- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost per claimant has been of the Stage Three and Stage Four measures issued under the Energy Assistance Package in 2009-10, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29720, on 16 December 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Scottish Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have received Stage Three or Stage Four support from the Energy Assistance Package in 2009-10, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Answer
The Energy Assistance Package adopts an holistic approach to tackle fuel poverty: helping to maximise household incomes though benefits and tax credit checks; reducing fuel bills by providing advice on wise energy use and access to social tariffs and improving the energy performance of the poorest performing Scottish homes by providing a package of measures for those most vulnerable to fuel poverty.
Statistical Information is not held at constituency level.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been of the Stage Three and Stage Four measures issued under the Energy Assistance Package in 2009-10, broken down by parliamentary constituency
Answer
The cost of measures delivered under the Energy Assistance Package is analysed at national level.
The Energy Assistance Package is supported by a budget of over £60 million in 2009-10, which is drawn from budgets for fuel poverty, tackling poverty and energy saving Scotland home renewables (formerly SCHRI). Fuel poverty budget spend to date is £17.133 million.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have had their electricity supply disconnected in the last 12 months as a result of outstanding debt, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Answer
The Scottish Government funds the Energy Saving Trust (EST) to provide free, comprehensive energy saving advice through the Energy Saving Scotland advice centres. Advisors signpost any callers reporting debt issues to appropriate money advice services.
EST manage the Energy Assistance Package (EAP) for the Scottish Government. EAP is a holistic approach to tackling fuel poverty that addresses both the home and the householder and includes services to maximise income, reduce fuel bills and improve energy efficiency. The package is supported by a budget of over £60 million in 2009-10.
Domestic energy suppliers have a number of licence obligations in relation to debt and disconnection and performance against these is monitored by the industry regulator Ofgem. Suppliers are required to report their performance to Ofgem on a quarterly and annual basis and data is published on the Ofgem website.
The total number of gas and electricity disconnections in Scotland due to debt in 2008 and the first two quarters of 2009 is provided in the table below. The information is not available broken down by Scottish parliamentary constituency.
| | 2008 | January to March 2009 | April to June 2009 |
| Gas | 248 | 21 | 91 |
| Electricity | 368 | 14 | 24 |
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have had their gas supply disconnected in the last 12 months as a result of outstanding debt, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29735 on 16 December 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: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with stakeholders regarding the distribution of Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29590 on 15 December 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: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to begin distributing Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry.
Answer
We expect to be in a position to begin distributing Scotland''s share of the EU dairy fund during the first half of next year.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry will be used to support the most vulnerable dairy producers.
Answer
We are liaising with the Scottish dairy sector to ensure that this support is utilised to maximum effect.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to distribute Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry to ensure that the producers experiencing the greatest difficulty will receive adequate support.
Answer
A final decision on how to distribute the EU funding to the Scottish dairy sector will be made after the views of stakeholders have been received.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive Scotland’s share of the recently announced 300 million euro EU funding package for the dairy industry.
Answer
We expect to receive Scotland''s share of the EU dairy fund next year.
