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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: S5F-03595

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2019

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-03570

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2019

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-03542

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2019

Question to be taken in the Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-03517

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2019

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-03490

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2019

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5W-23721

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 21 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of the provision of specialist mental health support for people who have been diagnosed with diabetes and who may require such support.

Question reference: S5W-23720

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 21 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what mental health support is offered by each NHS board specifically to people with diabetes.

Question reference: S5W-23722

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 21 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) under 18 and (b) aged 18 and over who have diabetes have also been diagnosed with a mental health condition, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-23359

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what opportunities have been given to East Renfrewshire Council and all other local authorities to present a case for inclusion in its Vacant and Derelict Land Fund.

The Vacant & Derelict Land Fund is allocated using an established methodology that was agreed with COSLA.

The fund is allocated on a priority basis to the five eligible local authorities in Scotland that have the greatest extent of long-term vacant and derelict land and levels of deprivation. The objectives of the fund, criteria, and methodology for allocation of funds, are not currently up for review.

Question reference: S5W-23357

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, when formulating the criteria for determining local authorities to be included in its Vacant and Derelict Land Fund, what consideration it has given to the (a) potential levels of contamination on the land left over from previous and historical structures and (b) length of time that various pieces of land in each of local authority area have been left unoccupied.

The objectives of the Vacant & Derelict Land Fund, as agreed with COSLA, are to stimulate economic growth, create jobs, promote environmental justice and improved quality of life, and support communities to flourish and tackle inequalities. The criteria and methodology for the fund, also agreed with COSLA, have been designed to ensure that these objectives are met, supporting the delivery of inclusive growth in Scotland’s most disadvantaged areas.

Whilst eligible local authorities might propose to use their allocation from the Vacant & Derelict Land Fund for remediation of long-term vacant and derelict land with historic contamination issues - and indeed they have used the fund this way before - land decontamination is not a specific objective for the fund.

The extent of long-term vacant and derelict land in Scotland’s local authority areas, as shown by the vacant and derelict land register, is a key factor (together with deprivation levels) in how the eligibility for funding and allocations are determined.