Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
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Question reference: S6W-31094
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is engaging with the UK Government to ensure that a fair share of the (a) £400 million allocated in loans for community energy and (b) £600 million for community development via local authorities proposed as part of the Local Power Plan will be available for communities in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-31110
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce's Energy Transition 40th Survey report.
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Question reference: S6W-31127
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29945 by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024, for what reason it did not make provision for community energy suppliers to be added to the generation mix in the contract awarded to EDF, in light of its support for community wealth building, and how the policy approach adopted supports community wealth building.
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Question reference: S6W-31133
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29941 by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024, for what reason no provision exists within the National Electricity Supply Contract to provide local community-owned renewable electricity to clients, and what priority it gives to allowing clients to secure electricity that was being sourced from certified renewable supplies to reduce their carbon footprint and any related carbon charges.
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Question reference: S6W-31095
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported shortage of environmental health officers and the impact that this is having on local authorities (a) nationally and (b) that serve island areas, such as Orkney.
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Question reference: S6W-31118
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support Aberdeen’s role as a global renewable energy hub.
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Question reference: S6W-31130
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29936 by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024, who the members are of the Risk Management Committee that owns the current risk managed hedging strategy; whether the committee has considered any community wealth building advantages of adding community energy suppliers to the generation mix; whether any financial benefits of doing so for the main public sector bodies have been considered, and, if so, whether any conclusions were published.
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Question reference: S6W-31132
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29938 by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024, whether local authorities can (a) build and generate their own supply to offset their requirement to purchase electricity from the single supplier and (b) sell or sleeve their independent supply in the wider electricity marketplace to maximise any community wealth building benefits of so doing.
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Question reference: S6W-31126
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29938 by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024, whether it has established (a) whether each local authority has any option to source another supply within their area, outwith the National Electricity Supply Contract, and (b) what benefits contracting with such sources could bring for public expenditure and the National Electricity Supply Contract.
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Question reference: S6W-31112
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted of the impact on Scotland of the declining trends in the value of work in production, exploration, renewables and decarbonisation within the UK continental shelf (UKCS), as described in Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce's Energy Transition 40th Survey report.
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