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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-29719

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 16 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have received Stage Three or Stage Four support from the Energy Assistance Package in 2009-10, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

The Energy Assistance Package adopts an holistic approach to tackle fuel poverty: helping to maximise household incomes though benefits and tax credit checks; reducing fuel bills by providing advice on wise energy use and access to social tariffs and improving the energy performance of the poorest performing Scottish homes by providing a package of measures for those most vulnerable to fuel poverty.

Statistical Information is not held at constituency level.

Question reference: S3W-29592

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry.

Question reference: S3W-29594

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with stakeholders regarding the distribution of Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry

Question reference: S3W-29591

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to distribute Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry to ensure that the producers experiencing the greatest difficulty will receive adequate support.

Question reference: S3W-29593

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to begin distributing Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry.

Question reference: S3W-29590

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry will be used to support the most vulnerable dairy producers.

Question reference: S3W-29732

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 14 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have received support from the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10, broken down by area.

Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) assessors began visits to houses in the 10 HIS areas in November. In the period to 6 December, which covers the first month of activity by assessors, 12,091 households had received an energy audit generating 4,667 referrals for the measures available. This includes referrals generated by HIS assessors for 1,193 measures provided under the Energy Assistance Package. The position by area is shown in the following table.

Measures Requested

Area	Home Energy Check reports requested	HIS Cavity Wall Insulation	HIS Top-Up Loft Insulation	HIS Virgin Loft Insulation	EAP Benefit Checks
Angus	1,102	22	188	31	7
Dundee	548	64	185	37	1
Edinburgh	1,708	365	330	57	47
Fife	1,729	230	439	40	31
Glasgow	1,696	89	153	39	6
Highland	654	90	256	14	19
Orkney	148	31	65	12	8
South Lanarkshire	703	38	28	17	0
Stirling	2,683	34	38	50	5
Western Isles (Lewis and Harris)	1,120	151	331	50	32
Overall Total	12,091	1,114	2,013	347	156

Area	EAP Social Tariff	CERT and EAP Cavity Wall Insulation	CERT and EAP Virgin Loft Insulation	EAP Stage 4	Total Measures Referred
Angus	20	16	17	13	314
Dundee	6	11	21	7	332
Edinburgh	88	42	33	25	987
Fife	64	64	55	57	980
Glasgow	17	31	18	26	379
Highland	23	19	22	23	466
Orkney	11	1	1	13	142
South Lanarkshire	10	6	1	1	101
Stirling	13	7	13	6	166
Western Isles (Lewis and Harris)	56	49	42	89	800
Overall Total	308	246	223	260	4,667

Note: The data relates to the period 2 November 2009 to 6 December 2009.

Question reference: S3W-29733

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 14 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been of measures issued under the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10, broken down by area.

Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) assessors began visits to every house in a HIS area in November, with the exception of those households who have previously responded by other means such as in response to a direct mailing. The assessors are currently working to invite householders to sign up for HIS measures and given that the scheme is in an early stage the majority of referrals remain at the technical survey stage.

It will be possible to provide further information on costs when significant numbers of measures have been installed.

Question reference: S3W-29734

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 14 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost per recipient has been of measures issued under the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10, broken down by area.

Question reference: S3O-08671

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact on Orkney of the planned introduction of car parking charges at Kirkwall Airport.