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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-02912

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 22 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-1188 by Adam Ingram on 13 July 2007, which Glasgow primary schools will be involved in the free school meals pilot.

Question reference: S3W-02960

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 22 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses benefiting from the Warm Deal programme had all the measures on offer installed in each year from 1999 to 2006.

Question reference: S3W-02958

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 22 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses on the Warm Deal programme in each year from 1999 to 2006 received only cavity wall insulation.

Question reference: S3W-02961

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average grant was for houses under the Warm Deal programme in each year from 1999 to 2006

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

The average grantunder the Warm Deal programme in each year since 1999-2000, is shown in the followingtable:

Year	Average Grant
Year	£
1999-2000¹	229
2000-01	238
2001-02	238
2002-03	311
2003-04	388
2004-05	376
2005-06	387
2006-07(estimate)²	236

Notes:

1. This figure includesdwellings improved under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme and the New Energy EfficiencyDeal for Scotland scheme which were still operational in 1999-2000.

2. Final outturn figurefor 2006-07 not yet available.

Question reference: S3W-02959

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses benefiting from the Warm Deal programme received only loft insulation in each year from 1999 to 2006.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

All dwellings benefitingfrom the installation of loft insulation under the Warm Deal programme will alsoreceive energy advice and low energy lightbulbs, as a minimum.

Information is notheld centrally on that part of the programme managed by local authorities. In thatpart of the programme managed by the Managing Agent, the number of dwellings receivingloft insulation energy advice and low energy lightbulbs, as a minimum, is shownin the following table:

Year	Dwellings Improved by the Managing Agent	Dwellings Receiving Loft Insulation
1999-2000¹	24,767	8,290
2000-01	26,555	13,963
2001-02	22,328	12,353
2002-03	21,755	10,591
2003-04	21,600	10,527
2004-05	14,953	8,022
2005-06	15,500	2,467
2006-07 (estimate)²	3,177	(not yet available)
Total	150,635	66,213

Notes:

1. This figure includesdwellings improved under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme and the New Energy EfficiencyDeal for Scotland scheme which were still operational in 1999-2000.

2. Final outturn figurefor 2006-07 not yet available.

Question reference: S3W-02964

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when the interim findings of the micro-renewables pilot project will be published.

Question reference: S3W-02957

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses benefited from the Warm Deal programme in each year from 1999 to 2006.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

The number of dwellingsbenefiting from the Warm Deal Programme since 1999-2000 is shown in the followingtable:

Year	Total
1999-2000¹	47,085
2000-01	49,215
2001-02	40,877
2002-03	29,992
2003-04	27,520
2004-05	19,013
2005-06	15,500
2006-07 (estimate)²	23,865
Total	253,067

Notes:

1. This figure includesdwellings improved under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme and the New Energy EfficiencyDeal for Scotland scheme which were still operational in 1999-2000.

2. Final outturn figurefor 2006-07 not yet available.

Question reference: S3W-02956

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on the Warm Deal programme in each year from 1999 to 2006.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

The total amount ofexpenditure on the Warm Deal Programme since 1999-2000 is shown in the followingtable:

Year	Total
Year	£ Million
1999-2000¹	10.78
2000-01	11.72
2001-02	9.73
2002-03	9.34
2003-04	10.67
2004-05 ²	11.12
2005-06	5.99
2006-07 (estimate)³	5.64
Total	74.99

Notes:

1.This figure includes dwellings improved under The Home Energy Efficiency Schemeand The New Energy Efficiency Deal for Scotland scheme which were still operationalin 1999-2000.

2.This amount includes £3.96 million for replacing partial central hearting systemsand undertaking other innovative measures to tackle fuel poverty.

3.Final outturn figure for 2006-07 not yet available.

Question reference: S3W-02963

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what work has been done to develop warm zones.

Question reference: S3W-02965

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings are planned with energy companies to discuss social tariffs.