- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what position it will take on applications for new nuclear power stations in Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to theanswers to questions S2W-24496 and S2W-23957 on 16 May 2006 and 14 March 2006 respectively.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management’s final report offers a viable solution for dealing with nuclear waste.
Answer
The Scottish Executive respondedto the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management’s (CoRWM) final report as a jointsponsor of CoRWM on 25 October 2006.
I refer the member to my responseto answer to question S2W-29252 on 25 October 2006 in which I stated that boththe devolved administrations and the UK Government believes that CoRWM’s reportprovides a sound basis to move forward. We accept CoRWM’s recommendations that theUK’s higher activity legacy waste should be managed in the long term through geologicaldisposal, and that there is a continuing need for safe and secure interim storageuntil the geological disposal option is delivered. We will consult on implementationlater this year.
All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to introduce new arrangements for the acquisition of housing land by local authorities and, if so, whether such plans include a proposal to prevent Communities Scotland from compensating authorities for the purchase of land that is acquired for affordable housing.
Answer
There are currently no such plans.Local authorities have a number of mechanisms open to them at present for acquiringhousing land. Such acquisitions are a matter for local authorities and their partnersto consider within their Local Housing Strategy delivery frameworks, taking accountof value for money considerations.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 16 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) domestic dwellings, (b) public buildings and (c) private sector buildings have micro-renewable technology installed, broken down by type of renewable technology.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
Under the Executive’s ScottishCommunity and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI) grants for 1,473 householderprojects and 225 community projects have been approved for the installation of microrenewabletechnologies. The following tables show this information, broken down by technology.
Householder Grants ApprovedUnder SCHRI by Technology to 4 January 2007
| Technology | Number of Grants Approved |
| Solar Water Heating | 710 |
| Wind Turbine | 82 |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | 511 |
| Hydro | 5 |
| Biomass | 88 |
| Solar Water Heating/Wind | 2 |
| Lerwick District Heating | 63 |
| Air Source Heat Pump | 10 |
| Solar Space Heating | 2 |
Community Grants ApprovedUnder SCHRI by Technology to 22 January 2007
| Technology | Number of Grants Approved |
| Solar water | 45 |
| Solar air | 5 |
| Solar air / solar water | 5 |
| Wind | 62 |
| Hydro | 6 |
| Biomass | 36 |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | 49 |
| Solar hot water / wind | 5 |
| Hydro / GSHP | 1 |
| Solar hot water / GSHP | 4 |
| Multiple | 5 |
| Hydrogen | 1 |
| GSHP/Wind | 1 |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applicants were penalised under Common Agricultural Policy support schemes and agri-environment forestry schemes in each year from 1999 to 2006.
Answer
I am not able to answer thisquestion. The relevant information is not held in a manner that is readily accessibleso that the answer could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, inthe spirit of providing such information as is available within these constraints,I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-31451 on 14 February 2007. Theextent of financial penalties applied under the arrangements for the Single FarmPayment Scheme (effective from 1 January 2005) and arising from errors in completingthe Single Application Form etc are as follows:
2005: Total £581,918.98
2006: Total £676,184.69.
All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of all applicants were penalised under Common Agricultural Policy support schemes and agri-environment forestry schemes in each year from 1999 to 2006.
Answer
I am not able to answer thisquestion. The relevant information is not held in a manner that is readily accessibleso that the answer could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, inthe spirit of providing such information as is available within these constraints,I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-31451 on 14 February 2007. Theextent of financial penalties applied under the arrangements for the Single FarmPayment Scheme (effective from 1 January 2005) and arising from errors in completingthe Single Application Form etc are as follows:-
2005: Total £581,918.98
2006: Total £676,184.69.
All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial penalties were imposed in total on farmers under Common Agricultural Policy support schemes and agri-environment forestry schemes in each year from 1999 to 2006.
Answer
I am not able to answer thisquestion. The relevant information is not held in a manner that is readily accessibleso that the answer could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, inthe spirit of providing such information as is available within these constraints,I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-31451 on 14 February 2007. Theextent of financial penalties applied under the arrangements for the Single FarmPayment Scheme (effective from 1 January 2005) and arising from errors in completingthe Single Application Form etc are as follows:
2005: Total £581,918.98
2006: Total £676,184.69.
All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 15 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) private and (b) public sector homes were built in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years, showing (i) cumulative changes over the period and (ii) national totals.
Answer
The table produced for this analysisis too large to be included in this response and has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 41873).
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 15 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes were sold by each local authority in each of the last 10 years, also expressed as a percentage of stock in each case and showing (a) national totals and (b) cumulative change over the period.
Answer
The table produced for this analysisis too large to be included in this response and has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 41881).
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in meeting its commitment to provide free dental check-ups by 2007 and what impact a shortage of NHS dentists is having on this commitment.
Answer
All NHS dental examinations havebeen free since 1 April 2006.
We have put in place anumber of initiatives to address problems of access to NHS dental services insome parts of Scotland. The number (headcount) of non-salaried principalsproviding NHS general dental services in Scotland has risen from 1,933 at 30September 2005 to 2,025 at 30 September 2006, and in the same period the numberof Community and Salaried Dentists has increased from 550 to 676.
