- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, on average, what proportion of landings by Scotland-registered vessels are currently landed in Scotland, and how this has changed since the introduction of the economic link requirements.
Answer
The following table shows the share of the eight species landed into Scottish ports as a percentage of the total Scottish landings of each species. It should be noted that landings for 2024 are still management data and are not currently available for publication.
Species | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Anglerfish | 91% | 95% | 88% | 90% |
Cod | 99% | 98% | 99% | 98% |
Haddock | 100% | 99% | 100% | 99% |
Hake | 93% | 91% | 92% | 96% |
Herring | 57% | 63% | 53% | 56% |
Mackerel | 46% | 46% | 48% | 52% |
Nephrops | 95% | 97% | 97% | 96% |
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, when reviewing the annual reports and accounts of national park authorities over the last 10 years, what concerns have been raised about the economic impact of national parks.
Answer
Scotland’s National Parks generate significant economic benefits via tourism, employment and investment. Like all Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), National Park’s Annual Reports & Accounts are formally reviewed by external auditors before being laid in the Scottish Parliament for public scrutiny. The Scottish Government has not routinely raised concerns about these formally audited records of public spend, and nor have concerns been raised by other bodies.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether its Marine Directorate publishes data annually on economic link compliance and quota payback, and, if it does not, whether it will consider doing so to improve public oversight of the policy.
Answer
The Scottish Government has published this information since the amended economic link licence condition was implemented from 1 January 2023. It can be found at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-economic-link/
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason public sector bodies, like national park authorities, reportedly do not need to publish any cost-benefit analyses of their spending decisions.
Answer
All public bodies in Scotland, including National Parks are required to demonstrate value for money in the discharge of their functions via compliance with the Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM) and Accountable Officer (AO) Framework. The use/publication of cost-benefit analysis as a tools to support and inform spending decisions is an operational matter for individual organisations to consider with the overarching financial framework of governance and accountability set out in the Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM).
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review or revise the current economic link policy to better reflect Scotland’s fishing communities and onshore processing needs.
Answer
The Scottish Government is in the process of conducting a review of the amended economic link license condition. This will be published in due course
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 10 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many psychiatric care units there have been in each of the past six years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. The member is welcome to review the latest Mental Health Inpatient Census 2024 which can provide an overview of beds available, and occupied by, ward type for NHS Scotland mental health facilities. NHS Assure may also hold relevant ward-level information.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 9 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much Integration Joint Boards have spent on dementia services in each financial year since 2020-21, and what the notional budget is for 2025-26.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-38764 on 4 July 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 9 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether there has been an assessment of the potential impact on dementia services of any budget reductions by Integration Joint Boards.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-38765 on 4 July 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 9 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support LGBTI+ people (a) during Pride month and (b) in the coming year.
Answer
The Scottish Government remains committed to advancing equality for LGBTQI+ people, and promoting, protecting and realising the rights of every LGBTQI+ person in Scotland. We recognise that policies that value diversity and advance equality and inclusion are under threat around the world and the impact this has for the LGBTQI+ community. The Scottish Government respects the call from several Pride organisers in Scotland for no political representation during marches. During Pride season, the Scottish Government has met with LGBTQI+ organisations to discuss key issues impacting on the community and how we are advancing equality for this group as outlined in our Programme for Government 2025-26.
Actions include providing support of over £1.1 million in funding to organisations working to promote LGBTQI+ equality. This delivers a range of projects to tackle inequality and realise rights for LGBTQI+ people across all areas of Scottish life.
We are also working to implement our non-binary equality action plan and take forward our commitment to ending conversion practices. We will continue to work with a wide range of third sector organisations to ensure that the voices of those with lived experience can help to improve outcomes for LGBTQI+ communities across Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether Flamingo Land Lomond Banks will pay for the land at Balloch, and, if so, how much it will pay.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. I have asked their Chief Executive, Adrian Gillespie, to contact you directly with a response.