Thursday, 29 October 2009

Scottish Parliament Written answers

• Benefits
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-26630 by Shona Robison on 21 August 2009, what organisations it is consulting in formulating a response to the UK green paper,...
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many contractors involved with the Energy Assistance Package operate in Dumfries and Galloway.
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating systems, excluding legacy central heating programme installations, were installed as part of the Energy Assistance Package by the end of...
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating systems were installed as part of the central heating programme in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09, broken down by local authority area.
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason there is a four to six-month wait in Dumfries and Galloway for a boiler to be installed in a household that has qualified for Stage Four of the...
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to reduce the waiting period for central heating system installation for applicants who have qualified for Stage Four of the Energy...
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to increase the number of central heating systems installed as part of the Energy Assistance Package.
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for central heating system installation for applicants who qualify for Stage Four of the Energy Assistance Package, broken down by...
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason 43 times fewer central heating systems have been installed as part of the Energy Assistance Package compared with the central heating programme.
• Central Heating
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have received the Stage Three package of standard insulation measures under the Energy Assistance Programme, broken down by local authority area.
• Communities
  To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason Etisal, the Government sponsored event being organised by the Scottish-Islamic Foundation, was postponed from November 2009 to March 2010.
• Communities
  To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding, including publicity costs, it is providing to Etisal, the Scottish Government sponsored event being organised by the Scottish-Islamic Foundation.
• Communities
  To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on any contribution being made by sources in the (a) Organisation of Islamic Conference and (b) Gulf Cooperation Council countries to...
• Communities
  To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with sources in the (a) Organisation of Islamic Conference and (b) Gulf Cooperation Council countries and whether such discussions...
• Community Care
  To ask the Scottish Executive when it will issue the planned guidance note on the procurement of community care services.
• Culture
  To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it plans to have with the National Galleries of Scotland regarding the number of proposed venues across Scotland and their availability and...
• Education
  To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to address regional disparities in educational attainment.
• Genetically Modified Organisms
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the GM and novel foods section of the Food Standards Agency should be managed by a former employee of the GM seed multinational, Syngenta.
• Local Government Finance
  To ask the Scottish Executive what the accumulated capital debt is of local authorities for capital works undertaken by traditional borrowing.
• Local Government Finance
  To ask the Scottish Executive what the average debt repayment period is for capital spending financed by borrowing by local authorities for capital works other than roadworks.
• Local Government Finance
  To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated spend per annum is on maintenance of properties built by local authorities and financed by borrowing.
• Local Government Finance
  To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the value to be of risk to properties built for and in the ownership of local authorities from damage and from buildings not performing to standard.
• Pre-School Education
  To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation local authorities are required to undertake among local communities before closing nursery and primary schools.
• Public Sector Pay
  To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to review its (a) Public Sector Pay Policy for Senior Appointments and (b) Public Sector Pay Policy.
• Regeneration
  To ask the Scottish Executive from which lines in the 2010-11 budget the £60 million brought forward for the Town Centre Regeneration Fund in 2009-10 has been taken.
• Renewable Energy
  To ask the Scottish Executive what the electricity generation capacity is of commercial wind farms, broken down by local authority area.
• Renewable Energy
  To ask the Scottish Executive what the increase in electricity generation capacity as a result of new commercial wind farms was in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
• Schools
  To ask the Scottish Executive what its criteria are for classifying a school as refurbished or rebuilt.
• Schools
  To ask the Scottish Executive on which of the criteria outlined by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning in her letter of 28 September 2009 to the Convener of the Education,...
• Schools
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will define what it means by substantially refurbished in the context of the school estate.
• Scots Language
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the Scots language alongside Gaelic in the summary of responsibilities of the Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution on its...
• Scottish Government
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) conferences and (b) award events it has (i) wholly and (ii) partly supported or sponsored since May 2007, broken down by (A) conference or award event...
• Scottish Ministerial Code
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27403 by Kenny MacAskill on 24 September 2009, whether the Scottish Ministerial Code precludes ministers from detailing the...