- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 6 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what areas have been selected for the £10 million universal access scheme under the Home Insulation Scheme.
Answer
The Universal Home Insulation Scheme Implementation Group, which I chair, has recommended that delivery of the scheme is led by local authorities. The Implementation Group, Scottish Government and COSLA have agreed and finalised the arrangements for the scheme, together with associated bidding guidance to assist local authorities and their partners in preparing bids. Bidding documents were issued to local authorities on 19 July 2010 and are due to be returned to the Scottish Government by 27 August 2010, following which assessment and area selection will take place.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 5 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households will be targeted during the second phase of the Home Insulation Scheme.
Answer
We estimate that the £15 million of Scottish Government funding available to deliver the second phase of the Home Insulation Scheme in 2010-11 will allow us to target around 200,000 households throughout Scotland. A more precise figure will be available when all bids have been considered and final decisions taken.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 5 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what areas will be covered by the second phase of the Home Insulation Scheme.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s approach to delivery of phase two of the Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) in 2010-11 was agreed with COSLA. We are working to agree the detail of final schemes for those local authorities which bid unsuccessfully in 2009-10, and have also given those authorities which chose not to bid in 2009-10 a further opportunity to do so. As a result we have been considering these bids for inclusion in the second phase of HIS and shall announce the outcome when we have completed this process.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many members the Public Sector Climate Action Group has.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35296 on 4 August 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: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive who is represented on the Public Sector Climate Action Group.
Answer
Membership of the Public Sector Climate Action Group can be found within minutes of meetings available on the Scottish Government website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/climatechange/scotlands-action/Workingothers/pscag.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit of the Public Sector Climate Action Group is.
Answer
The remit of the Public Sector Climate Action Group is available on the Scottish Government website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/climatechange/scotlands-action/Workingothers/pscag.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Public Sector Climate Action Group was established.
Answer
The first meeting of the Public Sector Climate Action Group was held on 8 February 2010. Meeting papers are available on the Scottish Government website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/climatechange/scotlands-action/Workingothers/pscag.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Public Sector Climate Action Group has met since its creation.
Answer
The Public Sector Climate Action Group has met three times. Meeting papers are available on the Scottish Government website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/climatechange/scotlands-action/Workingothers/pscag.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will retain the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-07682 on 3 September 2009. The answer to the oral parliamentary question is available on the Parliament''s website, the official report can be viewed at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0903-02.htm - Col19277.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its ministers were consulted regarding the proposed abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board by the United Kingdom Government
Answer
The United Kingdom Government did not consult Scottish ministers about the proposed abolition of the English and Welsh Agricultural Wages Board, which has no jurisdiction in Scotland. They did, however, write to Scottish ministers alerting us to their intention shortly before making their announcement.
