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Written Answers Wednesday 4 July 2012 SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Governance and Communities Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact on local authority planning department budgets of the costs associated with planning applications for wind farm developments. (S4W-08170) Derek MacKay: No such assessment has been made, however information on the general impacts of processing planning applications is given in page 1 of Consultation on Fees for Planning Applications 2012 published by the Scottish Government in March 2012. The consultation can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/03/3164/downloads. Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Executive , further to the answer to question S4W-07454 by Fergus Ewing on 13 June 2012, what percentage of the 30% emissions target has been achieved. (S4W-08201) John Swinney: The latest published performance data for the Scottish Government is for 2009-10 and shows a decrease in CO2 from energy use of 3.7% from the baseline year of 1999-2000. This published report can be found at: www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2011/11/01111158/0. We have a number of actions underway to improve our performance. Under our Transforming Our Workplace programme we will reduce the size of the Scottish Government estate by 25% by March 2016 and improve the levels of occupancy in our remaining buildings by rationalising the use of space and exploring co-location opportunities. We are also undertaking a programme of work to improve the energy performance of our buildings. We intend to publish our environmental performance data for 2010-11 and 2011-12 in the autumn as part of our duty in regard to public sector sustainability reporting. Elaine Murray (Dumfriesshire) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Executive what railway stations have been opened or reopened in each year since 1999 and how much funding it provided toward each. (S4W-08250) Keith Brown: Station Opened Total Cost Scottish Government Funding Dunfermline Queen Margaret January 2000 £1.8 million Nil Howwood March 2001 £1.23 million Nil Beauly April 2002 £0.2 million Nil Brunstane, Newcraighall June 2002 £11 million SG £8.5 million Edinburgh Park December 2003 £4.5 million Nil Gartcosh May 2005 £3.5 million Nil Kelvindale, Larkhall, Merryton, December 2005 £35.6 million SG £28.1 million Chatelherault * Alloa ^ May 2008 £2.4 million SG £2.28 million Laurencekirk May 2009 £3.5 million SG £2.9 million Bathgate # October 2010 £2.7 million SG fully funded Blackridge # December 2010 £3.5 million SG £2.5 million Armadale # March 2011 £1.9 million SG fully funded Caldercruix # March 2011 £2.4 million SG fully funded Drumgelloch # March 2011 £2.2 million SG fully funded Notes: [*] Cost breakdown for the four stations delivered within the Larkhall line re-opening is not available but the total project cost was £35.6 million. [^] Station built as part of Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line re-opening cost was £85 million. [#] Five stations built as part of Airdrie-Bathgate line re-opening cost was £375 million. New stations have recently been delivered within larger rail enhancement projects. Elaine Murray (Dumfriesshire) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Executive which (a) housing developments and (b) local authority areas will participate in the New Supply Shared Equity with Developers Scheme. (S4W-08256) Keith Brown: The housing developments by local authority area that have been approved to participate in the New Supply Shared Equity with Developers Scheme in 2012-13 are provided in the following table. Developer Project Local Authority Area Beshouse Residential Smithcroft Road, Glasgow Glasgow City Properties Limited Council Persimmon Homes Whiteacres Road, Parklands, Glasgow Glasgow City Council Cruden Homes West Golspie Street/Harhill Street/Govan Road, Glasgow City Glasgow Council Persimmon Homes Ashwood Gait, Edinburgh Edinburgh City Council Upland Developments 76-82 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh Edinburgh City Council Persimmon Homes Bowmore Road, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire East Ayrshire Council Ogilvie Homes Limited Dovecot Steading, Haddington, East Lothian East Lothian District Council Persimmon Homes Crookston Court, Larbert, Falkirk Falkirk Council PACT Enterprises Limited Hugh Place, Lochgelly, Fife Fife Council Persimmon Homes Trondheim Parkway, Dunfermline, Fife Fife Council Pat Munro (Alness) Limited Old Milnafua Road, Alness, Highland Highland Council Pat Munro (Alness) Limited Sutherland Road, Dornoch, Highland Highland Council Rathven Investments Dalfaber Neighbourhood Centre, Dalfaber Highland Council Drive, Aviemore, Highland Taylor Wimpey East Scotland Hopefield