- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-32445 by Stewart Stevenson on 24 March 2010, on what date it will announce its decision on the future of the Odeon Cinema in Clerk Street in Edinburgh.
Answer
A decision to refuse listed building consent was issued on the Odeon cinema case on 21 May 2010. The reasons for the time taken to reach a decision were given in answer to question S3W-32445. Before reaching a decision officials met with ministers on 12 January 2010 and 18 May 2010.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-32445 by Stewart Stevenson on 24 March 2010, whether it will provide details of the reasons for the time that it has taken to consider the reporter’s report on the listed building status of the Odeon Cinema in Clerk Street in Edinburgh and not being able to reach a decision within the three-month period.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33575 on 26 May 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the proportion of the United Kingdom’s blanket bog that is in Scotland.
Answer
Advice provided by Scottish Natural Heritage has estimated that 80-85% of the UK''s blanket bog is in Scotland.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what total area of blanket bog is planted with trees in the national forest estate.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33533 on 14 May 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total area of blanket bog is in the national forest estate.
Answer
Once blanket bog has been planted with trees it can no longer be defined as blanket bog. However, using British Geological Survey data, Forestry Commission Scotland has estimated that the total area of peatland capable of supporting blanket bog vegetation on the national forest estate is 71,000 hectares, of which 44,500 is planted with trees.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the carbon benefits are of restoring Scotland’s blanket bogs.
Answer
Blanket bogs represent a considerable reservoir of carbon, the balance of which is disturbed when they are drained. Benefits of restoration may therefore include a reduction in losses over time of carbon to watercourses and atmosphere. The magnitude of the benefits will vary from site to site, depending on such factors as altitude, species composition and management.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the proportion of the United Kingdom’s blanket bog that is in Scotland's national forest estate.
Answer
The Forestry Commission estimate that approximately 4% of the UK''s blanket bog is in Scotland''s national forest estate.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total area of blanket bog is in Scotland.
Answer
Blanket bog occurs close to other habitats such as wet and dry heath, with a range of transitional forms and as such has a number of possible definitions. Recent estimates of extent, each using slightly different methods and criteria, are between 1.1 million and 1.9 million hectares.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has mapped the areas of blanket bog and whether it will publish any such maps.
Answer
A distribution map of blanket peat (which may or may not support bog vegetation) is published in the
ECOSSE Report published by the Scottish Executive in 2007:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/16170508/0.
Blanket bog was mapped by Scottish Natural Heritage in a series of regional reports under its Scottish Blanket Bog Inventory, but no country-wide map was produced. A map showing the general occurrence of blanket bog across Scotland is available on the SNH website (www.snh.org.uk).
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 5 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31666 by Jim Mather on 9 March 2010, on what date it will publish the Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33264 on 29 April 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
