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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: S2W-21811

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 17 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be any compulsion to improve ratings for building energy performance under the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

Question reference: S2W-21809

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 17 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the implementation period will be for the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

Question reference: S2W-21813

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 17 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it will set under the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

Question reference: S2W-21803

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 17 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional burdens will be placed on local authorities by the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and how these will be paid for.

I have asked Dr. Paul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA), to answer. His response is as follows:

It is not possible to identify all the likely burdens imposed on local authorities as a consequence of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, as each authority will deal with the challenges imposed by the Directive in a different way.

However, the readily identifiable issues for the local authority building stock are:

For housing there will be an obligation to provide energy performance certificates when dwellings are sold or rented out.

Large public buildings, over 1000m² floor area will need to display an energy performance certificate.

Air-conditioned buildings will need to have systems that are greater than 12kW inspected on a regular basis.

The local authorities will fund these obligations.

The issues for local authorities in their verification and enforcement role for directive matters that are addressed directly through the building standards system are likely to be:

The methodology based system of compliance with the energy standards for new buildings.

The energy performance certification of existing housing through building standards assessments.

The recording of energy performance certificates on the building standards register.

Where non-compliance is identified regarding energy performance certification and air-conditioning inspection matters.

In all but the last of the above points, there will be a fee payable to the local authority. For the last point, enforcement duties are funded by Grant Aided Expenditure.

Question reference: S2W-21806

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 17 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what new grant schemes will be put in place to assist compliance with the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

Question reference: S2W-21724

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive at what date accumulated toll revenue covered the capital building costs of the (a) Tay Road Bridge and (b) Erskine Bridge.

Question reference: S2W-21720

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was raised in toll revenue on the (a) Tay Road Bridge and (b) Erskine Bridge in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-21722

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of expenditure of toll revenue raised on the (a) Tay Road Bridge and (b) Erskine Bridge in each of the last five years.

Details of tolling revenue and expenditure at the Tay Road Bridge are matters for Tay Road Bridge Joint Board.

Revenue raised by toll charges at the Erskine Bridge is credited to the Scottish Executive’s Transport programme, which funds the maintenance, management and operation of the bridge. Details are set out in the Erskine Bridge Accounts 2000-01 to 2004-05, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 24147, 25778, 30370, 34771 and 38449 respectively).

Question reference: S2W-21723

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedure was used to raise the capital required to build the (a) Tay Road Bridge and (b) Erskine Bridge.

Question reference: S2W-21721

Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on the maintenance and upkeep of the (a) Tay Road Bridge and (b) Erskine Bridge in each of the last five years, broken down by funding source.

Spending on the maintenance and upkeep of the Tay Road Bridge, and funding of that expenditure, are matters for Tay Road Bridge Joint Board.

Expenditure on the Erskine Bridge is detailed in the Erskine Bridge Accounts 2000‑01 to 2004-05, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 24147, 25778, 30370, 34771 and 38449 respectively). Funding for the bridge is provided from the Scottish Executive’s Transport programme.