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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: S5W-15642

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it undertook with hydraulic dredge fishing operators prior to the passage of the Razor Clams (Prohibition on Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2017.

Question reference: S5W-15728

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the criteria that were used for installing an average speed camera on the A713 at Polnessan.

Question reference: S5W-15727

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what land it owns that is adjacent to the A75, and where this is located.

Question reference: S5W-15831

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths have arisen as a result of (a) no and (b) faulty smoke detectors or alarms being present in a property, and how many have arisen where fully-functioning smoke alarms or detectors were present in the last five years.

Question reference: S5O-01977

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many community right to buy applications have been received in the last 24 months, and what proportion has been approved.

Question reference: S5W-15094

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 15 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on implementing a consent-based sharing model to enable citizens to control, manage and share their own data.

The Scottish Government is working to ensure that the processing and sharing of personal data and special category personal data, within public service delivery, is fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This includes consideration of the legal bases for processing that data and the role of consent within that. The GDPR sets out individuals’ rights in relation to the processing of information about them, with the effect of providing greater control to data subjects in relation to how their personal data is stored, used and shared.

Question reference: S5W-15095

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 15 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what examples of digital identity management systems, in which citizens manage their own data, it has considered.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-15093 on‎ 15 March 2018, a new online identity assurance programme of work has commenced, which is currently in its initial discovery phase. The discovery work is including consideration of the technical landscape for identity assurance and the range of delivery options, including systems in which citizens manage their own data. 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 .

Question reference: S5W-15093

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 15 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what research on digital identity management it has considered.

The Scottish Government’s Digital Strategy contains the commitment to work with stakeholders, privacy interests and members of the public to develop a robust, secure and trustworthy mechanism by which an individual member of the public can demonstrate their identity online.

A new online identity assurance programme of work has commenced to deliver this commitment, which is currently in its initial discovery phase. The discovery work is including research to identify service user needs and the technical delivery options.

Question reference: S5O-01852

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how out-of-hours GP cover is being delivered across Dumfries and Galloway.

Question reference: S5W-14369

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether high-speed broadband providers should have the same wayleave rights as other utility providers.

There are significant differences in the legislation and regulation underpinning the telecoms sectors and those governing other utilities making it difficult to mirror activity across all, not least in that the Electronic Communications Code, the legislation that governs the relationship between telecoms operators and landowners, is a reserved matter.

A key driver for the reform of the Code was to make it easier to deploy telecoms infrastructure. We are, however, continuing to engage directly with telecoms suppliers to understand their handling of wayleaves and with the UK Government and Ofcom, to ensure any barriers to telecoms deployment in Scotland are understood and acted upon.