- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2017
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments by the divisional commander of British Transport Police in Scotland that its proposed merger with Police Scotland risks reducing the effectiveness of railway policing.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2017
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many B&Bs in each local authority have been used as emergency accommodation for homeless people in the last year.
Answer
The Scottish Government do not collect data on the number of B&Bs in each local authority which have been used as emergency accommodation for homeless people in the last year.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many families are in temporary accommodation in each local authority as a result of homelessness.
Answer
The Scottish Government collect data on the number of households with dependent children and pregnant women in temporary accommodation, this is published on a bi-annual basis. The most recent published data is from 30 September 2016.
Households with dependent children and pregnant women in temporary accommodation as at 30 September 2016.
Scotland
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3,174
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Aberdeen City
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64
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Aberdeenshire
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127
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Angus
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6
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Argyll & Bute
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32
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Clackmannanshire
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12
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Dumfries & Galloway
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37
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Dundee City
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59
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East Ayrshire
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16
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East Dunbartonshire
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68
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East Lothian
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148
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East Renfrewshire
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16
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Edinburgh
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315
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Eilean Siar
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12
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Falkirk
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48
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Fife
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191
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Glasgow City
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765
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Highland
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141
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Inverclyde
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6
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Midlothian
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190
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Moray
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45
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North Ayrshire
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31
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North Lanarkshire
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152
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Orkney
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7
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Perth & Kinross
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30
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Renfrewshire
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22
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Scottish Borders
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20
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Shetland
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29
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South Ayrshire
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40
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South Lanarkshire
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296
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Stirling
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38
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West Dunbartonshire
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42
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West Lothian
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169
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Source: HL2 dataset as at 25-11-16
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2017
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that children receive quality early learning and childcare.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2017
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what policy recommendations its Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group has made in the last year.
Answer
The Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group, attended by the Minister for Local Government and Housing, agrees an annual workplan.
Its current priorities include addressing the future role of temporary accommodation for homeless households and establishing joint working between health and housing services to improve outcomes for those with more complex needs.
In the past year, it has made policy recommendations on how best to address these priorities and other areas, such as the continued development of housing options approaches to prevent homelessness.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in achieving its target for 10% of journeys to be taken by bike.
Answer
The proportion of everyday journeys made by bike has risen since 2011 but there is still a long way to go in achieving our vision. The vision is important as it focusses minds and that is why we have reaffirmed it in our 3rd Cycling Action Plan for Scotland, published in January.
That's also why our Programme for Government commits us to maintain recent, record levels of funding for active travel for the rest of this Parliamentary term. This funding commitment is unique; and we look forward to working with local authorities and third sector organisations both to secure continued match-funding and to make further progress towards our vision.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the conclusions of its consultation on building warrant fees will be published.
Answer
It is intended that the conclusions of the consultation on building warrant fees will be published in early Spring 2017.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it will use when reviewing the appointment process for building control verifiers from May 2017 onward.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answers to questions S5W-05274 and S5W-05275 on 13 December 2016. In assessing the appointment of verifiers from May 2017 I intend to use the criteria set out in the Operational Framework and underpinned by the revised Performance Framework.
All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have taken advantage of the opportunity under the Community Empowerment Act 2015 to reduce business rates.
Answer
The Scottish Government is aware of one local authority applying the power stemming from the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to reduce non-domestic rates in its area.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether its decision to double the large business rates supplement considered "the vibrancy of town centres as a starting point", as set out in its Town Centre First Principle.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s business rates policies reflect the full range of its strategic priorities, including the importance of support for town centres.