- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23527 by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009, whether it has a target date by which it aims to have insulated all homes eligible under the Home Insulation Scheme and, if so, to what minimum standard and by what date.
Answer
Our target date for completion of door-step assessments of all eligible homes under the first phase of the Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) is 31 March 2010 with delivery of insulation in all suitable homes where owners want it by that date, or shortly thereafter. The Energy Saving Trust, as managing agent, will work with delivery partners to ensure that these measures are installed to a high standard. Monitoring of the quality of the measures installed will be a feature of HIS.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes it intends to make to the regulation of private rented housing in its forthcoming Housing Bill.
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/sor0924-01.htm
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the acquiring authority was for each compulsory purchase order issued in 2008 where Scottish ministers were the confirming authority.
Answer
The following table contains the acquiring authority for those compulsory purchase orders confirmed by the Scottish Ministers in 2008.
| Acquiring Authority | Compulsory Purchase Order |
| Aberdeen City Council | Aberdeen City Council (Abbey Road Lane) Compulsory Purchase Order 2008 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | The Aberdeenshire Council (Art Caput, Boyndie, Banff) Compulsory Purchase Order 2006 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | The Alloa Station Compulsory Purchase Order 2008 |
| Dundee City Council | The Dundee City Council (Erskine Street/Dura Street) Compulsory Purchase Order 2007 |
| East Renfrewshire Council | The East Renfrewshire Council (113A Carlibar Road, Barrhead) Compulsory Purchase Order 2007 |
| Falkirk Council | The Falkirk Council (Stenhousemuir Town Centre Regeneration) Compulsory Purchase Order 2007 The Falkirk Council (A905 North of Bowtrees) Compulsory Purchase Order 2008 |
| Shetland Islands Council | The Shetland Islands Council (Camp Road Junction, Brae) Compulsory Purchase Order 2007 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | The South Lanarkshire Council (North Vennel, Lanark) Compulsory Purchase Order 2006 |
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the compulsory purchase orders issued in 2008 was for (a) road schemes, (b) other transport projects, (c) housing, (d) other private developments and (e) other types of project where Scottish Ministers were the confirming authority.
Answer
The following information is based on those compulsory purchase orders confirmed by the Scottish Ministers in 2008.
| Project | Number | Proportion (%)* |
| Road schemes | 3 | 33 |
| Other transport projects | 1 | 11 |
| Housing | 2 | 22 |
| Other private developments | 0 | 0 |
| Other projects | 3 | 33 |
| Total | 9 | 100 |
Note: *For ease of reference, figures have been rounded to the nearest percentage.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-26687 by Hugh Henry on 26 June 2002 and S2W-170 by Margaret Curran on 3 June 2003, how many compulsory purchase orders were instigated and successfully completed by each local authority in 2008, broken down by categories where appropriate.
Answer
The Scottish Government holds information only on those compulsory purchase orders submitted to Scottish ministers as the confirming authority. We do not hold information on those orders instigated by a local authority but not submitted for confirmation or on the outcome of the order following confirmation by ministers.
The table shows compulsory purchase orders submitted by local authorities to the Scottish Ministers and those confirmed by them within 2008. The following table also shows the purposes for which the orders were made.
Number of Local Authority Compulsory Purchase Orders Received and Confirmed in 2008
| Council | Purpose | 2008 |
| Received | Confirmed1 |
| Aberdeen City | Schools | 1 | 1 |
| Aberdeenshire | Listed Building | 0 | 1 |
| Argyll and Bute | Housing | 1 | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire | Planning | 1 | 1 |
| Dundee City | Planning | 1 | 1 |
| East Ayrshire | Planning | 1 | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire | Housing | 0 | 1 |
| Falkirk | Planning | 0 | 1 |
| Roads | 1 | 1 |
| Fife | Housing | 1 | 0 |
| Glasgow | Housing | 3 | 0 |
| Planning | 3 | 0 |
| North Ayrshire | Housing | 2 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | Housing | 1 | 0 |
| Shetland Islands | Roads | 1 | 1 |
| South Lanarkshire | Housing | 1 | 0 |
| Planning | 0 | 1 |
| Total | | 182 | 9 |
Notes:
1. There are circumstances where Orders have been confirmed in 2008 but were promoted in either 2006 or 2007 and are therefore not noted in the column marked Received.
2. Includes three Orders subsequently withdrawn.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23504 answered by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009, what proportion of the £15 million identified for the Home Insulation Scheme will be allocated to publicity and promotion of the scheme.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what role incineration has in its waste management policy.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to a Zero Waste approach and the Zero Waste Plan is currently out to public consultation. The plan prioritises waste reduction, re-use, recycling and composting over other forms of waste treatment such as incineration. This is why in January 2008 the Scottish Government set a 25% cap on energy-from-waste and that cap is retained in the current plan.
The National Planning Framework 2, which was published in June this year, makes it clear that the 25% cap on energy from municipal waste will apply at the local as well as the national level and will be a material consideration in land-use development decisions.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding from the first round of the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme (a) was spent and (b) remains unused and whether it plans to take back any unused funds.
Answer
As of September 2009, we have allocated £2.196 million to WATES projects, and a further £0.75 million on the infrastructure needed to deploy them at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
This leaves £8.459 million of WATES project money and over £2 million of related infrastructure funding still to be drawn down. Four of the eight WATES projects are complete, with the remainder still on track for completion by March 2011. This means that, as things stand, there will be no unused funds.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce a second round of the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme or similar scheme, as recommended by the Marine and Energy Group’s Marine Energy Road Map.
Answer
The Scottish Government welcomes the recommendations which accompanied the industry-led Marine Energy Group''s Marine Energy Road Map. We are considering these recommendations carefully. In the meantime, we are continuing to provide support to several projects which were awarded grants under the first WATES round.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is being made available to provide onshore and offshore infrastructure to better enable wave and tidal developments.
Answer
The emerging offshore renewable sectors will need sound infrastructure, and a strong and responsive supply chain. These are critical issues, pinpointed in our Renewables Action Plan and the recently published Marine Energy Road Map. The Scottish Government is working with its partners to look at the improvements which are needed and how they might be delivered.
Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are carrying out a strategic assessment (the National Renewables Infrastructure Project). This is looking at the ports and harbours infrastructure that the offshore renewables technologies will need. It will develop a spatial framework for port and port-side land infrastructure (including sites for integrated manufacturing, and maintenance/vessel support bases) which can support the manufacturing, construction, operation and maintenance of commercial wave, tidal and offshore wind devices.
The findings from this work will be reported back in October 2009, and the findings will help inform future strategic investment decisions. As part of this work I will lead a trade mission to the German port of Bremerhaven, recognised as a leader in supporting offshore renewables.
