Parliamentary Questions
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To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) businesses and (b) people have submitted online planning applications via the ePlanning Scotland website in each year since 2009, broken down by local authority, and what the average saving was.
Answered by Alex Neil (25/03/2015):Anyone who registers on the portal can set their account as either a ‘professional’ or a ‘general public’ user. The reason for this initial distinction is to customise their experience. As regular users of the portal professionals benefit from additional functionality made available to them. The general public are assisted with easy to use forms and guidance. The Scottish Government does not however retain information on the breakdown of applications submitted through the ePlanning portal by types of user, whether they be professionals, businesses or the general public. The average saving per applicant is based on several factors associated with producing a traditional paper based application. This includes savings to be made from costs associated with printing technical drawings, design statements, visualisations etc. as well as the packaging and postage costs. Other savings are generated by the efficiencies the portal provides, freeing up the applicants time to work on other activities. None of these savings have a bearing on which planning authority is processing the application or who the applicant is; an average is applied across all applications. To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to encourage businesses to recycle.
Answered by Richard Lochhead (25/03/2010): Scottish Government funds the Zero Waste Scotland delivery programme to provide a one-stop-shop to businesses, organisations and individuals seeking advice and support on reducing waste, recycling and resource efficiency. S3W-30481: To ask the Scottish Executive how many households suffered a loss of water supply in November 2009, broken down by (a) Scottish Parliament constituency and (b) local authority area.
Answered by Stewart Stevenson (15/01/2010): This information is not held centrally. I have asked the Chief Executive of Scottish Water to reply directly to you. S3W-30482To ask the Scottish Executive how many households suffered a loss of water supply in December 2009, broken down by (a) Scottish Parliament constituency and (b) local authority area. Answered by Stewart Stevenson (15/01/2010): This information is not held centrally. I have asked the Chief Executive of Scottish Water to reply directly to you. To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in West Dunbartonshire have applied for the Small Business Bonus Scheme.
Answered by Jim Mather (10/09/2009): We do not hold data on the number of applications for the Small Business Bonus Scheme. Earlier this year, we published a report which showed that 655 business properties in West Dunbartonshire benefited under the Scheme in 2008-09, to the value of over £3 million. Five hundred and fifty-four of these qualified for 100 per cent relief and so paid no business rates. To ask the Scottish Executive what progress there has been on the national food policy.
Answered by Richard Lochhead (07/05/2009): A national food and drink policy reflecting growth, health, affordability and environmental sustainability is a priority for this administration. To deliver this I set up a Leadership Forum to recommend the next steps for action. This group will report soon and I will set out the next steps in the summer. To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review water charges to low water-usage organisations such as churches, scouts and the boys’ brigade.
Answered by Stewart Stevenson (24/07/2007): The Scottish Executiveconsulted in November 2006 on detailed proposals to introduce a more obviouslycost-reflective means of charging all non-household customers for their waterservices. The Executive’s analysis of this consultation is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43156). The Executive will beconsulting on its wider principles of charging for 2010-14 in the autumn. |
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ArchiveNote: This page contains both questions laid by Gil as MSP for West of Scotland (2007-2011, title starts "S3W/O") and Clydebank & Milngavie (2011-present, title starts "S4W/O")
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