- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many fault reports have been submitted by members of the public in relation to the public electric vehicle charging network in each month of the last three years.
Answer
We can only provide information relating to the Scottish Government funded ChargePlace Scotland (CPS) public electric vehicle (EV) charging network. The commercial sector does not make their own charge point fault information readily available to third parties.
Overall reliability across the CPS network is typically very good with charge points being available for use 95% to 97% on average each month. Most faults on the CPS network are short-lived in nature and in the majority of cases require no physical intervention. Typically around 90% of faults are resolved within 48 hrs with the ChargePlace Scotland helpdesk remedying most faults remotely.
Please note, ‘faults’ cover many different scenarios and do not necessarily relate to issues that affect the operation of the charging infrastructure itself, for example, it could relate to lighting at the site. Some faults may be reported by more than one member of the public and therefore each recorded fault is not necessarily a unique instance. The following table shows the total number of ‘faults’ logged by members of the public.
CPS have published a Network Performance page on the CPS website which provides a breakdown of ‘fault tickets’ by local authority from November 2022 onwards. Information prior to November 2022 has not been published on the website but is detailed in the following table.
Month | Faults reported by the public |
Nov-21 | 696 |
Dec-21 | 734 |
Jan-22 | 765 |
Feb-22 | 675 |
Mar-22 | 795 |
Apr-22 | 922 |
May-22 | 753 |
Jun-22 | 588 |
Jul-22 | 550 |
Aug-22 | 509 |
Sep-22 | 434 |
Oct-22 | 556 |
ChargePlace Scotland notifies the charge point host and the supplier (the private company who sends out engineers to units) of faults. Members of the public can inform CPS of faults (for example, by phoning and advising that a charge point they have tried to use is not operational) but please note that separate data is not kept purely on reports submitted by members of the public.
Weekly data is kept on a tracker beginning 30th October 2022 which had 109 faults for the week.
The monthly figures thereafter are as follows:
DATE | FAULTS |
November 2022 | 433 |
December 2022 | 525 |
January 2023 | 515 |
February 2023 | 425 |
March 2023 | 419 |
April 2023 | 409 |
May 2023 | 391 |
June 2023 | 408 |
July 2023 | 429 |
August 2023 | 318 |
September 2023 | 472 |
October 2023 | 471 |
November 2023 | 634 |
December 2023 | 603 |
January 2024 | 449 |
February 2024 | 366 |
March 2024 | 446 |
April 2024 | 471 |
May 2024 | 381 |
June 2024 | 500 |
July 2024 | 418 |
August 2024 | 534 |
September 2024 | 431 |
The full month of October 2024 has not concluded at the time this response was compiled. However the following weekly figures are available –
05-10-2024 | 99 |
12-10-2024 | 114 |
19-10-2024 | 101 |
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 7 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the level of progress in household recycling during 2023.
Answer
The Scottish Government welcomes the news that recently released statistics from SEPA show that in 2023 both the amount of household waste generated, and the carbon impact of Scotland’s household waste, were at their lowest levels since records began in 2011.
The small increase in the household recycling rate of 0.15% to 43.5% in 2023 shows there is work to do to increase recycling and to support our sustainable resource and climate goals. This is why our Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 and draft Circular Economy and Waste Route Map set out numerous measures to increase Scotland's reuse and recycling rates.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 7 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the current level of resources directed towards household recycling is sufficient to meet its household recycling targets.
Answer
Although SEPA official statistics for 2023 show that Scotland’s household recycling rate increased slightly to 43.5%, we know that there is more to do to accelerate progress to meet our circular economy aims.
The Scottish Government’s Recycling Improvement Fund has now awarded over £63 million to 25 local authorities to increase the quantity and quality of recycling across Scotland and we expect to see those projects deliver significant results locally in the coming years.
We are also in the early stages of the co-design of the new Household Recycling Code of Practice. This will deliver new statutory recycling standards and more consistent and easy to use services for households across Scotland. The co-design will enable national and local government to identify if additional resources are needed to achieve our ambitions to drive up reuse and recycling rates.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 7 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it has disposed of electric vehicles (EVs) in its fleet, and how much it has (a) spent on new EVs and (b) obtained through the sale or other means of disposal of older EVs, in each year since it purchased its first EV.
