- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance it will provide in respect of the completion of the Inverness southern distributor road.
Answer
The Inverness southern distributor road is a local road and therefore the responsibility of the Highland Council.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13350 by Nicol Stephen on 25 January 2005, what study it, its agencies or non-departmental public bodies have carried out regarding the impact of levels of fuel duty on the economy.
Answer
No study has been carried out. Fuel duty is a matter reserved to the UK Government. However, Scottish ministers will continue to ensure that Scotland’s’ interests are placed firmly on the agenda in Whitehall on tax, as on other matters, through direct contact with treasury ministers.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 23 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of awards have been made from the strategic waste fund to date and what level of awards it estimates will be made in each year until 2030, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The following tables show theawards made to each local authority between the years 2005-06 and 2007-08. Thetables also show indicative awards between 2008-2009 and 2029-2030. The answerto question S2W-13423 on 25 January 2005, provided details of awards made to localauthorities between 1999-2000 and 2004-2005. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search. | Strategy Area | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
| Aberdeen City | 2,695,243 | 1,839,263 | 1,532,757 | 1,171,788 | 1,137,697 |
| Aberdeenshire | 5,810,000 | 3,370,000 | 2,910,000 | 3,980,000 | 3,450,000 |
| Angus | 2,753,000 | 1,277,000 | 1,209,000 | 812,000 | 994,000 |
| Argyll and Bute | 3,504,710 | 3,019,710 | 3,017,710 | 3,024,710 | 3,032,710 |
| Clackmannanshire | 309,604 | 284,071 | 284,071 | 284,071 | 284,071 |
| Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | 5,898,000 | 2,336,000 | 1,240,000 | 1,075,000 | 1,064,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4,342,000 | 4,326,000 | 4,319,000 | 4,303,000 | 4,385,000 |
| Dundee | 1,541,000 | 1,203,000 | 1,483,000 | 1,217,000 | 1,088,500 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,746,000 | 687,000 | 676,000 | 744,000 | 730,000 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,518,000 | 1,302,000 | 1,288,000 | 1,273,000 | 1,259,000 |
| East Lothian | 1,526,000 | 1,788,000 | 1,295,000 | 1,209,000 | 1,193,000 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1,237,000 | 1,002,000 | 1,089,000 | 1,216,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Edinburgh | 7,763,000 | 6,546,000 | 4,530,000 | 4,640,000 | 4,615,000 |
| Falkirk | 350,317 | 159,072 | 159,072 | 159,072 | 159,072 |
| Fife | 6,334,661 | 4,647,228 | 4,059,146 | 3,962,317 | 3,965,234 |
| Glasgow | 4,267,500 | | | | |
| Highland | 5,845,186 | 2,825,000 | 2,812,000 | 2,799,000 | 2,783,000 |
| Inverclyde | 1,037,027 | 331,911 | 332,411 | 332,411 | 332,411 |
| Midlothian | 5,126,553 | 3,771,154 | 2,328,154 | 1,678,154 | 1,678,154 |
| Moray | 3,458,984 | 663,330 | 562,495 | 449,566 | 430,891 |
| North Ayrshire | 1,117,000 | 1,050,000 | 1,042,000 | 1,156,000 | 1,144,000 |
| North Lanarkshire | 5,345,000 | 3,597,000 | 3,387,000 | 2,776,000 | 2,882,000 |
