- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05087 by Stewart Stevenson on 27 January 2012, when the (a) applications were made and (b) funding was awarded.
Answer
The following table lists cases with grant and loan funding to community energy projects located on the national forest estate. These schemes are operated by Community Energy Scotland and includes funding from the Community Renewable Energy Support Programme (CRESP) which comes via Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) funding which is direct from the Scottish Government.
Project
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Amount
Approved
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Amount claimed to date
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Loan or Grant
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Date of last claim
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Part or wholly on the NFE
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Callander Development Trust
Callander Community Hydro Ltd (Trading subsidiary)
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£1,000
£2,056
£4,608
£82,000
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£1,000
£2,056
£3,676
Nil
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Grant
Grant
Grant
Loan
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Feb 2010
Oct 2010
Apr 2011
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Wholly
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Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust
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£8,812
|
£8,812
|
Grant
|
July 2010
|
Wholly
|
Glenelg and Arnisdale Community Trust
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£5,348
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£5,297
|
Grant
|
March 2010
|
Part
|
Kilfinan Community Forest Trust
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£8,340
£146,000
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£8,340
£30,453
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Grant
Loan
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April 2011
|
Part
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Lochgoilhead
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£2,143
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£2,143
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Grant
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March 2010
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Wholly
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Mull and Iona Community Trust
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£15,691
£29,387
£38,000
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£13,536
£29,250
£10,536
|
Grant
Grant
Loan
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March 2010
April 2012
|
Part
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Rumster
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£57,661
£37,083
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£56,899
£33,667
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Grant
Grant
|
27-03-2009
26-10-2010
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Wholly
|
Tarbert and Skipness
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£8,452
£39,776
£31,000
|
£9,424
£39,776
Nil
|
Grant
Grant
Loan
|
Nov 2009
*
|
Wholly
|
Note: *No date of application known
There are some changes to the amounts shown in question S4W-05087. This new table includes payments made since the previous answer and corrects an error previously rendered. It also makes a clear distinction between funds approved and funds claimed or drawn down.
There were no changes to ownership of land between applications being made and funding approved.
Further checks have also indicated that two projects funded under CARES were for work not on the national forest estate at date of application or date of funding award, these projects are:
Project
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Amount of funding since 2007
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North West Mull Community Woodland Company
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£26,089
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Sunart Community
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£18,000
|
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05087 by Stewart Stevenson on 27 January 2012, which of the projects were on land that was (a) part- and (b) wholly- owned by the Forestry Commission when the (i) applications were made and (ii) funding was awarded.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-07452 on 12 June 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive which departments of the single police force will be located outwith the force's headquarters.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-07361 on 6 June 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive who will appoint the chief constable for the single police force and when this will take place.
Answer
The Scottish Government has introduced legislation to the Parliament to establish a single Police Service of Scotland. The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill provides for the appointment of the chief constable by the Scottish Police Authority. Subject to the passage of the legislation, and the completion of the public appointments process, the chief constable is expected to be appointed by the Scottish Police Authority in the autumn.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the single police force will have hubs in the (a) north and (b) north east.
Answer
It will be for the Scottish Police Authority and the new Chief Constable to determine how the service is organised. However, there is considerable scope for specialist and support functions to be located throughout Scotland and I anticipate that the Scottish Police Authority and the Chief Constable will take account of that.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 6 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it will provide for the improvement of the A9 at the Berridale Braes; what the timeframe for the improvements is, and how long the road works will last.
Answer
At this stage, the total design costs of the road realignment option at Berriedale Braes are estimated to be £250,000. Transport Scotland has confirmed a £100,000 contribution towards these costs, following confirmation from the other funding partners of the balance and this will allow the scheme to be developed to “shovel ready” status.
More information about timeframes will be available after funding has been confirmed and consulting engineers have been appointed to undertake the detailed design.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when the board for the single police force will be appointed and how it will be (a) constituted and (b) held accountable to communities.
Answer
Subject to the successful passage of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill, the intention is for the Scottish Police Authority to be appointed in the autumn. The bill currently provides that the Authority will have between seven and 11 members. The appointments process will be fair and open and regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments, and members will be appointed on the basis of their skills and expertise.
The Scottish Police Authority will be accountable to Ministers, Parliament and the people of Scotland. The bill contains a number of provisions as to how this accountability will be achieved.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how the regional priorities of the single police force will be (a) determined and (b) met, and how it will measure the delivery of these.
Answer
The Scottish Police Authority and the Police Service will work with local authorities and others to set national and local priorities. Those will be delivered and measured through the strategic police plan for Scotland and the local police plans for each local authority area.
Within this framework, local authorities will be able to develop their own models of scrutiny and engagement, and the vast majority of them, including Highland Council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council, are already involved in trialling these arrangements across Scotland.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers to be the benefits of the use of memoranda of understanding.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. I will ask its Chief Executive to reply to you.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what current memoranda of understanding Scottish Enterprise has entered into, broken down by the (a) companies that have signed the memoranda, (b) level of investment from all parties and (c) proposed number of jobs that will be created.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. I will ask its Chief Executive to reply to you.