- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sewerage plants in Scotland currently provide tertiary treatment; where each of these plants are situated; how many tertiary sewerage treatment plants are currently planned, and where each of these plants will be situated.
Answer
The information requested is in the tables below:-
Waste Water Treatment Plants with Tertiary Treatment
Authority | Works Name/Area | Treatment Type |
East of Scotland WA | Blackburn, Edinburgh & Lothian | Biological Filter |
" | East Calder, Edinburgh & Lothian | Activated Sludge + Munters Filters |
" | Newbridge, Edinburgh & Lothian | Activated Sludge |
" | Whitburn (new), Edinburgh & Lothian | " |
" | Whitburn (old), Edinburgh & Lothian | " |
" | Bathgate, Edinburgh & Lothian | Biological Filter (new nitrification and sand filter near completion) |
" | Ormiston, Edinburgh & Lothian | Biological Filter |
" | Livingston, Edinburgh & Lothian | Biological Filter + Tertiary (Sand) Filters |
" | Leitholm, Borders | Biological Filter |
" | Whitsome, Borders | Rotating Biological Contactor |
" | Swinton, Borders | Ditch |
" | Callander, Forth Valley | Biological Filter |
" | Dunblane, Forth Valley | Activated Sludge |
" | Kinlochard, Forth Valley | Rotating Biological Contactor |
" | Kinross, Fife | Activated Sludge |
" | Milnathort, Fife | " |
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West of Scotland WA | Cleland (Swinstie), Blantyre | Phosphorus Removal |
" | Shotts, Blantyre | " |
" | Castle Douglas, Blantyre | Microstrainer |
" | Greengairs, Blantyre | " |
" | Harthill, Blantyre | Nitrifying Filters |
" | Kirkton, Dumfries | Standard Percolating Filter |
| | Lesmahagow, Blantyre | Nitrifying Filters |
" | Netherburn, Blantyre | Sand Filter |
" | Daldowie, Glasgow | Nitrifying Filter |
" | Gartocharn Paisley | Reed Bed |
" | Stronachlacher, Paisley | Sand Filter |
" | Kirkoswald, Prestwick | Chlorination Disinfection |
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North of Scotland WA | Aberdeen LSO, Grampian (South) | UV |
" | Aboyne, Grampian (South) | Grass Plots |
" | Belhelvie, Grampian (South) | Pebble Bed Clarifier |
" | Drumoak, Grampian (South) | Sand Filter |
" | Echt, Grampian (South) | Pebble Bed Clarifier |
" | Kennethmont, Grampian (South) | " |
" | Kintore, Grampian (South) | " |
" | Lumsden, Grampian (South) | Sand Filter |
" | Meikle Wartle, Grampian (South) | Pebble Bed Clarifier |
" | Monymusk, Grampian (South) | " |
" | New Byth, Grampian (North) | Reed Bed |
" | New Pitsligo, Grampian (North) | Microstrainer |
" | Potterton (Gourdieburn), Grampian (South) | Pebble Bed Clarifier |
" | Potterton (Denhead), Grampian (South) | " |
" | Potterton (Kirkhill), Grampian (South) | " |
" | Rothienorman, Grampian (North) | Reed Bed |
" | Tarves, Grampian (South) | Drum Filter |
" | Udny Station, Grampian (South) | Pebble Bed Clarifier |
Waste Water Treatment Plants, Proposed by 2001
East of Scotland WA | Ceres, Fife | Works improved and tertiary filters installed, 2001/02 |
" | Haddington, Edinburgh & Lothian | Nutrient removal, completed by end 2000 |
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West of Scotland WA | Burnbrae, Blantyre | Reed Bed |
" | Chapelcross, Blantyre | " |
" | Dalswinton, Blantyre | " |
" | Eaglesfield, Blantyre | " |
" | Ecclefechan, Blantyre | " |
" | Laurieston, Blantyre | " |
" | Park, Blantyre | " |
" | Castle Kennedy, Prestwick | " |
" | Sorbie, Prestwick | " |
North of Scotland WA | Moray East, Grampian (North) | UV |
" | Banff/Macduff, Grampian (North) | " |
" | Fraserburgh, Grampian (North) | " |
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 12 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it provides to local authorities and NHS trusts relating to the support and care of sufferers from schi'ophrenia and how this guidance is made available.
Answer
Recent guidance to the NHS, local authorities and others on care, management, support and services for those suffering from mental illness including schizophrenia includes:
- A Good Practice Statement for People Affected by Schizophrenia
, 1995, Scottish Executive Clinical Resource and Audit Group;- Care Programme Approach
, 1996, Scottish Executive;- Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland,
published 1997, Scottish Executive;- Psychosocial Interventions in the Management of Schizophrenia
, 1998, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.
