- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been as a result of the Enhanced Tobacco Sales Enforcement Programme
Answer
In the five years 2003-04 to 2008-09 there were three, two, five, nine and 12 convictions respectively for selling cigarettes to persons under the legal age of purchase in Scottish courts. It is not possible to say from the information held centrally if any of these convictions were as a result of the Enhanced Tobacco Sales Enforcement Programme.
There have been no convictions in the last five years under sections 8G(4)(a) or 8G(4)(b) of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £4.5 million awarded under the Enhanced Tobacco Sales Enforcement Programme was or has been allocated to each local authority in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11
Answer
I refer the member to answer to question S3W-36274 on 27 September 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the target is for joint operations between local authorities and HM Revenue and Customs under the Enhanced Tobacco Sales Enforcement Programme
Answer
The national targets for joint operations between local authorities and HM Revenue and Customs are five operations in 2008-09, six operations in 2009-10 and seven operations in 2010-11.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to each local authority under the Enhanced Tobacco Sales Enforcement Programme
Answer
I refer the member to answer to question S3W-36274 on 27 September 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to take forward an initiative similar to that announced by the UK Government of a cancer drugs fund aimed at giving patients access to new medicines.
Answer
The Scottish Government is aware that the Department of Health plans to publish later in the year, a consultation on establishing a cancer drugs fund from April 2011 and that interim funding will be made available for cancer drugs via clinically led panels in October 2010. The Scottish Government will give due consideration to the consultation and its proposals when further details are made available following the Comprehensive Spending Review.
However, the extant guidance on the introduction and availability of newly licensed medicines published on 17 May 2010 provides a robust, equitable and transparent framework for NHS boards to make decisions about all newly licensed medicines and not just those to treat cancer. The guidance includes specific advice in relation to making such decisions for individual patients. These arrangements are intended to ensure that, where there are demonstrable benefits, NHS patients in all parts of Scotland are able to access newly licensed medicines in accordance with their particular needs.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 10 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that the views of the local community are taken into account when reaching a decision on the Muthill Conservation Area Rationalisation Scheme.
Answer
SSE submitted the Muthill rationalisation scheme to Scottish Ministers on 29 April 2010. Since then it has been subject to consultation with Perth and Kinross Council, and their response to me also reflects the views of all community councils in those areas relevant to the rationalisation scheme.
I will consider the consultation responses before I take a final decision.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a decision on the Muthill Conservation Area Rationalisation Scheme relating to the Beauly to Denny power line.
Answer
Views from consultees on the various Beauly to Denny rationalisation schemes have been sought and received. A decision on the Muthill Conservation Area Rationalisation Scheme will follow shortly.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the absence of birds of prey from a development site as a result of ill-treatment would be a material consideration in determining applications for development consent and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S3W-35624 and S3W-35625 on 26 August 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether evidence that disturbance to birds had taken place, thereby reducing the apparent importance of a site for birds, would be a material consideration in assessing applications for development consent and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S3W-35624 and S3W-35625 on 26 August 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it considers the effects of ill-treatment of birds of prey when assessing applications for (a) wind farm developments and (b) any other types of development and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
Answer
Applications for planning and other development consent which come before ministers must be considered on their own merit, and are therefore considered on a case-by-case basis.
