- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 2 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Natural Heritage's policy on renewable energy (Policy Statement No. 01/02) is consistent with Executive policy as stated in National Planning Policy Guideline 6.
Answer
The text of Policy Statement No.01/02 is not incompatible with that of National Planning Policy Guideline 6.
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 2 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many proposed small-scale hydroelectric schemes which were awarded Scottish Renewables Obligation contracts are (a) currently operational, (b) expected to become operational by 2003 and (c) expected to become operational by 2010.
Answer
Eight Scottish Renewables Obligation hydro-electricity projects have been commissioned; two are under construction and a further two, although they have received the necessary consents, have still to get under way. Progress on these and the other projects approved under the Scottish Renewables Obligation is a matter for the developers.
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 2 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much electricity would be generated annually if every proposed small-scale hydroelectric scheme which holds a Scottish Renewables Obligation (SRO) contract became operational at the level of output planned at the time the SRO contract was awarded.
Answer
The small hydro schemes contracted under the SRO had a total capacity of 30.5 MW, and a potential output of about 80 GWhrs annually. It was always recognised however that the commissioning of these projects would depend on the developers being successful in obtaining planning permission and finance, and it was never expected that all contracted SRO projects would come to fruition; an allowance was made for this.
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individual grant applications have been made and how many have been awarded under the Powershift programme in each year since the programme started.
Answer
The following table shows Powershift grant applications and the number of awards.
| Year | Number of Applications | Number of Awards |
| 1997-98 | 8 | 6 |
| 1998-99 | 8 | 5 |
| 1999-2000 | 73 | 50 |
| 2000-01 | 218 | 113 |
| 2001-02 | 30 | 26 |
| Total | 337 | 200 |
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many companies have received grants under the Powershift programme to convert vehicles to run on liquid petroleum gas in each year since the programme started.
Answer
A total of 92 Scottish companies have received grants since the programme began. The figures for each year are broken down in the table.
| Year | Companies |
| 1997-98 | 4 |
| 1998-99 | 2 |
| 1999-2000 | 22 |
| 2000-01 | 51 |
| 2001-02 (part year) | 13 |
| Total | 92 |
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average level of grant under the Powershift programme has been as a percentage of the total average cost of converting a vehicle to liquid petroleum gas.
Answer
Powershift grants are on average 60% of vehicle conversion cost.
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been of administering the Powershift programme in each year since the programme started.
Answer
The total cost to the Energy Saving Trust of its administering the Powershift programme from its inception up to date is £383,000.
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual budget has been for the Powershift programme and how much has been spent under it in each year since the programme started.
Answer
The Scottish Executive only took over financial responsibility for its share of the UK Powershift programme at devolution. Therefore, there has been a separate Scottish element of the budget only since 2000.
| | Budget | Spend |
| 1996-97 | 800,000 | 800,000 |
| 1997-98 | 2,000,000 | 1,800,000 |
| 1998-99 | 2,200,000 | 2,200,000 |
| 1999-2000 | 3,300,000 | 3,600,000 |
| 2000-01 | *500,000 | 345,000 |
| 2001-02 | *1,000,000 | N/A |
* Scottish budget.
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individual vehicles have been converted to run on liquid petroleum gas under the Powershift programme in each year since the programme started.
Answer
The following table shows the number of converted vehicles for each year.
| Vehicles |
| 1997-98 | 7 |
| 1998-99 | 10 |
| 1999-2000 | 309 |
| 2000-01 | 307 |
| 2001-02 | 59 |
| Total | 692 |
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will clarify what the process and eligibility criteria are for applications under the infectious salmon anaemia re-start fund.
Answer
Applicants make their initial approach through the local enterprise network. My department provides HIE with a judgement on eligibility.Eligible businesses are those with fish or shellfish sites registered prior to the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) under the Registration of Fish Farming and Shellfish Farming Business Order 1985, which have been affected by ISA whether through confirmation or suspicion of ISA in the stocks of the applicant business, or through movement restrictions.Those companies who are eligible must then discuss their circumstances with HIE who will assess what level of assistance is appropriate for the company concerned, according to the criteria agreed with the EC and those usually applied under the Finance for Business scheme.
