- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether the financial penalty for Fair Start providers that fail to deliver individual placement and support has been removed from the Fair Start Scotland Quality and Compliance Decision Making Log and, if so, for what reason.
Answer
There have been no changes to the Fair Start Scotland Quality and Compliance Decision Making Log in relation to Individual Placement and Support.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 11 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many referrals were recorded in each contract area by Fair Start Scotland in the last year; how many starts there were, and how many participants (a) started a job after joining, (b) were in employment for at least (i) 13 and (ii) 26 weeks, (c) left the service early and (d) enrolled in the Health and Work Support pilot.
Answer
Data for Fair Start Scotland (FSS) referrals and starts is already published at Local Authority (LA) area level. A table is provided in the Background Information section of the devolved employment services statistical publication that allows LA data to be matched with Contract Package Area. This publication can be found on the Scottish Government website: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-devolved-employment-services-statistical-summary-2/
The number of early leavers, job starts and 13 and 26 week job outcomes at LA area level will be published in Scottish Government’s next quarterly release, which means Contract Package Area data will be available at the end of August.
For ease of reference, the published LA referral and start data mapped to Contract Package Areas for the first year of FSS is as follows:
Fair Start Scotland referrals and starts by Contract Package Area (CPA), up to 29 March 2019
*Unknowns are due to the live nature of the data collection system. These records will be updated with a location in due course.
The numbers enrolling into the Health & Work Support Pilot is 598 in Dundee City and 332 in Fife (between June 26 2018 and March 31 2019). Service Delivery areas are different in the Pilot and FSS.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with farmers regarding the impact of the Orkney Native Wildlife Project on the agricultural sector.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many planning applications for new build residential properties have been refused by a planning authority but successfully appealed to the Scottish Ministers since 2007, broken down by (a) planning authority, (b) year, (c) applicant and (d) size of proposed development.
Answer
The information requested is given in the tables entitled “Planning appeals allowed, broken down by planning authority and by year" and "Planning appeals allowed, broken down by appellant and size of development", a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament’s Information Centre (Bib number 60674).
Case files held by the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) are generally retained for 10 years from the date of the decision prior to being destroyed. Therefore some of the information sought (from 2007 until April 2009) is not held. The information within the tables provided relates to decisions issued by DPEA from the period 07-05-2009 to 06-05-2019 (inclusive).
DPEA has been recording appeals for developments of '10 or more houses' since 1 January 2015. This category was added to the existing descriptive categories of 'single dwelling' and 'more than one house'. Therefore appeals received prior to that date, which may fit into the category of 'more than 10 houses' are recorded in the relevant table(s) but may be included in the data within the category of 'more than one house'.
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 18 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on preparations for the creation of a Scottish National Investment Bank.
Answer
At the end of the current financial year 18-19 the Scottish Government will have spent £4 million to support the establishment of a Scottish National Investment Bank. The Bank will be operational in 2020 providing a cornerstone institution in Scotland’s economic architecture supporting businesses across all stages of the business growth lifecycle and financing infrastructure to secure private sector investment.
The Financial Memorandum published alongside the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill details estimated costs for the establishment of the Bank and can be accessed via the following link : Scottish National Investment Bank Bill Financial Memorandum .
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how its budget will impact on Orkney and Shetland.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2019
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU) 2018/844.
Answer
Scottish Government officials liaise on a regular basis with officials across UK departments on Directive implementation. This includes ‘round table’ meetings of all UK administrations on a six-monthly basis, the last of which was on 28 September 2018.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many wind turbine planning applications that it has approved in each of the last 10 years had previously been rejected by (a) a local planning authority and (b) it, broken down by the (i) local authority area and (ii) size of turbine.
Answer
Between January 2010 and December 2018 - 38 determinations have been made by Scottish Ministers on wind farms (with a capacity exceeding 50 megawatts) under Section 36 of the Electricity Act (1989) where the planning authority raised an objection. Of these, a total of 19 were approved (50%) and 19 were refused (50%). A breakdown of the 19 approved projects, by area, is provided in the following tables:
Wind Farm | Date of Consent | Local Planning
authority | Height of Turbines |
Baillie | 12-01-2010 | Highland | 110m |
Cairn Duhie | 06-10-2017 | Highland | 110m |
Braemore Wind
farm | 27-10-2017 | Highland | 126m |
Millennium South
Ext | 03-02-2017 | Highland | 132m |
Strathy South | 2704-2018 | Highland | 135m |
Muaitheabhal | 14-01-2010 | Western Isles | 145m |
Hill of Towie Extension | 16-06-2017 | Moray | 125m |
Dorenell | 28-12-2011 | Moray | 126m |
Cloich | 08-07-2016 | Scottish Borders
Council | 115m |
Fallago Rig | 09-11-2010 | Scottish Borders
Council | 125m |
Whitelaw Brae | 29-11-2017 | Scottish Borders
Council | 133.5m |
Wester Dod
(AKA Aikengall
II) | 01-03-2013 | Scottish Borders
Council | 145m |
Aikengall II(a) | 19-10-2016 | East Lothian-Scottish
Borders | 145m |
Black Craig Hill | 22-03-2011 | Dumfries and
Galloway | 110m |
Stranoch | 08-07-2016 | Dumfries and
Galloway | 135m |
South Kyle | 30-06-2017 | East Ayrshire-Dumfries
and Galloway | 149.5m |
Pencloe | 06-12-2018 | East Ayrshire | 125m |
Harburnhead | 08-07-2014 | West Lothian | 126m |
Black Law
Extension
Phase 2 | 17-06-2015 | North Lanarkshire
Council, West Lothian Council. | 126.5m |
Wind farms under 50 megawatts are ordinarily determined by planning authorities in the first instance. Since 2009, a total of 179 wind farm decisions have been approved, (mostly by reporters from Planning and Environmental Appeals Division) (DPEA). The total of 179 approved projects represents approximately 45% of the total of appeals determined on wind farm development (based on statistics between 2007-2018).
Wind Farms (under 50 megawatts) appeals or planning applications called-in by Scottish Ministers
N.B. details of wind turbine heights are not routinely recorded in respect of the cases referred to DPEA. Approximately 46% of the figures below relate to single wind turbine applications rather than sites with multiple turbines.
| | Allowed |
Council- Comhairle | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total |
Aberdeenshire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Angus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Argyll and Bute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Clackmannanshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Eilean Siar
(Western Isles) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
East Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
East Lothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
East
Renfrewshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Falkirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Fife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
Highland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Inverclyde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Midlothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Moray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
North
Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
North
Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Orkney
Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Perth
and Kinross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Scottish
Borders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
South
Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
South
Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
Stirling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
West
Lothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 31 | 41 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 179 |
