- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the gross value added (GVA) is of the wood panel industry.
Answer
No official statistics are available for the GVA of the wood panel industry. The Wood Panel Industries Federation estimate a UK wide GVA of approximately £850 million per annum.
In 2015 Forestry Commission Scotland published a report on the Economic Contribution of the Forestry Sector in Scotland: https://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/images/corporate/pdf/economic-contribution-forestry-2015.pdf which estimated that the production of wood panels, board and pulp and paper contributed £74.3 million to GVA in Scotland in 2012-13.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the level of tree planting has been in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The area of new tree planting in Scotland (including known natural colonisation) is published annually as an official statistic by the Forestry Commission: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/documents/5144/WAPR2018.xls . Data for each of the last ten years has been reproduced below.
The most recent year that final planting data is available for is the period between April 2016 and March 2017. Provisional results for the period April 2017 to March 2018 have been released and so these have also been included in the following table.
Area of new planting in Scotland since 2008
Year | Area of new planting (thousands of hectares) |
2008 | 4.2 |
2009 | 3.4 |
2010 | 2.7 |
2011 | 6.0 |
2012 | 9.0 |
2013 | 7.0 |
2014 | 8.3 |
2015 | 7.6 |
2016 | 4.6 |
2017 | 4.8 |
2018 | 7.1 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the limited supply and increasing demand for wood, what action it is taking to support the wood panel industry.
Answer
The Scottish Government is working with Forest Research and all parts of the forestry sector to provide accurate forecasts of timber availability at the Great Britain level and for different regions of Scotland which allows the wood panel industry to plan investment. On the basis of this information, Norbord has expanded their plant at Dalcross; investing £95 million and receiving £12 million of public funding from Highland and Island Enterprise.
In addition, the Scottish Government has recognised the imperative to increase Scotland’s long-term timber production potential in order to address climate change concerns as well as to provide raw materials for industry, including wood panels. As a result, new planting targets embedded in the Climate Change Plan are to increase woodland creation to 15,000 ha p.a. by 2025, and forestry grant budgets have been increased by £6 million in 2018-19 accordingly.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are employed (a) directly and (b) indirectly by the wood panel industry.
Answer
No official statistics are available for the number of people employed either directly or indirectly by the wood panel industry.
The Wood Panel Industries Federation estimates a UK wide direct employment of just over 2,300 people and indirect employment of approximately 5,200 jobs. In 2015 Forestry Commission Scotland published a report on the Economic Contribution of the Forestry Sector in Scotland: https://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/images/corporate/pdf/economic-contribution-forestry-2015.pdf which estimated that the production of wood panels, board and pulp and paper employed directly 1,126 full time equivalents (FTE) and 631 FTEs indirectly in 2012-13.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17698 by John Swinney on 31 July 2018, how many individuals received Enterprise Fellowships in each year from 2011-12 to 2017-18.
Answer
I have asked Steve Dunlop, Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise to respond. His response is as follows:
Financial Year | No. of Enterprise Fellowships |
2011-12 | 8 |
2012-13 | 5 |
2013-14 | 4 |
2014-15 | 12 |
2015-16 | 6 |
2016-17 | 13 |
2017-18 | 9 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17698 by John Swinney on 31 July 2018, how much was spent on the High Growth Spin Out programme in each year from 2011-12 to 2017-18.
Answer
I have asked Steve Dunlop, Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise to respond. His response is as follows:
Financial Year | Spend on HGSP (£) |
2011-12 | 858,142 |
2012-13 | 2,067,307 |
2013-14 | 1,296,703 |
2014-15 | 2,061,310 |
2015-16 | 2,358,098 |
2016-17 | 2,317,209 |
2017-18 | 2,831,099 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17698 by John Swinney on 31 July 2018, whether it will provide a list of the projects that received support from the High Growth Spin Out Programme since 2011.
