- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 27 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what issues will be addressed in the new waste guidelines due to be published in autumn 2011.
Answer
The update and replacement of Planning Advice Note 63 - Waste Management Planning 2002, will address good practice in development planning and development management across all waste streams. It will include advice on factors such as location, need, public engagement, awareness, infrastructure delivery, operation, monitoring and compliance.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is incentivising the private sector to tackle climate change and improve the energy efficiency of (a) buildings and (b) estates.
Answer
The Scottish Government supports business and industry through a number of avenues to help business and the public sector in Scotland to reduce carbon emissions, improve business efficiency and with carbon management planning. The Carbon Trust have indicated the latest results for 2010-11 show annual savings of at least 284kt CO2 and £31.8 million in reduced annual energy costs. Our Energy Saving Scotland small business loans scheme offers small and medium enterprises interest-free loans for renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency measures. This scheme paid out over £2.4 million through more than 80 loans during 2010-11.
The Scottish Government is committed to simplifying the landscape for energy and resource efficiency advice to business. We have established a single Scottish Energy and Resource Efficiency Service for business, bringing together key delivery bodies (including Carbon Trust, Energy Saving Trust, Zero Waste Scotland and SEPA), our enterprise agencies and Business Gateway. The new service will provide greater cross-referral, encouraging businesses to consider taking action on energy and wider resource efficiency at the same time.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the Energy Bill 2011.
Answer
Scottish Government has been working closely with Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on the UK Energy Bill. Mr Neil is also a member of the Ministerial Oversight Group set up to facilitate cross government working on the Bill. We have worked to ensure that the UK Bill reflects Scottish interests and that it recognises Scottish devolved areas of responsibility. The UK Energy Bill sets out the framework for the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation policies and we have been working with DECC to ensure that Scotland can implement these in a manner that meets Scotland’s specific circumstances e.g. location, climate, house types etc. A particular priority for us is to ensure that the Green Deal acts to support the Scottish Government's Energy Efficiency Action Plan. We have a member of Scottish Government staff working in DECC to assist with this process.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to enhance energy performance certificates.
Answer
A consultation on the format and content of Scottish energy performance certificates will be carried out later this year. The Scottish Government also contributes to the UK review of the calculation methodologies used to produce energy performance certificates. We intend that any changes arising from this work will be introduced in spring 2012.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive which recommendations from the report, A Low Carbon Building Standards Strategy for Scotland, have yet to be implemented.
Answer
The information requested is given in Appendix A of the Progress Report on the Low Carbon Building Standards Strategy for Scotland published by the Scottish Government in February 2011, a copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib number 53209).
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how long the boiler scrappage scheme will be open for applications.
Answer
The boiler scrappage scheme will remain open for applications until the £2.5 million budget has been committed.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in relation to allocating contracts to community organisations under the Forestry Commission Scotland renewables scheme.
Answer
Forestry Commission Scotland is currently working with its development partners for the national forest estate to agree the location of wind and hydro schemes that should be investigated in more detail. As these potential sites are agreed, the commission will expect the development partners to engage with local communities in order to determine community preferences for receiving benefits. These leading edge community benefits will include an annual payment of £5,000 per megawatt installed, together with opportunities for communities to invest directly in the schemes.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications it has received for its boiler scrappage scheme in 2011-12, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Details of the applications made broken down by local authority area are in the following table.
Local Authority
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Applications
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Aberdeen City
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228
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Aberdeenshire
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211
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Angus
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152
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Argyll and Bute
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49
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Clackmannanshire
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90
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Dumfries and Galloway
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111
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Dundee City
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113
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East Ayrshire
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160
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East Dunbartonshire
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163
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East Lothian
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104
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East Renfrewshire
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156
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Edinburgh, City of
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419
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Eilean Siar
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11
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Falkirk
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240
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Fife
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406
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Glasgow City
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381
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Highland
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118
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Inverclyde
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69
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Midlothian
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107
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Moray
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74
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North Ayrshire
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155
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North Lanarkshire
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267
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Orkney Islands
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8
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Perth and Kinross
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92
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Renfrewshire
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293
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Scottish Borders
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76
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Shetland Islands
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0
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South Ayrshire
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179
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South Lanarkshire
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324
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Stirling
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89
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West Dunbartonshire
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103
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West Lothian
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213
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Total
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5,161
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Source: The Energy Saving Trust.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its strategy on sustainable housing.
Answer
We said in Homes Fit for the 21st Century, our Strategy and Action Plan for Housing in the Next Decade, that we would develop a strategy for sustainable housing in Scotland in 2012. We intend to publish the strategy by the end of 2012.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when the sustainable housing group last met and whether it will provide details of that meeting.
Answer
The Sustainable Housing Strategy Group is a new group convened by the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment. The group will bring together leaders in the sector as champions for emission reduction, housing quality and fuel poverty. It will meet for the first time on 4 October. Minutes of the meeting will be published in due course on the Sustainable Housing section of the Scottish Government website.