- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the planned spending profile for the Circular Economy Investment Fund is in line with expectations.
Answer
The spending profile for the Circular Economy Investment Fund (CEIF) is in line with the agreed Zero Waste Scotland budget for 2018-2019. The spend profile for the CEIF is forecast to be £4.58 this year.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has given Community Resources Network Scotland since 2011.
Answer
Since April 2013 Zero Waste Scotland has made £766,800 available to Community Resources Network Scotland to cover core activities such as the running of regional forums, themed events, policy consultations, representation and research. Further funding, of £283,500 has also been supplied for specific projects over the same period, such as the early development of the Revolve initiative and the establishment of the Reuse Consortium.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to walking football (a) nationally and (b) in communities.
Answer
The Scottish Government funds Paths for All to deliver against national physical activity priorities, including walking for health. Paths for All, Age Scotland and other partners initially developed walking football in Scotland to establish the Scottish Walking Football Network. This led to the creation of Walking Football Scotland which I helped launch on 6 December 2017.
The Scottish FA is also supportive of Walking Football Scotland, with much of the local delivery already coordinated by the community clubs and partners the Scottish FA invests in.
The sport has grown rapidly across Scotland by allowing people to reignite their passion for football – despite injury or illness – simply by slowing the sport down. The new organisation already has more than 45 member organisations which run more than 70 sessions every week. As well as physical and mental health, the additional social benefits that come from playing in a football match make this an excellent and inclusive game which I am proud to support.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage more women to take part in walking football.
Answer
We are working with Walking Football Scotland to encourage more women to take up the sport. Most of the walking football sessions across Scotland welcome men and women, and there are also many female-only sessions. The Walking Football Festival being held in June at Glasgow Green will feature women and men competitors.
Walking Football Scotland has female representation at board level and Scotland’s only football World Cup winner Rose Reilly is an ambassador – which I hope will encourage more women to participate.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on allowing local authorities to designate particular greenbelt sites that would be exempt from development application appeals to the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division.
Answer
We have no plans to enable planning authorities to designate areas where an applicant’s right of appeal against a planning decision by the authority would be removed.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 April 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources it will make available to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to sustain increased treatment capacity for patients with chronic pain in order to meet the 18-week referral to treatment target.
Answer
It is the role of Scottish Government to to provide policies, frameworks and resources to NHS Boards to support them to deliver services that meet the needs of their local populations. Within this context, the actual provision of healthcare services is the responsibility of local Boards, taking into account national guidance, local service needs and priorities for investment.
In 2017-18, £50 million was made available to NHS Boards to reduce waiting times across services. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde received £11.2 million of this funding. Each Board decided where this funding would be invested within their area, based on local service needs and priorities for investment.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-01938 by Derek Mackay on 28 March 2018 (Official Report, c. 2), how many appeals there were against the 2017 business rates revaluation in each local authority area, also broken down by how many have been resolved.
Answer
Further to the answer provided to question S5O-01938 by Derek Mackay on 28 March 2018, the following table presents the total number of appeals received and number of appeals resolved against the 2017 business rates revaluation, broken down by local authority.
Local authority | Total appeals received by 31 December 2017 | Number of appeals resolved by 31 December 2017 |
Aberdeen City | 5117 | 38 |
Aberdeenshire | 3878 | 19 |
Angus | 1259 | 28 |
Argyll & Bute | 1712 | 10 |
Clackmannanshire | 790 | 0 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1926 | 13 |
Dundee City | 2229 | 101 |
East Ayrshire | 1139 | 3 |
East Dunbartonshire | 757 | 8 |
East Lothian | 1083 | 47 |
East Renfrewshire | 560 | 1 |
Edinburgh, City of | 7371 | 77 |
Eilean Siar | 364 | 2 |
Falkirk | 1535 | 5 |
Fife | 3717 | 11 |
Glasgow City | 10480 | 0 |
Highland | 3636 | 11 |
Inverclyde | 823 | 0 |
Midlothian | 1014 | 2 |
Moray | 1093 | 5 |
North Ayrshire | 1486 | 2 |
North Lanarkshire | 4198 | 10 |
Orkney Islands | 181 | 1 |
Perth & Kinross | 2338 | 11 |
Renfrewshire | 2146 | 24 |
Scottish Borders | 1992 | 6 |
Shetland Islands | 244 | 6 |
South Ayrshire | 1484 | 6 |
South Lanarkshire | 4039 | 65 |
Stirling | 1779 | 3 |
West Dunbartonshire | 989 | 7 |
West Lothian | 2218 | 6 |
Total | 73577 | 528 |
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 April 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with animal welfare organisations regarding its plans to increase prison sentences for animal cruelty offences.
Answer
The Scottish Government has regular contact with its major animal welfare stakeholders. Scottish Government officials have discussed, and corresponded on, an increase to the penalties for animal cruelty offences with a number of animal welfare organisations, including the Scottish SPCA, and a number of representatives from Scottish local authorities.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2018
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Answered by Shona Robison on 24 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on rolling out the drug, Orkambi, routinely for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
Answer
I wrote to Vertex Pharmaceuticals last year to encourage them to take forward discussions with National Procurement colleagues in NHS National Services Scotland (NSS). National Procurement have advised that these confidential talks are ongoing and we hope that, as a result of those discussions, the manufacturer will re-submit an application for Orkambi® to the Scottish Medicines Consortium for their consideration at a price that is fair, transparent and represents best value.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
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Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it will engage with the Energy UK consultation on industry infrastructure standards for smart charging of battery-powered vehicles.
Answer
As a national Government we would not typically respond to such consultations. The Scottish Government agrees that smart charging and related technologies will help ensure that we capture in full the benefits of ultra-low emission vehicles. We are taking a coordinated “whole system” approach, involving our existing transport sector and its suppliers, electricity network owners and generators, and consumers. This will help us to understand and tackle these opportunities and challenges in the best way possible.