- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met Fife Council to discuss the modernisation of schools.
Answer
There are meetings at official level, as appropriate, to discuss the council’s schools PPP project and its School Estate Management Plan.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 11 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding from capital grants and the revenue support grant is available to support new ferry routes from Rosyth to continental Europe.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-3444 on 11 November 2003. 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: Thursday, 16 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 11 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Forth Ports plc on developing a new ferry link from Rosyth to Scandinavia or Germany.
Answer
There are on-going discussions between the Scottish Executive and Forth Ports plc on a range of matters, including the commitment to improve Scottish ferry links to Europe which was set out in A Partnership for a Better Scotland.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 30 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the First Minister has met Lord Fraser of Carmyllie since taking office and on what dates such meetings took place.
Answer
The First Minister met Lord Fraser on 23 June 2003 to discuss the terms of reference for the Holyrood Inquiry. The Auditor General for Scotland was present as was I. This is the only occasion on which I or the First Minister have discussed the Inquiry with Lord Fraser.
Subsequently, the First Minister was present at two social functions that Lord Fraser also attended: at a charity event in Carnoustie Hotel on 12 September 2003 hosted by Scottish and Southern Energy plc; and, at a reception for Scottish Parliamentarians at Westminster in Dover House on 5 July 2004.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to BT regarding BT’s proposals to close public telephone boxes.
Answer
Proposals on public telephone boxes are a matter regulated by the UK-wide body, OFCOM. A direction was published last year, accessible on the following link
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/oftel/publications/eu_directives/2003/payp0703.pdf, which sets out the conditions which universal service providers(USPs), like BT, must adhere to when considering closure of public payphones. I understand that USPs will not remove the last phone box from a site if reasonable objection is made within the required 42 days notice-period for closure.OFCOM will be reviewing this matter later this year, as part of their forthcoming wider consultation on the Universal Service Obligation. The Executive will respond to that consultation in due course.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered cattle remain to be disposed of as a result of BSE regulations and where such rendered cattle are stored.
Answer
As of 20 September 2004, there were 63,337 tonnes of meat and bonemeal (rendered cattle) remaining to be disposed of as a result of BSE Regulations, of which 59,919 tonnes are stored in England and 3,418 tonnes are stored in Northern Ireland. The stores in Scotland are effectively empty, although a small amount of material remains in the Glenrothes store and will be disposed of as part of the cleandown process.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review, and seek to improve, its consultation procedures prior to the commencement of roadworks, in light of any recent difficulties experienced by local business as in Kincardine.
Answer
The Scottish Executive continuously reviews the effectiveness of its consultations for major road works. If particular difficulties are experienced I would always be anxious to be informed, so that improvements can be considered.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it carried out with local businesses in Kincardine prior to roadworks being carried out on the A977 that have affected access for car drivers and buses to the village centre.
Answer
Access to every part of Kincardine was maintained throughout the short duration of the works. Draft temporary traffic orders to enable traffic management measures to facilitate the works on the A977 were published. Local residents were informed by maildrop as a matter of courtesy.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out an assessment of the impact of on-going roadworks on the A977 on businesses in Kincardine.
Answer
An economic activity and location impact analysis is not normally undertaken for the type of minor works recently completed on the A977.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will put in place new signposts giving car drivers in the vicinity of Kincardine clear and specific directions on how to access the village centre, following completion of the roadworks on the A977.
Answer
The signing scheme to Kincardine will be reviewed as part of the monitoring of the performance of the now-completed new road.
