- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the #5 million announced on 30 July 2001 for the installation of central heating in council homes in local authority areas where housing stock transfer is being considered comes from the previously announced #350 million funding for its central heating programme or from a different source.
Answer
The £5 million announced on 30 July 2001 is part of the Scottish Executive's contribution to the overall programme and forms part of the overall budget of £26 million for 2001-02.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 27 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to reduce the 33% of water supplies its Water Services Unit estimates is being lost through leakage and what targets it has set in this connection.
Answer
The Executive will not approve new Water Orders or amendments to existing Water Orders for the abstraction of water for public water supplies unless the water authority can demonstrate that it has achieved the economic level of leakage for that supply. The Executive has no plans to set any targets for leakage reduction; it is considered that the overall drive for operational and capital efficiencies should provide the right incentives to achieve economic levels of leakage.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated average cost of installing a central heating system is and what proportion of pensioners do not currently have a central heating system.
Answer
We estimate that the package on offer can be installed at an average cost of £2,500 per dwelling. It will be for the managing agent, the local authorities and housing associations to ensure that this is achieved for their respective sectors. We estimate that 40,000 pensioners in the private sector do not have a central heating system or have a system which is wholly broken down and beyond repair.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to ensure that private sewage discharges comply with the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.
Answer
Without a consent from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, private sewage discharges, like any other discharge of "poisonous, noxious or polluting matter", would in all but exceptional cases - such as, in an emergency, to avoid danger to life and health - be illegal under the terms of the Control of Pollution Act 1974. It is for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to determine whether any individual private sewage discharge may be consented and, if so, what conditions should be placed on the consent under the terms of the 1974 Act to protect the environmental quality of the receiving waters.Where a private sewage discharge has no consent, or fails to comply with the conditions of its consent, any prosecution is a matter for the Procurator Fiscal.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether elderly people who have central heating installed under its installation programme and who are owner-occupiers or private tenants will be eligible for a further grant if they move to a new home that does not have central heating.
Answer
Yes, further applications for grant will be accepted providing the applicant is using the house as their only or main residence.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how pensioners on low income will fund the installation of central heating in their home should the installation cost be higher than the #2,500 available under its central heating installation programme.
Answer
The grant for the heating system will cover the main living areas in the home; being the living room, the hall, the bathroom and the main bedroom(s). There will be no additional charge for this work if it exceeds £2,500, but a pensioner may pay to extend the system beyond these main living areas if he or she wishes to do so.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) council tenants, (b) owner-occupiers and (c) private tenants will receive new central heating systems in each year of the operation of its central heating installation programme, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information is not available in the form requested. Allocations of resources have been made for 2001-02, and allocations for future years will be made at the appropriate time, taking account of progress towards the target.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12618 by Jackie Baillie on 1 February 2001, how many pensioners in Glasgow will benefit from the central heating and insulation programme between 1 April 2001 and 31 March 2002, broken down by tenure.
Answer
The information is not available at this time, but the numbers will depend upon the approaches taken by Glasgow City Council in respect of council stock and the Managing Agent in respect of stock in the private sector.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to develop the recycling market.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17123 on 21 August 2001.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 24 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13129 by Jackie Baillie on 12 March 2001, whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority area of the 8,000 pensioner households in the private rented sector that it anticipates will benefit from its central heating installation programme.
Answer
A breakdown of this information by local authority area is not available.
