- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 8 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the report of the public local inquiry into the Water of Leith Flood Prevention Scheme.
Answer
The report of the public local inquiry has identified a number of shortcomings in the scheme and recommended modifications. As a result, ministers now propose modifications but will consider representations before making a final decision.
As required by the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961, the Executive will be writing over the coming week to intimate the terms of the proposed modifications to all parties concerned who will have three months to comment.
I share the public’s disappointment that the council’s scheme cannot be confirmed yet but it is important that we arrive at the right scheme to protect homes and businesses from flooding from the Water of Leith.
I am placing copies of the report of the public local inquiry, the accompanying technical report and the terms of the proposed modifications in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 37378, 37379 & 37382) and also on the Scottish Executive website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Water/Flooding/16919/6936.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated number of houses with unfilled cavity walls is and what level of CO2 emissions this represents, expressed in metric tons of carbon (MtC).
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
The Scottish House Condition Survey 2002 (SHCS2002) estimated that approximately 780,000 dwellings with cavity walls had no additional insulation or only partial additional insulation.
It is estimated that approximately 1.1 million tonnes of CO2 per year would be saved if all cavities were insulated.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to publish an energy efficiency strategy.
Answer
The Scottish Executive announced on 7 December 2004 its plans to publish an energy efficiency strategy for Scotland. The strategy will set a framework, define objectives and create a more joined–up approach for energy efficiency interventions by the Executive. We expect to publish the strategy later this year.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it has set in each year and in total from 2005 to 2010 and beyond to provide cavity wall insulation in houses with unfilled cavity walls.
Answer
We install cavity wall insulation through the Warm Deal and the central heating programme. We have not set targets for cavity wall installation, principally because these programmes are demand-led. The future of the Warm Deal and central heating programmes beyond 2006 is currently under consideration.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 3 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what physical area is taken up by golf courses in each local authority area.
Answer
The estimated physical area taken up by golf courses in each local authority area is shown in the following table. It should be noted that they do not include driving ranges or short “pitch and putt” type courses. The areas are in hectares and are calculated using the Scottish Executive Planning Advice Note No. 43 - Golf Courses and Associated Developments. Using that guidance, a set range is applied to calculate the minimum and maximum area of a course: for a 9 hole course (ie 20 - 30 hectares) and for a 18 hole course (ie 50 - 70 hectares). The table expresses the total hectare coverage as a minimum, maximum and average for all 9 and 18 hole courses in each local authority area.
Council | 18 hole | 9 hole | Total Min Area | Total Max Area | Ave Area |
Aberdeenshire | 29 | 13 | 1,710 | 2,420 | 2,065 |
Angus | 16 | 1 | 820 | 1,150 | 985 |
Argyll and Bute | 10 | 18 | 860 | 1,240 | 1,050 |
City of Aberdeen | 11 | 4 | 630 | 890 | 760 |
City of Dundee | 4 | 1 | 220 | 310 | 265 |
City of Edinburgh | 22 | 5 | 1200 | 1690 | 1445 |
City of Glasgow | 7 | 2 | 390 | 550 | 470 |
Clackmannanshire | 3 | 5 | 250 | 360 | 305 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 19 | 12 | 1,190 | 1,690 | 1,440 |
East Ayrshire | 4 | 4 | 280 | 400 | 340 |
East Dunbartonshire | 16 | 1 | 820 | 1150 | 985 |
East Lothian | 17 | 2 | 890 | 1250 | 1070 |
East Renfrewshire | 9 | 0 | 450 | 630 | 540 |
Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 240 | 340 | 290 |
Fife | 36 | 12 | 2,040 | 2,880 | 2,460 |
Highland | 23 | 21 | 1,570 | 2,240 | 1,905 |
Inverclyde | 5 | 0 | 250 | 350 | 300 |
Midlothian | 4 | 2 | 240 | 340 | 290 |
Moray | 12 | 3 | 660 | 930 | 795 |
North Ayrshire | 17 | 5 | 950 | 1,340 | 1,145 |
North Lanarkshire | 16 | 2 | 840 | 1,180 | 1,010 |
Orkney Islands | 2 | 1 | 120 | 170 | 145 |
Perth and Kinross | 23 | 15 | 1,450 | 2,060 | 1,755 |
Renfrewshire | 9 | 0 | 450 | 630 | 540 |
Scottish Borders | 13 | 10 | 850 | 1,210 | 1,030 |
Shetland Islands | 2 | 1 | 120 | 170 | 145 |
South Ayrshire | 16 | 2 | 840 | 1,180 | 1,010 |
South Lanarkshire | 15 | 7 | 890 | 1,260 | 1,075 |
Stirling | 6 | 4 | 380 | 540 | 460 |
West Dunbartonshire | 4 | 2 | 240 | 340 | 290 |
West Lothian | 9 | 4 | 530 | 750 | 640 |
Western Isles | 1 | 4 | 130 | 190 | 160 |
Totals (Scotland) | 384 | 165 | 22,500 | 31,830 | 27,165 |
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 3 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money was spent on the provision and development of children’s play space in each local authority area in the last year.
Answer
This is a matter for each localauthority. The information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 3 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what physical area is designated as children’s play space in each local authority area.
Answer
Each local authority decideson its own spatial standards for children’s play space in public areas, andeach local authority will also make different requirements of developers. TheNational Playing Fields Association has produced the six acre standard forguidance on space standards.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what cycle projects have been submitted for funding under the Integrated Transport Fund.
Answer
The Executive is not currently considering any cycle projects for funding under the Integrated Transport Fund.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what cycle projects have been approved under the Integrated Transport Fund.
Answer
Awards have been given under the Integrated Transport Fund (ITF) to Cycling Scotland for its running costs, to the Bike Week Steering Group for its national programme, Sustrans for its research programme on cycling and safer routes, and the Strategic Rail Authority for fitting of cycle racks on new and existing rolling stock. Details of ITF awards are contained in the annual
Report by Scottish Ministers to Parliament - Grants Paid Under Section 70 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001. Those relating to financial years 2002-03 and 2003-04 are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 28193 and 33166). A similar report in respect of financial year 2004-05 is due to be published shortly.
The reports also contain details of those cycle projects awarded under the Public Transport Fund, resources for which are now contained in the Integrated Transport Fund.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets are in place at a national level for cycling (a) to work and (b) in respect of all journeys and what progress has been made in achieving these.
Answer
The National Cycling Strategy set a target to quadruple the amount of cycling trips on 1996 figures by 2012. No target was set for cycling to work. Progress is measured using figures set out in Table 12.1 of Scottish Transport Statistics No 23, a copy of which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 33706).