- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will address the concerns of west coast prawn and scallop fishermen in relation to the "designated ports" process that applies in relation to landing haddock under the latest cod recovery programme.
Answer
The designated landing port arrangementsfor haddock apply to catches of haddock taken from the North Sea andEC waters of area IIa, not to west coast catches. However, the changes tothe haddock management arrangements we expect to be agreed soon at Council – whichinclude changes in the defined cod protection area, to the proportion of haddockto be taken under special permit arrangements and to the allocation of catches takenso far in the fishing year – will be beneficial to those who take haddock as a bycatchin fisheries directed at other species.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 4 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all correspondence with the Holyrood Inquiry regarding the evidence of the First Minister to the inquiry will be published.
Answer
It is a matter for the Inquiryto decide which documents they make public. The First Minister's evidence was submittedin writing and has already been published on the Holyrood Inquiry website as document MS/25/001-002.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of the use by the Deer Commission for Scotland of emergency powers under the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 to effect the mass cull of deer; whether it is seeking any information from the commission regarding the recent use of such powers at Glenfeshie; whether it will consider the introduction of a moratorium pending a full investigation of the issues involved, and whether, in particular, it will instruct the commission not to implement any further mass cull without a debate in the Parliament where the issues can be fully explored.
Answer
Parliament placed duties on theDeer Commission for Scotland (DCS) under the Deer (Scotland) Act1996 to take action when it is satisfied that serious damage is being caused toagriculture, woodland the natural heritage or a risk to public safety. That actionincludes the emergency culling of deer under section 10.
On the carrying out of this dutyin respect of Glenfeshie, I refer the member to the answer given to questionS2W-7432 on 4 May 2004 . All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be foundat:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.Ministers will reflect on whatconclusions to draw in the light of the report on the Glenfeshie operations. Giventhe obligations on the DCS under the Deer Act, the options available are unlikelyto include a moratorium on culling.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to Her Majesty's Government with regard to any potential impact on the outdoor industry of the draft Work at Height Regulations.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-7439 on 4 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any submissions to the consultation regarding the draft Work at Height Regulations conducted by the Health and Safety Executive; whether these regulations will have any adverse impact on the outdoor industry, and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
Answer
We are aware of the concernsfelt by the outdoor and adventure activities sector about the implementation inthe UK of the EC Directive on Temporary Work at Height. At our request, the Healthand Safety Executive have been copying us into responses from Scotland to theirconsultation on the draft Regulations and, given the importance of this sector toScotland, we will be ready to take this matter up with the UK Government if implementationplans seem likely to be damaging to that sector.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 4 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reports to the First Minister referred to in evidence to the Holyrood Inquiry by the Chief Executive of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Head of Legal and Parliamentary Services included information on the rising costs of the Holyrood Project and, if so, when such reports were made.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-7428 on 4 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on whether there should be no reduction of services at the Belford Hospital, Fort William.
Answer
Our policy isto provide services as close as possible to people’s homes, consistent with deliveringsafe and high quality healthcare. What this means at Fort William is a matter forNHS Highland to consider in consultation with local people. Any proposals for majorservice change have to come to me for approval. If and when I receive proposalsfrom NHS Highland I shall consider them.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total amount is of capital resources provided through all private finance initiative and public private partnership projects and what proportion this forms of the total capital resources available in the public sector in each financial year since 1999-2000, broken down by sector.
Answer
Information on the Executive’soverall capital budgets and capital spending on public private partnerships projectsfor each portfolio for 2000-01 to 2003-04 is set out in The Scottish Budget 2003-04,a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number20472).
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11086 by Angus MacKay on 23 November 2000, whether it will (a) provide an up-to-date list of the public sector capital projects involving private finance (i) completed, (ii) planned and (iii) under way, giving both the start and estimated completion dates, (b) detail the total estimated capital investment included in the projects, (c) detail the annual public expenditure required to service these projects in both cash and real terms for each year of the life of the projects and (d) give the total lifetime cost of the projects, shown individually and by sector in both cash and real terms.
