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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S6O-03337

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported situation facing former clients of McClure Solicitors, what discussions it has had regarding enabling the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to consider groups of complaints, rather than considering complaints purely on an individual basis.

Question reference: S6O-03339

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the mental health of frontline police officers, in light of reports that reductions in the number of police officers is putting increasing pressure on the service.

Question reference: S6O-03338

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government within what timescale it plans to respond to the Scottish Law Commission's findings and recommendations arising from its consultation on damages for personal injury.

Question reference: S6O-03330

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost has been of overseas trips undertaken by the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, on behalf of the Scottish Government, since his appointment in 2021.

Question reference: S6O-03328

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is for public service broadcasting in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-03327

Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support festivals in Dumfries and Galloway.

Question reference: S6O-03334

Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has reportedly spent nearly £400,000 of public money to promote Scotland’s new hate crime laws.

Question reference: S6O-03347

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps are being taken to tackle bullying in schools.

Question reference: S6W-26519

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many households received support through the Warmer Homes Scotland programme in each financial year of its operation, broken down by local authority area.

The first phase of Warmer Homes Scotland began in September 2015, and closed to new applicants on 31 March 2023. The second phase of Warmer Homes Scotland was launched on 2 October 2023.

The following table shows the number of households who have received support through both phases of the Warmer Homes Scotland (WHS) scheme in each financial year since 2015, broken down by local authority area.

	Financial Years – WHS 1									WHS2
Local Authority Areas	15-16	16-17	17-18	18-19	19-20	20-21	21-22	22-23	23-24		23-24
Aberdeen City	39	128	100	106	69	74	121	151	98		32
Aberdeenshire	60	224	175	141	114	85	181	191	155		25
Angus	34	130	93	89	68	48	117	136	124		32
Argyll and Bute	33	161	110	113	98	69	153	118	122		12
City of Edinburgh	60	284	285	219	188	165	346	394	272		75
Clackmannanshire	15	54	33	31	34	20	39	64	35		10
Dumfries and Galloway	65	209	227	170	140	90	187	184	179		32
Dundee City	57	193	211	136	100	108	175	202	132		47
East Ayrshire	41	113	93	67	89	58	133	113	64		46
East Dunbartonshire	25	80	68	60	69	60	112	80	80		36
East Lothian	22	71	54	57	56	34	65	106	82		20
East Renfrewshire	28	72	74	80	53	47	85	74	35		16
Falkirk	36	106	109	81	94	80	130	129	84		51
Fife	107	367	353	267	235	218	375	444	284		79
Glasgow City	138	450	461	418	373	367	620	534	293		168
Highland	82	493	358	270	225	155	261	254	211		48
Inverclyde	27	223	150	111	130	68	146	129	76		27
Midlothian	20	76	83	68	59	42	82	92	68		18
Moray	18	96	81	54	62	47	78	86	75		19
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	6	116	177	105	111	75	76	73	81		0
North Ayrshire	45	148	105	76	93	56	152	156	114		47
North Lanarkshire	87	338	273	247	263	247	387	374	216		131
Orkney Islands	6	35	39	35	28	17	33	35	45		0
Perth and Kinross	44	134	130	100	83	68	124	148	125		35
Renfrewshire	57	173	181	130	140	86	188	192	114		73
Scottish Borders	22	103	120	79	69	48	85	107	78		36
Shetland Islands	1	9	56	30	47	23	56	48	56		5
South Ayrshire	31	143	120	67	86	57	125	141	98		39
South Lanarkshire	88	338	319	189	236	234	373	387	190		88
Stirling	25	73	72	36	48	29	54	69	47		18
West Dunbartonshire	18	81	59	61	55	50	93	67	41		23
West Lothian	35	133	134	125	92	79	159	200	126		67
Grand Total	1,372	5,354	4,903	3,818	3,607	2,904	5,311	5,478	3,800		1,355

Question reference: S6W-26513

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to further support local authorities to address any antisocial behaviour in social housing.

The Scottish Government is committed to tackling the problem of antisocial behaviour in our communities. Local authorities (as landlords) and Registered Social Landlords have a wide range of powers to deal with antisocial behaviour by their tenants that occurs in, or in the vicinity of the tenancy. A breach of tenancy conditions could ultimately lead to eviction as a last resort where the circumstances are sufficiently serious.

Social landlords as part of their requirement to meet the estate management and antisocial behaviour related outcome in the Scottish Social Housing Charter work in partnership with other agencies, to help to ensure as far as reasonably possible that tenants and other customers live in well-maintained neighbourhoods where they feel safe.

We recognise that no single approach will tackle all antisocial behaviour. Our national strategy is based on prevention, early intervention and positive diversionary activities. Police Scotland and local authorities lead on responses, using powers and options available to them to prevent and tackle antisocial behaviour. We are committed to ensuring all agencies have the powers and resources needed to tackle antisocial behaviour and crime.