Parliamentary questions

Lewis Macdonald

2,224 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

16 Aug 2010 · Written Question

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.

Answer · Jim Mather: No applications received since 7 December 2007 for consent to extend existing hydro energy developments, under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, have been referred to a public local inquiry.

16 Aug 2010 · Written Question

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 th…

Answer · Jim Mather: No applications received since 7 December 2007 for consent to extend existing hydro energy developments have been determined under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.

16 Aug 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new 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.

Answer · Jim Mather: Applications for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 received for hydro energy developments since 7 December 2007, that have been neither referred to a public local inquiry nor determined by Scottish ministers are: <table border=1 c…

16 Aug 2010 · Written Question

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.

Answer · Jim Mather: No applications for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 have been referred to a public local inquiry. Applications for hydro developments of under 1 MW are dealt with b…

16 Aug 2010 · Written Question

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.

Answer · Jim Mather: 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: <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td w…

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions its officials have had with (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council regarding opting out of the council tax freeze for 2011-12.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35196 on 15 July 2010. 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/Apps2/…

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth has had with (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council regarding opting out of the council tax freeze for 2011-12.

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government has had no discussions with Aberdeen City or Aberdeenshire Councils regarding opting out of the council tax freeze for 2011-12.

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions its officials have had with (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council regarding the introduction of a new tax to help fund the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: Officials have had no discussions with Aberdeen City or Aberdeenshire Councils regarding introducing a new tax to help fund the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth has had with (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council regarding the introduction of a new tax to help fund the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth has held general discussions on funding matters with Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils but these did not include a new tax to help fund the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.<…

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth last met the administration of (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council and what matters were discussed.

Answer · John Swinney: I last met members of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils, along with other councils, on 25 June 2010 to discuss issues around public expenditure.

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when its officials last met officials from (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council and what matters were discussed.

Answer · John Swinney: Scottish Government officials regularly meet officials from councils, including Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils, to discuss a range of issues.

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when (a) ministers and (b) officials last met members of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route steering group.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The last Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route steering group meeting was held on 1 April 2010. Ministers do not attend the steering group meetings.

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in what country each of the successful applicants for Saltire Prize Official Applicant status is based.

Answer · Jim Mather: The team who will be awarded official applicant status is based in Scotland. To date we have only received one application that has provided the necessary evidence of a lease agreement and it is based in Scotland.

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in what country each of the applicants for Saltire Prize Official Applicant status is based.

Answer · Jim Mather: Of the three potential applicants, one is based in Australia and two are based in the USA.

7 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for Saltire Prize Official Applicant status (a) have been made and (b) were successful.

Answer · Jim Mather: One application has been received and will be awarded Saltire Prize Applicant Status. A further three potential applicants have indicated their intention to compete following the outcome of the Further Scottish Leasing Round for wave and tidal energy being op…

1 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any local authority has cited an objector under 16 to appear in court.

Answer · Alex Neil: This information is not held centrally.

1 Jul 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any local authority has taken an appeal to court against its own licensing committee and, if so, when and what the result was.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: This information is not held centrally.

22 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34319 by Stewart Stevenson on 18 June 2010, when it expects the review into the exact need for new capacity for generating electricity from non-renewable sources to be completed and the findings to be published.

Answer · Jim Mather: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34742 on 16 July 2010. 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/Apps2/…

22 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34319 by Stewart Stevenson on 18 June 2010, what the terms of reference are for the review into the exact need for new capacity for generating electricity from non-renewable sources.

Answer · Jim Mather: The Scottish Government''s Climate Change Delivery Plan, published on 17 June 2009 sets out at a high level the options available to meet the statutory targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. This includes a largely decarbonised electricity generat…

9 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether objections to the proposed coal-fired station at Hunterston received prior to the opening of the public consultation will be taken into account on the same basis as those received after the consultation formally began.

Answer · Jim Mather: Scottish ministers will take all public representations received into account prior to any determination. Members of the public who submitted representations prior to the opening the public consultation will receive acknowledgement that their representation w…

9 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it used in determining that there was a national need for new baseload generating capacity at Hunterston in addition to that which would be provided at other power station sites when identifying national developments for inclusion in the National Planning Framework for Scotl…

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The second National Planning Framework (NPF2) designated a number of projects as national developments. A range of criteria were considered in the selection of these projects, including their contribution to sustainable economic development and the achievemen…

9 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it used in determining that there was a national need for new baseload generating capacity at existing power station sites when identifying national developments for inclusion in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34319 on 18 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/B…

9 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances a public local inquiry would have to be held before a decision could be taken on an application for a development that has national development status under the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2.

Answer · Jim Mather: There are range of consent regimes involved in delivering the national developments set out in the second National Planning Framework; including planning, energy and transport legislation. The provisions therefore for requiring or arranging public local inqui…

3 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many band 5 nurses employed by NHS Grampian are on fixed-term contracts.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. As at 30 September 2009 there were, 158 (head count) band 5 nurses employed by NHS Grampian on fixed-term contracts.

3 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses employed by NHS Grampian in band 5 posts are in (a) permanent and (b) temporary posts.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. As at 30 September 2009 there were 2672 (head count) nurses employed by NHS Grampian in permanent band 5 posts. The number of…

3 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses employed by NHS Grampian in band 5 posts are in full-time posts.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. As at 30 September 2009 there were 1,493 (head count) nurses employed by NHS Grampian in whole-time band 5 posts.

3 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses employed by NHS Grampian in band 5 posts are in part-time posts.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. As at 30 September 2009 there were 1,337 (head count) nurses employed by NHS Grampian in part-time band 5 posts.</…

3 Jun 2010 · Written Question

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Workforce data is published by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland annually on 30 September. The number of band 5 nurses employed by NHS Grampian at 30 September for the years 2007 to 2009 are presented in the followin…

3 Jun 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses with a BA or BA (Hons) in nursing are employed by NHS Grampian in band (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4 and (e) 5 nursing posts.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not centrally available.

24 May 2010 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Scottish Enterprise regarding possible involvement of the Scottish Futures Trust in funding the City Square Project in Aberdeen.

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government has had no discussions with Scottish Enterprise regarding the possible involvement of the Scottish Futures Trust in funding of the City Square Project in Aberdeen.