- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it expects Scottish Natural Heritage to consider the contribution that development proposals would make to increasing or decreasing greenhouse gas emissions when providing advice to the Scottish Ministers on applications for planning consent or consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
Answer
The Scottish Government requests that developers estimate the carbon payback time of developments applied for under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, and that where appropriate they use the carbon calculator available through the Scottish Government website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/06/25114657/0. SNH may comment on this aspect of applications but are under no obligation to do so. The Scottish Government currently seeks advice from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency on the carbon impacts calculated by developers.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37633 by Stewart Stevenson on 6 December 2010, what level of funding has been allocated in the draft budget for 2011-12 to support the implementation of the climate change public engagement strategy.
Answer
Details of our approach will be contained in the public engagement strategy, which will be published by 31 December 2010.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the use of public procurement to support boycotts and disinvestment targeted at Israel and whether it has the power to do this.
Answer
Israel is a party to the World Trade Organization''s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). The GPA is an international trade agreement that applies in the UK, other EU member states and other participating countries, including Israel. It provides that EU companies have a legal right of access to contract opportunities advertised by public bodies in Israel and that Israeli companies have equivalent rights when tendering for public contracts in the EU.
Companies which have failed to comply with the law or which have committed acts of grave misconduct may be excluded from competition. It is not usually possible, however, to refuse to deal with a company simply because it has a connection to another country or because it is offering to supply goods produced in another country.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the resources to implement its public engagement strategy, as required under Section 91 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, have been allocated in the draft budget for 2011-12.
Answer
The public engagement strategy, as required under section 91 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, will be published in December 2010.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the draft budget for 2011-12 will allow projects that were previously supported by the Climate Challenge Fund to reapply for funding.
Answer
It is intended to allow existing projects to reapply for funding. All applications from previously supported communities will be carefully assessed, including on their achievements to date and on the robustness of their plans going forward.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, to enable projects to apply for continuation funding, applications to the 2011-12 Climate Challenge Fund will be accepted in advance.
Answer
Yes. It is intended to establish an existing project extension and development application process in sufficient time to ensure that those who are successful in that process will be able to continue projects at 1 April 2011.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the application process for the Climate Challenge Fund is straightforward for small community groups.
Answer
The Climate Challenge Fund has successfully supported applications from a very substantial number of smaller and newly established community groups. However, we plan to review the application process of the extension to the Climate Challenge Fund to ensure it is as simple as possible to access for all communities, while supporting diversity and targeting resources to those projects that comply with the criteria of the fund.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the balance between large and small grants awarded to date by the Climate Challenge Fund.
Answer
The balance between smaller or larger grants has been driven by the applicant communities that come forward and the assessment of their applications by the independent panel. We will continue to evaluate performance of the fund and the efficiency and effectiveness of outcomes against criteria, as well as the scale of projects.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether changes are planned in the administration or objectives of the Climate Challenge Fund in 2011-12.
Answer
It is intended that Keep Scotland Beautiful will provide the administration services to support the Climate Challenge Fund in 2011-12.
No changes to the objectives of the fund are planned and they remain as below.
The community must be at the heart of the decision making process of the project;
The funded activity should lead to significant CO2 reductions, and
The funded activity should result in a positive legacy for each community.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will allow national voluntary organisations to access the 2011-12 Climate Challenge Fund and, if so, whether it considers that the resources allocated to the fund in the 2011-12 draft budget are adequate to meet any subsequent increased demand.
Answer
There are no plans to allow national voluntary organisations access to the 2011-12 Climate Challenge Fund.
