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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: S4O-01557

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects Scottish Enterprise to decide on the location of the Areva turbine site.

Question reference: S4W-11236

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Fife Drugs Court in Kirkcaldy will be closed as a result of changes proposed in the Scottish Court Service's consultation on court structures.

Question reference: S4W-11238

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many Fife Drug Court appearances at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-11237

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many days the Fife Drug Court has sat at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court in the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-10997

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how its definition of sustainable economic growth takes account of the five principles of sustainable development as set out in the UK shared framework for sustainable development.

Question reference: S4W-11232

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many summary procedures without a jury at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-11231

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many jury trials at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-10985

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce financial incentives that (a) promote and (b) reward energy efficiency.

The Scottish Government is committed to the promotion of energy efficiency throughout its activities. Most recently the Scottish Government announced £30 million of financial incentives for energy efficiency measures in the recent budget. This is made up of £20 million for a Green Homes cash back scheme over a two year period and £10 million for public sector energy efficiency over a two year period.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2012/09/household-energy-bills24092012.

Question reference: S4W-11144

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether Scotland is a globally important location for seabirds.

Question reference: S4W-11145

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09470 by Fergus Ewing on 24 September 2012, what it is doing to develop quantitative analyses of the benefits of marine protected areas.

Socio-economic assessments as part of an overall sustainability appraisal will identify what activities currently take place in potential nature conservation MPAs, and estimate the potential economic and social consequences arising from any potential interactions. This will include a qualitative assessment of the potential benefits of those proposed MPAs taking into account the possible effect on ecotourism in Scotland. This will be made available for the public consultation in 2013.

The Scottish Government does not currently intend to undertake new primary quantitative research into the monetary valuation of benefits of MPAs in advance of the public consultation. Instead the socio-economic assessments will be based on the existing evidence base. Quantified analysis of benefits of hypothetical networks of MPAs was undertaken as part of gathering the evidence base for the UK Marine Bill. Evidence from studies such as these will form part of the wider evidence base that will be considered as part of the socio-economic assessments for the sustainability appraisal.