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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: S6W-26028

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, how much funding has been awarded through the (a) Regeneration Capital Grant Fund and (b) Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme in the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

The funding awarded through the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP) over the last five years, from 2019-20 to 2023-24 by local authority area, is detailed in the following table. This table excludes projects that were subsequently withdrawn by local authorities.

Local Authority Area	RCGF grant awarded £	VDLIP grant awarded £
Aberdeen City	5,308,965	0
Aberdeenshire	4,768,313	0
Angus	2,560,000	0
Argyll and Bute	5,395,313	0
City of Edinburgh	8,686,186	2,467,784
Clackmannanshire	640,000	500,000
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	9,714,812	0
Dumfries and Galloway	9,749,488	0
Dundee City	1,652,708	0
East Ayrshire	5,613,101	0
East Dunbartonshire	2,050,000	1,676,000
East Lothian	1,184,266	0
East Renfrewshire	699,000	1,084,661
Falkirk	0	582,808
Fife	2,225,000	491,582
Glasgow City	32,802,584	8,784,088
Highland	7,706,568	2,550,000
Inverclyde	5,163,933	990,000
Midlothian	0	3,667,000
Moray	270,200	0
North Ayrshire	4,881,478	1,000,000
North Lanarkshire	6,446,270	350,911
Orkney Islands	1,135,460	0
Perth and Kinross	3,130,000	93,808
Renfrewshire	1,814,000	0
Scottish Borders	1,588,110	0
Shetland Islands	1,770,000	0
South Ayrshire	3,106,713	0
South Lanarkshire	10,574,384	1,244,150
Stirling	1,599,100	0
West Dunbartonshire	747,000	1,350,000
West Lothian	1,400,000	0
TOTAL	144,382,952	26,832,792

*Note: For those projects that cover two local authority areas the grant award has been apportioned.

Question reference: S6W-26009

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to introduce legislation that would prevent any person who is subject to sexual offender notification requirements from being a councillor.

The Scottish Government recognises the importance of building and preserving a society where the rights and freedoms of individuals are respected and communities can trust their elected representatives.

The Scottish Government has set out its plans, on preventing individuals included on the sex offenders register from being councillors or MSPs, to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee who are currently considering the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-26023

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, how many projects in the Cowdenbeath constituency have received Regeneration Capital Grant funding since it was established, and how much each project received.

The Regeneration Capital Grant Fund has supported four projects in the Cowdenbeath constituency since the fund was established as detailed in the following table:

Project Name	Location	Grant awarded £
Lochgelly Regional Cycling Circuit - Community Use Building	Lochgelly	300,000
Lochgelly Town House Development Site	Lochgelly	550,000
Stenhouse Street Community Centre (now called the Maxwell Centre)	Cowdenbeath	300,000
Town House Community Hub - Inverkeithing	Inverkeithing	475,000
Total for Cowdenbeath Constituency		1,625,000

Question reference: S6W-26027

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, what criteria are used for awarding funding through the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme.

Applications to the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP) are assessed by an Independent Panel against:

the basic eligibility criteria;
ability to meet the aims and objectives of the programme;
readiness to make use of available grant; and
wider strategic fit.

Information on the eligibility criteria, aims and objectives for VDLIP can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/vacant-and-derelict-land-investment-programme/pages/overview/ .

Question reference: S6W-26025

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, how the remaining £22.8 million of the £45.8 million of funding for 2024-25 will be split between the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund and the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme.

Question reference: S6W-26026

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, how many projects in the Cowdenbeath constituency have received funding through the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme since it was established, and how much each project received.

Question reference: S6W-26024

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25697 by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 March 2024, what criteria will be used in the forthcoming round of Regeneration Capital Grant funding.

Question reference: S6W-25958

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25155 by Jenny Gilruth on 1 March 2024, what monitoring and evaluation it has carried out of the funding provided as part of the investment in grants for computing science hardware for schools.

Question reference: S6W-25959

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25155 by Jenny Gilruth on 1 March 2024, whether any secondary schools were unsuccessful in their applications for grants from the investment in computing science hardware for schools.

Question reference: S6O-03250

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what steps it will take to ensure that any protests and demonstrations that disrupt the ability of MSPs, staff and the public to access the Scottish Parliament are fully investigated, with any findings and lessons learnt available to MSPs.