Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government does not hold information on electricity generation in a form that can be broken down into the spatial area occupied by each renewable generating station.

The Scottish Government receives data on electricity generation from the UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. This data is not broken down to site level.

The total funding provided to the University of Stirling to fund the Overdose Alert and Response Technologies: State-of-the-art Review is £59,978.

Once the Scottish and UK Government have agreed the elements of a partnership approach, including the methodology to be used to select possible locations, they will engage with the relevant local authorities and their partners.

Scottish Government has not had any discussion with Glasgow City Council regarding the reopening of The Lighthouse in Glasgow.

The purpose of the desktop review was to assess which properties should be investigated for the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). NHS Scotland Assure is preparing a paper on options to proceed with discovery surveys to assess which NHS Scotland properties contain RAAC. Completion of the discovery surveys will provide an accurate assessment of how many, and which, properties contain RAAC.

The funding that each Scottish Government International Office has received for the last five years is as noted below.

There are no previous financial records on the table prior to 2022 for Copenhagen as this is the year it opened.

Conversion practices that try to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity are harmful, discriminatory, and have no place in our society. We are clear in our commitment to introduce legislation to end conversion practices in Scotland.

Detailed proposals for legislation are now being developed, taking careful consideration of the report of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, the work of the Expert Advisory Group on Ending Conversion Practices, experiences from other countries and engagement with stakeholders, including those with lived experience of conversion practices.

These proposals will be published in a public consultation.

Analysis undertaken as part of the analysis underpinning the draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan does not show any significant negative impacts from the closure of Hunterston B and Torness nuclear power stations on Scotland’s CO2 emissions.

Under this modelling, the reduction in electricity generation from nuclear power plants in Scotland will be compensated for by the vast expansion of low-cost renewables and flexible technologies such as storage, not by fossil fuel plants which would increase greenhouse gas emissions.

The whole systems energy modelling underpinning the draft Energy Strategy was conducted by the Energy Systems Catapult and the full details of the project are published here:

Scottish whole energy system scenarios (climatexchange.org.uk)

A context document was also published here:

Scottish whole energy system scenarios: context document - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

The Scottish Government supports a range of organisations which help preserve our culture and heritage in communities across Scotland.

Creative Scotland support community-run venues and assets through funds such as their Open Fund and partner funds like Awards for All. The Creative Scotland Regular Funding Network includes support for community-run venues including Lyra, Stove Network and WHALE arts.