Answer
An up-to-date list of all currently active public private partnership projects known to the Executive is on the Financial Partnerships Unit website at
www.scotland.gov.uk/ppp under the section projects. The information provided on projects includes stages of procurement, start and estimated completion dates and capital value.The estimated annual expenditure to service these projects on a sector basis is shown in the tables below in both cash and real terms for each year of the life of the projects. Detailed information for individual projects is a matter for the public sector bodies concerned.
Existing Deals (Operational and Signed): Estimated Service Payments on a Sector Basis (£ million)
| | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Water and sewerage (cash) | 112.4 | 115.1 | 117.8 | 120.3 | 123.0 | 125.5 |
| Water and sewerage (real) | 112.4 | 112.5 | 112.3 | 111.7 | 111.2 | 110.5 |
| Further and Higher education (cash) | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Further and Higher education (real) | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Health (cash) | 95.1 | 96.6 | 100.3 | 103.4 | 104.3 | 106.3 |
| Health (real) | 95.1 | 94.4 | 95.6 | 96.0 | 94.3 | 93.6 |
| Justice (cash) | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 |
| Justice (real) | 13.0 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 13.2 |
| National roads and transport (cash) | 23.2 | 23.1 | 31.6 | 35.1 | 40.2 | 39.5 |
| National roads and transport (real) | 23.2 | 22.6 | 30.1 | 32.6 | 36.3 | 34.8 |
| Social work (cash) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| Social work (real) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| Nationalised industries (cash) | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Nationalised industries (real) | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Local authorities (cash) | 112.7 | 119.3 | 130.8 | 135.1 | 137.7 | 136.3 |
| Local authorities (real) | 112.7 | 116.6 | 124.7 | 125.4 | 124.5 | 120.0 |
| Total (cash) | 364.4 | 376.2 | 402.8 | 416.5 | 427.5 | 430.1 |
| Total (real) | 364.4 | 367.7 | 384.0 | 386.7 | 386.5 | 378.6 |
| | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
| Water and sewerage (cash) | 128.1 | 130.8 | 133.6 | 136.7 | 139.2 | 142.2 |
| Water and sewerage (real) | 109.8 | 109.2 | 108.6 | 108.2 | 107.3 | 106.7 |
| Further and Higher education (cash) | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Further and Higher education (real) | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Health (cash) | 107.8 | 110.2 | 112.9 | 115.5 | 117.4 | 116.7 |
| Health (real) | 92.4 | 92.0 | 91.8 | 91.4 | 90.5 | 87.6 |
| Justice (cash) | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 |
| Justice (real) | 12.9 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 13.5 |
| National roads and transport (cash) | 39.5 | 40.8 | 41.5 | 43.4 | 43.4 | 50.0 |
| National roads and transport (real) | 33.9 | 34.1 | 33.7 | 34.3 | 33.4 | 37.5 |
| Social work (cash) | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Social work (real) | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nationalised industries (cash) | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Nationalised industries (real) | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Local authorities (cash) | 138.1 | 140.8 | 142.9 | 144.9 | 143.3 | 145.3 |
| Local authorities (real) | 118.4 | 117.5 | 116.1 | 114.7 | 110.4 | 109.0 |
| Total (cash) | 436.3 | 445.3 | 453.7 | 464.4 | 467.2 | 479.0 |
| Total (real) | 373.9 | 371.7 | 368.7 | 367.5 | 360.0 | 359.4 |
| | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
| Water and sewerage (cash) | 145.2 | 148.3 | 151.9 | 155.5 | 158.4 | 161.7 |
| Water and sewerage (real) | 106.1 | 105.5 | 105.2 | 104.9 | 104.0 | 103.4 |
| Further and Higher education (cash) | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| Further and Higher education (real) | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Health (cash) | 118.9 | 122.0 | 125.2 | 128.2 | 131.3 | 134.9 |
| Health (real) | 86.9 | 86.8 | 86.7 | 86.5 | 86.2 | 86.3 |
| Justice (cash) | 18.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Justice (real) | 13.2 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| National roads and transport (cash) | 61.9 | 61.2 | 64.1 | 64.2 | 57.3 | 53.9 |
| National roads and transport (real) | 45.2 | 43.5 | 44.4 | 43.3 | 37.6 | 34.5 |
| Social work (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Social work (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nationalised industries (cash) | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Nationalised industries (real) | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Local authorities (cash) | 147.4 | 149.5 | 151.7 | 154.1 | 156.4 | 159.4 |
| Local authorities (real) | 107.7 | 106.3 | 105.1 | 103.9 | 102.7 | 101.9 |
| Total (cash) | 498.2 | 501.8 | 514.7 | 523.9 | 526.3 | 533.9 |
| Total (real) | 364.0 | 357.0 | 356.5 | 353.3 | 345.6 | 341.4 |
| | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
| Water and sewerage (cash) | 151.7 | 155.6 | 159.0 | 162.3 | 158.8 | 134.7 |
