- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth wrote to the UK Government offering to represent UK interests at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, which will be held in Washington on 18-19 April 2010.
Answer
The meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate was announced by Todd Stern, US Special Envoy for Climate Change, on 7 April 2010. Following discussions at official level between the Scottish Government and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Scottish ministers wrote to the UK Secretary of State on Tuesday 13 April. Lord Hunt, Minister of State, replied for DECC on 14 April 2010.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31666 by Jim Mather on 9 March 2010, on what date it will announce the (a) launch date, (b) delivery mechanism and (c) level of incentive of its central heating boiler scrappage scheme.
Answer
The details of the Energy Saving Scotland Boiler Scrappage Scheme were announced by the Minister for Housing and Communities on 20 April 2010.
The scheme will launch on 24 May and be delivered through the Energy Saving Scotland advice network, which the Scottish Government funds to provide householders with a one-stop-shop on energy efficiency, renewables and sustainable transport advice.
The £2 million scheme will support up to 5,000 homeowners with a £400 grant towards the replacement of a working G-rated boiler (for those over 60, the boiler does not need to be in working order) with an energy efficient model that is certified under the Energy Saving Recommended scheme.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31666 by Jim Mather on 9 March 2010, how many households its boiler scrappage scheme will support, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Energy Saving Scotland Boiler Scrappage Scheme, which will launch on 24 May 2010, will support up to 5,000 homeowners with a £400 grant towards the replacement of a working G-rated boiler with an Energy Saving Recommended model. The scheme will be demand-led rather than area-based.
However, the scheme will be delivered through the Energy Saving Scotland Advice Network, which comprises of five locally managed advice centres covering all of Scotland. The network will advise customers on the scheme and continue to offer wider energy efficiency advice to all Scottish consumers.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-32772 by Jim Mather on 15 April 2010 and in light of the introduction of the UK Government’s Feed-In Tariff on 1 April 2010, how many of the 750,000 installations projected by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change to be installed across the United Kingdom by 2020 are expected to be installed in Scotland in each of the next three years.
Answer
The Scottish Government are keen to see, at the very least, a proportionate take up of the 750,000 installations by 2020 predicted by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. However, the Feed-In Tariff is a brand new initiative and is demand led. As such, it is too soon for any accurate prediction to be made on how many installations will occur in Scotland in each of the next three years.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what average annual number of trees have been planted since 2007-08.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32759 on 23 April which gave the areas of woodland created annually since 2007-08. Using a broad average stocking density of 2,000 trees per hectare, the number of trees planted annually since 2007-08 is therefore estimated at an average of 6.7 million.
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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of trees were planted in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 and have been planted in 2009-10.
Answer
The total areas of new woodland created with grant-aid support, and also on the national forest estate, in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 are given in the following table.
Area of New Woodland Created (Hectares)
| 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 (Estimate) |
| 4,167 | 3,306 | 2,600 |
Note: The figure for 2009-10 is currently an estimate.
Using an average stocking density of 2,000 trees per hectare, the average number of trees planted annually since 2007-08 is estimated at 6.7 million.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 22 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many grants have been issued under the Energy Saving Scotland home renewables scheme in the last three years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) size and type of renewable device in each category.
