- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures were used by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to appoint the Dounreay Particles Advisory Group and whether the Nolan Committee principles relevant to such appointments were applied.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. The information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has received from the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee on the Rosyth and Dalgety Bay areas.
Answer
The Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC) submits advice to ministers on a wide range of radioactive waste management issues. The formal reports containing such advice can be found at:www.defra.gov.uk/rwmac/reports.htmThe recently published RWMAC Report on Ministry of Defence Radioactive Waste Practices contains RWMAC's comments on a number of sites including Rosyth. The Scottish ministers have received no advice from RWMAC about Dalgety Bay.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive in respect of which sites and locations it has received advice from the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee since May 1999.
Answer
The Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC) has issued a number of reports on a wide range of radioactive waste management issues containing advice to ministers. These can be found at: www.defra.gov.uk/rwmac/reports.htmIn addition, RWMAC responds to consultations carried out by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency on proposals by operators for the disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear licensed sites. The Scottish Executive is made aware of RWMAC's views in such cases.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will specify any areas where inadequate legislation has been identified under EC directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora; whether it will detail any representations made by the European Commission to Her Majesty's Government on this matter; what the implications are for Scotland of any such representations; what action it plans to take to ensure compliance with the directive, and what its timetable is for any such action.
Answer
The United Kingdom Government has received a Reasoned Opinion from the European Commission, alleging shortcomings in the regulations which implement the Habitats Directive in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar. The UK Government is currently considering with the devolved administrations what response should be made to the Reasoned Opinion.The details of legal proceedings between the Commission and member states are confidential.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre any response it has made to Her Majesty's Government review of UK energy requirements as set out in Energy Projections for the UK.
Answer
The Scottish Executive submission to the Energy Review is under preparation and will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre when it is issued to the Cabinet Office.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any research which it or any of its agencies or non-departmental public bodies have commissioned from AEA Technology and when any such research work will be completed and published.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has commissioned AEA Technology to undertake two studies:1.
Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of a More Stringent AQS Objective for PM10 in Scotland. The Scottish Executive has received a draft final report for this study and will consider a dissemination strategy for this project on receipt of the final report.2.
Climate Change: Projections of Energy and CO2 Emissions for Scotland. The Scottish Executive has received a final report for this study and is currently considering an appropriate dissemination strategy for the work.
No information is held centrally regarding the commissioning of research to particular contractors by other agencies or non-departmental public bodies, other than for projects to which Scottish Executive contributes to directly.However, in the case of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, it is our understanding, following contact with the agency, that it has not commissioned AEA Technology for any current research. To contact other agencies or non-departmental public bodies would incur disproportionate costs.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any research which it or any of its agencies or non-departmental public bodies have commissioned from AEA Technology on future energy use or carbon emission; when any such research will be completed, and whether it will publish any extracts, including statistics, from any completed research to assist in the identification of overall energy requirements in Scotland and past, current and future carbon production levels.
Answer
The Executive commissioned AEA Technology in October 2000 to disaggregate the DTI UK energy and carbon dioxide projections to Scotland. The Scottish Executive has received a final report of this study, entitled Climate Change: Projections of Energy and CO2 Emissions for Scotland, and is currently considering an appropriate dissemination strategy for the work.With regard to the commissioning of research by other agencies or non-departmental public bodies, I refer the member to my answer to question S1W-17304.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish detailed responses and action points in relation to any studies that it or any of its agencies or non-departmental public bodies have commissioned on energy use and carbon emission.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-17304, S1W-17305 and S1W-17306.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any research which it or any of its agencies or non-departmental public bodies have commissioned or undertaken into future energy use or carbon emission; when any such research will be completed, and whether it will publish any extracts, including statistics, from any completed research to assist in the identification of overall energy requirements in Scotland and past, current and future carbon emission levels.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17305. The Executive has not commissioned any other research on future energy use or carbon emission.With regard to the commissioning of research by other agencies or non-departmental public bodies, I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17304.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what consents local authorities are required to seek from it on the building of new waste incinerators.
Answer
Applications for planning permission for waste incinerators are a matter, in the first instance, for the local authority, as planning authority. Where the local authority is the developer or has an interest in the development, the Scottish ministers may become involved and may have to determine a planning application for such development, but this would depend on the circumstances of the case.If the incinerator is an energy from waste project, where the output would be 50MW or more, it would require the consent of the Executive under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989. These consents have deemed planning consent.
