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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.

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Question reference: S4F-00863

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2012

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will consider establishing a national tennis centre.

Question reference: S4O-01290

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the introduction of legislation to allow for the prosecution of crimes of aggression under international law.

Question reference: S4O-01273

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the proposed job losses at the BBC will have on broadcasting in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-01239

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Napier University regarding the future of the Craighouse Campus.

Question reference: S4W-08812

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was made available through the CashBack for Communities programme in each of the last three years for which information is available, also broken down by award for (a) sporting activities and facilities projects, (b) grant schemes that support small, diversionary youth work projects, (c) cultural activities involving arts, music and dance, (d) community assets programmes.

Since the Inception of CashBack for Communities in 2007, over £46 million recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has been invested or fully committed through to 2014 to a wide range of community projects and facilities throughout Scotland, directly benefitting over 600,000 young people.

The following table shows the funding to all of our national partner organisations in each of the last three financial years (2010-11 through to 2012-13).

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

Sporting Activities and Facilities projects

Scottish Football Association	815,875	738,473	1,000,244
Scottish Rugby Union	503,100	800,500	726,200
Badminton Scotland	224,000	56,000	-
Scottish Squash	105,670	84,330	-
Tennis Scotland	94,000	8,000	-
Scottish Athletics	39,931	133,020	-
Scottish Hockey	208,000	52,000	-
SportsScotland Facilities Fund	320,949	151,000	5,913,414
Amateur Boxing Scotland	-	180,000	179,797
Basketball Scotland	223,132	125,000	230,000
Scottish Sports Future	453,356	589,116	630,100
Club Golf	-	-	125,000

Grant schemes that support small, diversionary youth work projects,

Youth Scotland	250,000	450,000	50,000
YouthLink Scotland	1,500,000	1,375,000	500,000
Cultural activities involving arts, music and dance
Creative Scotland	491,000	750,000	750,000
Mentoring and Youth Employability
Personal Development Partnership
- Fairbridge (merged with Prince’s Trust in 2012)	87,831	79,805	149,728
- Princes Trust	206,679	-	381,273
- Venture Trust	205,292	236,020	-
- Venture Scotland	-	-	17,500
ScottishPower	-	24,852	52,000
Princes Trust	-	100,000	100,000
Early years and Community Development
Angus Council/Tayside Police	-	70,000	140,000
Working on Wheels	-	49,775	53,425
Community assets projects
Inspiring Scotland	-	377,700	763,900
Other Projects and Commitments	250,000	2,515,148	1,261,500
Total	5,978,815	8,945,739	13,024,081

Question reference: S4O-00964

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what correspondence it has had with the Chief Secretary of the Treasury regarding regional pay.

Question reference: S4O-00933

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current level of private finance initiative repayments is for school building projects.

Question reference: S4O-00902

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact on homelessness in Scotland of UK welfare reforms.

Question reference: S4W-06079

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Home Office since 2007 to ensure that, when immigration rules and policies are drafted, proper regard is given to the policies of the devolved administrations and institutions.

Since 2007 ministers have regularly engaged with the UK Government to press the need for flexibilities in the immigration system that reflect Scotland’s interests. In addition, we have worked with stakeholders from across the public and private sector to provide detailed responses to UK Government consultations, which highlight the potentially damaging economic impact of restricting Scotland’s ability to attract international talent.

Question reference: S4F-00597

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2012

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on the recent UHY Hacker Young report on the economic performance of cities and towns.