Publication arrangements varied and wide distribution to appropriate bodies applied. Copies are available from the source or on the Internet at www.scotland.gov.uk or www.show.scot.nhs.uk
The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland are also developing draft standards focusing on the care and treatment of people with schizophrenia.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 11 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has now met the Scottish Ambulance Service to consider the progress of its review of working arrangements at ambulance stations and when it expects to receive the report of the Scottish Ambulance Service's European Working Time Directive working group.
Answer
Scottish Executive Health Department officials met with representatives of the Scottish Ambulance Service as recently as 29 March. The Scottish Ambulance Service have advised that their Joint Working Party is still considering the Working Time Directive and its implications to the service for on-call and relief working and will let the Health Department have their finding as soon as the group completes its deliberations.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 11 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will inform Volunteer Development Scotland about the level of funding it will receive for the continuation of the Local Volunteering Development Agency Grant Programme and the Millennium Volunteers Programme.
Answer
Funding for Local Volunteer Development Agencies and for the Millennium Volunteers Projects is offered directly to the organisations concerned. For 2000-01, £1 million has been set aside for the continuation of the Local Volunteer Development Agency (LVDA) Grants Programme and £695,000 for the Millennium Volunteers Programme.
The Executive has offered £90,000 revenue grant to Volunteer Action Dumfries and Galloway to cover the three years 2000-01 to 2002-03 to allow it to continue in its key role of supporting volunteers in the area. 12 other LVDAs also had their support from the Executive renewed for a further three years. The Executive has also issued formal offers of grant to allow two new Local Volunteer Development Agencies, in Moray and East Renfrewshire, to start in 2000-01.
The Executive has awarded £221,000 to 13 new Millennium Volunteers projects for 2000-01.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 6 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance it makes available to organisations such as the Burns Federation whose activities include the promotion of cultural tourism in South West Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive makes no direct financial contribution to organisations such as the Burns Federation. Promotion of cultural tourism in South West Scotland falls under the remit of the local tourist boards, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Enterprise Ayrshire.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 6 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to provide a firm funding base for the provision of careers guidance for adults.
Answer
On 6 October 1999 I announced a review of the Careers Service with the remit: "To examine the role of the careers service in Scotland, and the scope for change and development of that role in the light of trends and initiatives in education, lifelong learning, and the labour market."
The review committee was asked to specifically consider whether the Careers Service should cover advice to both young people and adults. The independently chaired committee is expected to report by the middle of 2000.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received the report of the Chartered Institute for Housing on the implementation and use of anti-social neighbour orders and, if so, whether the report highlights any difficulties with the use of these orders or recommends any changes to current procedures.
Answer
The report entitled The Crime and Disorder Act 1998: The Use of section 23 evictions for anti-social behaviour, which also reports on the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders was received in March 2000. A copy has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 5 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will encourage sewerage authorities to invest in new methods of disposal of domestic waste, such as composting and fertiliser production, as alternatives to injection into agricultural land.
Answer
Recycling of sludge to agricultural land is the most sustainable environmental option for disposal or re-use of sludge in most cases. It is controlled under the Sewage Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 and a supporting Code of Practice. Sludge may be recycled by spreading on land or injection into it, depending on how the sludge has been treated, and the Code of Practice lists acceptable treatment processes, including composting. Sewage sludge contains significant proportions of nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter and is a fertiliser in its own right. Following a recent agreement between the British Retail Consortium and the water industry which sets even tighter voluntary standards, including ruling out altogether the use of untreated sludge on farmland, we plan to amend the current Regulations to increase further the statutory safety standards.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 4 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to Her Majesty's Government on behalf of Scottish residents in areas such as Langholm in Dumfriesshire who are as yet unable to subscribe to BBC Digital.
Answer
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport are aware that many areas served by low-power relays, such as Langholm, cannot as yet receive Digital Terrestrial Television. They are in contact with the Scottish Executive and with the digital broadcasters about the next stage in the expansion of digital terrestrial TV.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 31 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have recently been made to the qualifications required for entry to postgraduate courses in teaching at secondary school level and why any such changes have been introduced.
Answer
From the academic year 2000-01 the minimum entry requirements to Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Secondary) courses will be increased. Applicants will require within their degrees three teaching subject qualifying courses (TSQCs), with one TSQC at Scottish degree level two or above and one at level three or above. Previously only two TSQCs were necessary and one had to be at Scottish degree level two or above. These requirements are set out in the
Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Courses of Teacher Education in Scotland.
The increase in the minimum entry requirements is designed as a contribution to raising standards in the teaching workforce and was the outcome of a working group and a comprehensive consultation with all interested parties including further and higher education institutions, the teacher education institutions and the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
