- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the terms will be for the significant loan measure on home insulation announced during the budget process 2009-10, specifically eligibility of both applicants and measures, repayment mechanisms and any process for repaid funds to be made available to future applicants to the scheme.
Answer
Proposals for a significant loan mechanism for domestic energy efficiency measures are under development and will be announced in due course.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will put in place measures and safeguards to ensure that the materials used to insulate homes through the Home Insulation Scheme will be ethically sourced, low carbon in their production and supply, and reclaimed, reused or recycled wherever possible and, if so, what these are.
Answer
In delivering the Home Insulation Scheme, we will aim to ensure that best practice procurement is followed to achieve value for money, balancing specification for the work with its cost effective delivery.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what purpose it intends for the consequentials from the £20 million Hardship Fund for third sector organisations announced in the UK Budget.
Answer
Consequentials accrue to the Scottish Block as a whole. Ministers decide how the additional spending should be allocated in Scotland based on Scottish priorities.
We will reach decisions on the allocation of additional funding as soon as possible. We are fully committed to the third sector and have already demonstrated this by pledging over £90 million between 2008-09 and 2010-11, an increase of approximately 35% on the previous spending period.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the consequential funding is from the £20 million Hardship Fund for third sector organisations announced in the UK Budget.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23406 on 12 May 2009. 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/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is to be a hardship fund in Scotland similar to that announced in the UK Budget and how soon charities will be able to access such a fund.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23406 on 12 May 2009. 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/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether budget and resources will be made available in addition to the £15 million identified for the Home Insulation Scheme for publicity and promotion of the scheme and, if so, to what value.
Answer
The bulk of the publicity and promotion costs of the scheme are expected to be met from within the £15 million of Scottish Government funding allocated to the first phase of this scheme. Some complementary investment for these purposes may also be contributed by partners.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of households will be eligible for free insulation measures under the eligibility criteria to be used for the Home Insulation Scheme and what proportion of the population lives in these households.
Answer
The proportion of households eligible for free insulation measures will depend on a range of factors including the eligibility criteria agreed and the characteristics of the areas selected.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how the areas selected for the first year’s deployment of the Home Insulation Scheme were chosen.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23513 on 11 May 2009. 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/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households are expected to have insulation measures installed in 2009-10 that will be fully paid for under the Home Insulation Scheme.
Answer
The number of insulation measures installed in 2009-10 will depend on a range of factors including the eligibility criteria agreed and the characteristics of the areas selected.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what processes and criteria will be used to select external partners to help deliver the Home Insulation Scheme.
Answer
The Scottish Government has used powers under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 and Environmental Protection Act 1990 to appoint the Energy Saving Trust as the managing agent for the scheme. The Scottish Government, together with the Energy Saving Trust, will establish a suitable process to secure involvement of an energy company or companies to deliver measures that will contribute to their obligations under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT).
