- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment will introduce to help the Scottish Government achieve its 100% renewable electricity target by 2020.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2011
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 9 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to improve governance in the further education sector.
Answer
As a government we attach considerable importance to high standards of governance in our colleges. We have previously made plain our plans to take a fresh look at our colleges, and the issue of their governance arrangements is one we shall address as we bring forward our plans in due course.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is available to members of the public who are unable to obtain legal representation in a civil law case.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Plan for Offshore Wind Energy in Scottish Territorial Waters will be published.
Answer
Offshore renewables represent a huge opportunity for Scotland; an opportunity to create new industries and to make great progress towards achieving our ambitious renewable energy targets.
I am therefore pleased to announce that tomorrow we will publish a Sectoral Plan for Offshore Wind energy in Scottish territorial waters and Post-Adoption Statement.
The Sectoral Plan is a strategic planning document for the development of offshore wind energy in Scottish Territorial Waters which contains proposals for development at the regional level up to 2020 and beyond.
The Sectoral Plan identifies sites that may be progressed in the short term, and prioritises the regions of Scottish Territorial Waters for further exploration as we seek to accommodate additional capacity from Scotland''s considerable offshore wind resource.
The Post-Adoption Statement details how we have taken environmental and socio-economic considerations into account in developing the plan and outlines a process for monitoring the plan''s implementation in order to maintain the quality of our marine environment.
The Scottish Government has worked closely with a wide range of stakeholders to shape the final plan and we will continue to do so during its implementation.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-38738 by Shona Robison on 26 January 2011, what percentage of shops that underwent test purchasing failed on both the first and second exercises and what action was taken.
Answer
The percentage of shops that underwent test purchasing and failed on both the first and second exercises were as follows:
| Year | Failed both Visits |
| 2008-09 | 5% |
| 2009-10 | 9% |
| April to September 2010 | 9% |
Premises that failed both visits are the subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal. Outcomes were as follows
| Year | Fined | Fiscal Fine | Fiscal Warning | No Proceedings | Guilty Admonished | Non Court Disposal | Pending |
| 2008 | 27% | 0 | 42% | 19% | 12% | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 35% | 12% | 12% | 23% | 0 | 4% | 14% |
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many shops have failed test purchasing for selling tobacco products since 2003, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. However, the information has been routinely collected by the Society for Chief Officers for Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) from 1 April 2008. The information is shown in the following table.
Breakdown of Tobacco Test Purchasing Failures per Authority between 1 April 2008 and 30 September 2010.
| Local Authority | First Failure | Second Failure | Total |
| Aberdeen City | 35 | 7 | 42 |
| Aberdeenshire | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Angus | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| Argyll and Bute | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Dundee | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| East Ayrshire | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| East Lothian | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| East Renfrewshire | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| Edinburgh | 68 | 3 | 71 |
| Falkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 39 | 2 | 41 |
| Glasgow | 91 | 25 | 116 |
| Highland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverclyde | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Midlothian | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| North Ayrshire | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| North Lanarkshire | 89 | 12 | 101 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Renfrewshire | 46 | 9 | 55 |
| Scottish Borders | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| Shetland | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| South Ayrshire | 33 | 2 | 35 |
| South Lanarkshire | 46 | 3 | 49 |
| Stirling | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| West Lothian | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| Totals | 710 | 78 | 788 |
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 21 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools contain asbestos in their buildings, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Health and Safety Regulations, including The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, require duty holders who are responsible for the maintenance and repair of buildings in its control to manage the risks arising from asbestos. In the case of publicly funded schools that is the local authority. The Health and Safety Executive provides advice and guidance to local authorities and others on the management of asbestos.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it is making available to local authorities for the control of seagulls.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not provide funding to local authorities for the specific purpose of controlling urban gulls. It is a matter for individual local authorities to determine priorities for the use of the resources available to them including the resources provided to them through the Scottish Government block grant.
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes involving a bladed or pointed instrument were recorded in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2009-10, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
A table which includes crimes involving a bladed or pointed instrument recorded by the police in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2009-10, broken down by local authority area, has been prepared and a copy of this table will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 51710).
