- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 30 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all licences which are currently available for the killing of wildlife; what the cost of each licence is, and how many of each have been issued in each of the last three years.
Answer
All wild birds and certain species of animals are protected under a variety of wildlife-related legislation including, amongst others, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c) Regulations 1994; the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and the Conservation of Seals Act 1970. In certain strictly regulated circumstances this legislation permits protected wildlife to be taken or killed under licence. There are no charges made for such licences. Certain species may also be legally killed or taken without a licence during the relevant open season.Given the complexity of the information requested, I shall write to the member separately to provide a detailed breakdown of licences issued in the past three years and shall place a copy of this information in the Parliament Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 30 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursing vacancies there were in each of the last three years, how many there are currently, and what percentage of (a) the total number of nursing posts and (b) the number of whole-time equivalent nursing posts each of these figures represents, broken down by health board area in each case.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15496 on 10 July 2001.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 23 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to improve safety in the fishing industry; what funds it has available for this purpose, and whether the recent budget announcement will have any impact on the amount of funds available.
Answer
To improve safety culture in the fishing industry the Executive is making available up to £1.5 million over three years for the provision of free safety training for fishermen. The recent budget announcement will have no impact on this.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds were allocated by Scottish Enterprise to each Local Enterprise Company (LEC), expressed both in monetary and per capita terms for each LEC and as a percentage of each LEC's overall budget allocation, in each of the last three years.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. The Scottish Executive does not hold this information centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many submissions were received on the proposal to introduce a 20 day standstill period following movements of livestock and how many submissions were in favour of the proposal being implemented.
Answer
Over 150 replies have been received and are being carefully considered. The vast majority of responses stress that the introduction of a straight 20-day standstill period is unworkable. Equally, however, many recognise that the status quo is untenable and offer alternative proposals. These are being actively considered in terms of effectiveness, enforceability and impact on industry.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) it and (b) each water authority spent on services provided by Water Research Centre Ltd in Medmenham in each of the last three years.
Answer
The figures are given in the following table:
| | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
| North of Scotland Water Authority | £173,979.62 | £53,137.65 | £131,608.06 |
| East of Scotland Water Authority | £215,846.92 | £111,540.20 | £94,763.37 |
| West of Scotland Water Authority | £349,782.00 | £36,344.00 | £87,015.00 |
| The Scottish Executive | n/a | n/a- | £8,225.00 |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the Scottish Enterprise national clusters budget was allocated to each local enterprise company in the latest year for which figures are available.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and I have asked the Chairman to respond direct to the member. A copy of the reply will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether water authorities would have greater commercial freedom if they were exempted from the Competition Act 1998.
Answer
Exemptions from the provisions of the Competition Act 1998 are relevant only in the case of the Act's Chapter I prohibition against agreements between undertakings which have the object or effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition in the United Kingdom. Such exemptions, which do not apply to undertakings, can only be established in the courts on a case-by-case basis by proving that an agreement that could be caught by the prohibition assists economic progress and technical development. There is no reason to believe that establishing exemptions in the case of particular agreements between a water authority and another undertaking would affect the commercial freedom of that authority.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of the total number of requests for police assistance were (a) made to and (b) responded to by each police force in each of the last three years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of each job (a) created and (b) safeguarded by (i) Scottish Enterprise and (ii) Highlands and Islands Enterprise in each of the last three years, broken down by local enterprise company area.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and I have asked their respective Chairmen to reply to the member. Copies of their replies will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
