- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints about the (a) noise, (b) visual impact, (c) reflective glare and (d) smoke emissions of domestic microgeneration equipment have been received in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning applications to install domestic microgeneration equipment have been received in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what key issues arose from its consultation on Permitted Development Rights for Domestic Microgeneration Equipment.
Answer
The key issues raised in response to the 26 questions posed in the consultation paper can be seen in the Summary of Consultation Responses. This can be viewed on the government website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/02/06145853/0.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning applications for domestic microgeneration were (a) approved and (b) refused in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in helping to facilitate the adoption of biomass boilers.
Answer
Good progress is being made. We offer support to a wide range of organisations, both public and private and at an individual household level to assist with the installation of biomass boilers.
The Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative has provided 245 grants to householders, totalling over £715,000 and 66 grants to communities, totalling over £2.5 million, to install biomass boilers.
The £7.5 million Scottish Biomass Support Scheme ran in the financial year 2007-08 and supported 60 projects. Building on that success, the Scottish Government launched the Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme in December 2008. The scheme is Scotland-wide, with funding of £2 million from April 2009 to March 2011.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial incentives it will bring forward for householders to stimulate a mass market for micro-renewable technology and energy efficiency measures.
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/sor0205-01.htm
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings its officials have had with representatives of Rothschild since May 2007 and what issues were discussed.
Answer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings Scottish ministers have had with representatives of Rothschild since May 2007 and what issues were discussed.
Answer
Scottish ministers have met with representatives of Rothschild bank on two occasions in connection with ideas developed by Rothschilds with regard to the forestry sector.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, when a portion of a building is leased out, an energy performance certificate (EPC) is required under the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 and, if so, whether the EPC should refer to the portion of the building leased out or to the building as a whole.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-19623 on 27 January 2009. 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: Monday, 12 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list its meetings with City of Edinburgh Council since December 2007 regarding the use of the Forth Road Bridge for public transport, also showing what was discussed.
Answer
The following meetings were held with officials from the City of Edinburgh Council to discuss developments with the Forth Replacement Crossing, including the use of the Forth Road Bridge (FRB) for public transport:
30 October 2008, meeting to discuss the refined strategy for the replacement crossing including the use of the FRB for public transport.
9 January 2009, Stakeholder Briefing Session to provide project update following decisions being made on the function of the replacement crossing, the use of the FRB, the proposed design of the new bridge, the road connections, and the funding, procurement and legislation of the project.
