- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources have been provided in this financial year to the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority to assist with enforcement measures on Loch Lomond.
Answer
My predecessor Lewis Macdonald indicated to the Convener of the Park Authority that ministers would make additional funds available to the extent that there were additional and previously unforeseen enforcement costs falling on the authority which could not be contained within the approved budget for 2005-06.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans further consultation with key fire service stakeholders regarding the future of emergency fire control rooms.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-20191 on 10 November 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament鈥檚 website, the search facility for which can be found at:
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- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation has been undertaken with key fire service stakeholders regarding the future of emergency fire control rooms.
Answer
All stakeholders were given the opportunity to comment on the 2004 Mott MacDonald report The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland commissioned by the Scottish Executive. We have indicated our intention to consult further with stakeholders following our consideration of the issues raised in response to the report.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have introduced local bye-laws to ban the consumption of alcohol in public places.
Answer
There are currently 27 local authorities that have introduced byelaws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in designated public places. The local authorities are:
Aberdeen City Council
Angus Council
Argyll and Bute Council
Clackmannanshire Council
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Dundee City Council
East Ayrshire Council
East Dunbartonshire Council
East Lothian Council
East Renfrewshire Council
Falkirk Council
Fife Council
Glasgow City Council
Highland Council
Inverclyde Council
Midlothian Council
Moray Council
North Ayrshire Council
North Lanarkshire Council
Perth and Kinross Council
Renfrewshire Council
South Ayrshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
Stirling Council
West Dunbartonshire Council
West Lothian Council.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to make a decision about the future of emergency fire control rooms.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-20189 on 9 November 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament鈥檚 website, the search facility for which can be found at .
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Mott MacDonald report, The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland, will directly influence its position in respect of the number of emergency fire control rooms.
Answer
We have previously indicated that we recognise the contribution the report makes to the debate on improvement and modernisation of the fire and rescue service in Scotland. We will have due regard to the report鈥檚 recommendations, and representations made to us by stakeholders, in reaching a decision on the future of emergency fire control rooms.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will specifically consult trade unions, including the Fire Brigades Union, on the future of emergency fire control rooms.
Answer
Trade unions had the opportunity to comment on the 2004 Mott MacDonald report The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland commissioned by the Scottish Executive. The Fire Brigades Union submitted its comments in response to that consultation exercise. We have indicated our intention to consult further with stakeholders following our consideration of the issues raised in response to the report.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action will be taken following the recent report that south Asians are more likely to suffer from fatal coronary heart disease.
Answer
I am aware of the report
Heart Disease and South Asians, published jointly by the British Heart Foundation and the Department of Health in England. The report noted that South Asian people were more likely to die prematurely from coronary heart disease (CHD) than the general population. However, the report also noted that the reason for increased incidence of CHD cannot be fully explained.
Coronary heart disease has a number of common risk factors with diabetes, and people with diabetes have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease. We have therefore set up an Ethnic Minority subgroup of the Scottish Diabetes Group to consider how to reduce risk factors and how to improve diabetes services for those who do develop the condition. This work, while focused on diabetes, will also reduce the risk of developing CHD.
More generally, we issued a Health Department Letter in 2002 (HDL (2002)51) which required NHS organisations to address the challenge of ethnic minority health and to develop local demographic profiles of access to services by all ethnic groups. We will also start to collect data on ethnicity as part of the SCI Coronary Heart Disease data and information system later this year. This will enable us to monitor incidence of CHD within the South Asian community in Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2005
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Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the existence of medium-sized private sector-provided adult care institutions for people with learning disabilities.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is aware of private sector adult care institutions that provide services for people with learning disabilities and that some local authorities and NHS boards are commissioning such services. Information is not held centrally about the amount of public funding being used for private sector care.
The Scottish Executive remains committed to the principles of The same as you? whereby adults with learning disabilities should be provided with the care and support they need to live, wherever possible, in the community.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much public funding is committed for people with learning disabilities being placed in private sector-provided adult care institutions.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19867 on 3 November 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament鈥檚 website, the search facility for which can be found at .
