- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information by deleting the word "could" from paragraph (a) of the section headed "Effective management and operations of the public service" and replacing it with the word "would" or other wording which will not allow information to be kept secret where there is only a possibility that improper gain or advantage or prejudice will result and whether it will make a statement explaining its choice of wording.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-1537.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will delete the word "unwarranted" from the section headed "Privacy of an individual" in Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information and, if not, whether it will provide examples of the type of disclosures which it would regard as (a) warranted and (b) unwarranted.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-1537.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will delete the words "risk or" from the second paragraph in part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information and, if it will not, whether it will state its justification for information being kept secret where there is only a risk of harm or prejudice.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-1537.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by John Home Robertson on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered article 16 section 1A of the Draft Regulations for Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance and, if so, whether this would permit the payment of compensation to scallop farmers in the period from 2000 to 2006.
Answer
It has not been the policy of successive governments to compensate for losses incurred due to disease or other natural phenomena in the fisheries sector. However, the Scottish Executive is currently consulting on the terms of EU structural assistance in the fisheries sector for the future. The availability of funds will be limited, but the option of compensation for scallop farmers could be considered in the course of this consultation.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by John Home Robertson on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take steps which would permit salmon farmers to obtain insurance cover for stocks destroyed by the Diseases of Fish (Control) Regulations 1994 (S1 1994/1447).
Answer
The insurance industry has indicated that it is not prepared to provide cover for Infectious Salmon Anaemia so long as EU legislation dictates immediate intervention by Government and compulsory slaughter of all fish when disease is confirmed.We are exploring the possibility of greater flexibility in the rules which might, over time, provide the incentive for involvement by the insurance industry.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by John Home Robertson on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the total annual value of the Scottish salmon farming industry's output and also the export value.
Answer
The turnover of the Scottish salmon farming industry in 1997 was estimated to be £265m by farmers and £243m by processors. Around 40 per cent of production is exported.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by John Home Robertson on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs are generated by the Scottish salmon farming industry in Scotland and how many of those are in the Highlands and Islands.
Answer
Direct and indirect employment in 1997 was estimated to be 6,330 full-time equivalent jobs, of which around 75% are in the Highlands and Islands.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will delete the word "unwarranted" from the section headed "Third party's commercial confidence" in Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information and, if not, whether it will provide examples of the type of disclosures which it would regard as (a) warranted and (b) unwarranted.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-1537.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a definition of the words "personal information" as used in the section headed "Privacy of an individual" in Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information and whether it will provide examples of what type of information about a person would not be regarded as "personal information".
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-1533.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a definition of the "confidential communications" referred to in the section headed "Communications with the Royal Household" in Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information and, in particular, whether communications regarding costs are included or excluded from this definition and, if included, what its justification is for this definition.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-1533.