- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the owners of the homes affected must unanimously agree a maintenance plan, or if a majority will suffice, when a maintenance order pertaining to a communally owned property is issued under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006.
Answer
Home owners are responsible for the maintenance of their property. Under Part 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, local authorities can issue a maintenance order requiring owners to prepare a maintenance plan to ensure houses are maintained to a reasonable standard. The plan must be submitted to the local authority for approval. Where property is communally owned and there are three or more owners, the local authority may approve a plan only if a majority of owners are content with it. If owners cannot agree a plan, or a plan is unsuitable, the local authority can substitute its own plan. Owners have a right of appeal to the Sheriff if they are unhappy with a decision to approve or devise a maintenance plan.
The Scottish Government has published guidance for local authorities on the use of maintenance orders. This is available at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/03/25154634/0.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to support tourism in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 11 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the North Sea sector boundary between Scotland and England as defined in the Scottish Adjacent Water Boundaries Order 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive approached the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in 2009 seeking a review of the boundary. At that time Defra indicated that they had no plans to review the boundary.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 11 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers the impact has been of the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 was controversially made under section 126(2) of the Scotland Act 1998, as part of the devolution settlement, in order to establish a boundary between the waters within British fishery limits that are adjacent to Scotland, and those that are adjacent to other parts of the United Kingdom, most notably in relation to sea fisheries. The boundaries set out in the Order were replicated in the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) (Scottish Ministers) Order 2005, and later used to define the Scottish Marine Area in the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much oil from Scottish territorial waters has been landed at each terminal in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The information requested is published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change and can be found on their website at the following link:
https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/info_strategy/index.htm.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much gas from Scottish territorial waters has been landed at each terminal in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The Department for Energy and Climate Change publish data on gas received at terminals in the UK which can be found on their website at the following link
https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/info_strategy/index.htm.
There is no gas produced in Scottish territorial waters.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are being made for the amalgamation of the General Register Office for Scotland and the National Archives of Scotland.
Answer
In Scotland''s Spending Plans and Draft Budget 2011-12 last November, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth announced the amalgamation of the General Register Office for Scotland and the National Archives of Scotland, as part of our programme to simplify and streamline Scottish public bodies. The amalgamation will take place on 1 April 2011. The new body will be called the National Records of Scotland and will report to me. Because it will play an important part in the economic life of Scotland, the Minister for Enterprise and Tourism will also be involved in the work of the new body. The statutory duties of the Registrar General and the Keeper of the Records will be unchanged.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what appeal process there is for people convicted of a driving offence who have had their driving licence revoked.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no functions in relation to the appeal process for people convicted of a driving offence who have had their driving licence revoked.
Transport is a reserved function of the UK Government and as such the Secretary of State for Transport has the responsibility for the appeals process for people convicted of a driving offence who have had their driving licence revoked.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 4 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of proposed changes to autopsy services for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in any NHS board area.
Answer
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is currently discussing issues raised by NHS Lanarkshire regarding the provision of post mortems in Wishaw General Hospital.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 28 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether proposed housing developments by a registered social landlord must receive planning permission before grant support to assist with construction costs can be awarded.
Answer
It is possible for an award of grant to be made to a Registered Social Landlord to assist with construction costs prior to planning permission for the approved project having been granted. In all such cases the formal offer of grant would contain an essential condition requiring full planning consent for the development to have been obtained by the Registered Social Landlord prior to any grant monies being released.
