- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 24 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what tonnage of low-level radioactive waste has been produced in Scotland each year since 1999 and what locations were the source of this waste.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24351 on 24 March 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 24 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total sum of European Structural Fund spending was in Scotland in each financial year since 1999, broken down by programme.
Answer
Current Programmes for EuropeanStructural Funds in Scotland run from 2000-06 and are allocated in line with the EuropeanCommission’s financial year which runs on a calendar year.
The following information isthe amount in pound sterling allocated under European Structural Funds, broken downby programme, for the years 2000-05.
European Structural Spend
| Programme | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| East ERDF | 0 | 1,485,274 | 12,686,094 | 38,125,002 |
| South ERDF | 0 | 715,645 | 6,266,524 | 6,595,145 |
| West ERDF | 290,850 | 258,311 | 7,789,352 | 73,113,760 |
| West ESF | 0 | 209,905 | 1,242,014 | 8,248,473 |
| Objective 3 | 0 | 12,565,824 | 28,517,807 | 52,612,903 |
| H & I ERDF | 134,887 | 1,305,997 | 15,217,610 | 19,576,797 |
| H & I ESF | 0 | 4,337,085 | 10,127,219 | 5,365,962 |
| Urban II | 0 | 0 | 11,655 | 844,854 |
| Leader + | 0 | 0 | 95,731 | 3,883,723 |
| Totals | 425,737 | 20,878,041 | 81,954,006 | 208,366,619 |
European Structural Spend
| Programme | 2004 | 2005 | 2000-05 |
| East ERDF | 26,524,164 | 25,123,094 | 103,943,628 |
| South ERDF | 4,655,564 | 7,865,666 | 26,098,544 |
| West ERDF | 49,350,966 | 42,031,336 | 172,834,575 |
| West ESF | 6,856,528 | 5,991,833 | 22,548,753 |
| Objective 3 | 53,376,709 | 53,518,387 | 200,591,630 |
| H & I ERDF | 24,826,271 | 20,582,225 | 81,643,787 |
| H & I ESF | 4,255,364 | 4,108,291 | 28,193,921 |
| Urban II | 1,806,523 | 1,553,255 | 4,216,287 |
| Leader + | 3,493,638 | 739,159 | 8,212,251 |
| Totals | 175,145,727 | 161,513,246 | 648,283,376 |
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 24 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what tonnage of radioactive waste was stored in Scotland at 31 December (a) 2005 and (b) 1955.
Answer
This is a matter for all producersof radioactive waste. The information requested is not held centrally. The 2004UK Radioactive Waste Inventory which provides comprehensive and up-to-date informationon the radioactive wastes that exist and are predicted to be produced in the UK is availableat
http://www.nirex.co.uk/foi/ukinvent/.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 24 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what tonnage of radioactive waste was stored in Scotland at 31 December 2005, broken down into (a) high-level, (b) intermediate-level and (c) low-level waste.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24351 on 24 March 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 23 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the safety record of Melbourne Marine Services, the company which has applied for permission to carry out ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has nosuch information.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that the proposed national planning framework has a robust, transparent and accountable approval mechanism.
Answer
The Planning etc. (Scotland) Billprovides for the final version of the national planning framework to be submittedto Parliament for scrutiny and debate. On publication of the framework, a reportwill be produced detailing the changes which ministers have made in the light ofparliamentary consideration.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will provide the public with the opportunity to object to proposals contained in the National Planning Framework, as referred to in the Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
Scottish ministers are keen toencourage people to engage positively with the National Planning Framework. Thepublic will have the opportunity to make representations on a consultative draftof the second National Planning Framework.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider including, as part of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill, a statutory requirement on the Executive to consult the public on the content of the proposed national planning framework.
Answer
The Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill already contains a provisionrequiring the Scottish ministers to consult on the National Planning Framework.Ministers are committed to ensuring that the public are given opportunities to expresstheir views on its scope and content.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it will undertake in respect of the proposed national planning framework.
Answer
Scottish ministers are committedto consulting widely on the national planning framework. The Executive will ensurethat all those with an interest are given opportunities to express their views onits scope and content. Consultative mechanisms will include thematic seminars, meetingswith representative organisations and the issue of a consultative draft. Parliamentwill have the opportunity to offer views on the scope and content of the frameworkprior to the publication of the consultative draft.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have been undertaken into the origins of traffic crossing the Forth Road Bridge from Fife and where such studies have been published.
Answer
Information on the origins oftraffic crossing the Forth Road Bridge from Fife is contained in the Tolled Bridges Review reports. ThePhase One and Phase Two reports are available on the Scottish Executive website.There are other recent external studies that we are aware of, in particular theFETA (Forth Estuary Transport Authority) Local Transport Strategy and the SITCoS(SESTRAN Integrated Transport Corridor Study): Queensferry Cross Forth Study.