| Orkney | 648,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1,821,000 | 3,180,000 | 1,341,000 | 1,295,000 | 1,251,000 |
| Renfrewshire | 3,003,000 | 1,381,000 | 1,343,000 | 1,327,000 | 1,376,000 |
| Scottish Borders | 4,297,324 | 2,842,164 | 2,456,142 | 2,392,852 | 2,360,374 |
| Shetland | 589,255 | 357,296 | 306,425 | 306,425 | 314,425 |
| South Ayrshire | 967,000 | 955,000 | 1,042,000 | 1,027,000 | 1,021,000 |
| South Lanarkshire | 3,278,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,137,000 | 3,272,000 | 3,769,000 |
| Stirling | 1,680,224 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1,775,000 | | | | |
| West Lothian | 2,900,000 | 1,905,000 | 1,748,000 | 1,756,000 | 1,766,000 |
| Strategy Area | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
| Aberdeen City | 1,241,842 | 1,088,592 | 1,066,478 | 1,034,193 | 1,191,607 |
| Aberdeenshire | 3,450,000 | 3,450,000 | 3,450,000 | 3,450,000 | 3,450,000 |
| Angus | 1,206,000 | 1,300,000 | 1,206,000 | 1,076,000 | 1,055,000 |
| Argyll and Bute | 3,038,710 | 3,044,710 | 3,052,710 | 3,060,710 | 3,065,710 |
| Clackmannanshire | 284,071 | 284,071 | 284,071 | 284,071 | 284,071 |
| Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | 1,176,000 | 1,202,000 | 1,317,000 | 1,255,000 | 1,054,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4,378,000 | 4,369,000 | 4,361,000 | 4,352,000 | 4,344,000 |
| Dundee | 1,406,000 | 1,278,000 | 1,788,000 | 1,979,000 | 1,749,000 |
| East Ayrshire | 714,000 | 698,000 | 681,000 | 753,000 | 735,000 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,366,000 | 1,347,000 | 1,439,000 | 1,420,000 | 1,401,000 |
| East Lothian | 1,179,000 | 1,163,000 | 1,148,000 | 1,131,000 | 1,114,000 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1,186,000 | 1,174,000 | 1,163,000 | 1,151,000 | 1,261,000 |
| Edinburgh | 4,621,000 | 4,625,000 | 4,822,000 | 4,825,000 | 4,828,000 |
| Falkirk | 159,072 | 159,072 | 159,072 | 159,072 | 159,072 |
| Fife | 3,965,285 | 3,963,702 | 3,961,281 | 3,959,199 | 3,957,127 |
| Glasgow | | | | | |
| Highland | 2,767,000 | 2,758,000 | 2,747,000 | 2,868,000 | 2,859,000 |
| Inverclyde | 332,411 | 1,662,411 | 1,008,411 | 332,411 | 332,411 |
| Midlothian | 1,678,154 | 1,843,154 | 2,401,154 | 1,678,154 | 1,678,154 |
| Moray | 404,089 | 262,274 | 255,466 | 251,309 | 249,839 |
| North Ayrshire | 1,130,000 | 1,115,000 | 1,099,000 | 1,183,000 | 1,167,000 |
| North Lanarkshire | 2,874,000 | 2,860,000 | 2,852,000 | 2,843,000 | 2,950,000 |
| Orkney | 274,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1,167,000 | 1,123,000 | 936,000 | 1,001,000 | 1,009,000 |
| Renfrewshire | 1,329,000 | 1,857,000 | 1,833,000 | 1,812,000 | 1,786,000 |
| Scottish Borders | | | | | |
| Shetland | 366,425 | 396,425 | 366,425 | 306,425 | 314,425 |
| South Ayrshire | 1,013,000 | 1,004,000 | 1,084,000 | 1,075,000 | 1,065,000 |
| South Lanarkshire | 3,544,000 | 3,685,000 | 3,830,000 | 3,979,000 | 4,494,000 |
| Stirling | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 |
| West Dunbartonshire | | | | | |
| West Lothian | 1,768,000 | 1,766,000 | 1,772,000 | 1,772,000 | 1,770,000 |
| Strategy Area | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
| Aberdeen City | 1,028,366 | 1,043,326 | 1,042,086 | 1,199,846 | 1,067,606 |
| Aberdeenshire | 3,450,000 | 3,450,000 | 3,450,000 | 3,450,000 | 3,450,000 |
