- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
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Current Status:
Initiated by the Scottish Government.
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of its plans for onshore wind in Scotland.
Answer
We intend to launch the consultation of the draft Onshore Wind Policy Statement later today, in line with the commitments we set out in the Programme for Government.
The consultative draft of the Policy Statement will be available to view on the Scottish Government website at https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781802014990 from today and the consultation questions will be available on Citizen Space at https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/onshore-wind-policy-statement-refresh-2021/ . The consultation will be live for 12 weeks from today until 21 January 2022.
The draft Onshore Wind Policy Statement (OnWPS) sets out the Scottish Government’s ambitions for onshore wind in Scotland out to 2030 in the context of our 2045 net zero emissions commitment. It outlines the huge potential for this technology, and assesses the significant economic opportunity of future deployment, particularly in light of green recovery aspirations. Scotland has excellent onshore wind expertise and is recognised as having one of the best wind regimes anywhere in the world in which to deploy projects.
The consultative draft of the OnWPS has been informed by stakeholder consultation and engagement and seeks views on specific questions, in particular on the Scottish Government ambition to secure an additional 8-12 Gigawatts of installed onshore wind capacity by 2030.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the decision taken by it on the request of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) that the mobility clause within the contracts of some SNH staff will not be implemented, this decision will be replicated for any other relocations of public sector departments or functions where staff of such departments or functions have a mobility clause requiring them to transfer anywhere within Scotland.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0423-01.htm
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the decision taken by it on the request of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) that the mobility clause within the contracts of some SNH staff will not be implemented, this decision will be replicated for any other relocations of public sector departments or functions where staff of such departments or functions have a mobility clause requiring them to transfer anywhere within Scotland.
Answer
The improvements proposed for the main Edinburgh to Glasgow line are part of a managed programme of change, providing a more efficient and greener rail network in Central Scotland, delivering faster journey times, increased capacity and more services. It is too early in the design of the scheme to produce a detailed timetable. However, the target for Edinburgh to Glasgow journey times is a reduction from around 50 minutes to around 35 minutes.
The average journey time between Croy and Glasgow Queen Street at present is 18 minutes.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive in what way it was consulted by the Scotland Office about the layout of the ballot papers for the parliamentary election on 3 May 2007; whether it received the report on this issue prepared for the Electoral Commission at the request of the Scotland Office, as referred to in The Scotsman on 8 May 2007, and, if so, from whom, which minister or ministers received the report, on what date it was received and whether the Executive made any comments on the report and, if so, what these comments were.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive in what way it was consulted by the Scotland Office about the layout of the ballot papers for the parliamentary election on 3 May 2007; whether it received the report on this issue prepared for the Electoral Commission at the request of the Scotland Office, as referred to in The Scotsman on 8 May 2007, and, if so, from whom, which minister or ministers received the report, on what date it was received and whether the Executive made any comments on the report and, if so, what these comments were.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on whether a judicial inquiry should be held into the conduct of the parliamentary and local government elections on 3 May 2007.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 April 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of how the Hospital at Home scheme operates, how it is funded, what personnel are required and where it has been piloted.
Answer
It is for NHS boards to provide high quality, safe and sustainablehealthcare services that meet the needs of its local population. Hospital at Homeschemes are community based services designed to provide a care package around anindividuals needs which support prevention of admission to hospital and early dischargefrom hospital. The detail, planning and funding of these services are operationalmatters for NHS boards.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 April 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take to secure provision for care for elderly people in South Lochaber while the application for the closure of Glencoe Hospital by NHS Highland is pending, while the Parliament is dissolved and until a new Executive in established.
Answer
NHS Highland has assured Scottish ministers that elderly peoplein south Lochaber will continue to have access to a comprehensive range of healthcare services pending a ministerial decision on the boards proposals for the futureof Glencoe hospital.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 29 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support the refurbishment of Castle Tioram.
Answer
Historic Scotland is on record as confirming that it is willingto consider grant-aid for consolidation and repair of Castle Tioram, and for improvingvisitor interpretation. This would be without prejudice to any proposals the ownermight subsequently make.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 29 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much time per annum is spent by each Scottish fishery patrol vessel in patrolling fishing grounds, also broken down into the time spent in each ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) square.
Answer
Fishery Protection Vessels (FPVs)operated by the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency spent a total of 1,117 dayspatrolling the fishing grounds in 2006.
A record of the time spent by individualFPVs in each International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) statisticalrectangle is not held centrally. The information requested could be estimated throughan analysis of available satellite monitoring data but only at a disproportionatecost. However, a record of the time spent patrolling fishing grounds in 2006 atthe next aggregated level, ICES sub area, is kept and is given in the followingtable broken down by each FPV:
| FPV | ICES sub areas | Total |
| IIA | IVA | IVB | VB | VIA | VIB | VIIA |
| Jura | 0.5 | 164.5 | 64 | 0 | 23.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 253.5 |
| Minna | 0.5 | 71.5 | 16 | 1.5 | 217.5 | 0 | 0 | 307 |
| Norna | 0 | 20.5 | 8 | 0.5 | 231 | 19.5 | 1 | 280.5 |
| Vigilant | 1 | 171 | 35.5 | 0.5 | 56.5 | 11 | 0.5 | 276 |
| Total | 2 | 426.5 | 123.5 | 2.5 | 528.5 | 31 | 2 | 1117 |
