- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20825 by Fiona Hyslop on 12 September 2023, how many kilometres of rail track were electrified in each of the last five years.
Answer
Electrification is commissioned at the completion of works and last schemes to be commissioned were Shotts Line Electrification (74km) and Stirling-Dunblane-Alloa Electrification (110km). Work on the development, design and construction of further electrification has continued throughout the 5 year period and a further 23 km will be commissioned this year on the Glasgow - Barrhead line. Work is also under way on the East Kilbride route.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted a climate impact assessment of its Infrastructure Investment Plan for the period 2021-26, and, if so, when the assessment will be published.
Answer
Annex C of the Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP), published February 2021, used a taxonomy approach to assess planned infrastructure spend into low, neutral and high carbon categories, drawing on the annual carbon assessment of the capital budget. The 2022-23 annual IIP progress report, published June 2023, considers Major Capital Projects within the IIP in the context of the climate change targets.
Scottish Ministers accept that the IIP material published to date falls short of the requirement on Ministers in section 94A of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, where they publish an Infrastructure Investment Plan, to also publish “an assessment of the extent to which investment in accordance with the plan is expected to contribute to the meeting of the emissions reduction targets”. Urgent work is underway to ensure that the duty is discharged in full and as soon as possible. The Scottish Government is also working with Environmental Standards Scotland to resolve this issue.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20814 by Lorna Slater on 12 September 2023, how much of the investment in battery recycling/reprocessing has been made in each year since 2021.
Answer
Since 2021, the only investment has been through the Just Transition Fund and is as follows:
2022-23: £457,559
2023-24: £169,175
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20826 by Neil Gray on 12 September 2023, whether it will provide the information requested regarding what proportion of the Scottish National Investment Bank’s investment activity has been used to support companies able to demonstrate savings in both carbon emissions and material consumption.
Answer
The Scottish National Investment Bank sets out its approach to assessing its impact in its annual Impact Report.
The member may wish to note the Bank reports on the amount of capital it has committed against each of its missions and the impacts delivered across its portfolio.
The Bank’s Impact Report 2023 is available at: https://www.thebank.scot/impact-report .
If the member has further questions about the operational detail of the Bank’s approach to impact, he may wish to contact the Bank directly.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide a breakdown by local authority area of (a) the number of loans granted through the Energy Saving Trust e-bike loan scheme in each year since it was launched, (b) the value of those loans and (c) how many loans have been defaulted, and the value of any defaults.
Answer
The following data is accurate up to the end of July 2023:
Number and value of loans by local authority:
LOCAL AUTHORITY | PAID (£) | NUMBER PAID | TOTAL PAID (£) | TOTAL NUMBER PAID |
BUSINESS | DOMESTIC | BUSINESS | DOMESTIC |
Aberdeen City | | £ 224,230 | | 73 | £ 224,230 | 73 |
Aberdeenshire | £ 6,000 | £ 501,946 | 2 | 161 | £ 507,946 | 163 |
Angus | | £ 251,294 | | 82 | £ 251,294 | 82 |
Argyll and Bute | | £ 414,650 | | 123 | £ 414,650 | 123 |
City of Edinburgh | £ 96,968 | £ 855,070 | 17 | 293 | £ 952,038 | 310 |
