- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 12 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on the implementation of conservation measures for the scallop fishing industry; whether the introduction of any such measures have been postponed and, if so, on how many occasions and for what reasons.
Answer
The Executive will issue a draft Scottish Statutory Instrument on possible technical measures to protect scallop stocks for consultation immediately after the Easter recess. Our aim is a uniform and rational series of measures throughout the United Kingdom and we envisage other UK fisheries departments producing their own parallel legislation.Any implementation of agreed conservation measures will take place as soon as practicable after the end of the three-month consultation period.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13418 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 20 March 2001, what the results were of the consultation exercises and, in particular, whether a majority of respondents, in each case and overall, favoured or opposed the withdrawal of water rates relief.
Answer
In June 2000, the water authorities consulted those customers benefiting from the full level of relief on water and sewerage charges in relation to their plans to withdraw those reliefs. Those customers who do not benefit from reliefs were not consulted. 11,173 letters were issued. 7,938 (71%) of those contacted did not respond. Of those who did respond, 1,682 (15% of the total contacted) believed that relief should be granted to all those in the group whose relief is to be phased out with effect from 1 April 2001; and 1,166 (10% of the total contacted) believed that relief should be granted to some members of the group. The remaining 387 either believed that none of the group should receive reliefs, or did not respond to the question.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much Millennium Commission funding has been allocated to each (a) parliamentary region and (b) parliamentary constituency and what percentage of the total monies allocated by the Commission in Scotland each of these figures represents.
Answer
I attach the information requested, as supplied by the Millennium Commission.
| Constituency/Region | TOTAL | Percentage of total allocation in Scotland |
| Airdrie and Shotts | £8,842.00 | 0.00% |
| Coatbridge and Chryston | £49,154.44 | 0.02% |
| Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | £46,069.52 | 0.02% |
| East Kilbride | £24,548.00 | 0.01% |
| Falkirk East | £29,920.00 | 0.01% |
| Falkirk West | £17,116.00 | 0.01% |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | £47,041.65 | 0.02% |
| Hamilton South | £28,305.00 | 0.01% |
| Kilmarnock and Louden | £32,995.00 | 0.02% |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | £8,699.00 | 0.00% |
| Total for Central Scotland region | £292,690.61 | 0.14% |
| Glasgow Anniesland | £445,026.00 | 0.21% |
| Glasgow Ballieston | £1,267,427.49 | 0.61% |
| Glasgow Cathcart | £25,476,114.00 | 12.30% |
| Glasgow Govan | £35,671,650.32 | 17.23% |
| Glasgow Kelvin | £653,214.84 | 0.32% |
| Glasgow Maryhill | £32,739,804.00 | 15.81% |
| Glasgow Pollock | £459,946.80 | 0.22% |
| Glasgow Rutherglen | £385,420.00 | 0.19% |
| Glasgow Shettleston | £421,185.00 | 0.20% |
| Glasgow Springburn | £527,743.42 | 0.25% |
| Total for Glasgow region | £98,041,531.87 | 47.34% |
| Argyll and Bute | £475,696.00 | 0.23% |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | £75,725.00 | 0.04% |
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | £312,396.88 | 0.15% |
| Moray | £52,381.00 | 0.03% |
| Orkney and Shetland | £3,788,843.96 | 1.83% |
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | £353,426.20 | 0.17% |
| Shetland (see Orkney) | £27,119.00 | 0.01% |
| Western Isles (Eilean Siar) | £67,637.00 | 0.03% |
| Total for Highlands and Islands region | £5,153,225.04 | 2.49% |
| Edinburgh Central | £553,725.32 | 0.27% |
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | £384,461.00 | 0.19% |
| Edinburgh North and Leith | £473,962.30 | 0.23% |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | £78,293.98 | 0.04% |
| Edinburgh South | £132,097.30 | 0.06% |
| Edinburgh West | £19,035,123.04 | 9.19% |
| Linlithgow | £106,744.50 | 0.05% |
| Livingston | £50,497.00 | 0.02% |
| Midlothian | £56,271.00 | 0.03% |
| Total for Lothian region | £20,871,175.44 | 10.08% |
| Central Fife | £1,891,011.00 | 0.91% |
| Dunfermline East | £41,980.00 | 0.02% |
| Dunfermline West | £46,016.00 | 0.02% |
| Kirkcaldy | £62,246.00 | 0.03% |
| North East Fife | £135,110.96 | 0.07% |
| North Tayside | £88,995.00 | 0.04% |
| Ochil | £112,929.00 | 0.05% |
| Perth | £62,039.00 | 0.03% |
| Stirling | £114,783.99 | 0.06% |
| Total for Mid Scotland and Fife region | £2,555,110.95 | 1.23% |
| Aberdeen Central | £42,933.00 | 0.02% |
| Aberdeen North | £89,677.50 | 0.04% |
| Aberdeen South | £12,325.00 | 0.01% |
| Angus | £38,704.22 | 0.02% |
| Banff and Buchan | £59,454.75 | 0.03% |
| Dundee East | £174,364.56 | 0.08% |
| Dundee West | £1,967,152.84 | 0.95% |
| Gordon | £429,654.00 | 0.21% |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | £57,510.00 | 0.03% |
| Total for North East Scotland Region | £2,871,775.87 | 1.39% |
| Ayr | £28,996.00 | 0.01% |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | £72,333.00 | 0.03% |
| Clydesdale | £92,758.00 | 0.04% |
| Cunninghame South | £5,597,987.00 | 2.70% |
| Dumfries | £100,183.42 | 0.05% |
| East Lothian | £1,403,682.80 | 0.68% |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | £768,739.92 | 0.37% |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | £155,016.00 | 0.07% |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | £145,709.00 | 0.07% |
| Total South Scotland region | £8,365,405.14 | 4.04% |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | £114,272.00 | 0.06% |
| Cunninghame North | £15,730.00 | 0.01% |
| Dumbarton | £327,519.00 | 0.16% |
| Eastwood | £70,642.00 | 0.03% |
| Greenock and Inverclyde | £98,015.00 | 0.05% |
| Paisley North | £11,861.90 | 0.01% |
| Paisley South | £15,388.12 | 0.01% |
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | £64,779.00 | 0.03% |
| West Renfrewshire | £53,307.67 | 0.03% |
| Total for West Scotland Region | £771,514.69 | 0.37% |
| Projects undefinable by constituency (Festivals and umbrella projects) | £68,167,003.00 | 32.92% |
| Total for Scotland | £207,089,432.61 | 100.00% |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what response it has made or will make to the European Commission's proposals to cut beef production.
