- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-999 by Lewis Macdonald on 18 December 2003, what will be included in the Sewel motion on the UK Energy Bill.
Answer
The Sewel memorandum andmotion were forwarded to the Enterprise and Culture Committee for consideration on 12January. The memorandum addresses a wide range of provisions within the EnergyBill that fall within devolved competence. These include provisions toestablish the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; to reconstitute the UKAEAConstabulary as the Civil Nuclear Constabulary; to amend the RadioactiveSubstances Act 1998; to establish Renewable Energy Zones; to provide powers inrespect of the decommissioning of offshore renewable energy installations; toextend the scope of the Renewables Obligations and to permit funds from theFossil Fuel Levy to be paid into the Scottish Consolidated Fund.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
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Answered by Allan Wilson on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest estimated costs are for the relocation of the headquarters of Scottish Natural Heritage from Edinburgh to Inverness.
Answer
Scottish Natural Heritage(SNH) submitted a project plan on 31 October which contained a cost estimate of£22 million for the entire relocation package. The elements contained in theplan are currently subject to discussion between SNH and Executive officials.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2003
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Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the comparative net present values are of Scottish Natural Heritage remaining in Edinburgh and relocating to Inverness over a 30-year period.
Answer
The Executive’s refinementand analysis of the discounted costs of the various relocation optionsidentified in the DTZ Pieda study was placed in the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 27058) on 20 March 2003. Over a 30-year period this showedthe move to Inverness would cost in the region of £21.7 million in netpresent value terms, assuming that premises would be rented. On the same costbasis, the status quo would cost £15.3 million.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated staffing levels will be for the headquarters of Scottish Natural Heritage in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08, expressed also as a percentage of current staffing levels.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for Scottish Natural Heritage.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many members of staff currently employed in the headquarters of Scottish Natural Heritage it estimates will be employed there in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08, expressed also as percentage of current staffing levels.
Answer
Staffing levels are anoperational matter for Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The number of staff currentlyworking in SNH headquarters who will still be employed by SNH in future yearswill depend on a variety of factors including the pattern of staff retirement andturnover.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what model(s) of energy rating it will use to produce energy certificates in (a) the domestic buildings sector and (b) the commercial buildings sector, as required by Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
The Office of the Deputy PrimeMinister (ODPM) implementation group is presently considering energyperformance calculation methods. It is possible that the present standard assessmentprocedure can be modified for the domestic sector. The paper on
Methodologiesin support of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: The UK approach toimplementation for buildings other than dwellings describes the strategythat ODPM, the Department forEnvironment Food and Rural Affairs andthe Scottish Executive are pursuing in developing the methodologiesrequired by the directive. It can be found on the Executive’s website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/DD/BSD/00018340/page425754724.aspx.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will introduce energy performance certificates in the private rented housing sector, as required by Article 7 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We are liaising with theOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister implementation group on how best toimplement the requirements of Article 7 of the directive. However, we alsorecognise the need to take account of distinctive Scottish circumstances.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will introduce energy performance certificates in the social housing sector, as required by Article 7 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We are liaising with theOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister implementation group on how best toimplement the requirements of Article 7 of the directive. However, we alsorecognise the need to take account of distinctive Scottish circumstances.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will introduce energy performance certificates in the owner-occupied housing sector, as required by Article 7 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We are liaising with theOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister implementation group on how best toimplement the requirements of Article 7 of the directive. However, we alsorecognise the need to take account of distinctive Scottish circumstances.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that, for all new buildings over 1000 sq m, formal consideration is given to alternative systems of heating, including CHP, district heating, heat pumps and systems based upon renewable energy, as required by Article 5 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the energy performance of buildings.
Answer
We intend that these matterswill form part of the first amendment to the new system of functional buildingstandards which is to be introduced in 2005.
