- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support the retention of Scotland’s public libraries.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2024
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support specialist neonatal intensive care units across Scotland.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many of its former senior (a) civil servants and (b) agency staff sought its approval in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24 to take up a position with another employer, also broken down by how many times this approval was granted.
Answer
The number of Senior Civil Servants working in core Scottish Government and its Agencies who have requested approval under the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) rules in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24 is published on the Scottish Government website at https://www.gov.scot/publications/appointments-or-employment-of-former-staff/
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to implement Scotland’s National Transport Strategy.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2024
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 August 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 24 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a timescale for the introduction of an integrated ticketing scheme covering all forms of public transport.
Answer
Answer expected on 24 September 2024
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 1 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many contracts it has awarded to supported businesses in Scotland in each of the last five calendar years.
Answer
Supported Businesses make an important contribution to the Scottish economy. Not only through the goods and services they deliver, but also by providing meaningful employment, training, and social support for those who may otherwise be excluded from the workplace.
The following information is derived from the supported business suppliers included in Scottish national framework agreement for goods and services that was reserved for supported businesses. This framework was open to the whole of the public sector in Scotland, charities and third sector. The contract ran from 2018 to 2023.
A total of seventy-six contracts have been awarded to the supported businesses on this framework by the Scottish Government (including its agency organisations) over the last five calendar years.
Year | FY 2022-23 | FY 2021-22 | FY 2020-21 | FY 2019-20 | FY 2018-19 | Five Year Total |
Total number of contracts awarded to Supported Businesses | 3 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 76 |
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 1 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many contracts have been awarded to supported businesses by public bodies in each of the last five calendar years.
Answer
Supported Businesses make an important contribution to the Scottish economy. Not only through the goods and services they deliver, but also by providing meaningful employment, training, and social support for those who may otherwise be excluded from the workplace.
The following information is derived from the supported business suppliers included in Scottish national framework agreement for goods and services that was reserved for supported businesses. This framework was open to the whole of the public sector in Scotland, charities and third sector. The contract ran from 2018 to 2023.
A total of 277 contracts have been awarded to the supported businesses on this framework by public bodies over the last five calendar years.
Year | FY 2022-23 | FY 2021-22 | FY 2020-21 | FY 2019-20 | FY 2018-19 | Five Year Total |
Total number of contracts awarded to Supported Businesses | 43 | 54 | 56 | 66 | 58 | 277 |
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what additional steps are being taken in the coming months to increase awareness of the peak fares removal trial on ScotRail services.
Answer
Transport Scotland has written to a range of stakeholders to publicise the pilot as well as the ongoing public survey which will form an input into the final evaluation of the pilot.
In addition, ScotRail has ran an extensive marketing campaign across radio, TV, press and social media to highlight the potential pilot as well as regular social media posts which have reached a potential 15.8 million people.
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that the Islands Connectivity Plan includes Orkney Islands Council in any new approach to procuring second-hand tonnage on publicly subsidised ferry services.
Answer
The Islands Connectivity Plan recognises that Councils face the same challenges as the Scottish Government of meeting transport connectivity needs with ageing vessels in a time of financial challenge and this Government has already provided more than £220 million between 2018-19 and 2024-25 to the four local authorities that have responsibility for ferries.
Procurement of its ferries, whether new or second-hand, is a matter for Orkney Islands Council, however, we remain committed to the Orkney Ferry Replacement Task Force and supporting the Council to develop a robust business case for replacing vessels and upgrading port infrastructure. Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited is already working with the Council to help assess the harbour and ports infrastructure upgrades that may be required and procurement processes for future vessels.
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of any additional costs from Transport Scotland’s contracts for external consultancy services that will result from the 12-month extension to the current contract for Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services from 1 October 2024.
Answer
Currently there are no estimated additional costs from Transport Scotland’s contracted external consultancy services relating to any extension of the CHFS2 contract.