- 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.
- 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 Stewart Stevenson on 18 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it used in determining that there was a national need for new baseload generating capacity at Hunterston in addition to that which would be provided at other power station sites when identifying national developments for inclusion in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2.
Answer
The second National Planning Framework (NPF2) designated a number of projects as national developments. A range of criteria were considered in the selection of these projects, including their contribution to sustainable economic development and the achievement of climate change targets. In the case of new generating capacity at Hunterston and other power station sites, these factors were considered together with the issue of the security of energy supply.
The National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 Assessment Matrix of Candidate National Developments Against the National Development Criteria published in January 2009 set out an assessment of candidate national developments against specified criteria and provided some additional commentary. The current electricity supply base, the planned retirements of baseload generating capacity over the next decade and the forecast increase in electricity demand over this period were taken into account.
The construction of a new efficient coal plant fitted with carbon capture and storage demonstration facilities is considered a crucial step in decarbonising electricity supply, alongside increased output from renewable technologies. The Scottish Government is currently reviewing, in more detail, the exact need for new capacity in the light of the significant developments in renewable deployment.
- 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 Stewart Stevenson on 18 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it used in determining that there was a national need for new baseload generating capacity at existing power station sites when identifying national developments for inclusion in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34319 on 18 June 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: Thursday, 03 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many band 5 nurses were employed by NHS Grampian on 1 April (a) 2010, (b) 2009, (c) 2008, (d) 2007, (e) 2006 and (f) 2005.
Answer
NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. The number of band 5 nurses employed by NHS Grampian at 30 September for the years 2007 to 2009 are presented in the following table. Figures for 30 September 2010 will be published in December 2010.
Band 5 Nursing Staff Employed by NHS Grampian: at 30 September
| Year | Head Count |
| 2009 | 2,830 |
| 2008 | 2,896 |
| 2007 | 2,617 |
Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System.
Prior to 2007, NHS Workforce Information was published based on the Whitley pay structure. For this reason, it is not possible to compare the Whitley staff in post nurse information to AfC bandings. Whitley nurse information for the years 2005-06 is available at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=WFE06_HB_REG.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses employed by NHS Grampian in band 5 posts are in (a) permanent and (b) temporary posts.
Answer
NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. As at 30 September 2009 there were 2672 (head count) nurses employed by NHS Grampian in permanent band 5 posts. The number of temporary nurses employed is not collected. However, the number in fixed term posts was 158.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses employed by NHS Grampian in band 5 posts are in full-time posts.
Answer
NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. As at 30 September 2009 there were 1,493 (head count) nurses employed by NHS Grampian in whole-time band 5 posts.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses employed by NHS Grampian in band 5 posts are in part-time posts.
Answer
NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. As at 30 September 2009 there were 1,337 (head count) nurses employed by NHS Grampian in part-time band 5 posts.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses with a BA or BA (Hons) in nursing are employed by NHS Grampian in band (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4 and (e) 5 nursing posts.
Answer
The information requested is not centrally available.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many band 5 nurses employed by NHS Grampian are on fixed-term contracts.
Answer
NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. As at 30 September 2009 there were, 158 (head count) band 5 nurses employed by NHS Grampian on fixed-term contracts.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 8 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Scottish Futures Trust has had regarding funding the City Square Project in Aberdeen.
Answer
The Scottish Futures Trust has met with Aberdeen City Council to discuss the use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), its key principles and how it could be used in the Aberdeen area.
