- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what change took place in road traffic levels in 2007 and what impact this change will have on greenhouse gas emission levels.
Answer
Road traffic level data for 2007 are produced by the Department for Transport and will not be available until August 2008. Greenhouse gas emission level data from the National Atmospheric Emission Inventory for 2006 and 2007, will not be available until autumn 2008 and autumn 2009 respectively.
The latest period for which data is available for both the change in Scottish road traffic levels and the change in Scottish greenhouse gas emission levels is 2004 to 2005. Between 2004 and 2005, road traffic levels increased by 13 million kms (0.03%) and road transport greenhouse gas emissions grew by 70KtCO2e (0.7%).
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when its carbon balance sheet for transport will be published.
Answer
Scotland’s National Transport Strategy (NTS) commits us to publishing the carbon balance sheet for transport as part of its first review which will commence in 2010-11. The balance sheet is currently being developed, with a view to having a working draft prior to the NTS review.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 10 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the capacity expansion at Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, as proposed in the national planning framework discussion draft, will have on greenhouse gas emission levels.
Answer
The environmental effects of enhancements at Edinburgh and Glasgow Airports are addressed in the environmental report which accompanied the discussion draft of the national planning framework.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what target it has set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the period to 2011, and whether it intends to make this or other interim targets statutory as part of the forthcoming Climate Change Bill.
Answer
The Government Economic Strategy contains a purpose target to reduce emissions over the period to 2011. There are no plans to make this target statutory as part of the forthcoming Scottish Climate Change Bill.
We have consulted on whether statutory interim targets should be set and are currently considering the responses.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider delaying the public inquiry into the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project in order to address significant public concern over the restrictive remit of the inquiry.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the benefit to cost ratio of 5:1 for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Project was calculated and what assumptions and evidence were used as a basis for the calculation.
Answer
The benefit to cost ratio has been evaluated over a 60-year period in accordance with current national guidance and methodology.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive why it chose to exclude from the remit of the public inquiry any discussion of the need in principle for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.
Answer
Scottish ministers confirmed in their statement on Transport to Parliament on 27 June 2007 that the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is vital to the north-east and that they were committed to its delivery.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that the scope of the remit of the public inquiry into the Aberdeen Peripheral Route project is too restrictive.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial contribution (a) Aberdeen City Council, (b) Aberdeenshire Council and (c) the Executive will make to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project and whether these contributions are based on the original cost estimate for the project or the current final cost estimate.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-2502 on 14 August 2007. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide clarification on the detail of the remit of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Project given to Reporters.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13573 on 9 June 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
