- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 25 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether the United Kingdom is a signatory to the Burra Charter and, if it is a signatory, on what date it became one.
Answer
The Burra Charter, which providesguidance for the conservation and management of places of cultural heritage significance,was written and adopted by Australia ICOMOS (International Council on Monumentsand Sites). It does not have international signatories.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 25 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the UK Government in respect of the Competition Commission’s inquiry into the joint venture between Stagecoach and Scottish Citylink and the manner in which the inquiry was conducted.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provideda written response to the Competition Commission (CC) inquiry on 3 April 2006 which isavailable on the CC website at:
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/inquiries/ref2006/citylink/third_party_submissions.htmOfficials also gave evidenceat an oral hearing dealing with the CC inquiry on the 27 March 2006; a summary ofevidence provided at this hearing is available on the CC website at:
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/inquiries/ref2006/citylink/third_party_summaries.htmOfficials are also in contactwith the commission to ensure that it takes a well informed and well consideredapproach that does not have unintended unhelpful consequences for passenger services.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much compensation has been paid under the sea eagle reintroduction programme to farmers on Mull for loss of lambs in each financial year since the inception of the programme.
Answer
Responsibility for the distributionof compensation to farmers impacted by the sea eagle reintroduction programme onMull lies with SNH rather than Scottish ministers. As indicated in the followingtable, such compensation payments by SNH were discontinued after 2003, in favourof a positive incentive scheme for the management of sea eagles and golden eaglesin Mull.
| Year | Compensation Payments |
| 1997-98 | 5,925 |
| 1998-99 | 7,081 |
| 1999-2000 | 6,123 |
| 2000-01 | 5,027 |
| 2001-02 | 4,979 |
| 2002-03 | 4,979 |
| 2003-04 | discontinued |
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the contents of the Historic Scotland document, Conservation of Architectural Ancient Monuments in Scotland, represent Executive policy and, if so, how this policy was determined and whether it will publish any relevant consultation papers and responses.
Answer
The status of the Historic Scotlanddocument The Conservation of Architectural Ancient Monuments in Scotland: Guidanceon Principles is made clear by its title: as is made explicit in theforeword and introduction, the document provides guidance and advice to the ownersof scheduled and other monuments with structural remains, and those working fortheir owners, based on the accumulated knowledge and experience of several generationsof ancient monuments inspectors and architects.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in each of the last five years.
Answer
Data on primary pulmonary hypertensionalone are not available. The condition occurs in about one or two per million population.It affects women more than men, with an onset age of between 30 and 40 years.
The number of patients with primary pulmonaryhypertension referred to the national specialist centre in Glasgow in eachof the last five years was:
2001-02: 53
2002-03: 71
2003-04: 78
2004-05: 81
2005-06: 85.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is in relation to the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
Answer
The treatment of primary pulmonaryhypertension has been recognised as a designated national service because of thesmall numbers involved and the high cost of treatment. The service, which is fundedby NHSScotland collectively, is provided by the Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unitin Glasgow, and accepts referrals from anywhere in Scotland.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 21 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the 10 most overcrowded train services were in each of the last six months.
Answer
The Scottish Executive doesnot hold information in this format.
Surveys which measureovercrowding are conducted annually.
A trial of equipment whichmeasures passenger numbers on trains automatically is underway. If successful,this will allow continuous monitoring of trains to identify overcrowding andthe technique could replace annual surveys.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 21 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the method of calculating the cost of civil service time spent on the consultation on the establishment of a coastal and marine national park is the same as that for calculating the cost of answering parliamentary questions and, if not, whether it will explain the methodological differences.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30380 on 21 December 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 21 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the total costs will be of the consultation on the establishment of a coastal and marine national park and whether it will provide a breakdown of these costs, also showing the time that (a) civil servants and (b) others have spent, or will spend, on the consultation process.
Answer
The total estimated cost of thecurrent consultation exercise on proposals to establish Scotland’s firstCoastal and Marine National Park, which seeks views on a number of issues including tencandidate locations, is £220,000. These estimated costs would be chargeable to the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department Programme budget.
Theestimated costs include around £85,000 covering the design and production of a rangeof materials including the consultation document, summary leaflet, DVD, websitematerial and other information as well as distribution costs to an extensive listof individuals and organisations. The remainder includes the estimated costs relatingto the vehicle roadshows that visited all 10 candidate locations to offer communitiesmore information about the proposals as well as a series of meetings with stakeholdersto hear further views on the proposals and also includes the estimated costs ofadditional roadshow visits requested by members of the public and stakeholders.
A breakdown showing time thatcivil servants and others have spent or will spend in supporting the consultationprocess is unavailable.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reform the law relating to the requirement for wind turbines for domestic dwellings to have planning permission and, in particular, whether it will introduce a provision to have the same effect as Planning Policy Statement 22 on renewable energy policies.
Answer
The Executive is strongly committedto increasing energy from microrenewables such as rooftop wind turbines and solarpanels and research was commissioned to consider the scope for extending permitteddevelopment rights to some micro-generation projects. The outcome of the researchshould be known by the end of the year and we will make progress as quickly as possiblethereafter.
Draft Scottish Planning Policy6: Renewable Energy confirms notonly the Executive’s support for local planningpolicies which incorporate microrenewables in new developments but also our intention to introduce a Scottish minimumstandard. The views of the public have been sought on what this standard shouldbe and responses are currently being considered. The intention is to issue a finalisedScottish Planning Policy document by the end of February 2007.
