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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4O-00416

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on the investigation of allegations of so-called hidden waiting lists in NHS Lothian.

Question reference: S4W-03966

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the (a) costs and (b) benefits of varying council tax rates based on the energy efficiency of a property.

The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 places a duty on local authorities to introduce a council tax discount scheme offering a minimum in-year reduction of £50 where householders undertake efficiency improvements to their home. The act means that any assessment of the costs and benefits of those discounts is the responsibility of individual councils and the Scottish Government has no formal role in developing or delivering discount schemes.

Question reference: S4W-03963

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34691 by John Swinney on 30 June 2010, whether it will publish details of the energy efficiency discount schemes offered by each local authority under the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

Question reference: S4W-03960

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34691 by John Swinney on 30 June 2010, how many (a) virgin loft insulation, (b) top-up loft insulation, (c) cavity wall insulation, (d) internal solid wall insulation, (e) external solid wall insulation, (f) boiler upgrade, (g) fuel switching, (h) installation of low or zero carbon technology, (i) draught proofing and (j) other energy efficiency measures have been installed by each local authority under energy efficiency discount schemes under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in each month since September 2009.

Question reference: S4W-03962

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34691 by John Swinney on 30 June 2010, how may tonnes of CO2 have been saved through energy efficiency measures installed under the energy efficiency discount schemes under the Local Government Finance Act 1992, also expressed as a percentage of domestic CO2 emissions.

Question reference: S4W-03964

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34691 by John Swinney on 30 June 2010, whether any energy efficiency discount schemes under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 require a householder to obtain an energy performance certificate and, if so, which ones.

Question reference: S4W-03959

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34691 by John Swinney on 30 June 2010, how many properties that were eligible for council tax have been granted energy efficiency discounts under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in each month since September 2009, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) the average number of energy efficiency measures installed per property.

Question reference: S4W-03961

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34691 by John Swinney on 30 June 2010, how many energy efficiency measures have been installed by each local authority under the energy efficiency discount scheme under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 that would not otherwise have been installed in each month since September 2009.

Question reference: S4W-03965

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-34691 by John Swinney on 30 June 2010, how energy efficiency discount schemes as defined by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 will interact with the UK Government's Green Deal and whether measures installed under the Green Deal will also be eligible for a discount under the scheme.

Question reference: S4W-03168

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how it uses its procurement process to help deliver its 42% carbon reduction target.

The Scottish Sustainable Procurement Action Plan provides support on how procurement can contribute towards delivery of a low carbon economy. This includes the use of Government Buying Standards as the minimum specification requirement across a wide range of key product groups.

The Scottish Government, in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland, is providing further support by embedding The Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement across the wider procurement landscape in Scotland.

This internationally recognised methodology provides public sector buyers a proportionate and relevant risk based approach to deliver sustainable outcomes throughout the procurement cycle.