- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accredited renewable energy installers throughout the United Kingdom have been notified that the grant scheme for installing new systems in Scotland has been suspended to new applicants.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-24480 on 18 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive for how long it has been aware of a reported funding crisis in the grant scheme for householders wishing to convert to a renewable energy system.
Answer
We have been in discussionssince late last year with the Energy Saving Trust on the rising demand forgrants under the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative(SCHRI) and the resulting pressures on its budget. We have responded positivelyto this demand by ensuring sufficient funds are available. The announcement on 16 May 2006 of £3million additional funding for years 2006-07 and 2007-08 to SCHRI shows ourongoing commitment.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide compensation to installers of renewable energy systems as a result of the suspension of its grant scheme to new applicants and, if so, what level of compensation it will offer.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24480 on 18 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundancies in the renewable energy installation sector it estimates may result from the suspension of grants for new applicants.
Answer
We remain fully committed tofunding the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI)which has helped grow the number of installers from 14 in 2003 to some 40 now. On16 May 2006, I announced an additional £3 million for years2006-07 and 2007-08, to ensure that we continue to support both household andcommunity applications.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with installers of renewable energy systems following its decision to suspend the grant scheme to new applicants.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-24480 on 18 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what its original estimate was of the number of applicants for a grant to install a renewable energy system and how many applications were received by the end of February 2006.
Answer
The aim of the ScottishCommunity and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI) is to assist thedevelopment of new community and householder renewable energy schemes in Scotland. Noestimates on the number of grant applications was made at the inception ofSCHRI as it was difficult to predict demand for this new scheme. The actualnumber of applications received by end February 2006 is 1325.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why the Energy Saving Trust Scotland website is still advertising household grants to install energy systems when such grants have been suspended to new applicants.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-24480 on 18 May 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-24207 and S2W-24210 by Lewis Macdonald on 27 March 2006, whether it is the Executive's understanding that no dental laboratories in Scotland undertake work for dentists in England and Wales.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally, but no particular concerns have been raised with the Executive in relationto dental laboratories in Scotland which undertake work for dentists in England and Wales.
As independent contractors, itis a matter for individual dentists to decide on which dental laboratories theyuse to undertake their laboratory work.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people travelled by rail from (a) Perth to Edinburgh via Kirkcaldy, (b) Gleneagles to Edinburgh, (c) Dunblane to Edinburgh and (d) Perth to Dundee in each year since 1990.
Answer
The following table shows thenumber of journeys by rail on the routes requested. This data is based on ticketsales information.
| | Journeys* |
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| Perth - Edinburgh (via Kirkcaldy) | 29,272 | 29,107 | 33,330 | 34,500 |
| Edinburgh - Perth (via Kirkcaldy) | 20,767 | 21,975 | 22,942 | 23,441 |
| Gleneagles - Edinburgh | 1,168 | 1,103 | 1,891 | 1,588 |
| Edinburgh - Gleneagles | 1,471 | 1,401 | 1,875 | 2,143 |
| Dunblane - Edinburgh | 72,642 | 83,146 | 87,539 | 93,524 |
| Edinburgh - Dunblane | 23,878 | 21,911 | 24,716 | 27,231 |
| Perth - Dundee | 62,464 | 73,080 | 91,197 | 103,592 |
| Dundee - Perth | 48,282 | 57,953 | 56,868 | 64,819 |
Note: *Data had been derivedfrom the Lennon Database and is based on ticket sales. Data prior to financial year2002-03 is only available at zonal level and not individual point-to-point journeys.
The Edinburgh figuresinclude journeys to/from Edinburgh Waverley, Haymarket and (from 2003-04 onwards)Edinburgh Park.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-24212 by Lewis Macdonald on 27 March 2006, what level of resources has been invested in the education, training and development of all dental care professionals in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board, and what percentage of these resources was specifically targeted for dental laboratory technicians.
Answer
Information is not held centrallyon the expenditure related to education and training by area NHS boards which areresponsible for the continuing professional development of their own staff.
Spending by NHS Education Scotland(NES) to support education and training of all dental professionals and associateddental staff in Scotland is shown in the following table.
NES Dental Budget
| | £ Million |
| 1999-2000 | 7.9 |
| 2000-01 | 8.4 |
| 2001-02 | 10.6 |
| 2002-03 | 22.0 |
| 2003-04 | 22.4 |
| 2004-05 | 25.4 |
| 2005-06 | 32.1 |
| 2006-07 | 42.0 |
