- Asked by: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for domestic wind power microgeneration installations have been (a) approved and (b) rejected, broken down by local authority.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31572 on 11 February 2010. 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: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made for domestic wind power microgeneration installations since 2007, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will support universities offering degrees in architecture, built environment and planning following the proposal from the Scottish Funding Council to reduce the funding for these degrees by 22%.
Answer
How to allocate funding for teaching in universities is a matter for the Scottish Funding Council, rather than Scottish ministers. We have however ensured that the Funding Council is aware of the views of the professional bodies for architecture, built environment and planning about its proposed reforms for teaching funding. The Chief Executive of the Funding Council met the Scottish Government''s Chief Planner and Chief Architect on 27 January 2010 to discuss this matter.
- Asked by: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will support relatively specialist degrees such as construction management that could be at risk if the Scottish Funding Council implements its proposals to reduce funding for architecture, built environment and planning in universities by 22%.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31132 on 4 February 2010. 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: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take given concerns regarding the quality of evidence on which the Scottish Funding Council has based its proposals to reduce funding for architecture, built environment and planning in universities by 22%.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S3W-31132 answered on 4 February 2010. 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: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many phone calls were made from the Scottish Government Resilience Room to Fife Council between 17 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 inclusive.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30622 on 20 January 2010. 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: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many phone calls the Scottish Government Resilience Room received from Fife Council between 17 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 inclusive.
Answer
Since December 2009, the Scottish Government has been in regular contact with all of Scotland''s 32 local authorities concerning severe weather planning. We do not record the number of calls made to or from the Scottish Government Resilience Room.
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30499 on 18 January 2010. 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: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much salt was provided to Fife Council via the Scottish Government Resilience Room between 17 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 inclusive and when any such deliveries were made.
Answer
The data requested is commercial information. With the support of the Scottish Government Resilience Room, neighbouring local authorities and trunk road operators provided mutual aid to re-distribute available salt to Fife Council during the period in question. More recently, the Scottish Salt Cell, which was established by Scottish Government to support our councils and trunk road operating companies in managing salt stocks during the prolonged winter weather, has also secured significant new salt supplies for Fife Council.
- Asked by: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what daily information was held on salt stocks (a) in each local authority area and (b) by it between 17 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 inclusive.
Answer
The data requested is commercial information.
- Asked by: Marilyn Livingstone, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 18 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle inequalities, given that, according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2009, Templehall, Gallatown and Sinclairtown in Kirkcaldy have remained in the top 15% most deprived areas in Scotland while parts of Linktown, Seafield and the West of Burntisland have moved into this category.
Answer
In partnership with local government the Scottish Government has set out an overarching framework for tackling inequalities in Achieving our Potential and the linked social frameworks Equally Well and Early Years. These are available on the Scottish Government website http//:
www.scotland.gov.uk.
Within this context the Scottish Government is providing both substantial resources and local flexibility on investment to local authorities through the annual local government finance settlements.
