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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: S6W-09845

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on publicity and marketing for Business Growth Accelerator relief on non-domestic rates since it was introduced.

The Scottish Government does not hold a discrete budget line for raising awareness of Non-Domestic Rates reliefs. Information on all non-domestic rates reliefs, including the Business Growth Accelerator, is available on the mygov.scotwebsite , and other websites including those of individual local authorities who similarly promote information on reliefs and how to apply for them. Since 2020-21, following recommendation 14 of the Barclay Review of Non-Domestic rates, all councils have adopted a standardised bill template which includes, amongst other things, direction to ratepayers on how to find information on the range of reliefs available.

Officials also regularly share information, including on any new or expanded reliefs, with a range of stakeholders, including business representative groups at the Scottish Ratepayers Forum and with NDR practitioners at Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation forums.

Question reference: S6W-08963

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding any review of the alcohol ban on ScotRail services, which was introduced in November 2020 to facilitate adherence to the COVID-19 social distancing and facemask requirements.

Question reference: S6O-01196

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on future road infrastructure projects in the north east.

Question reference: S6O-01110

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on which of the key recommendations it is looking to progress from the report State of The Nation: Heart Valve Disease in Scotland by Heart Valve Voice, which was released in December 2021.

Question reference: S6O-01083

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 May 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £500 million Energy Transition Fund for the north east has now been allocated.

Question reference: S6O-01000

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress regarding the transport projects funded from the £254 million announced in 2016 and as part of the Aberdeen City Region Deal.

Question reference: S6O-00965

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what role prisons have in the assessment of prisoners, including of their mental health, prior to their release.

Question reference: S6W-04905

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the Mental Health Transformation Fund has been allocated to each NHS board in each year since 2018.

The information requested is shown in the following table for 2018-19 to 2020-21, the latest complete financial year available.

Data for 2020-21 demonstrates that NHS Board allocations slightly exceeded the original planned budget, the balance of which was off-set by other mental health programme budgets.

Table - Proportion of Mental Health Transformation Budget Allocated to NHS Boards in 2018-21	Proportion of Budget allocated to NHS Board in 2018-19	Proportion of Budget allocated to NHS Board in 2019-20	Proportion of Budget allocated to NHS Board in 2020-21
NHS Ayrshire & Arran	4%	4%	4%
NHS Borders	2%	0%	2%
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	2%	2%	2%
NHS Fife	4%	4%	4%
NHS Forth Valley	3%	3%	3%
NHS Grampian	5%	5%	5%
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	12%	9%	11%
NHS Highland	4%	4%	3%
NHS Lanarkshire	8%	8%	7%
NHS Lothian	9%	8%	7%
NHS Orkney	1%	1%	1%
NHS Shetland	1%	1%	1%
NHS Tayside	4%	4%	4%
NHS Western Isles	1%	1%	1%
NHS Education for Scotland	22%	30%	33%
NHS Health Improvement Scotland	4%	5%	1%
NHS Health Scotland/Public Health Scotland	0%	0%	2%
NHS National Services Scotland	1%	1%	4%
NHS 24	0%	0%	8%
TOTAL	87%	90%	101%

Question reference: S6O-00744

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what legal advice it has received on introducing the proposed referendum bill on Scottish independence.

Question reference: S6O-00627

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it will release its plans for the reopening of Minor Injury Units.