- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 February 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-27295 by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 February 2020, which councils have enquired about financial support for renegotiating waste management contracts.
Answer
We have not received any enquiries from councils about financial support for renegotiating waste-management contracts as of 28 February 2020.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-27341 by John Swinney on 24 February 2020, whether it will confirm which schools, and where they are located.
Answer
The schools and their locations are listed below:
Scotland
- Acharacle Primary School, Highland
England
- Bushbury Primary School, Wolverhampton
- Wilkinson Primary School, Wolverhampton
- Harris Academy, Sutton
Wales
- Burry Port Primary School, Carmarthenshire
- Ysgol Gorslas, Carmarthenshire
- Ysgol Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what provision will be made to provide exceptions from the deposit return scheme (DRS) for premises that must adhere to statutory food hygiene regulations.
Answer
The draft Deposit Return Scheme Regulations, published on 10 September 2019, allow the Scottish Ministers to exempt a retailer from the obligation to operate a return point where:
- An alternative return point located within reasonable proximity has agreed to take back containers on the retailer’s behalf, and
- If the exemption is granted, this will still provide consumers with reasonable access to a return point.
We have been engaging with the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland to better understand potential risks around food safety and related issues associated with operating a return point in a retail setting and intend to share further information with the Environment, Climate Change, and Land Reform Committee in due course.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial or technical support will be provided to businesses to adapt premises to handle potential contaminants from deposit return scheme (DRS) materials, while maintaining statutory compliance with food hygiene regulations.
Answer
We recognise that retailers, particularly those who prepare food on their premises, will need to put in place controls in order to avoid risks around food safety and related issues arising from their obligation to operate a return point under Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
We will work with the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland to develop guidance for retailers, particularly smaller businesses, to support them in implementing DRS in a way that is consistent with their obligations.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to varying landfill tax rates and bands during the extended period before a biodegradable municipal waste to landfill ban.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2020
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 24 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what projections it has made of the potential differential over the next three years between funding provided to local authorities for new-build schools and revenue clawback where facilities do not meet energy efficiency outcomes.
Answer
Under the Learning Estate Investment Programme, the Scottish Government and COSLA have jointly agreed a funding model that will include a focus on energy efficiency outcomes. Precise details are being finalised.
Due to the development and construction timescales of the 11 first phase projects within the programme, this funding model is not expected to have an impact in the next 3 years.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 24 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to a tapered model of funding reduction for local authorities where new-build schools do not meet energy efficiency outcomes.
Answer
The Scottish Government has set up a working group, with membership from COSLA and local authority Directors of Finance and Directors of Education, to consider how energy targets may be best achieved. The working group will give consideration to a tapered model of funding for the energy outcome target.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 24 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools (a) have been built in the last five years and (b) are planned for construction in the next five years that have an energy efficiency rating of 67kwh per square metre or better.
Answer
There are currently 7 completed schools in the UK which have adopted this target or lower. All 11 projects within phase 1 of the new £1 billion Learning Estate Investment Programme have the outcome target of 67 kwh/m2/annum.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 24 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much weighting will be given to (a) design and construction and (b) post-construction activity when assessing energy efficiency outcomes for new-build schools.
Answer
The energy outcome target under the Learning Estate Investment Programme is intended to be a measure of actual in-use energy consumption.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-27056 by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 January 2020, what other product groups are being considered for potential extended producer responsibility schemes with the UK Government.
Answer
The Scottish Government is working with the other UK administrations to scope the potential for additional schemes for textiles, bulky waste including mattresses, certain construction materials, tyres and fishing gear. Any proposals that come forward would need to meet our ambitions and fully respect the devolution settlement.