- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-6313 and S3W-6314 by Jim Mather on 11 December and 29 November 2007 respectively, what progress has been made on discussions with representatives from ofgem about proposals for the connection of Scotland’s offshore renewable generation capacity to electricity markets elsewhere in Europe.
Answer
We are progressing studies on the potential for electricity grid connections with Northern Ireland and Ireland, and across the North Sea. Discussions have taken place with officials from the now Department of Energy and Climate Change, and from Ofgem, on the scope of such work.
The First Minister wrote to Gordon Brown on 8 October to urge that subsea interconnection is included in the European Council''s forthcoming Strategic Energy Review, and we await with interest to see whether this recommendation has been accepted.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to replace the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme with a new mechanism for funding research and development specifically in wave and tidal power generation and, if so, how it will do so.
Answer
The Scottish Government continues to issue grant payments to projects supported by the scheme.
We also continue to discuss with stakeholders the need for further direct support for the wave and tidal energy sector. The Forum for Renewable Energy Development in Scotland (FREDS) has agreed recently that its Marine Energy Group should be reconvened for an updated examination of the sector''s progress and requirements. The need for and shape of future grant support will be one of the issues considered by that group. This work will feed into the development of a route map for the sector, as part of our Renewable Energy Framework, which will be published early in 2009.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many grants were made in 2006-07 under the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme and what the value was of each.
Answer
Successful bids for grant support under the scheme were announced in February 2007.
No grants were paid in financial year 2006-07.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the decision to discontinue the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme was approved by the Scottish Cabinet.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-16833 on 3 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications it received for the Wave and Tidal Support Scheme in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 and how many it has received in the current financial year.
Answer
The scheme closed for applications in November 2006. In total, 13 applications for support were received in response to the call for bids.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the decision was made to create the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme.
Answer
The decision to create the scheme was made over the course of the summer of 2006, and the scheme was formally launched in October 2006.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any grants have been made in the current financial year under the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme and, if so, what the value is of each grant.
Answer
Three grant payments have been made in the current financial year to date. The value of each is shown below.
£73,336
£228,337
£46,295.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the decision was taken to discontinue funding the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme.
Answer
No such decision has been taken. We continue to issue grant payments to projects supported by the scheme.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 30 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many grants were made in 2007-08 under the Wave and Tidal Energy Support Scheme and what the value was of each.
Answer
In 2007-08, eight grants with a total value of £1,046,048 were made. The value of each payment is shown as follows.
£54,526
£45,321
£64,597
£22,754
£602,305
£49,854
£23,704
£182,987.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the residential unit at St Fitticks House in Aberdeen provides a useful model for assisting in the rehabilitation of ex-offenders.
Answer
The Scottish Government acknowledges the importance of suitable accommodation as one of the key factors that can reduce the likelihood of an individual re-offending. We are working closely with COSLA to ensure that at national and local level agencies work together to enhance services for offenders, including their ability to access and sustain appropriate accommodation. In some cases they will require not just a tenancy, but additional support to sustain it.
There are a range of ways to provide additional support in accommodation, including residential units like St Fittick''s House and supported tenancies. Decisions on the appropriate range of service provision in a local authority area are for the local authority concerned, working with the relevant Community Justice Authority. Annual grant of approximately £3.925 million per year is provided by the Scottish Government to Community Justice Authorities under section 27(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 for supported accommodation for offenders.
