of fisheries. Since December there has been discussion of many aspects of the settlement in a number of government/industry groups including the Scottish Fisheries Council and its constituent subgroups, the West of Scotland Task Force and the Conservation Credits Group. I have also met with fishing associations across Scotland to hear at first hand how the quota settlement and associated conditions are impacting on fishermen.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive in what way the circumstances that impact on the quota settlement for the fishing industry have changed since December 2008.
Answer
Total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas are set on the basis of scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The 2009 quotas were set on the basis of stock assessment advice received from ICES in 2008 and we expect no further advice from ICES until June 2009. That advice will be used as the basis to determine TACs and quotas for 2010.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs were incurred by NHS (a) Highland, (b) Grampian, (c) Western Isles, (d) Orkney and (e) Shetland for the use of taxis for patient transport in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what patient transport costs were incurred directly by NHS (a) Highland, (b) Grampian, (c) Western Isles, (d) Orkney and (e) Shetland in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Scottish Government do not hold centrally the amount each NHS board spends on patient transport costs.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Super Puma search and rescue helicopter operating from Shetland has been called out and what each response time was.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no functions in relation to search and rescue helicopters. This is a matter for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an Agency of the UK Department for Transport.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the criteria are for the Victims Advice and Information service to contact family members in the case of a domestic abuse situation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-22707 on 29 April 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will make available to the agricultural industry to meet the additional costs of implementing the sheep electronic identification scheme.
Answer
The Scottish Government has made available up to £3 million on a large scale electronic research pilot which has the aim of finding workable and cost effective solutions for implementation in Scotland.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it intends to hold regarding the sheep electronic identification scheme legislation.
Answer
The Scottish Government will hold a public consultation on sheep electronic identification prior to its introduction on 1 January 2010.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what flexibility will be available to crofters and farmers regarding the implementation of the sheep electronic identification scheme.
Answer
The Scottish and UK Governments have previously secured flexibility within the Regulation that will aid implementation. We have secured the delayed introduction of electronic identification until 31 December 2009 and have delayed the introduction of individual movement reporting until 31 December 2010. We have also agreed that animals born before 31 December 2009 and moving directly to slaughter will not have to be individually recorded at all. The Scottish Government is continuing to work with the Commission and the other UK government departments to examine possible further flexibility measures within the Regulation that will reduce the implementation burden for all of Scotland''s sheep industry.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS board areas have an orthoptist pre-school screening programme in place.
Answer
A pre-school screening programme is in place in NHS Ayrshire and Arran; NHS Borders; NHS Dumfries and Galloway; NHS Fife; in two areas in NHS Forth Valley; in all areas in NHS Grampian by end of May 2009; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; in two areas in NHS Highland; NHS Lanarkshire; in one area in NHS Lothian, and in two areas of NHS Tayside.