Answer
I have asked Steve Dunlop, Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise to respond. His response is as follows:
Financial Year | Project | University |
2011-12 | RATTRAP | Edinburgh Napier |
| | READ | Strathclyde |
| | Sa-Fire | Edinburgh Napier |
2012-13 | Pharma X | Strathclyde |
| | IOM | Strathclyde |
| | Cardiac Screening | St Andrews |
| | Protein-Protein Interaction | Glasgow |
2013-14 | Anti-viral RNA | Edinburgh |
| | Novel Electrolyser | Glasgow |
| | Frontier | St Andrews |
| | Tenomir | Glasgow |
2014-15 | Fragment Finder | Edinburgh Napier |
| | Horizon Proteins | Heriot Watt |
| | Diversense | Heriot Watt |
| | DSRS – Phase 1 | Strathclyde |
| | Cyclic Peptides | Aberdeen |
2015-16 | Optical Filters – Phase 1 | University West Scotland |
| | Paraphrasing – Phase 2 | St Andrews |
| | Medical Device Coatings – Phase 1 | Edinburgh |
| | Conducting Polymers – Phase 1 | Strathclyde |
| | Carbon Telescope – Phase 1 | Edinburgh |
| | DSRS – Phase 2 | Strathclyde |
2016-17 | Ultrasound Imaging – Phase 1 | University West Scotland |
| | Blood Test for Cancer – Phase 1 | Strathclyde |
| | Services for the Wind industry – Phase 1 | Edinburgh |
| | Paraphrasing – Phase 2 | St Andrews |
| | LS_Diagnostics – Phase 1 | St Andrews |
| | Medical Device Coatings – Phase 2 | Edinburgh |
| | Optical Filters – Phase 2 | University West Scotland |
| | Conducting Polymers – Phase 2 | Strathclyde |
| | DNA Capture – Phase 1 | Edinburgh |
| | Bricks – Phase 1 | Heriot Watt |
| | Protobiotix | Glasgow |
2017-18 | Ultrasound Imaging – Phase 2 | University West Scotland |
| | Blood Test for Cancer – Phase 2 | Strathclyde |
| | Whole Blood – Phase 1 | Heriot Watt |
| | LS_Diagnostics – Phase 2 | St Andrews |
| | Thin Films – Phase 1 | Strathclyde |
| | Bricks – Phase 2 | Heriot Watt |
| | DNA Capture – Phase 2 | Edinburgh |
| | In4Derm – Phase 1 | Dundee |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17698 by John Swinney on 31 July 2018, how many applications in relation to the High Growth Spin Out Programme from 2011-12 to 2017-18 were (a) approved and (b) rejected, and whether the applications came from universities, research institutes or NHS boards.
Answer
I have asked Steve Dunlop, Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise to respond. His response is as follows:
Financial Year | Approved | Rejected | HGSP Applicant |
2011-12 | 3 | 2 | All from universities (approved and rejected) |
2012-13 | 4 | 4 | All from universities (approved and rejected) |
2013-14 | 4 | 7 | All from universities (approved and rejected) |
2014-15 | 5 | 13 | All from universities (approved and rejected) |
2015-16 | 6 | 8 | All from universities (approved and rejected) |
2016-17 | 11 | 15 | All from universities (approved and rejected) |
2017-18 | 8 | 10 | All from universities (approved and rejected) |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17698 by John Swinney on 31 July 2018, what the budget is for the (a) High Growth Spin Out Programme and (b) Enterprise Fellowships for 2018-19.
Answer
I have asked Steve Dunlop, Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise to respond. His response is as follows:
1. High Growth Spin Out Programme Budget 2018-19 - £2,000,000
2. Enterprise Fellowships Budget 2018-19 - £705,000
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 July 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve and increase respite services for young adults.
Answer
Within the wider context of integration and health and social care, it is the responsibility of Integration Authorities to commission and plan respite care services and support to meet the needs of their local population.
Respite care is a service intended to benefit both carers and the cared for person by providing a short break from caring tasks. Scottish Government funds Shared Care Scotland which manages three schemes: Creative Breaks; Better Breaks and Time to Live. Shared Care Scotland is allocated £2.3m annually by Scottish Government to fund these schemes. More information on Shared Care Scotland can be found here: https://www.sharedcarescotland.org.uk/creativebreaks/
Local authorities have a new duty under the Carers Act to prepare and publish a "short breaks services statement" which set out information on short breaks available in Scotland (and locally) for the carer and the cared-for person. These statements should help people understand what types of short breaks are available and who to contact for more information. The first statement must be published by the end of December 2018.