Answer
Energy Saving Scotland home renewables grant offers “ financial year 2009-10:
Number of Grants Offered
| Local Authority | |
| Aberdeen City | 7 |
| Aberdeenshire | 165 |
| Angus | 33 |
| Argyll and Bute | 62 |
| Clackmannanshire | 9 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 43 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 54 |
| Dundee City | 6 |
| East Ayrshire | 17 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 4 |
| East Lothian | 25 |
| East Renfrewshire | 8 |
| Edinburgh City | 42 |
| Falkirk | 8 |
| Fife | 58 |
| Glasgow City | 16 |
| Highland | 173 |
| Inverclyde | 4 |
| Midlothian | 9 |
| Moray | 38 |
| North Ayrshire | 16 |
| North Lanarkshire | 4 |
| Orkney Islands | 48 |
| Perth and Kinross | 96 |
| Renfrewshire | 11 |
| Scottish Borders | 62 |
| Shetland Islands | 33 |
| South Ayrshire | 27 |
| South Lanarkshire | 31 |
| Stirling | 38 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1 |
| West Lothian | 16 |
| Total | 1,164 |
By Technology
Number of Grants Offered
| Technology | |
| Air Source Heat Pump | 228 |
| Biomass | 103 |
| GSHP | 204 |
| Hydro Turbine | 1 |
| Lerwick District Heating | 12 |
| Solar Hot Water | 429 |
| Solar PV | 129 |
| Water Source Heat Pump | 1 |
| Wind Turbine | 57 |
| Total | 1,164 |
Energy Saving Scotland Home Renewables (formerly Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative) Grant Offers - FY 2008-09
Number of Grants Offered
| Local Authority | |
| Aberdeen City | 4 |
| Aberdeenshire | 145 |
| Angus | 29 |
| Argyll and Bute | 61 |
| Clackmannanshire | 7 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 50 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 58 |
| Dundee City | 3 |
| East Ayrshire | 15 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 12 |
| East Lothian | 21 |
| East Renfrewshire | 4 |
| Edinburgh City | 28 |
| Falkirk | 3 |
| Fife | 51 |
| Glasgow City | 2 |
| Highland | 170 |
| Inverclyde | 4 |
| Midlothian | 7 |
| Moray | 45 |
| North Ayrshire | 22 |
| North Lanarkshire | 8 |
| Orkney Islands | 31 |
| Perth and Kinross | 88 |
| Renfrewshire | 9 |
| Scottish Borders | 55 |
| Shetland Islands | 38 |
| South Ayrshire | 20 |
| South Lanarkshire | 25 |
| Stirling | 33 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 5 |
| West Lothian | 21 |
| Total | 1,074 |
By Technology
Number of Grants Offered
| Technology | |
| Air Source Heat Pump | 157 |
| Biomass | 113 |
| GSHP | 321 |
| Lerwick District Heating | 20 |
| Solar Hot Water | 395 |
| Solar PV | 11 |
| Solar space heating | 3 |
| Wind Turbine | 54 |
| Total | 1,074 |
Energy Saving Scotland home renewables (formerly Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative) grant offers - FY 2007-2008
Number of Grants Offered
| Local Authority | |
| Aberdeen City | 2 |
| Aberdeenshire | 115 |
| Angus | 31 |
| Argyll and Bute | 45 |
| Clackmannanshire | 4 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 13 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 65 |
| Dundee City | 5 |
| East Ayrshire | 19 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 9 |
| East Lothian | 20 |
| East Renfrewshire | 7 |
| Edinburgh City | 28 |
| Falkirk | 4 |
| Fife | 67 |
| Glasgow City | 8 |
| Highland | 142 |
| Inverclyde | 3 |
| Midlothian | 9 |
| Moray | 22 |
| North Ayrshire | 28 |
| North Lanarkshire | 5 |
| Orkney Islands | 52 |
| Perth and Kinross | 67 |
| Renfrewshire | 2 |
| Scottish Borders | 62 |
| Shetland Islands | 55 |
| South Ayrshire | 43 |
| South Lanarkshire | 23 |
| Stirling | 21 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 3 |
| West Lothian | 20 |
| Total | 999 |
By Technology
Number of Grants Offered
| Technology | |
| Air Source Heat Pump | 60 |
| Biomass | 69 |
| GSHP | 312 |
| Hydro | 5 |
| Lerwick District Heating | 34 |
| Solar Hot Water | 432 |
| Wind Turbine | 87 |
| Total | 999 |
Note that statistics has not been provided on size of technology as this information is not recorded when grants offers are issued.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what commitments it made at the Climate Group States and Regions meeting in Paris on 4 March 2010.
Answer
At the federated states and regional governments conference held in Paris on 4 March 2010, the Scottish Government supported the joint Paris Statement to EU leaders put forward by the conference hosts, The Climate Group and the President of Ile de France. A copy of the joint statement can be found on The Climate Group website -
http://www.theclimategroup.org/our-news/news/2010/3/4/paris-statement-of-european-regions/.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 22 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the forthcoming energy efficiency strategy will identify targets for the installation of electricity generating technology devices for households.
Answer
The forthcoming Energy Efficiency Action Plan will not identify targets for the installation of electricity generating technology devices in households.
The Scottish Government has introduced a target to meet 50% of Scotland''s electricity demand from renewable sources by 2020, and is supporting the development of a wide range of renewable energy technologies in pursuit of this target.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how the planting of extra hectares of trees required to meet the 100 million trees target by 2015 will be financed.
Answer
Financial support for tree planting on privately owned land is available through the Scotland Rural Development Programme. Land acquisition for new planting on the national forest estate is financed through the repositioning programme (under which areas of low public benefit are sold). The Forestry Commission''s proposed Code of Good Practice for Forest Carbon Projects is intended to stimulate further private sector investment in woodland based projects for absorbing carbon.
