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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: S6O-02234

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review its prospectus for an independent Scotland, in light of reported divisions within the independence movement.

Question reference: S6W-17248

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 27 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how the £50 million investment in play parks and facilities will be distributed across all 32 local authorities.

The following table shows the remaining £50 million play park allocation for each local authority. This information can also be found on the Scottish Government website Renewing Scotland’s play parks - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

Local Authority	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
Aberdeen City Council	£373,000	£559,000	£932,000
Aberdeenshire Council	£616,000	£924,000	£1,539,000
Angus Council	£220,000	£330,000	£550,000
Argyll and Bute	£157,000	£235,000	£391,000
City of Edinburgh Council	£811,000	£1,216,000	£2,027,000
Clackmannanshire Council	£93,000	£139,000	£231,000
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council	£62,000	£93,000	£156,000
Dumfries and Galloway Council	£291,000	£437,000	£728,000
Dundee City Council	£243,000	£365,000	£609,000
East Ayrshire Council	£224,000	£336,000	£561,000
East Dunbartonshire Council	£202,000	£303,000	£505,000
East Lothian Council	£218,000	£327,000	£545,000
East Renfrewshire Council	£204,000	£306,000	£509,000
Falkirk Council	£289,000	£434,000	£723,000
Fife Council	£681,000	£1,022,000	£1,703,000
Glasgow City Council	£1,028,000	£1,542,000	£2,570,000
Highland Council	£488,000	£732,000	£1,219,000
Inverclyde Council	£126,000	£189,000	£314,000
Midlothian Council	£197,000	£295,000	£492,000
Moray Council	£188,000	£282,000	£469,000
North Ayrshire Council	£231,000	£347,000	£578,000
North Lanarkshire Council	£635,000	£952,000	£1,586,000
Orkney Islands Council	£51,000	£77,000	£128,000
Perth and Kinross Council	£291,000	£437,000	£728,000
Renfrewshire Council	£307,000	£461,000	£768,000
Scottish Borders Council	£234,000	£352,000	£586,000
Shetland Islands Council	£61,000	£91,000	£151,000
South Ayrshire Council	£189,000	£283,000	£472,000
South Lanarkshire Council	£597,000	£896,000	£1,493,000
Stirling Council	£168,000	£253,000	£421,000
West Dunbartonshire Council	£157,000	£235,000	£392,000
West Lothian Council	£369,000	£553,000	£922,000
Total	£10,000,000	£15,000,000	£25,000,000

Question reference: S6O-02100

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its cross-government co-ordination on islands policies, what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding regulating second home ownership in rural and island communities.

Question reference: S6O-02081

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider procuring a lower specification of standardised ferries.

Question reference: S5W-17246

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all NHS PFI/PPP facilities, broken down by the (a) total (i) unitary charge costs for each (A) in 2018-19 and (B) over their lifetime, (ii) capital value of each and (b) ratio of the overall unitary charges relative to the capital value.

Question reference: S5O-02182

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its negotiations with the EU, following the First Minister’s recent meeting with Michel Barnier.

Question reference: S5W-16510

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many lapdancers have been (a) seriously harmed and (b) murdered in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S5W-16506

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many prostitutes have been (a) seriously harmed and (b) murdered in each year since 1999.

Data of this type is not collected by the Scottish Government.

The Scottish Government did however, commission research to consider the reliability of the evidence base internationally on the impacts of the criminalisation of the purchase of sex, and to explore the available knowledge and evidence of prostitution in Scotland. The research reports were published in February last year and can be viewed at http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/02/3333 and http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/02/6562 .

Question reference: S5O-02133

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how its fiscal policy supports first-time buyers.

Question reference: S5O-02103

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working to improve the lives of disabled people.

Delivering transformational change in the lives of disabled people is a top priority for this government as set out in detail in A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People which we published in December 2016.

Since then some of the actions we have taken include the launch of a New Independent Living Fund Scheme for young disabled people aged 16-21; the publication of the first ever BSL National Plan, and we have started the second phase of the NHS disabled graduate intern programme alongside extending Modern Apprenticeship funding to disabled people up to age 30. Further, we launched a consultation on setting targets for employing disabled people in the public sector as well as a £1 million Business Engagement Fund to provide businesses with advice on recruiting and retaining disabled staff.