Answer
All electric vehicles disposed from the fleet have been sold through motor auctions.
We first purchased electric vehicles in 1999 however records are no longer held.
A breakdown of expenditure on new electric vehicles and income received from sale through motor auctions from 2010 are provided in the following table.
Year | Total cost of procurement | Total income from sales |
2010-11 | £163,121 | 0 |
2011-12 | 0 | 0 |
2012-13 | £21,367 | 0 |
2013-14 | £36,281 | 0 |
2014-15 | £62,467 | £3,546 |
2015-16 | £0 | 0 |
2016-17 | £0 | 0 |
2017-18 | £0 | 0 |
2018-19 | £0 | £6,298 |
2019-20 | £361,186 | 0 |
2020-21 | £383,920 | £4,298 |
2021-22 | £833,031 | 0 |
2022-23 | £182,195 | £37,720 |
2023-24 | £0 | £0 |
2024-25 | £0 | £0 |
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the benefits to Scotland will be of a fully circular waste management system.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2024
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the increase in tonnage of waste incinerated, outlined in the 2023 household waste statistics, to be a positive or negative market signal for prevention and reuse efforts.
Answer
Scotland was the first UK nation to introduce a ban on landfilling biodegradable municipal waste, which comes into force on 31 December 2025.
The increase in waste incinerated reflects preparations for the upcoming ban which have already supported a decrease in the total amount of waste going to landfill in Scotland by half over the past decade.
As we continue to increase our reuse and recycling rates, we will produce even less waste, however we will still need an appropriate way to manage our unavoidable and unrecyclable waste – and continue to reduce the amount going to landfill. The development of the Waste Route Map with partners now the Circular Economy Act is in place will be critical in accelerating action in this area.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an overview of the public electric vehicle charging network, including what the (a) number of installed chargers, (b) potential uptime, (c) recorded downtime and (d) proportion of uptime and downtime served to the public has been in each month of the last three years.
Answer
We can only provide information relating to the Scottish Government funded ChargePlace Scotland (CPS) public electric vehicle (EV) charging network. The commercial sector does not make their own charge point fault information readily available to third parties.
The following tables provides a monthly breakdown of the total number of charge points on the CPS network by month and the recorded uptime and downtime across the entire CPS network as served to the public for the last three years
CPS have published a Network Performance page on the CPS website which provides a breakdown by local authority from November 2021. This will continuously be updated with ready access to detailed information on the performance of the public charging network. Prior to November 2021 this information was not collated by the Scottish Government.
Please note that the new CPS contractor took over responsibility of the contract from the end of July 2021, therefore the figures provided are from the first full month of delivery.
2021 | 21-Aug | 21-Sep | 21-Oct | 21-Nov | 21-Dec |
Number of Units | 1760 | 2065 | 2101 | 2126 | 2148 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 78,566,400 | 89,208,000 | 90,763,200 | 91,843,200 | 95,886,720 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 16,368,360 | 5,894,580 | 3,418,500 | 5,877,720 | 3,995,340 |
% Downtime | 20.83% | 6.61% | 3.77% | 6.40% | 4.17% |
% Uptime | 79.17% | 93.39% | 96.23% | 93.60% | 95.83% |
2022 | January | February | March | April | May |
Number of Units | 2168 | 2216 | 2227 | 2249 | 2268 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 96,779,520 | 89,349,120 | 99,413,280 | 97,157,800 | 101,243,520 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 5,271,720 | 3,869,460 | 3,276,960 | 5,361,522 | 4,286,700 |
% Downtime | 5.45% | 4.33% | 3.20% | 5.50% | 4.20% |
% Uptime | 94.55% | 95.67% | 96.80% | 94.50% | 95.80% |
2022 | June | July | August | September | October |
Number of Units | 2284 | 2319 | 2363 | 2389 | 2388 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 98,668,800 | 103,520,160 | 105,484,320 | 103,204,800 | 106,600,320 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 5,422,800 | 3,049,860 | 4,816,200 | 1,910,400 | 2,131,020 |
% Downtime | 5.50% | 2.95% | 4.50% | 1.85% | 2.00% |
% Uptime | 94.50% | 97.05% | 95.50% | 98.15% | 98.00% |
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2022 | November | December |
