Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
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Question reference: S6W-19090
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has incorporated the findings of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 2022 study, Carbon Neutrality in the UNECE Region: Integrated Life-cycle Assessment of Electricity Sources, in its modelling of Scotland’s future electricity system.
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Question reference: S6W-19081
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Contracts for Difference for wind farms in Scotland include the cost of decommissioning wind farms at the end of life.
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Question reference: S6W-19078
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its policy on energy production in Scotland, whether it has assessed how many countries in the EU are (a) phasing out nuclear power and (b) planning to build new nuclear power stations.
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Question reference: S6W-19084
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average capacity factor is of Torness Nuclear Power Station.
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Question reference: S6W-19083
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of what the estimated electricity (a) generation capacity and (b) demand in Scotland will be in 2030.
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Question reference: S6W-19088
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its policy on energy production in Scotland, what assessment it has made of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study, The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World, which states that “the least-cost portfolios include an important share for nuclear".
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Question reference: S6W-19079
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average strike price is under the Contracts for Difference scheme of the operational wind farms in Scotland, given in (a) 2012 prices and (b) current prices.
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Question reference: S6W-19087
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the parameters and methodology of its electricity systems modelling analysis that was used to inform its draft Energy Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-19080
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the most expensive strike price is under the Contracts for Difference scheme for an operational wind farm in Scotland, given in (a) 2012 prices and (b) current prices, and when that contract was signed.
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Question reference: S6W-19082
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average capacity factor is of (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind in Scotland.