Grange, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian Midlothian Council Mansell Homes Vogrie Road, Gorebridge, Midlothian Midlothian Council Queensberry Properties Woodland Grange, Dalkeith, Midlothian Midlothian Council Limited Orkney Builders (Contractors) Papdale Loan/Close, Orkney Orkney Islands Limited Council Orkney Builders (Contractors) Back Road, Orkney Orkney Islands Limited Council Berwickshire Limited Station Drive, Todlaw, Duns, Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Council Developer Project Local Authority Area Stanley Brash Construction Wilderhaugh, Galashiels, Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Council Persimmon Homes Blackadder Way, Chirnside, Scottish Borders Scottish Borders Council Cruden Homes East Stirling Bridge, Stirling Stirling Council Ogilvie Homes Limited New Park Gardens, Stirling Stirling Council Persimmon Homes The Quarry, Doune, Stirling Stirling Council Tighean Innse Gall Allt Na Broige, Marybank, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles Western Isles Council Tighean Innse Gall Tong Road, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles Western Isles Council Ogilvie Homes Limited Atholl Way, Livingston West Lothian Council Elaine Murray (Dumfriesshire) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there have been for the purchase of council-owned properties under the (a) preserved and (b) modernised right to buy scheme in each year since 30 September 2002. (S4W-08257) Keith Brown: This data is provided by local authorities on the basis of financial years and is available up to 2010-11. The information is contained in the following table: Financial Year Applications under Applications under Total Preserved Right to Modernised Right to Buy Buy 2002-03 28,245 11 28,256 2003-04 20,700 546 21,246 2004-05 20,808 1,103 21,911 2005-06 16,462 1,486 17,948 2006-07 14,291 1,971 16,262 2007-08 11,328 2,027 13,355 2008-09 4,826 1,481 6,307 2009-10 3,442 1,292 7,734 2010-11 2,679 1,065 3,744 John Lamont (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses have appealed their non-domestic rates since 2007 and what average time was taken to settle the appeals. (S4W-08321) John Swinney: The Scottish Government publishes quarterly statistics on Non-Domestic Rates Revaluation Appeals, providing information on the number of properties for which revaluation appeals were lodged at 2005 and 2010 revaluations and the rate at which these appeals have been resolved. These statistics can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Local-Government-Finance/NDR-Rates-Relief. Health and Social Care Stewart Maxwell (West Scotland) (Scottish National Party): To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have established a fracture liaison service. (S4W-08096) Nicola Sturgeon: Up and About or Falling Short?, a report of the findings of a mapping of services in Community Health and Care Partnerships (CHCPs) for falls prevention and management and fracture prevention in older people in Scotland, was published on the Scottish Government website in May 2012. The report was produced by the National Falls Programme in association with WorksOut as part of the Delivery Framework for Adult Rehabilitation in Scotland. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/05/6979/downloads. The report recognised that there is a need to capitalise consistently on opportunities to prevent recurrent falls and fractures, and it identified that 25 out of 38 CHCPs (this figure includes the three sectors within Glasgow CHP) have fracture liaison services in place. To help address this gap in provision, one of the recommendations in the report is that health and social care services should establish Fracture Liaison Services (or equivalent), with referral protocols and pathways to multidisciplinary services providing secondary falls prevention. The implementation of the actions and recommendations in the report will be monitored by the Scottish Government’s Chief Health Professions Officer. Strategy and External Affairs Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (Scottish National Party): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that any of the recommendations made in the report by the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee of the National Assembly for Wales, The future outlook for the media in Wales could be applied in Scotland. (S4W-08174) Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government is aware of the report by the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee of the National Assembly for Wales, The future outlook for the media in Wales. There is a commonality between many of the report’s recommendations such as on developing the Welsh broadcasting sector, increased production levels and greater accountability of broadcasting institutions
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