| Angus | 1,041,000 | 1,055,000 | 1,328,000 | 1,366,000 | 1,291,000 |
| Argyll and Bute | 3,074,710 | 3,079,710 | 3,087,710 | 3,095,710 | 3,102,710 |
| Clackmannanshire | 284,071 | 284,071 | 284,071 | 284,071 | 284,071 |
| Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | 1,166,000 | 1,112,000 | 1,054,000 | 1,144,000 | 1,054,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4,425,000 | 4,505,000 | 4,496,000 | 4,486,000 | 4,477,000 |
| Dundee | 1,894,000 | 1,939,000 | 1,844,000 | 2,297,000 | 2,129,000 |
| East Ayrshire | 717,000 | 788,000 | 769,000 | 749,000 | 819,000 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,507,000 | 1,485,000 | 1,464,000 | 1,444,000 | 1,548,000 |
| East Lothian | 1,096,000 | 1,080,000 | 1,161,000 | 1,144,000 | 1,125,000 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1,249,000 | 1,237,000 | 1,224,000 | 1,211,000 | 1,197,000 |
| Edinburgh | 4,831,000 | 4,831,000 | 4,967,000 | 4,969,000 | 4,970,000 |
| Falkirk | 159,072 | 159,072 | 159,072 | 159,072 | 159,072 |
| Fife | 3,954,968 | 3,952,750 | 3,950,472 | 3,948,981 | 3,946,672 |
| Glasgow | | | | | |
| Highland | 3,069,000 | 3,059,000 | 3,048,000 | 3,037,000 | 3,031,000 |
| Inverclyde | 332,411 | 332,411 | 332,411 | 1,662,411 | 1,008,411 |
| Midlothian | 1,678,154 | 1,678,154 | 1,678,154 | 2,441,154 | 1,803,154 |
| Moray | 251,065 | 254,988 | 261,589 | 274,833 | 282,673 |
| North Ayrshire | 1,151,000 | 1,234,000 | 1,217,000 | 1,199,000 | 1,182,000 |
| North Lanarkshire | 2,942,000 | 3,052,000 | 3,040,000 | 3,032,000 | 3,023,000 |
| Orkney | 234,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 | 234,000 |
| Perth and Kinross | 883,000 | 832,000 | 769,000 | 714,000 | 679,000 |
| Renfrewshire | 1,762,000 | 1,740,000 | 1,843,000 | 1,818,000 | 1,793,000 |
| Scottish Borders | | | | | |
| Shetland | 366,425 | 366,425 | 306,425 | 306,425 | 314,425 |
| South Ayrshire | 1,055,000 | 1,045,000 | 1,125,000 | 1,114,000 | 1,103,000 |
| South Lanarkshire | 4,295,000 | 4,463,000 | 4,637,000 | 4,814,000 | 5,355,000 |
| Stirling | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 | 1,779,294 |
| West Dunbartonshire | | | | | |
| West Lothian | 1,776,000 | 1,775,000 | 1,774,000 | 1,774,000 | 1,772,000 |
| Strategy Area | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
| Aberdeen City | | | | | |
| Aberdeenshire | | | | | |
| Angus | | | | | |
| Argyll and Bute | 1,653,710 | 1,653,710 | 1,653,710 | 1,653,710 | 1,653,710 |
| Clackmannanshire | | | | | |
| Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | | | | | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3,345,000 | 3,345,000 | 3,345,000 | 3,345,000 | 3,345,000 |
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| Strategy Area | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 |
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| Angus | | | | | |
| Argyll and Bute | 1,653,710 | 551,237 | | | |
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| Dumfries and Galloway | 3,345,000 | 3,345,000 | 3,345,000 | 3,345,000 | 1,218,000 |
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- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been to date of the Scottish Forest Industries Cluster and what the estimated cost is of the cluster continuing in the future.
