- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications received since May 2007 it is considering under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for (a) new wind energy developments and (b) extensions to existing wind energy developments.
Answer
Since May 2007, the Scottish Government has received (a) seven applications for new wind energy developments and (b) seven applications for extensions to existing wind energy developments “ four of which have been determined.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications it has received for (a) new wind energy developments and (b) extensions to existing wind energy developments under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 since May 2007.
Answer
Since May 2007, the Scottish Government has received (a) seven applications for new wind energy developments and (b) seven applications for extensions to existing wind energy developments.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications submitted after May 2007 for new wind energy developments under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 it has determined.
Answer
The Scottish Government has determined four applications.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 25 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the Trump International Golf Links planning application, (a) when ministers received the report of the local public inquiry, (b) how many objections they considered and (c) when they announced their decision.
Answer
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route planning application, (a) when ministers received the report of the local public inquiry, (b) how many objections they are considering and (c) in which month they expect to announce their decision.
Answer
Draft Orders for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route were promoted under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and a Public Local Inquiry was held between September and December 2008. The reporters'' report was submitted to Scottish ministers on 30 June 2009. There were in excess of 9,000 objections. The report is currently under active consideration and we expect to make an announcement soon.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 25 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the Beauly Denny Power line planning application, (a) when ministers received the report of the local public inquiry, (b) how many objections they are considering and (c) in which month they expect to announce their decision.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21310 on 9 March 2009. 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, 09 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional transport infrastructure will be in place before the next Offshore Europe Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in 2011.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0917-01.htm
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) full- time and (b) part-time staff have been employed at the Dundee branch of the Scottish Police Services Authority Forensic Services in each year since 1 April 2007.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26142 on 19 August 2009. 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: Friday, 24 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff have been employed at the Aberdeen branch of the Scottish Police Services Authority Forensic Services in each year since 1 April 2007.
Answer
The provision of police forensic science services is an operational matter for the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA). The Scottish Government does not collect information on the number of SPSA staff employed in Aberdeen or Dundee.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget it has allocated to the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) in each year since 1 April 2007, broken down by the SPSA Forensic Services branches in (a) Aberdeen, (b) Dundee, (c) Edinburgh and (d) Glasgow.
Answer
The Scottish Government allocates grant-in-aid (GIA) to the Scottish Police Services Authority. It is a matter for the SPSA management and board to decide how much funding it should allocate to the individual services it provides to Scottish police forces.
The total GIA allocated to SPSA since 2007-08 is as follows:
2007-08 - £83.0 million.
2008-09 - £96.6 million.
2009-10 - £102.9 million.