Answer
At the EU Agriculture Council on 19 February, I joined UK Agriculture Ministers in pressing for Europe's current beef over-supply to be tackled effectively but in a way which would not adversely affect those producing quality beef using extensive systems.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been consulted by the European Commission in connection with plans to cut beef production.
Answer
The Commission's plans could have a far-reaching impact on the Scottish beef industry. I attended the EU Agriculture Council on 19 February to ensure that the European Commission was made aware of my views on the various proposals.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact new European Commission proposals to cut beef production would have on Scotland if implemented, both in economic terms and more generally on rural communities.
Answer
This is a very complex set of proposals, the impact of which would be extremely difficult to quantify in a purely Scottish context. I attended the Agriculture Council on 19 February to ensure that those elements of the package which might most adversely affect Scotland were resisted vigorously.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the increase in water and sewerage charges was for each council tax band in each water authority area in 1997 and each subsequent year and what the cumulative increase in charges in each band in each area was in each of these years, using 1997 as the base year.
Answer
The figures requested are as follows:
| Year on year percentage change in domestic water & sewerage charges, by council tax band | Percentage change from 1997-98 in domestic water & sewerage charges, by council tax band |
| 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
NoSWA |
| A | 5% | 13% | 12% | 44% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 26% | 82% | 112% |
| B | 5% | 13% | 12% | 44% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 26% | 82% | 112% |
| C | 5% | 13% | 12% | 44% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 26% | 82% | 112% |
| D | 5% | 13% | 12% | 44% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 26% | 82% | 112% |
| E | 5% | 13% | 12% | 44% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 26% | 82% | 112% |
| F | 5% | 13% | 12% | 44% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 26% | 82% | 112% |
| G | 5% | 13% | 12% | 44% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 26% | 82% | 112% |
| H | 5% | 13% | 12% | 44% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 26% | 82% | 112% |
ESWA |
| A | 13% | 14% | 9% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 24% | 55% | 84% |
| B | 13% | 14% | 9% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 24% | 55% | 84% |
| C | 13% | 14% | 9% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 24% | 55% | 84% |
| D | 13% | 14% | 9% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 24% | 55% | 84% |
| E | 13% | 14% | 9% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 24% | 55% | 84% |
| F | 13% | 14% | 9% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 24% | 55% | 84% |
| G | 13% | 14% | 9% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 24% | 55% | 84% |
| H | 13% | 14% | 9% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 24% | 55% | 84% |
WoSWA |
| A | 6% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 0% | 11% | 23% | 45% | 73% |
| B | 6% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 0% | 11% | 23% | 45% | 73% |
| C | 6% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 0% | 11% | 23% | 45% | 73% |
| D | 6% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 0% | 11% | 23% | 45% | 73% |
| E | 6% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 0% | 11% | 23% | 45% | 73% |
| F | 6% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 0% | 11% | 23% | 45% | 73% |
| G | 6% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 0% | 11% | 23% | 45% | 73% |
| H | 6% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 0% | 11% | 23% | 45% | 73% |
These are the charges set by the water authorities and do not therefore take account of Domestic Sewerage Relief Grant.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 22 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13417 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 28 February 2001 which outlined the revenue forgone by water authorities as a result of water charges relief, how it calculated these figures and with whom any consultation took place on the calculations.
Answer
These figures were calculated specifically to answer question S1W-13417. They were verified with the water authorities, on the basis of the reliefs they currently grant to the relevant bodies.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 22 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether charity shops are allowed to sell new goods and who is responsible for their regulation.
Answer
Yes, charity shops are allowed to sell new goods. In order to qualify for rates relief, charity shops must be wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes. To satisfy this condition the shop must be used wholly or mainly for the sale of goods donated to the charity and the net proceeds of sale must be applied for the purposes of the charity. This is a matter primarily for local authorities.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what was discussed at the Joint Ministerial Committee meeting on 7 March 2002 and what the outcomes were.
Answer
The meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee on the European Union on 7 March considered preparations for the Barcelona European Council and arrangements for the European Convention which will discuss the Future of Europe.The meeting provided a further opportunity to feed a Scottish devolved perspective into the UK's objectives and priorities for the Barcelona Council. The meeting also agreed a set of mechanisms to ensure the full involvement of the devolved administrations in the development of the UK's position as the convention moves forward.