Clackmannanshire | | £ 56,145 | | 15 | £ 56,145 | 15 |
Dumfries and Galloway | £ 5,299 | £ 475,894 | 2 | 166 | £ 481,193 | 168 |
Dundee City | £ 51,600 | £ 239,540 | 2 | 73 | £ 291,140 | 75 |
East Ayrshire | £ 4,200 | £ 113,792 | 1 | 36 | £ 117,992 | 37 |
East Dunbartonshire | | £ 185,556 | | 57 | £ 185,556 | 57 |
East Lothian | | £ 189,454 | | 66 | £ 189,454 | 66 |
East Renfrewshire | £ 5,748 | £ 154,435 | 1 | 52 | £ 160,183 | 53 |
Falkirk | £ 3,000 | £ 108,675 | 1 | 36 | £ 111,675 | 37 |
Fife | £ 6,000 | £ 583,523 | 1 | 193 | £ 589,523 | 194 |
Glasgow City | £ 50,795 | £ 533,500 | 10 | 172 | £ 584,295 | 182 |
Highland | £ 82,089 | £ 1,061,270 | 13 | 336 | £ 1,143,359 | 349 |
Inverclyde | | £ 50,703 | | 19 | £ 50,703 | 19 |
Midlothian | £ 2,925 | £ 103,596 | 1 | 35 | £ 106,521 | 36 |
Moray | | £ 245,367 | | 82 | £ 245,367 | 82 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | | £ 44,297 | | 17 | £ 44,297 | 17 |
North Ayrshire | £ 3,799 | £ 184,288 | 1 | 67 | £ 188,087 | 68 |
North Lanarkshire | £ 4,999 | £ 101,277 | 1 | 38 | £ 106,276 | 39 |
Orkney Islands | £ 6,000 | £ 58,947 | 1 | 20 | £ 64,947 | 21 |
Perth and Kinross | £ 55,858 | £ 1,026,956 | 9 | 292 | £ 1,082,814 | 301 |
Renfrewshire | | £ 138,619 | | 45 | £ 138,619 | 45 |
Scottish Borders | £ 10,875 | £ 376,075 | 2 | 130 | £ 386,950 | 132 |
Shetland Islands | | £ 33,799 | | 14 | £ 33,799 | 14 |
South Ayrshire | | £ 217,413 | | 86 | £ 217,413 | 86 |
South Lanarkshire | £ 2,199 | £ 225,768 | 1 | 81 | £ 227,967 | 82 |
Stirling | £ 21,931 | £ 349,147 | 3 | 111 | £ 371,078 | 114 |
West Dunbartonshire | | £ 78,666 | | 31 | £ 78,666 | 31 |
West Lothian | £ 6,000 | £ 108,839 | 1 | 43 | £ 114,839 | 44 |
GRAND TOTAL | £ 426,284 | £ 9,292,732 | 70 | 3,045 | £ 9,719,016 | 3,115 |
Number and Value of Impaired or Defaulted Loans by Local Authority:
Note - Loans are considered to be in default after two missed payments and impaired after three consecutive missed payments
| | DEFAULT | IMPAIRED | | |
LOCAL AUTHORITY | Count | Value (£) | Count | Value (£) | | Total Count | Total Value (£) |
Aberdeen City | 2 | £ 4,249 | 2 | £ 4,099 | | 4 | £ 8,348 |
2018-19 | | | 1 | £ 3,000 | | 1 | £ 3,000 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 2,500 | | | | 1 | £ 2,500 |
2022-23 | 1 | £ 1,749 | 1 | £ 1,099 | | 2 | £ 2,848 |
Aberdeenshire | 6 | £ 20,217 | 3 | £ 9,700 | | 9 | £ 29,917 |
2018-19 | | | 1 | £ 6,000 | | 1 | £ 6,000 |
2020-21 | 5 | £ 17,518 | 1 | £ 1,700 | | 6 | £ 19,218 |
2021-22 | 1 | £ 2,699 | 1 | £ 2,000 | | 2 | £ 4,699 |
Angus | 2 | £ 5,699 | 2 | £ 4,659 | | 4 | £ 10,358 |
2020-21 | 2 | £ 5,699 | 2 | £ 4,659 | | 4 | £ 10,358 |
Argyll and Bute | 3 | £ 13,149 | 1 | £ 2,899 | | 4 | £ 16,048 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 1,750 | 1 | £ 2,899 | | 2 | £ 4,649 |
2020-21 | 2 | £ 11,399 | | | | 2 | £ 11,399 |
City of Edinburgh | 3 | £ 5,907 | 3 | £ 7,085 | | 6 | £ 12,992 |
2018-19 | 1 | £ 2,029 | | | | 1 | £ 2,029 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 1,579 | | | | 1 | £ 1,579 |
2020-21 | | | 1 | £ 2,000 | | 1 | £ 2,000 |
2021-22 | 1 | £ 2,299 | 1 | £ 2,595 | | 2 | £ 4,894 |
2022-23 | | | 1 | £ 2,490 | | 1 | £ 2,490 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 5 | £ 16,255 | 4 | £ 13,746 | | 9 | £ 30,001 |
2019-20 | 2 | £ 7,138 | 2 | £ 6,999 | | 4 | £ 14,137 |
2020-21 | 1 | £ 2,519 | | | | 1 | £ 2,519 |
2021-22 | 1 | £ 3,000 | | | | 1 | £ 3,000 |
2022-23 | 1 | £ 3,598 | 2 | £ 6,747 | | 3 | £ 10,345 |
Dundee City | 2 | £ 24,415 | 1 | £ 4,949 | | 3 | £ 29,364 |
2018-19 | | | 1 | £ 4,949 | | 1 | £ 4,949 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 21,600 | | | | 1 | £ 21,600 |
2020-21 | 1 | £ 2,815 | | | | 1 | £ 2,815 |
East Ayrshire | 2 | £ 6,148 | 3 | £ 10,299 | | 5 | £ 16,447 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 2,000 | 1 | £ 1,800 | | 2 | £ 3,800 |
2020-21 | | | 2 | £ 8,499 | | 2 | £ 8,499 |
2022-23 | 1 | £ 4,148 | | | | 1 | £ 4,148 |
