- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 15 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners who are currently being held in custody have a Gender Recognition Certificate, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
As defined in the Gender Recognition Act 2004, SPS cannot legally ask an individual to declare a Gender Recognition Certificate, however, SPS will record this information when an individual in our care choses to share this with us. At present, there are less than 5 individuals in custody who have chosen to share this information with SPS.
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 15 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any prisons in the male estate of the Scottish Prison Service where a transgender man will not be held in custody, irrespective of the individual circumstances of that prisoner.
Answer
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-25567 on 15 March 2024. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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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, which existing projects will receive a share of the £23 million earmarked for existing commitments, and how much each project will receive.
Answer
There are a total of 30 current projects supported by regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and 15 current projects supported by Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP) being delivered over the course of 2023/24 and 2024/25 with grant expenditure anticipated in these two financial years.
Due to the nature of the delivery of capital projects grant profiles can change depending on the progress of the project and we continually work with local authorities to monitor draw down requirements. Final year end grant claims will continue to be submitted over the course of March and early April. This means we cannot confirm the final grant profile for 2024-25 at this time. However information on the current projects supported and the total grant awarded are provided in the following tables:
Regeneration Capital Grant Fund project name | Total grant awarded £ | Grant remaining as of 13 March 2024 £ |
Possilpark Community and Family Centre | 1,792,445 | 110,000 |
The Staffin Slipway Redevelopment | 1,069,000 | 532,562 |
Victoria Road School Community Element | 1,408,965 | 1,016,590 |
Twechar Outdoor Pursuits Training and Education Centre | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
Prestongrange Phase 1 | 1,184,266 | 348,345 |
Old Clyne School Redevelopment into new Heritage Centre | 1,432,793 | 1,432,793 |
Ionad Hiort/St Kilda Centre | 950,000 | 950,000 |
The Flax Mill at Silverburn Park, Leven | 1,750,000 | 1,670,115 |
Ardrossan Promenade | 788,000 | 25,000 |
Braidhurst Industrial Estate | 1,900,000 | 920,000 |
Inchgarth Community Regeneration Hub | 1,900,000 | 1,900,000 |
Shawfield GRID Campus(Glasgow City and South Lanarkshire Councils) | 3,350,000 | 3,350,000 |
Calanais 2025 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Loch Carnan | 150,000 | 7,040 |
Lockerbie Old School Wellbeing and Enterprise Centre | 2,849,000 | 2,849,000 |
Take A Bow Opportunity Centre | 1,341,615 | 1,341,615 |
New Cumnock Re-use Hub | 2,030,000 | 2,030,000 |
Campsie Memorial Hall Revitalisation Project | 950,000 | 950,000 |
Refiring The Pipe Factory | 1,965,354 | 1,965,354 |
Knoydart Bunkhouse | 560,000 | 560,000 |
Gro For You - Community Innovation Campus - Tain | 450,000 | 450,000 |
John O’Groats Mill: A Power for the Community | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
Lossiemouth Community Hub | 270,200 | 270,200 |
Motherwell Football Club Community Trust - The Well Hub | 215,000 | 30,771 |
Maybole New Stables Lane Scheme | 999,807 | 979,807 |
Pinwherry and Pinmore Community Development Trust - Primary School Redevelopment | 197,633 | 197,633. |
Larkhall Business Micro Hub | 300,000 | 300,000 |
Carluke High Mill Phase 1 | 1,199,38 | 1,055,592 |
Carnwath Community and Business Enterprise Hub | 275,000 | 275,000 |
Scottish Co-operative Discovery and Activity Centre | 1,400,000 | 1,140,101 |
Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme project name | Total grant awarded £ | Grant remaining as of 13 March 2024 £ |
Granton Gasholder | 1,224,410 | 125,607 |
Clacks Community – Growing a new Future | 500,000 | 500,000 |
Shawfield Phase 2 - Remediation | 200,000 | 200,000 |
Ravenscraig Skills Hub | 491,582 | 491,582 |
Ruchazie Greening and Growing project | 670,000 | 485,000 |
Cadder Woods Community Greenspace | 772,700 | 772,700 |
Community Net Zero Hub | 182,275 | 121,562 |
Govan Graving Docks | 2,368,794 | 2,368,794 |
Greening Royston | 797,121 | 797,121 |
North Maryhill TRA Green Infrastructure | 1,450,000 | 1,450,000 |
Longman Park | 2,150,000 | 1,300,000 |
All Through Community Learning Campus Shawfair | 3,667,000 | 3,667,000 |
The King’s Arms Irvine | 600,000 | 600,000 |
Millhaugh - Phase 1 | 93,808 | 15,807 |
Residential development at Pappert Bonhill | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 |
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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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.
Answer
The Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme has not supported any projects within the Cowdenbeath constituency since its launch in 2021. However it has supported one project in the Fife local authority area, the Ravenscraig Skills Hub, with nearly £500k investment.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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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 funding decisions are made in relation to the applications that it receives for Regeneration Capital Grant funding.
Answer
The Regeneration Capital Grant Fund is delivered through a two-stage application and assessment process for each funding round. All applications are assessed by the independent Regeneration Capital Grant Fund Investment Panel against the fund’s criteria set jointly with COSLA. Only those applications assessed as successful by the panel at stage 1 are invited to submit a full stage 2 application. The panel makes final recommendations to the Scottish Government and COSLA on stage 2 applications to be funded.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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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.
Answer
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/ .
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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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.
Answer
Funding of £1 million has been prioritised to support Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company from the budget available to support regeneration programmes. Ministers are considering the implications of the budget and options for the delivery of the remaining budget in 2024-25, and the Scottish Government will clarify how the budget will be allocated in due course.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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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.
Answer
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 |
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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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.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2024
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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.
Answer
Ministers are considering the implications and options for delivery of the regeneration budget in 2024-2025 and we have yet to make decisions on a future application round for the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.
