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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-29175

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many PPP contracts were awarded in 2005-06, broken down by local authority area.

The information requested isprovided in the following table:

Procuring Body	PPP Project	Date of Financial Close
Fife Council	schools	December 2005
Highland Council	schools	March 2006
North Ayrshire Council	schools	March 2006
North Lanarkshire Council	schools	June 2005
NHS Greater Glasgow	Gartnavel Royal Psychiatric Hospital	November 2005
NHS Greater Glasgow	Stobhill Local Forensic Psychiatric Unit	July 2005

Question reference: S2W-29176

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many non-profit distributing organisation PPP contracts were awarded in 2005-06, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-29177

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken in promoting the non-profit distributing organisation model of PPP.

Information about the non-profitdistributing model has been provided to interested authorities, professional advisersand the market and is available from the Scottish Executive Financial PartnershipsUnit’s website at www.scotland.gov.uk/ppp.Information about the model has also been presented at seminars and conferenceson PPP.

An NPDO club has been establishedby the Financial Partnerships Unit to assist those other local authorities adoptingthe model. This has met several times and includes representatives form AberdeenCity and Falkirk Councils for their schools projects, their advisers, and PartnershipsUK.

Question reference: S2W-29505

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of a recent survey on the ability of 10 cities in Britain to deal with a terrorist attack which concluded that Glasgow and Edinburgh were among the least prepared, what steps it is taking to address this issue.

Question reference: S2W-29511

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the threat of a major terrorist incident will be given specific consideration in any future decisions on hospital reorganisation in Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-29506

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has undertaken to assess the levels of preparation to deal with any act of terrorism in Scotland.

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004places a duty on all key responders to prepare for emergencies. The Executive isworking with the eight Regional Scottish Co-ordinating Groups on an on-going basisto assess local threat and risk levels. This information is used to drive the ScottishResilience Capability Programme, which provides the strategic framework to ensurethat Scotland is well placed to deal rapidly, effectively and flexiblywith major disruptions, including acts of terrorism.

In addition, in June, I announcedproposals for a consultative review of Scotland’s preparedness to deal with emergency situations, inparticular no-notice, simultaneous major emergencies. In the context of assessingoverall preparedness, the review will consider the potential for increased collaborationbetween the emergency services and other responders. The findings of the reviewwill be reported to ministers in summer 2007.

Question reference: S2W-29507

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies, to which it has been a party, have been undertaken by the UK Government to assess levels of preparation for any act of terrorism in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-29510

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review any decisions in respect of hospital closures in Glasgow, in light of the recent study which ranked Glasgow as one of the least prepared British cities in the event of a terrorist attack.

I am unaware of the study referredto. The planning for major incidents is a matter for NHS boards. NHS Greater Glasgowand Clyde has a dedicated Emergency Planning Officer in place with the responsibilityto co-ordinate a Major Incident Plan with partner agencies including local authoritiesand neighbouring NHS boards. The plan is regularly updated and is designed to makethe best use of local and regional health care facilities.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clydeis confident that the modernisation and reconfiguration of accident andemergency services which will create two dedicated major trauma units, alongsidefive community casualty units, a children’s accident and emergency unit and threeemergency receiving centres will deliver world class emergency care and will offerthe flexibility necessary in the event of a major incident.

Question reference: S2W-29504

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what preparations are in place to deal with any act of terrorism in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004places a duty on key agencies in Scotland to prepare for the continuation of essential servicesin response to emergencies, including acts of terrorism. The Scottish EmergenciesCo-ordinating Committee (SECC) brings together the most senior managers of those agencies,including the Executive, which have a role to play in combating the threat of terrorismnot only in Glasgow and Edinburgh but right across the country. A wide range ofmeasures to deal with the consequences of any emergency, including a terrorist attack,are being developed as part of the Scottish Resilience Capabilities Programme. Regularprogress reports are made to SECC and the Ministerial Group on Civil Contingencies.

Question reference: S2W-29621

Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nora Radcliffe on 14 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it has any contracts with the Eden Springs water company and, if so, whether it is aware of reports that Eden Springs is in violation of international law by exploiting the water resources of the Golan Heights and, if so, whether it will reconsider its contracts on that basis and, if not, whether it will reconsider its contract should it become aware of any such allegations.