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Question reference: S3W-35744

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been referred to a public local inquiry, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.

Question reference: S3W-35749

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new wind energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been determined under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.

Question reference: S3W-35754

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new wave and tidal energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been determined under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.

Since 7 December 2007, applications were received and determined by Scottish Ministers under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the following wave and tidal energy developments:

Name	Date of Application	Mega Watt Capacity
Siadar Wave Energy Generating Scheme	21 July 2008	4 MW

From April 2010 all new Section 36 applications for offshore developments will be processed by Marine Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-35753

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for extensions to existing wind energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been neither referred to a public local inquiry nor determined, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.

Applications for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 received for extensions to existing wind energy developments since 7 December 2007, that have been neither referred to a public local inquiry nor determined by Scottish ministers are:

Name	Date of Application	Mega Watt Capacity
Black Law wind farm Extension	25 January 2008	90 MW

Question reference: S3W-35746

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for extensions to existing hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been determined under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.

Question reference: S3W-35743

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been determined under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.

Since 7 December 2007, applications were received and determined by Scottish ministers under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the following hydro energy developments:

Name	Date of Application	Mega Watt Capacity
Rannoch Hydro	31 July 2008	1.5 MW
Allt Fionn 2009	21 July 2009	2.1 MW
Ben Glas	21 July 2009	1.6 MW
Derry Darroch	21 July 2009	2.0 MW
Upper Falloch	21 July 2009	1.0 MW
Cia Aig	4 September 2009	3.0 MW

Question reference: S3W-35748

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for extensions to existing hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been neither referred to a public local inquiry nor determined, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.

One application which has not been referred to public local inquiry and is yet to be determined has been received since 7 December 2007 for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity act. This application is for:

Name	Date of Application	Mega Watt Capacity
Sloy Pumping Station	4 September 2009	152.5 MW

The application for Sloy pumping station is to extend and convert the existing power generating station to a pumping station. The current capacity of 152.5 MW would not change.

Question reference: S3W-35747

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for extensions to existing hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been referred to a public local inquiry, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.

Question reference: S3W-35879

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses in each local authority area have faced a decrease in their business rate because of rates revaluation from 1 April 2010.

The following table shows the number and percentage of ratepayers who saw bills fall or stay the same and those who saw bills rise in each local authority area, following the 2010 revaluation.

These figures are before the impact of relief or appeals, both of which will significantly increase the number of properties which see a bill decrease.

Local Authority	Bill Decrease/ Stay the Same		Bill Increase		Total Number
Local Authority	Number	% of Ratepayers	Number	% of Ratepayers	Total Number
Aberdeen City	4,105	49.8	4,137	50.2	8,242
Aberdeenshire	5,144	47.7	5,637	52.3	10,781
Angus	3,072	64.0	1,725	36.0	4,797
Argyll and Bute	4,102	54.2	3,470	45.8	7,572
Clackmannanshire	955	62.1	583	37.9	1,538
Dumfries and Galloway	5,439	61.4	3,415	38.6	8,854
Dundee City	3,694	65.4	1,956	34.6	5,650
East Ayrshire	2,910	77.3	853	22.7	3,763
East Dunbartonshire	1,636	72.7	613	27.3	2,249
East Lothian	1,553	48.0	1,680	52.0	3,233
East Renfrewshire	1,206	73.8	428	26.2	1,634
Edinburgh, City of	9,716	51.8	9,033	48.2	18,749
Eilean Siar	994	46.7	1,135	53.3	2,129
Falkirk	3,215	68.2	1,496	31.8	4,711
Fife	7,793	61.5	4,888	38.5	12,681
Glasgow City	14,694	59.1	10,150	40.9	24,844
Highland	7,748	46.6	8,867	53.4	16,615
Inverclyde	1,706	74.9	573	25.1	2,279
Midlothian	1,402	51.6	1,313	48.4	2,715
Moray	1,821	41.3	2,588	58.7	4,409
North Ayrshire	3,245	67.2	1,584	32.8	4,829
North Lanarkshire	6,538	73.0	2,421	27.0	8,959
Orkney Islands	721	36.7	1,246	63.3	1,967
Perth and Kinross	5,518	68.5	2,538	31.5	8,056
Renfrewshire	4,553	75.8	1,453	24.2	6,006
Scottish Borders	3,207	46.4	3,702	53.6	6,909
Shetland Islands	1,063	56.1	831	43.9	1,894
South Ayrshire	3,325	73.2	1,215	26.8	4,540
South Lanarkshire	6,623	70.8	2,729	29.2	9,352
Stirling	3,198	66.2	1,633	33.8	4,831
West Dunbartonshire	2,079	77.3	612	22.7	2,691
West Lothian	3,352	62.5	2,011	37.5	5,363
Scotland	126,327	59.4	86,515	40.6	212,842

Question reference: S3W-35878

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses in each local authority area have faced an increase in their business rate because of rates revaluation from 1 April 2010.