| Water and sewerage (real) | 94.5 | 94.3 | 93.9 | 93.3 | 88.9 | 73.4 |
| Further and Higher education (cash) | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Further and Higher education (real) | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Health (cash) | 138.6 | 141.8 | 145.6 | 144.9 | 147.1 | 147.7 |
| Health (real) | 86.3 | 86.0 | 86.0 | 83.3 | 82.3 | 80.5 |
| Justice (cash) | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Justice (real) | 10.0 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| National roads and transport (cash) | 52.5 | 34.9 | 26.9 | 29.6 | 30.0 | 20.7 |
| National roads and transport (real) | 32.7 | 21.2 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 11.3 |
| Social work (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Social work (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nationalised industries (cash) | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nationalised industries (real) | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Local authorities (cash) | 162.4 | 164.8 | 167.3 | 169.7 | 150.7 | 138.6 |
| Local authorities (real) | 101.1 | 99.9 | 98.8 | 97.5 | 84.3 | 75.5 |
| Total (cash) | 528.2 | 519.2 | 522.3 | 508.6 | 486.6 | 441.7 |
| Total (real) | 328.9 | 314.8 | 308.3 | 292.3 | 272.3 | 240.7 |
| | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | 2031-32 | 2032-33 |
| Water and sewerage (cash) | 123.1 | 124.8 | 82.9 | 49.0 | 37.8 | 26.8 |
| Water and sewerage (real) | 65.3 | 64.5 | 41.7 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 12.4 |
| Further and Higher education (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Further and Higher education (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Health (cash) | 77.0 | 78.8 | 36.4 | 34.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Health (real) | 40.9 | 40.7 | 18.3 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Justice (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Justice (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| National roads and transport (cash) | 26.1 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 19.8 | 21.5 |
| National roads and transport (real) | 13.9 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 10.0 |
| Social work (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Social work (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nationalised industries (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nationalised industries (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Local authorities (cash) | 108.1 | 96.2 | 87.2 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 15.8 |
| Local authorities (real) | 57.4 | 49.7 | 43.9 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Total (cash) | 334.3 | 320.1 | 227.0 | 120.0 | 77.6 | 67.9 |
| Total (real) | 177.4 | 165.4 | 114.2 | 58.8 | 37.0 | 31.5 |
| | 2033-34 | 2034-35 | 2035-36 | 2036-37 | 2037-38 | 2038-39 |
| Water and sewerage (cash) | 19.0 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 22.0 |
| Water and sewerage (real) | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| Further and Higher education (cash) | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Further and Higher education (real) | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Health (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Health (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Justice (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Justice (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| National roads and transport (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| National roads and transport (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Social work (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Social work (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nationalised industries (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nationalised industries (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Local authorities (cash) | 16.2 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Local authorities (real) | 7.3 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total (cash) | 38.5 | 35.8 | 22.2 | 22.8 | 21.3 | 22.0 |
| Total (real) | 17.4 | 15.8 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
Notes:
1. Real prices to a base year of 2003-04.
2. From 2009-10 a GDP deflator of 2.7% has been assumed.
3. Data source March 2003 HMT return.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 5 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received the report, The Case for Rail in the Highlands and Islands, published by Highlands and Islands Enterprise on 16 March 2004 and, if so, how it will use the information in the report to increase investment in the rail infrastructure in the Highlands.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has received this report and Scottish Executive officials attended its publiclaunch in Inverness headquarters on 16 March 2004.The Executive welcomes the report, and will continue to be supportive of rail servicesin the Highlands.
