- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive where the headquarters of each non-departmental public body set up since 1999 have been located, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information on the location ofNDPB headquarters is provided on the public bodies and appointments pages of the Scottish Executive website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/directory.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many non-departmental public bodies (NDBP) it has set up in each year since 1999, listing each such NDBP.
Answer
A list of new NDPBs set upsince 1999 is provided below:
| Non-Departmental Public Body | Year Established |
| Criminal Review Cases Commission | 1999 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service Board | 1999 |
| NHS 24 | 2001 |
| Scottish Social Services Council | 2001 |
| Bord Gaidhlihg na h-alba | 2002 |
| Bus Users Complaints Tribunal | 2002 |
| Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority | 2002 |
| Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland | 2002 |
| National Waiting Times Board | 2002 |
| Scottish Commission on the Regulation of Care | 2002 |
| Cairngorms National Pak Authority | 2003 |
| Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland | 2003 |
| Risk Management Authority | 2003 |
| Additional Support Needs Tribunal for Scotland | 2005 |
| Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland | 2005 |
| Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee | 2005 |
| Scottish University for Industry | 2005 |
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total budgets of all non-departmental public bodies have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Financial information on allNDPBs is provided on the public bodies and appointment pages of the Scottish Executivewebsite. Prior to the website’s establishment, financial information was publishedin the annual Cabinet Office publication Public Bodies. Copies of these documentsare available at
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/other/agencies/index.asp.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to protect against the possibility of avian influenza spreading through the transportation and use of poultry manure.
Answer
The use, spread, transportation and disposal of poultry manure is covered by the scope of the Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 which transpose the EU Animal by-Products Regulation (EC) 1774/2002. In the absence of disease, these regulations allow movement between premises. If any notifiable avian disease were confirmed more rigorous requirements on the transport, and disposal of poultry manure would be put in place to reduce risk of disease spread.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce any guidance for poultry farmers and others in respect of the transportation and use of poultry manure.
Answer
Guidance to be used once disease is present is included in contingency planning documentation. In the absence of a disease outbreak advice on best practice is included in current biosecurity literature.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given poultry farmers and others to protect against the threat of avian influenza and when and where this advice was given.
Answer
The Scottish Executive published on 21 February a compendium of biosecurity guidance designed to enhance the protection of poultry-keepers from Avian Influenza. This is currently being disseminated to poultry keepers and bird groups across Scotland. The advice has been developed in conjunction with veterinary, scientific and industry specialists and stakeholders. This work builds on the Biosecurity Code aimed at all livestock keepers which was approved by the Scottish Parliament in 2002.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what preparations it has made for the possibility of an avian influenza outbreak in Scotland and where and when those preparations were made.
Answer
The Scottish Executive published its Avian Influenza Contingency Plan in October 2005. This was subsequently updated in light of emerging evidence regarding disease transmission in February 2006. These national level plans build on the longstanding infrastructure which the State Veterinary Service has in place to respond quickly and robustly to any suspicion of disease.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22442 by Mr Tom McCabe on 31 January 2006, whether it can confirm that there are no informal mechanisms to ensure that Scottish interests are taken into account by UK-wide quangos dealing with UK departments with responsibility for English issues, given that question S2W-22441 referred to in the answer to S2W-22442 related to formal mechanisms.
Answer
Contact of whatever degree of formality or informality with the UK Government, its departments and agencies takes place in accordance with the overall scheme for ensuring that devolved Scottish interests are taken into account, which allows scope for the development of appropriate approaches for particular issues or organisations, including particular “quangos”. As noted in answer to question S2W-22441, this is founded on the Memorandum of Understanding and associated agreements (which have been made available at
www.scotland.gov.uk/concordats).
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance its Justice Department issues to public bodies, including local authorities, in respect of their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has published a booklet giving public authorities guidance on their human rights obligations, and has supplied public authorities with guidance published by the UK Government. We have also provided funding for Human Rights Scotland, formerly the Scottish Human Rights Trust, whose work includes providing human rights training for local and other public authorities.
The provision of guidance to public authorities will be a key role for the new independent Scottish Commissioner for Human Rights, to be created by legislation presently under consideration by the Parliament.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 31 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting times are for (a) hearing tests and (b) appointments for hearing aids in each NHS board.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally at present. The Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland has developed a data collection system for audiology services which is currently being tested and validated prior to publication.
