- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what business waste recycling rates have been achieved in each local authority in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what household recycling rates have been achieved in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
Answer
The following table gives the household recycling rate achieved in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
Household Waste Recycled or Composted (% Tonnes)
|
Local Authority
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2001-02
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2002-03
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2003-04
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2004-05
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2005-06
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2006-07
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2007-08
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2008-09
|
2009-10
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2010-11
|
|
Aberdeen
|
6.5
|
6.7
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9.6
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16.1
|
19.7
|
21.9
|
22.6
|
22.6
|
25.7
|
30.9
|
|
Aberdeenshire
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5.6
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9.5
|
12.9
|
10.3
|
16.3
|
23.0
|
31.2
|
32.3
|
33.3
|
32.4
|
|
Angus
|
14.3
|
15.9
|
10.7
|
31.1
|
35.4
|
32.7
|
37.0
|
37.5
|
40.6
|
38.4
|
|
Argyll and Bute
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9.2
|
8.2
|
9.8
|
17.8
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25.4
|
36.6
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37.7
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38.8
|
45.1
|
45.4
|
|
Clackmannan
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3.9
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6.5
|
9.3
|
38.7
|
40.1
|
43.6
|
42.2
|
44.9
|
46.7
|
49.8
|
|
Dumfries and Galloway
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3.1
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3.7
|
5.2
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6.3
|
11.1
|
24.3
|
31.4
|
36.0
|
39.7
|
43.2
|
|
Dundee
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5.7
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11.1
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12.4
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27.6
|
31.5
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30.0
|
32.4
|
34.7
|
37.5
|
30.3
|
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East Ayrshire
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2.4
|
3.2
|
6.2
|
19.0
|
33.8
|
37.2
|
44.1
|
44.2
|
45.1
|
46.0
|
|
E. Dunbartonshire
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7.5
|
10.4
|
15.4
|
16.7
|
24.7
|
30.8
|
31.3
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32.0
|
34.5
|
39.7
|
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East Lothian
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6.3
|
12.7
|
14.9
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18.9
|
29.3
|
28.0
|
32.5
|
35.6
|
36.5
|
39.5
|
|
East Renfrewshire
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7.9
|
13.3
|
21.4
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29.3
|
32.4
|
33.4
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36.8
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40.5
|
38.0
|
47.4
|
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Edinburgh
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5.6
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6.5
|
12.1
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17.3
|
22.1
|
24.6
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27.6
|
30.0
|
31.5
|
29.5
|
|
Eilean Siar
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3.7
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
10.4
|
12.7
|
19.2
|
23.1
|
20.3
|
23.1
|
21.8
|
|
Falkirk
|
5.0
|
5.3
|
9.3
|
20.1
|
30.9
|
35.9
|
33.8
|
39.2
|
40.9
|
47.5
|
|
Fife
|
1.9
|
5.4
|
17.9
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25.7
|
32.2
|
35.0
|
41.7
|
45.4
|
47.9
|
49.4
|
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Glasgow
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3.6
|
5.5
|
6.0
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8.4
|
12.3
|
13.7
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15.1
|
16.4
|
18.8
|
22.5
|
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Highland
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2.8
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3.4
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7.3
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11.9
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24.6
|
31.9
|
37.3
|
40.1
|
41.6
|
41.1
|
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Inverclyde
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3.9
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4.7
|
5.6
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7.1
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21.7
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24.0
|
24.9
|
33.6
|
36.8
|
36.9
|
|
Midlothian
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3.9
|
4.4
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
23.1
|
34.0
|
38.2
|
39.5
|
43.4
|
46.3
|
|
Moray
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4.4
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8.4
|
16.1
|
17.8
|
28.7
|
36.4
|
41.0
|
40.9
|
39.8
|
41.3
|
|
North Ayrshire
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6.6
|
14.5
|
23.6
|
27.7
|
30.4
|
28.9
|
34.7
|
39.9
|
46.7
|
48.5
|
|
North Lanarkshire
|
3.1
|
7.3
|
13.7
|
14.4
|
29.6
|
31.4
|
35.3
|
42.2
|
46.3
|
46.1
|
|
Orkney Islands
|
22.2
|
18.7
|
20.3
|
18.3
|
17.2
|
20.8
|
29.2
|
38.9
|
36.6
|
36.4
|
|
Perth and Kinross
|
16.6
|
19.1
|
20.9
|
26.4
|
34.7
|
34.9
|
37.0
|
38.0
|
43.4
|
48.0
|
|
Renfrewshire
|
5.2
|
9.2
|
11.1
|
16.4
|
25.3
|
29.3
|
31.2
|
31.7
|
38.8
|
44.1
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
12.8
|
11.1
|
12.9
|
7.8
|
17.8
|
29.2
|
36.5
|
40.9
|
43.4
|
45.8
|
|
Shetland Islands
|
10.5
|
23.3
|
29.6
|
9.3
|
9.6
|
17.3
|
19.2
|
22.7
|
19.3
|
19.5
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
4.7
|
4.9
|
6.8
|
19.3
|
33.5
|
38.7
|
45.2
|
48.0
|
51.2
|
47.3
|
|
South Lanarkshire
|
7.1
|
5.8
|
18.7
|
27.3
|
31.5
|
31.0
|
32.2
|
35.8
|
36.7
|
34.7
|
|
Stirling
|
10.1
|
8.9
|
15.1
|
28.0
|
34.6
|
39.0
|
42.4
|
44.7
|
46.8
|
51.1
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
5.7
|
6.6
|
7.4
|
11.5
|
29.7
|
37.7
|
35.7
|
33.8
|
33.9
|
41.5
|
|
West Lothian
|
6.5
|
6.8
|
12.4
|
17.5
|
27.2
|
37.1
|
37.1
|
43.3
|
44.3
|
47.5
|
|
Scotland average
|
5.7
|
7.7
|
12.2
|
17.8
|
25.5
|
29.2
|
32.6
|
35.4
|
38.0
|
40.3
|
Sources: SEPA Local authority Waste Arisings Survey (LAWAS) and WasteDataFlow.