East Dunbartonshire | 1 | £ 4,398 | 1 | £ 3,000 | | 2 | £ 7,398 |
2020-21 | 1 | £ 4,398 | | | | 1 | £ 4,398 |
2021-22 | | | 1 | £ 3,000 | | 1 | £ 3,000 |
East Lothian | | | 2 | £ 5,399 | | 2 | £ 5,399 |
2019-20 | | | 1 | £ 2,900 | | 1 | £ 2,900 |
2020-21 | | | 1 | £ 2,499 | | 1 | £ 2,499 |
East Renfrewshire | 2 | £ 4,900 | | | | 2 | £ 4,900 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 2,000 | | | | 1 | £ 2,000 |
2020-21 | 1 | £ 2,900 | | | | 1 | £ 2,900 |
Falkirk | 2 | £ 9,113 | 1 | £ 3,298 | | 3 | £ 12,411 |
2021-22 | 1 | £ 3,795 | 1 | £ 3,298 | | 2 | £ 7,093 |
2022-23 | 1 | £ 5,318 | | | | 1 | £ 5,318 |
Fife | 6 | £ 14,923 | 5 | £ 16,249 | | 11 | £ 31,171 |
2018-19 | 2 | £ 5,998 | 1 | £ 2,999 | | 3 | £ 8,997 |
2019-20 | 2 | £ 4,725 | 1 | £ 2,800 | | 3 | £ 7,525 |
2020-21 | 1 | £ 1,700 | 1 | £ 6,000 | | 2 | £ 7,700 |
2022-23 | 1 | £ 2,500 | 2 | £ 4,450 | | 3 | £ 6,950 |
Glasgow City | 8 | £ 22,299 | 3 | £ 17,095 | | 11 | £ 39,394 |
2019-20 | 2 | £ 8,400 | | | | 2 | £ 8,400 |
2020-21 | 3 | £ 6,148 | 1 | £ 5,495 | | 4 | £ 11,643 |
2021-22 | 1 | £ 3,753 | | | | 1 | £ 3,753 |
2022-23 | 2 | £ 3,998 | 1 | £ 5,700 | | 3 | £ 9,698 |
2023-24 | | | 1 | £ 5,900 | | 1 | £ 5,900 |
Highland | 16 | £ 53,878 | 3 | £ 13,056 | | 19 | £ 66,934 |
2018-19 | 1 | £ 3,796 | | | | 1 | £ 3,796 |
2019-20 | 6 | £ 21,061 | 2 | £ 9,398 | | 8 | £ 30,459 |
2020-21 | 8 | £ 23,423 | 1 | £ 3,658 | | 9 | £ 27,081 |
2021-22 | 1 | £ 5,598 | | | | 1 | £ 5,598 |
Inverclyde | 1 | £ 3,000 | 1 | £ 1,600 | | 2 | £ 4,600 |
2018-19 | | | 1 | £ 1,600 | | 1 | £ 1,600 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 3,000 | | | | 1 | £ 3,000 |
Moray | 2 | £ 3,699 | 3 | £ 8,179 | | 5 | £ 11,878 |
2018-19 | | | 1 | £ 1,280 | | 1 | £ 1,280 |
2020-21 | 1 | £ 1,699 | 1 | £ 4,100 | | 2 | £ 5,799 |
2021-22 | 1 | £ 2,000 | | | | 1 | £ 2,000 |
2022-23 | | | 1 | £ 2,799 | | 1 | £ 2,799 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | | | 1 | £ 3,698 | | 1 | £ 3,698 |
2020-21 | | | 1 | £ 3,698 | | 1 | £ 3,698 |
North Ayrshire | 2 | £ 6,409 | 3 | £ 7,148 | | 5 | £ 13,557 |
2018-19 | | | 1 | £ 3,000 | | 1 | £ 3,000 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 1,709 | | | | 1 | £ 1,709 |
2020-21 | 1 | £ 4,700 | 2 | £ 4,148 | | 3 | £ 8,848 |
North Lanarkshire | 1 | £ 1,798 | 1 | £ 3,000 | | 2 | £ 4,798 |
2021-22 | 1 | £ 1,798 | 1 | £ 3,000 | | 2 | £ 4,798 |
Perth and Kinross | 11 | £ 54,794 | 8 | £ 32,397 | | 19 | £ 87,191 |
2018-19 | | | 4 | £ 17,499 | | 4 | £ 17,499 |
2019-20 | 6 | £ 19,695 | 2 | £ 6,299 | | 8 | £ 25,994 |
2020-21 | 2 | £ 8,099 | 2 | £ 8,599 | | 4 | £ 16,698 |
2022-23 | 3 | £ 27,000 | | | | 3 | £ 27,000 |
Renfrewshire | | | 1 | £ 2,849 | | 1 | £ 2,849 |
2021-22 | | | 1 | £ 2,849 | | 1 | £ 2,849 |
Scottish Borders | 3 | £ 12,427 | | | | 3 | £ 12,427 |
2018-19 | 1 | £ 3,998 | | | | 1 | £ 3,998 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 6,000 | | | | 1 | £ 6,000 |
2020-21 | 1 | £ 2,429 | | | | 1 | £ 2,429 |
Shetland Islands | | | 1 | £ 5,929 | | 1 | £ 5,929 |
2021-22 | | | 1 | £ 5,929 | | 1 | £ 5,929 |
South Ayrshire | 1 | £ 3,778 | 3 | £ 6,098 | | 4 | £ 9,876 |
2019-20 | 1 | £ 3,778 | | | | 1 | £ 3,778 |
2020-21 | | | 3 | £ 6,098 | | 3 | £ 6,098 |
South Lanarkshire | | | 3 | £ 8,448 | | 3 | £ 8,448 |
2019-20 | | | 2 | £ 5,448 | | 2 | £ 5,448 |
2020-21 | | | 1 | £ 3,000 | | 1 | £ 3,000 |
Stirling | 4 | £ 23,098 | 3 | £ 5,246 | | 7 | £ 28,344 |
2020-21 | 3 | £ 11,098 | 1 | £ 1,645 | | 4 | £ 12,743 |
2021-22 | | | 2 | £ 3,601 | | 2 | £ 3,601 |
2022-23 | 1 | £ 12,000 | | | | 1 | £ 12,000 |
West Dunbartonshire | | | 2 | £ 4,199 | | 2 | £ 4,199 |
2021-22 | | | 1 | £ 3,000 | | 1 | £ 3,000 |
2022-23 | | | 1 | £ 1,199 | | 1 | £ 1,199 |
