- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it will hold with (a) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and (b) Scottish Water in respect of the burning of waste-derived fuel at Longannet Power Station.
Answer
Although my officials may have discussions in due course with the two bodies about the implications of the legal judgement, the Executive does not intend to hold any specific discussions with either the Scottish Environment Protection Agency or Scottish Water in relation to the burning of waste derived fuel at Longannet Power Station.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice or guidance it provided to (a) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and (b) Scottish Water in respect of the burning of waste-derived fuel at Longannet Power Station.
Answer
The Executive did not provide any specific advice or guidance to either the Scottish Environment Protection Agency or Scottish Water in relation to the burning of waste derived fuel at Longannet Power Station.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice its solicitors provided to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and/or Scottish Water in respect of the burning of waste-derived fuel at Longannet Power Station.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-13201, answered on 12 January 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility 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: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 12 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when its further consultation on the future of fire control rooms is expected to begin and conclude.
Answer
Work has already begun, but I cannot give a definitive timescale for its completion at this stage. We will take as long as necessary to ensure that we have examined all the issues raised in the responses to the consultation.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 23 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to enable the Parliament to consider the outcome of its further consultation on the future of fire control rooms.
Answer
When the further work has been completed and discussions held on the outcome with stakeholders, we will report on the position to Parliament. We will decide on the most appropriate method of making such a report in due course.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 6 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what form its further consultation on the future of fire control rooms will take.
Answer
The issues raised in the responses on the report ranged from the loss of local knowledge through to challenges to the levels of costs and savings estimated. We acknowledge the relevance of these concerns and further work is taking place to examine the issues raised. Once this work has been done we will contact stakeholders.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its commitment to a strategy for pervasive and affordable broadband coverage, what levels of rateable value are ascribed to telecommunications cables in the primary control of network operators other than BT and what comparative information it has on the values ascribed to equivalent cables controlled by the same operators in England.
Answer
The following is a summary of the current total rateable values for the major operators other than BT:
| Cable & Wireless (Mercury) | £3.15 million |
| THUS | £2.7 million |
| Telewest (includes cable TV) | £4.3 million |
| NTL (includes cable TV) | £2.5 million |
Information on rateable values of network operators in England is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3782 by Mr Andy Kerr on 14 November 2003, whether it has now made an assessment in respect of the effect of differences in rateable values between Scotland and England on its initiatives to extend the availability of broadband.
Answer
The valuation assessor has advised that there is no difference in the approach in arriving at the rateable value of fixed line rental networks between Scotland and England. No valuation will therefore exceed the valuation of an equivalent network in England. Discussions on individual valuations continue between the Scottish assessors and the network operators. Established appeal procedures exist for ratepayers if they disagree with the rateable value assigned to their property by the assessor.
The Executive is committed to delivering affordable broadband access to every community in Scotland and aims to achieve this by the end of 2005.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out a review of the level of rateable values in respect of telecommunications cables similar to that carried out in England and Wales and, if so, when such a review will be undertaken.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no current plans to do so.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 26 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to improve the provision of dental services in the NHS Forth Valley area.
Answer
Responsibility for the overallprovision of NHS dental services in the area rests with NHS Forth Valley. NHSboards are encouraged to apply to Scottish ministers for approval for salaried dentistposts where they consider that there is a gap in provision, which cannot be filledby other means.