Answer
The Scottish Forest Industries Cluster is a partnership between Scottish Enterprise and the Confederation of Forest Industries Ltd. Details of cost are therefore an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and its partner.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13361 by Mr Andy Kerr on 25 January 2005, whether it will set out the full detail and text of any conditions which are to be imposed in respect of the provision of extra allocations to the NHS prior to the end of the financial year; what 'milestones' and 'targets' will be used as the basis for the allocation of such funds, and whether the conditions attached to the funds contain any references that interfere with the professional judgement and opinion of clinicians in respect of the way in which patients should be treated and the place where such treatment should be carried out.
Answer
Where the Executive decides to attach conditions to allocations of additional money to the NHS, these will be agreed at the relevant time. It is entirely appropriate for the Executive, where it makes additional funds available to the NHS for specific purposes, to attach relevant conditions. In that way we can be sure that the extra money is targeted on national service improvement priorities and delivers benefits equitably for all patients in Scotland.
Where boards are allocated additional funds to enable them to reduce waiting times for patients on the waiting list, conditions typically applied to boards (and accepted by them along with the additional funding) will include a requirement to reduce numbers of patients waiting longer than a stated period. This is clearly in the interests of patients. It does not interfere with clinical judgements and opinions. Clinicians – like the Executive - want to see NHS patients treated as soon as possible. It is up to NHS boards to decide wheretreatment should be given, provided clinical standards are adhered to and patients’ views are taken into account.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the referendum on congestion charging in Edinburgh should be postponed pending the outcome of the on-going legal proceedings.
Answer
We are aware of the on-going judicial review action but the Scottish Executive is not a party to that action. This is a matter for the local authorities concerned and the court.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific assistance it will provide for first-time buyers in rural Scotland and whether, in particular, it will provide assistance with (a) fixed or reduced price new properties and (b) shared equity schemes.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
The goal of the Scottish Executive’s housing investment programme is to provide new and improved housing in disadvantaged communities, to replace or improve poor quality housing and to help people on low incomes rent social housing or buy a fixed or reduced price home in rural or urban areas where demand exceeds supply or where market prices are beyond the reach of their incomes.
Ministers have announced that the housing investment programme will aim to provide 5,000 low cost home ownership homes in the period 2005-06 to 2007-08. Aligned to this, Communities Scotland is developing a new shared equity grant for introduction this year, targeted mainly at first time buyers. We expect this new grant to be delivering as much as 1,000 new homes per annum by 2007-08. This will be available in rural and urban areas.
In the period 1999-2000 to 2003-04, the Scottish Executive helped fund 5,671 low cost home ownership homes targeted at those on lower than average incomes such as first time buyers, of which 1,252 were in rural areas.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an updated estimate of the total number of salmon which were lost from sea cages in the storms of 11 and 12 January 2005 and what proportion of this total was found dead in the cages.
Answer
We are not yet in a position to update the initial estimates of salmon losses and mortalities. Final figures will be provided to the Executive by the industry shortly, in accordance with statutory notification procedures.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 4 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the legal advice it received in relation to whether EU law or rules require the tendering of the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services proposed by Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services: Service Specification - A Consultation Paper and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
Answer
The Executive does not normally disclose legal advice which it receives.
In any event, I raised the issue of the requirement to tender with the European Transport Commissioner, M. Barrot, when I met him in Brussels on 9 December. Following that meeting I wrote to M. Barrot asking whether there was any way, within the terms of European law, to allow the Clyde and Hebrides services to continue to be delivered on a subsidised basis without the need to tender. The Executive is still in discussion with the Commission on the issue.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place a copy of the contract documents in respect of the Skye Bridge contract in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
Copies of the contract documents have been made available today in the Parliament’s Reference Centre. The documents lodged are as follows:
The Invergarry - Kyle of Lochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order 199- Assignation Statement (Bib. number 35164)
Concession Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Skye Bridge Tolls Limited (Bib. number 35162)
Minute of Variation of Concession Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Skye Bridge Limited (Bib. number 35165)
Second Minute of Variation of Concession Agreement between the Scottish Ministers and Skye Bridge Limited (Bib. number 35166)
VAT Compensation Agreement between the Scottish Ministers and Skye Bridge Limited (Bib. number 35163).
