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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6T-00844

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm whether Hull 801 will be delivered by May 2023 and Hull 802 by December 2023 and within the latest cost to complete budget of £123 million.

Question reference: S6T-00841

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it is responding to the report, Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2021, which was published on 28 July 2022.

Question reference: S6F-01338

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of overtime in Scotland’s NHS.

Question reference: S6F-01341

Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022

To ask the First Minister what further steps the Scottish Government will take to support tenants facing the cost of living crisis.

Question reference: S6F-01325

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government plans to take in light of reported figures showing that sexual and violent crime in Scotland has risen significantly over the last five years.

Question reference: S6F-01315

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022

To ask the First Minister, in light of the loss of life as a result of road traffic incidents on the A9 over the summer, on sections of the road that have not been dualled, what plans the Scottish Government has to publish a timetable setting out when the dualling of the A9, and A96, will be delivered.

Question reference: S6F-01311

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-01310

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-10265

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09275 by Tom Arthur on 12 July 2022, how many homes are proposed to be built as part of each successful application, and, of those, how many homes will be (a) partly and (b) fully funded.

The following table outlines how many homes are proposed to be built as part of each successful application for the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP). The VDLIP provides funding to cover capital costs associated with remediating and unblocking long-term vacant and derelict land sites. Additional funding to support the delivery of new homes, where this is part of the project proposals, is considered as a part of the application process by the independent investment panel.

Applicant	Round	Project Proposal	Award	Homes proposed	Funding arrangement
City of Edinburgh Council	1 (2021-22)	Western Villages Granton	£619,661	444	Part
Clyde Gateway	1 (2021-22)	Dalmarnock Riverside Park	£750,000	0	NA
East Dunbartonshire Council	1 (2021-22)	Kirkintilloch Community Sport Complex	£836,000	0	NA
East Renfrewshire Council	1 (2021-22)	Levern Water Revival	£1,084,661	0	NA
Falkirk Council	1 (2021-22)	Lionthorn Bing Greenspace Project	£563,621	0	NA
Glasgow City Council	1 (2021-22)	Belle Gro'@ The Meat Market	£450,474	0	NA
Glasgow City Council	1 (2021-22)	Transforming Avenue End Road Greenspace	£417,812	0	NA
Inverclyde Council	1 (2021-22)	6FootLab	£69,000	0	NA
South Lanarkshire Council	1 (2021-22)	Clyde Cycle Park	£296,000	0	NA
South Lanarkshire Council	1 (2021-22)	ONECarluke Community Growing	£84,150	0	NA
City of Edinburgh Council	2 (2022-23)	Greendykes North affordable housing	£623,713	133	Part
Clyde Gateway	2 (2022-23)	D2 GRIDS	£664,000	0	NA
East Dunbartonshire Council	2 (2022-23)	Twechar Canal Regeneration Project	£614,925	15	Part
Glasgow City Council	2 (2022-23)	Hamiltonhill Green Infrastructure Project	£924,911	0	NA
Glasgow City Council	2 (2022-23)	Ruchazie Greening and Growing project	£670,000	0	NA
Inverclyde	2 (2022-23)	Carwood Street Food Growing Project	£69,500	0	NA
Inverclyde	2 (2022-23)	HSCP Community Learning	£990,000	0	NA
North Ayrshire Council	2 (2022-23)	Annickbank Innovation Campus, Irvine Enterprise Area	£400,000	0	NA
North Lanarkshire Council	2 (2022-23)	Glenmanor Greenspace	£230,911	0	NA
West Dunbartonshire Council	2 (2022-23)	Community Food Growing – Former Bonhill PS	£100,000	0	NA

Question reference: S6W-10274

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses (a) have signed up to and (b) are eligible for the Scotland Loves Local gift card scheme, broken down by local authority area.

All businesses with a bricks and mortar presence in their community are eligible to sign up, except for gambling and betting businesses. As of 16 August 2022, 3,839 businesses have signed up to the Scotland Loves Local Gift Card scheme. The table below details the number of businesses that have signed up to the scheme by local authority area.

	Scotland Loves Local Registered Merchants

Aberdeen		234
Aberdeenshire		112
Angus		35
Argyll and Bute		117
Clackmannanshire		14
Dumfries and Galloway		92
Dundee		141
East Ayrshire		218
East Dunbartonshire		88
East Lothian		139
East Renfrewshire		51
Edinburgh		261
Falkirk		164
Fife		116
Glasgow		843
Highland		142
Inverclyde		16
Midlothian		31
Moray		119
Na h-Eileanan an iar		42
North Ayrshire		45
North Lanarkshire		75
Orkney		9
Perth and Kinross		170
Renfrewshire		120
Scottish Borders		32
Shetland		3
South Ayrshire		127
South Lanarkshire		102
Stirling		51
West Dunbartonshire		48
West Lothian		82
		3,839