Number of Units | 2413 | 2448 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 104,241,600 | 109,278,720 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 3,648,456 | 4,261,870 |
% Downtime | 3.50% | 3.90% |
% Uptime | 96.50% | 96.10% |
2023 | January | February | March | April | May |
Number of Units | 2459 | 2475 | 2493 | 2518 | 2512 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 109,769,760 | 99,792,000 | 111,287,520 | 108,777,600 | 112,135,680 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 3,512,632 | 3,293,136 | 3,338,626 | 3,263,328 | 3,139,799 |
% Downtime | 3.20% | 3.30% | 3.00% | 3.00% | 2.80% |
% Uptime | 96.80% | 96.70% | 97.00% | 97.00% | 97.20% |
2023 | June | July | August | September | October |
Number of Units | 2531 | 2569 | 2574 | 2599 | 2618 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 109,339,200 | 114,680,160 | 114,903,360 | 112,276,800 | 116,867,520 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 2,952,158 | 2,752,324 | 2,757,681 | 2,694,643 | 2,687,953 |
% Downtime | 2.70% | 2.40% | 2.40% | 2.40% | 2.30% |
% Uptime | 97.30% | 97.60% | 97.60% | 97.60% | 97.70% |
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2023 | November | December |
Number of Units | 2648 | 2682 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 114,393,600 | 119,724,480 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 2,516,659 | 2,753,663 |
% Downtime | 2.20% | 2.30% |
% Uptime | 97.80% | 97.70% |
2024 | January | February | March | April | May |
Number of Units | 2705 | 2760 | 2779 | 2795 | 2845 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 120,751,200 | 111,283,200 | 124,054,560 | 120,744,000 | 127,000,800 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 2,898,029 | 2,336,947 | 2,729,200 | 2,656,368 | 2,667,017 |
% Downtime | 2.40% | 2.10% | 2.20% | 2.20% | 2.10% |
% Uptime | 97.60% | 97.90% | 97.80% | 97.80% | 97.90% |
2024 | June | July |
Number of Units | 2871 | 2885 |
Potential Uptime(minutes) | 124,027,200 | 128,786,400 |
Logged Downtime per fault tickets( minutes) | 2,852,626 | 2,962,087 |
% Downtime | 2.30% | 2.30% |
% Uptime | 97.70% | 97.70% |
| | 2871 | 2885 |
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the WWF publication, 2024 Living Planet Report.
Answer
The findings of the WWF Living Planet Report provide further evidence, if any were needed, that the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss represent the existential threat of our times. We know we must take urgent action to address them now.
Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity sets out our ambition to be nature-positive, halting biodiversity loss by 2030 and making significant progress to restoring nature by 2045. The Strategic Framework will drive a step change to accelerate the pace and scale of our efforts. It includes: the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy, the first six yearly Delivery Plan, and a framework for statutory nature restoration targets to be established through the Natural Environment Bill.
The Bill will also include provisions to:
- Reform deer management in Scotland
- Modernise the aims and powers of National Park Authorities
- Provide powers to allow for future amendments to Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) legislation and the 1994 Habitats Regulations to support delivery of our net zero and biodiversity goals.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 31 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02414 by
Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021, whether Zero Waste Scotland was one of the agencies that worked on
the multi-agency project that resulted in the electronic duty of care (edoc)
system, and, if this is the case, for what reason no
details of this were included in the answer to question S6W-30359 by
Gillian Martin on 16 October 2024.
Answer
The reply to the 2024 PQ S6W-30359 was interpreted as seeking cost information for the Digital Waste Tracking project. The Electronic Duty of Care (edoc) system was a wholly separate project to the ongoing “Digital Waste Tracking” project. As such, edoc was not referred to in the response to PQ S6W-30359 on 16 October 2024.
All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at /chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 29 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its current electric vehicle fleet was purchased through loan or other credit agreements, and, if so, whether it will provide a breakdown of the (a) value of those agreements at purchase, (b) amounts outstanding and (c) amount of interest payable on any agreements.
Answer
There are no Scottish Government vehicles purchased through loan or credit agreements.
