- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 27 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been of consultation and engagement events for Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill, including the hire of venues, staff costs, travelling expenses, hospitality and consultants and external advisers.
Answer
The total cost of consultation and engagement events for Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Bill is £152,000. This enabled 19 events to be held allowing more than 1000 stakeholders to share their knowledge, expertise and experience and thus influence the development of the Bill. Evaluation from key partners who attended these events has been overwhelmingly positive in support of this open and effective approach.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 27 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what total staff cost has been incurred in researching, consulting on and preparing the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
Scottish Government staff complete many tasks, as part of their day to day duties, and as such the information requested cannot be accurately calculated.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 27 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred in engaging consultants and external advisers in researching and preparing the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
None.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum grant will be for applications from the biodiversity fund announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment at the Scottish Biodiversity Forum Conference on 25 August 2010.
Answer
The maximum grant is £10,000 and the minimum is £300.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations will be eligible to bid for the biodiversity fund announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment at the Scottish Biodiversity Forum Conference on 25 August 2010.
Answer
Voluntary or community groups, schools, health bodies and community councils. Eligibility criteria are available on BIG Lottery''s website at:
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_community_wildlife.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the biodiversity fund announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment at the Scottish Biodiversity Forum Conference on 25 August 2010 will become available.
Answer
Scottish Natural Heritage has contributed £250,000 to the BIG Lottery programme "Community Wildlife" to double the funding available in Scotland for community projects that support biodiversity. Applications are invited for the 24 November 2010 deadline.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether applications to the biodiversity fund announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment at the Scottish Biodiversity Forum Conference on 25 August 2010 will require to be match funded.
Answer
There is no requirement for match funding.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inpatient beds there were in (a) NHS Dumfries and Galloway and (b) Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
Answer
The requested information is shown in the following table.
Average Available Staffed Beds in NHS Dumfries and Galloway and Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary: Years Ending 31 March 2008-10
| | 2008 | 2009 | 2010p |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 754 | 769 | 759 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary | 347 | 365 | 366 |
Source: ISD Scotland [ISD(S)1].
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Notes:
1. The table shows information on average available staffed beds. This indicates the average daily number of beds, which were staffed and were available for the reception of inpatients and day cases.
2. The figures presented in the table include beds for use by NHS patients that are located in non-NHS locations e.g. joint-user and contractual hospitals.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review its trunk road and motorway tourist signposting policy.
Answer
There is no proposal to formally review the current policy. The last policy review was in 2006 when the current Trunk Road and Motorway Tourist Signposting Policy and Guidance document was published by Transport Scotland.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been to Scottish Natural Heritage of implementing control orders on estates under section 7 of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 in each of the last five years.
Answer
The costs of implementing control agreements made under Section 7 of The Deer Scotland Act 1996, including a profiled estimate for 2010, are set out in the following table:
| > | Habitat Assessment Costs (£) | Deer Census (£) | DCS staff costs | Total (£) |
| 2006 | 18,000 | 33,000 | 104,459 | 155,459 |
| 2007 | 71,030 | 35,800 | 104,459 | 211,289 |
| 2008 | 126,725 | 78,944 | 104,459 | 310,128 |
| 2009 | 74,000 | 76,000 | 104,459 | 254,459 |
| 2010 | 25,500 | 76,000 | 104,459 | 205,959 |
In addition, £160,000 of assistance was provided under section 12 of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 over two culling seasons in 2005-06 and 2006-07 in support of a Section 7 control agreement. These figures do not include the cost of any emergency measures taken under section 10 of the act.