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on classifying different end uses for steel as either socially beneficial or harmful.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not currently have a position on classifying different end uses for steel. As part of the Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan we are considering consultation responses and relevant research, including those relating to steel and the circular economy in line with our Just Transition Principles/Outcomes.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the proportion of total journeys that will be made by bus by 2030 as a result of its policies.
Answer
The appraisal that supported the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) assessed the change in access public transport use and accessibility at a national and regional level to a range of locations, including health care; education and employment centres. The outcomes of this work were reported in the final-technical-report-28-december-2022-stpr2.pdf (transport.gov.scot) and accompanying detailed-appraisal-summary-table-national.pdf (transport.gov.scot). This appraisal was supported by a set of updated transport forecasts to 2045, which considered the impact of a 20% reduction in car kilometres by 2030 and an alternative scenario. Details of how these were developed can be found here: https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/52476/appendix-f-approach-to-scenario-planning-december-2022-stpr2.pdf .
It should be noted that the STPR2 appraisal and assessment covered infrastructure interventions and so did not specifically consider the future impacts of, for example, potential bus franchising in Scotland, the establishment of local council operated bus companies, or the outcomes of the Fair Fares Review. The impact of individual policies on bus use may be evaluated on a policy by policy basis through the transport appraisal process as they are developed
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the five actions listed on page 25 of its report, Cleaner Air For Scotland 2: Towards a Better Place for Everyone, broken down by which actions (a) have been completed, (b) are underway and (c) have not yet started.
Answer
An update on progress with these actions is included in the Cleaner Air for Scotland 2023 annual report, which will be published on 27 September 2023.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many new (a) fossil fuel-powered, (b) electric and (c) other low emission technology vehicles were purchased across the public sector fleet in each of the past five years.
Answer
Scottish Government fleet purchases for the last 5 years, broken down by category, are provided in the following table.
Year | Diesel | Petrol | Hybrid | Electric Range Extender | Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) | Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) |
2018 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 9 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
We do not hold a breakdown of the number of fossil-fuelled and Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles (ULEV) purchased across the public sector in each of the last 5 years.
In 2020 and 2022 Transport Scotland commissioned a survey of vehicle types across Scottish public body fleets. Those that responded identified 1,859 ULEV vehicles in the 2020 public sector fleet and 4,705 in 2022.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its publication, Free Personal and Nursing Care, Scotland, 2022-23, for what reason care home residents aged 65 and over were "far more likely to receive FPNC payments than those aged 18 to 64".
Answer
Free Personal and Nursing Care, Scotland, 2022-23 is a statistical publication which presents the latest client and expenditure figures for Free Personal and Nursing Care (FPNC). The data collected does not include information which would allow us to explain why there is a greater proportion of older clients in receipt of FPNC payments.
In Scotland, FPNC is available to all adults, regardless of their age, and is provided based on an assessment of need by the Local Authority.
