- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what BP’s estimate is of lost revenue in the event of damage to the BP Forties pipeline system during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
Financial information relating to those costs is commercially confidential and cannot be released.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what volume of oil would be spilt if the BP Forties pipeline system were ruptured during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
While the volume has been calculated for designing suitable mitigation measures it would be inappropriate to release this information.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are insurance policies or contingency liabilities in place for local residents and businesses for any damage incurred to them in the event of the BP Forties pipeline system being damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
The Project Insurance Programme includes provision for third party damage. There are no Third Party Contingent Liabilities.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an automatic shutdown is in place in the event of the BP Forties pipeline system being damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing and, if so, how long it takes to operate.
Answer
On detection of a loss of flow, pipeline pumps will automatically shutdown and isolation valves will close. A manual shutdown of the pipeline may also be initiated following detection of a leak at site. Shutdown would take approximately two minutes.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the £100 million contingency liability cap to BP in relation to any damage caused to the Forties pipeline system during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing has been calculated and for what reason this was not included in the environmental statement for the Forth Crossing Act 2011.
Answer
The cap was set following negotiation with BP. The Environmental Statement does include the cost of mitigation measures.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how long it will take to shut down the BP Forties pipeline system manually if it is damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40177 on 14 March 2011. 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, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of fire risk is posed by construction work on the Forth Replacement Crossing being carried out close to the BP Forties pipeline system.
Answer
The fire risk to the Forties Pipeline has been assessed as minimal in relation to the Forth Replacement Crossing works.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the issue of the BP Forties pipeline system was not raised during consideration of the Forth Crossing Act 2011.
Answer
The Forth Replacement Crossing Team has been in lengthy and detailed engagement with BP and the worldwide insurance market seeking the best possible solution for the public interest. The meeting with the Finance Committee on 22 February 2011 was the first opportunity to speak meaningfully with the Parliament on the issue.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken an assessment of the geographical area likely to be affected by any damage to the BP Forties pipeline system during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on research and development, broken down by portfolio, in each of the last five years.
Answer
Government spend on research and development (R&D) is collected through the Office for National Statistics Annual Government Research and Development Survey. The latest published figures are for the financial year 2008-09.
Scottish Government spend on research and development, 2004-05 to 2008-09
| Year | R&D spend by Portfolio (£ thousands) | Total |
| Education & Lifelong Learning | Finance & Sustainable Growth | Health & Wellbeing | Justice | Rural Affairs & Environment |
| 2004-2005 | 2,480 | 8,943 | 54,992 | 2,651 | 61,753 | 130,819 |
| 2005-2006 | 3,074 | 9,997 | 57,109 | 2,710 | 63,965 | 136,855 |
| 2006-2007 | 3,309 | 8,313 | 63,362 | 2,661 | 54,439 | 132,084 |
| 2007-2008 | 2,778 | 8,218 | 61,187 | 4,300 | 60,595 | 137,078 |
| 2008-2009 | 3,163 | 8,728 | 63,371 | 5,044 | 59,291 | 139,597 |
Source: Government Research and Development Survey, Office for National Statistics.
The table includes R&D spending by Scottish Government directorates, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
However the table excludes:
Scottish Funding Council grants to universities for Research and Knowledge Transfer.
One-off funding mechanisms e.g. the £10 million Saltire Prize, £13 million WATERS scheme.
