- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions it has carried out an Island Communities Impact Assessment since the introduction of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018.
Answer
You can find ICIAs completed by the Scottish Government on the publications section of the Scottish Government website alongside other impact assessments.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 15 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many private (a) 4G and (b) 5G networks have been built in the Highlands and Islands region, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collect or hold data on deployment of private 4G and 5G networks.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 15 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any financial support that it offers towards the construction of private mobile phone networks.
Answer
There is no financial support currently available from the Scottish Government towards the construction of private mobile phone networks.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions (a) local authorities and (b) NHS boards have carried out an Island Communities Impact Assessment since the introduction of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018.
Answer
Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of ICIAs completed by other Relevant Authorities who are responsible for publishing their own assessments in the way that they consider appropriate.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 15 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many so-called mobile phone "notspots" there are in the Highlands and Islands region, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collect or hold data on current 4G and 5G mobile notspots.
Ofcom produces an annual Connected Nations report including coverage and performance of mobile networks at local authority area. This is accessible at https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/multi-sector-research/infrastructure-research along with underlying datasets.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 15 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has multi-year funding in place for its Scottish 4G Infill Programme (S4GI) beyond 2024-25, and, if so, whether it will provide details of this.
Answer
Delivery of the Scottish 4G Infill Programme completed in November 2023 and no further funding has been allocated to this programme beyond 2023-24 .
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential implications of buildings within the heritage sector containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
Answer
The Scottish Government has not made any assessment of the potential implications of buildings within the heritage sector containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Assessment for the presence of RAAC and for putting in place appropriate measures is a matter for individual building owners, informed by guidance such as that available from the Institution of Structural Engineers and Historic Environment Scotland.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 14 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many new masts it anticipates will be deployed through the Scottish 4G Infill Programme (S4GI), broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish 4G Infill (S4GI) Programme completed in November 2023 with the successful delivery of 55 new masts. No further masts will be deployed through the S4GI programme.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 14 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many new masts have been deployed through the Scottish 4G Infill Programme (S4GI), broken down by (a) year and (b) local authority area since the programme was established.
Answer
The following tables set out the 55 new masts deployed through the Scottish 4G Infill Programme which completed in November 2023 by year and by local authority area.
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- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide the dates on which the Young Islanders Network has met since its establishment.
Answer
To date, the Young Islanders Network has held online sessions on:
10-03-2022
31-03-2022
28-04-2022
12-05-2022
26-05-2022
09-06-2022
23-06-2022
11-08-2022
29-09-2022
17-11-2022
08-12-2022
18-01-2023
09-02-2023
02-03-2023
23-03-2023
20-04-2023
08-06-2023
28-06-2023
20-07-2023
07-09-2023
19-10-2023
09-11-2023
30-11-2023
18-12-2023
25-01-2024
29-02-2024
21-03-2024
22-04-2024
25-04-2024
Further on-line activities involving Young Islander Network members took place on:
01-11-2022
08-11-2022
15-11-2022
02-02-2023
08-02-2023
15-03-2023
23-11-2023
09-01-2024
Residential in-person events took place on:
30-07-2022 - 02-08-2022
26-01-2023 - 30-01-2023
Further in-person activities involving Young Islander Network members took place on:
13-06-2022 - 17-06-2022
26-08-2022 - 29-08-2022
30-08-2022 - 01-09-2022
06-02-2023
10-03-2023 - 12-03-2023
20-03-2023 - 21-03-2023
07-05-2023
05-07-2023
12-07-2023 - 15-07-2023
12-08-2023 - 14-08-2023
24-08-2023 - 29-08-2023
31-08-2023 - 02-09-2023
18-09-2023
20-09-2023
03-10-2023
01-11-2023 - 03-11-2023
18-01-2024
22-02-2024 - 23-02-2024
26-02-2024
02-04-2024 - 08-04-2024
17-04-2024