- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many projects have been deemed to require the consent of Scottish Ministers and the submission of an environmental statement to assist in the assessment of the project under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Scotland) Regulations 2006; whether it will provide details of each such project, and, in each case, whether consent has been (a) granted, (b) not granted or (c) a decision is still to be made.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11580 on 22 April 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the public register of screening decisions on the Scottish Government’s website will be updated.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11580 on 22 April 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken to ensure that the consent of Scottish Ministers is sought for all “relevant projects”, as defined by the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11580 on 22 April 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make advice on water conservation and household waste reduction available through the five new energy advice centres in Scotland and, if not, how it intends that such advice will be made available.
Answer
There are already plans for the Energy Saving Scotland advice network to deliver water conservation advice from 2009. We are actively exploring how the network can build on and add value to current initiatives on household waste, such as Waste Aware Scotland. Funded by the Scottish Government, it provides information and practical advice to householders on waste prevention.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that a nationally set target for eradicating homelessness is achievable without ring fencing of resources to local authorities.
Answer
The Scottish Government remains committed to the legislative target to abolish the distinction between homeless households currently assessed as having a priority need for accommodation and other homeless households by 2012. Removal of ring-fencing allows local authorities to use their total funding flexibly in order to move towards the target and has been widely welcomed by local authorities.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it has committed to achieving the 2012 homelessness target for each of the next three years of its budget.
Answer
A wide range of actions is required to meet the 2012 target and it is for each local authority to decide the most effective methods of achieving the target in their area. It is also the responsibility of each local authority to allocate the total financial resources available to it on the basis of local needs and priorities. Central government funding formerly ring-fenced for homelessness services has been absorbed into the main local government settlement for 2008-11 and local authorities and their partners can access a wide range of resources in order to progress towards the target.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will include a target for eradicating homelessness in each local outcome agreement and, if so, how it will establish such targets.
Answer
The national performance framework includes an indicator relating to the entitlement of homeless households to settled accommodation by 2012. The Scottish Government will monitor and publish national performance against all indicators in the framework. The HL1 homelessness statistics system provides information on performance against this indicator at national and local authority levels. The indicator is available for use within the single outcome agreements which are currently being developed by local authorities and the Scottish Government. Local authorities also continue to work towards the 2009 interim targets set out in the ministerial statement on the abolition of priority need published in December 2005.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it remains committed to the 2012 homelessness target set by the previous administration.
Answer
The Scottish Government remains committed to the target as incorporated in the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 18 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all Orders in Council it has proposed since May 2007 that have been approved by the Privy Council, showing the (a) date of approval and (b) composition of the Council.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Please refer to the Privy Council Office website for lists of Orders in Council proposed by the Scottish Government that have been approved by the Privy Council, date of approval and composition of the Council. The website is www.PrivyCouncil.org.uk.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-1876 by Richard Lochhead on 18 July 2007, what its timetable is for the publication of its first tranche of secondary legislation dealing with pet dealers, animal sanctuaries, travelling circuses, electric shock collars, pet vending (including internet sales) and livery yards.
Answer
The regulations to licence puppy and kitten dealers will be laid before the Parliament after the Easter recess.
We expect to consult on draft legislation which will require animal sanctuaries to be licensed during 2009.
The circus working group, which examined the welfare of wild animals in travelling circuses, concluded that there was no evidence to show that their welfare needs were not being met. As there are no circuses with wild animals based in Scotland and there is no evidence to indicate that there is a problem, we have not set a timescale on whether to legislate in this area.
We have issued a consultation paper seeking views on whether electric shock collars should be regulated and have received a substantial number of responses. These are being analysed and a decision on whether regulations are required and the need to issue a further consultation paper with specific proposals will be made later this year.
The Pet Animals Act 1951 will be replaced by new regulations which will include internet sales of pet animals. We expect to issue a consultation paper later this year.
A consultation on the licensing of livery yards will be issued during the first half 2009.