Data for 2001-02 to 2003-04 calculated from Table 2 in Waste Data Digests 3, 4 and 5. Note: waste collected at civic amenity sites has been assumed to be 100% household
Data from 2004-05 to 2010-11 from Zero waste Plan Table 7: .
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how much public money was spent on advocacy in the last year, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) local authority and also expressed per head of population.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-04930 on 23 January 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament鈥檚 website, the search facility for which can be found at .
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many advocacy services have been put out to competitive tendering in the last year and how many were won by local organisations.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
Commissioning of advocacy services is a matter for local authorities and NHS boards as they have responsibility, within their respective areas, for provision of advocacy for those who need it.
Guidance on the Procurement of Care and Support Services by public bodies in Scotland published jointly by the Scottish Government and COSLA in September 2012 is available at .
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many people accessed advocacy services in the last year, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-04931 on 23 January 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament鈥檚 website, the search facility for which can be found at: .
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of GP practices in each NHS board area have enhanced service contracts for drug treatment.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS boards. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers local authorities have to聽deal with owners of聽derelict buildings who do not secure their premises聽against vandals and fire-raisers.
Answer
The existing legislation enables local authorities to deal with defective or dangerous buildings. They can serve notice on the owner to carry out emergency work to secure the premises, where there is a danger to the public. If the owner does not carry out the work they are guilty of an offence under the Building (Scotland) Act 2003. The local authority can then do work in default of the owner.
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many notices each local authority has issued in each year to owners of defective or derelict buildings under the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
This is a matter for local authorities. Limited information on defective buildings notices issued by individual local authorities since 2005 should be available on their online Building Standards Register.
The only data held centrally is the Building Standards Annual Return for 2010-11. This recorded 96 notices served on owners of defective buildings. A breakdown by local authority is found in the following table:
|
Local Authority
|
No. of Defective
Notices Issued
|
|
Aberdeen City
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4
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
0
|
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Angus
|
0
|
|
Argyll and Bute
|
0
|
|
City of Edinburgh
|
0
|
|
Clackmannanshire
|
0
|
|
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
|
0
|
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
0
|
|
Dundee City
|
0
|
|
East Ayrshire
|
0
|
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
0
|
|
East Lothian
|
0
|
|
East Renfrewshire
|
0
|
|
Falkirk
|
0
|
|
Fife
|
0
|
|
Glasgow City
|
0
|
|
Highland
|
13
|
|
Inverclyde
|
2
|
|
Midlothian
|
7
|
|
Moray
|
0
|
|
North Ayrshire
|
0
|
|
North Lanarkshire
|
24
|
|
Orkney
|
0
|
|
Perth and Kinross
|
3
|
|
Renfrewshire
|
25
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
17
|
|
Shetland Islands
|
0
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
0
|
|
South Lanarkshire
|
0
|
|
Stirling
|
0
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
0
|
|
West Lothian
|
1
|
|
Scotland
|
96
|
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what responsibilities owners of derelict listed buildings have to ensure that their property does not fall into serious disrepair.
Answer
All building owners have a general responsibility to maintain their property. There is no specific additional responsibility for the owners of unoccupied listed buildings. If it appears to a local authority that such a building is defective or dangerous they are empowered under sections 28-30 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 to carry out remedial works and to pursue the building owner for the expense incurred.
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether聽it plans to allow police and fire services to charge for call-outs to derelict buildings that have not been secured against vandals and fire-raisers.
Answer
There are no plans to allow the new Police Service of Scotland or Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to introduce charges for call-outs to derelict buildings.
