- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 8 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the anticipated overspend or underspend is on the Rural Priorities element of the Scotland Rural Development Programme.
Answer
Spending on new projects under Rural Priorities could not begin until after the Scotland Rural Development Programme 2007-13 was approved by the European Commission earlier this year. The programme as approved fixes budgets by measure, for example those for supporting new entrants or for agri-environment payments and not by the delivery mechanism, such as Rural Priorities or Land Manager''s Options. The balance of expenditures between delivery mechanisms will be kept under review by the Scottish Government and the statutory Programme Monitoring Committee.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 8 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of NFU Scotland.
Answer
This PQ 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/sor0108-01.htm
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make public its proposals arising from the Safeguarding Our Fishing Rights: The Future of Quota Management and Licensing in Scotland consultation, which was launched in May and closed in August 2008.
Answer
I wrote to stakeholders on 16 December providing an update on our plans for quota management and licensing in Scotland. This set out in broad terms our plans to have a phased implementation of quota and licensing arrangements in Scotland during 2009. A report summarising the views received to the consultation was also released at this time.
Due to the focus on the very important year end fisheries negotiations, I considered it sensible to delay final decisions until early in 2009. An interim outcome of consultation report setting out the Scottish Government initial response to the consultation will be issued in January. Following a short period of consultation, measures to be adopted under a Scottish quota and licensing system will then be set out in a final outcome report.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit will be of the Scottish European Green Energy Centre.
Answer
The principal remit of the Scottish European Green Energy Centre is set out in the centre''s three strategic aims:
Promoting the internationalisation of sustainable energy research
Fostering good practice in the development and deployment of green energy, and
Supporting sustainable economic growth and the European Union''s sustainable energy targets
Further details of how these aims will be realised are contained in the centre''s business plan, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47164)
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Scottish European Green Energy Centre will be funded.
Answer
The Scottish European Green Energy Centre business plan envisages funding from a range of sources, including the Scottish Government, other public and private bodies, and European Structural Funds, where applications have been submitted to the current round in both the Lowlands and Uplands and Highlands and Islands programmes. A copy of the business plan has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47164).
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish European Green Energy Centre’s work programme is for the next 12 months.
Answer
The Scottish European Green Energy Centre''s work programme for the next 12 months is set out in its business plan (under the heading Three Year Plan). A copy of the business plan has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47164).
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff the Scottish European Green Energy Centre will have.
Answer
The Scottish European Green Energy Centre business plan envisages a full staff complement of 10. A copy of the business plan has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47164)
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what formal requirement there will be for the Scottish European Green Energy Centre to engage with (a) the European Commission, (b) the UK Government, (c) other government departments and agencies, (d) developers and (e) environmental bodies and non-governmental organisations.
Answer
The Scottish European Green Energy Centre business plan sets out how the Centre will work in partnership with these organisations. This partnership working will be essential to the activities of the Centre in practice, although the business plan does not envisage this being a formal requirement.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it conducted into the benefits of establishing the Scottish European Green Energy Centre.
Answer
The Scottish Government commissioned an independent economic appraisal of the Scottish European Green Energy Centre from EKOS Ltd, which set out the economic impact, strategic fit, and rationale for market intervention of the Centre.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 12 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) set-up and (b) annual running costs will be of the Scottish European Green Energy Centre.
Answer
We anticipate that the set-up costs of the Scottish European Green Energy Centre, including the economic report establishing the business case for the centre and the official costs involved in the centre''s study visit to Norway, will be less than £50,000 in the current financial year.
Anticipated annual running costs are set out in the centre''s business plan, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47164), and are budgeted at £800,000 for 2009-10; £1,000,000 for 2010-11, and £1,100,000 for 2011-12.
