- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 30 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive in what country each of the applicants for Saltire Prize Official Applicant status is based.
Answer
Of the three potential applicants, one is based in Australia and two are based in the USA.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any local authority has cited an objector under 16 to appear in court.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any local authority has taken an appeal to court against its own licensing committee and, if so, when and what the result was.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 20 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34319 by Stewart Stevenson on 18 June 2010, when it expects the review into the exact need for new capacity for generating electricity from non-renewable sources to be completed and the findings to be published.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34742 on 16 July 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: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 16 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34319 by Stewart Stevenson on 18 June 2010, what the terms of reference are for the review into the exact need for new capacity for generating electricity from non-renewable sources.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s Climate Change Delivery Plan, published on 17 June 2009 sets out at a high level the options available to meet the statutory targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. This includes a largely decarbonised electricity generation sector by 2030 using renewables complemented by fossil fuelled plants with carbon capture and storage.
As part of their obligations under s.38 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act (2009), Scottish Ministers are required to lay a report outlining the impact on emissions of the exercise of their electricity generation related functions. To fulfil this obligation, and in light of recent developments in our renewables potential, the Scottish Government is currently conducting an internal study on the extent of the need for new thermal generation. This will take account of our clear policy on CCS and CCS retrofit which requires demonstration of CCS for new coal plants on a minimum of 300MW net from day one, retrofitting by 2018 following a review of the technical and economic viability of CCS, and full CCS on new builds from 2020, and will reflect the competitive and dynamic nature of the electricity market.
The report will include an assessment of energy demand and supply projections “ including the current electricity supply base, projected rates of renewables deployment and planned retirement of existing baseload plants. It will also be informed by the energy storage and demand management study.
The outcome of the study will provide a high level assessment on the extent of need for new thermal generation capacity and an evaluation of the potential security of supply issues that may occur in Scotland during the expected transformation towards a decarbonised electricity supply sector by 2030. This assessment will be one of the factors taken into account in considering policy on future generation options, alongside environmental, social and economic criteria.
The initial findings will be presented to the Thermal Generation and CCS Industry Advisory Group for its consideration and advice before the report is published in the autumn.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth has had with (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council regarding opting out of the council tax freeze for 2011-12.
Answer
The Scottish Government has had no discussions with Aberdeen City or Aberdeenshire Councils regarding opting out of the council tax freeze for 2011-12.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions its officials have had with (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council regarding opting out of the council tax freeze for 2011-12.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35196 on 15 July 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: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when its officials last met officials from (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council and what matters were discussed.
Answer
Scottish Government officials regularly meet officials from councils, including Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils, to discuss a range of issues.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth last met the administration of (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council and what matters were discussed.
Answer
I last met members of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils, along with other councils, on 25 June 2010 to discuss issues around public expenditure.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether objections to the proposed coal-fired station at Hunterston received prior to the opening of the public consultation will be taken into account on the same basis as those received after the consultation formally began.
Answer
Scottish ministers will take all public representations received into account prior to any determination. Members of the public who submitted representations prior to the opening the public consultation will receive acknowledgement that their representation was received and their views recorded in the coming weeks.
