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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-28003

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what correspondence its officials have had since May 2007 with officials in the (a) Department of Trade and Industry, (b) Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and (c) Department for Business, Innovation and Skills about funds in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.

Question reference: S3W-28008

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions Scottish ministers have had with Welsh Assembly Government ministers about funds in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.

Question reference: S3W-27998

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions its officials have had since May 2007 with HM Treasury officials about funds held in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.

Question reference: S3W-27997

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what correspondence Scottish ministers have had since May 2007 with HM Treasury ministers about funds in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.

The Scottish Government has made numerous representations to the UK Government on the subject of access to Scotland''s Fossil Fuel Levy surplus.

The matter has been raised at ministerial meetings with UK Government counterparts and has been discussed at official level. We continue to make the case for a solution which would allow these funds to be released for investment in renewable energy in Scotland.

For example, a letter of 30 July 2009 from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth to the Chancellor included a request for a meeting with UK ministers to discuss the Fossil Fuel Levy as part of our joint preparation for the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. To date, no reply to that correspondence has been received.

The dates and signatories of correspondence with the Treasury on this subject are shown in the following table:

Date	From	To
25 October 2007	Scottish Government Deputy Director of Finance	HM Treasury
14 February 2008	HM Treasury	Scottish Government Deputy Director of Finance
22 September 2008	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth	Chief Secretary to the Treasury
7 October 2008	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth	Chief Secretary to the Treasury
21 October 2008	Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
12 November 2008	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth	Chief Secretary to the Treasury
11 March 2009	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth	Chancellor of the Exchequer
10 April 2009	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth	Chancellor of the Exchequer
5 June 2009	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth	Chancellor of the Exchequer
15 July 2009	Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
30 July 2009	Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth	Chancellor of the Exchequer

Question reference: S3W-28010

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions its officials have had with Welsh Assembly Government officials about funds in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.

Question reference: S3W-28000

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions Scottish ministers have had since May 2007 with ministers in the (a) Department of Trade and Industry, (b) Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and (c) Department for Business, Innovation and Skills about funds in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.

Question reference: S3W-28007

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what correspondence its officials have had with Department of Energy and Climate Change officials about funds in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.

Question reference: S3W-27996

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions Scottish ministers have had since May 2007 with HM Treasury ministers about funds in Ofgem's Fossil Fuel Levy account.

Question reference: S3W-28006

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions its officials have had with Department of Energy and Climate Change officials about funds in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.

Question reference: S3W-28004

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions Scottish ministers have had with Department of Energy and Climate Change ministers about funds in Ofgem’s Fossil Fuel Levy account.