- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, as an employer located in the zone, how it will help to meet the objectives of the Edinburgh Low Emission Zone.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2022
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue it estimates (a) it and (b) Crown Estate Scotland will receive from ScotWind leases in each of the next 10 years.
Answer
The ScotWind lease option awards process has yet to be completed and the final figure raised through option agreements is still to be confirmed. Revenues received by Crown Estate Scotland from awards made to date amount to £699m.Crown Estate Scotland may raise further lease option revenues through the ScotWind clearing process, which is currently underway.
When projects enter a lease, they become operational and commence lease payments. Projects are currently at a very early stage and potential lease payment figures will become clearer as projects are further refined and progressed through the development phase. Payments to Crown Estate Scotland under lease agreements will be received by Crown Estate Scotland and transferred to the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it received advice and information on the progress of the construction of the MV Glen Sannox prior to attending the launch event in November 2017, and, if so, what the advice and information was, and when it was received.
Answer
The Scottish Government was in regular contact with all relevant parties prior to the launch and received full updates regarding progress of the build and any impact this would have on delivery.
The then Minister for Transport met with FMEL and CMAL on 3 November 2017 to discuss delivery dates and vessel progress updates.
FMEL wrote to the then Minister for Transport and the Islands, Humza Yousaf MSP, on 7 November 2017 confirming that the delivery of the MV Glen Sannox after being launched on 21 November 2017, would be delayed until winter 2018-19. Mr Yousaf subsequently wrote to the convenor of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee (REC) on 9 Nov 2017 with this information.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost was of the event to launch the MV Glen Sannox at Ferguson Marine in November 2017.
Answer
The costs for the event on the day of MV Glen Sannox launch at Ferguson Marine in November 2017, including sound address system, hospitality and other associated items totalled £47.5k.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost was of building any imitation funnels and painting false windows on the MV Glen Sannox for the launch event in November 2017.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
The actual funnels were used and these were temporarily fixed for the launch then removed.
Decisions on how a vessel is prepared for launch in this way is for the shipyard to determine.
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05590 by Clare Haughey on 28 January 2022, what its position is on the issue of historical forced adoption in light of the responses received to its questionnaire that has now closed.
Answer
The questionnaire on the website closed on 20 April. The responses to the engagement activity are currently being analysed and considered carefully. This will help to determine the next steps and will also provide more understanding of what support is needed to help the people affected by historical adoption practices.
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is being provided for mental health support in colleges through the Scottish Funding Council.
Answer
In this Academic Year (21-22) the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has provided £2.423 million to the college sector to provide additional counsellors in colleges in support of our Programme for Government commitment to provide more than 80 additional counsellors in Further and Higher Education and £4.4 million for the college sector to help colleges to further support student and staff mental health and wellbeing. These funds were allocated to the SFC by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Ben Macpherson on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent research into poverty at the end of life by Marie Curie and Loughborough University, which estimates that, in 2019, 218 people in East Ayrshire experienced poverty while in the last year of life.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to developing a national strategy for palliative and end of life care in partnership with key stakeholders including Marie Curie. It is envisioned that this will be a whole system, public health approach to help ensure that everyone who needs care or assistance can access it.
In the meantime, we are taking a number of actions within the social security powers devolved to the Scottish Government to ensure that people throughout Scotland can access financial support at this difficult time. These include:
Fast tracking disability assistance applications and removing fixed periods of life expectancy from our terminal illness definition, so that individuals are supported more quickly and for longer.
- Prioritising the rollout of Scottish Child Payment to children aged 6 to 15 to support low income families. This currently provides £20 a week per child, but will be increased to £25 when we rollout to older children.
- Guaranteeing an annual £50 payment to around 400,000 low income households each winter through our new non age dependent Low Income Winter Heating Assistance.
- Committing to increasing the amount of time Scottish Carer’s Assistance is paid after the death of a cared person, from 8 to 12 weeks following it’s transfer from DWP.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints have been made against Police Scotland in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Government do not hold the data requested.
Since the formation of Police Scotland in 2013, Police Scotland’s Professional Standards Department have been responsible for investigating complaints against officers up to the rank of Chief Superintendent. Any complaints against senior officers are a matter for the Scottish Police Authority (SPA).
The SPA Complaints and Conduct Committee provide annual and quarterly reports on complaints. The most recent annual report covers the period 2020/21: https://www.spa.police.uk/spa-media/mq1jgwsq/spa-complaints-conduct-committee-2020_21-annual-report-final-dp-update.pdf
Further information, including archived reports are available on the SPA website: https://www.spa.police.uk/meetings.
You may also be interested in information published on Police Scotland’s disclosure log where responses to FOIs are published: https://www.scotland.police.uk/access-to-information/freedom-of-information/disclosure-log/
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding it assigned to NHS Ayrshire and Arran to help prevent drug-related deaths in 2021-22.
Answer
Please find the requested information in the following tables.
Table 1: NHS Board Baseline funding for Alcohol and Drug Services ; Ayrshire and Arran.
NHS Board | 2021-22 Allocation |
Ayrshire & Arran | £3,715,311 |
Additional Funding
In 2021-22 NHS Ayrshire & Arran received a further £3,397,782.20 above the baseline funding to support their Alcohol and Drug services and other projects. This was allocated directly to the ADP’s and Health Boards and also through the Corra Foundation. A full breakdown is below.
Table 2: Funding committed to Alcohol and Drug Services in Ayrshire and Arran Health Board
Funding stream | 2021-22 Allocation |
Buvidal | £564,770 |
Outreach allocation | £221,257 |
Near-fatal overdose pathways allocation | £221,257 |
Lived and living experience panels/forums allocation | £36,878 |
Programme for Government | £1,254,453 |
Drug Deaths Taskforce Funding | £216,641 |
Total | £2,515,263 |
Table 3: Funding delivered to projects in Ayrshire and Arran by the Corra Foundation 2021-22
Organisation Name | Fund | Local Authority (primary) | Amount Awarded 2021-22 |
Ayrshire Justice Services Partnership - Drug Treatment & Testing Order Service | Improvement Fund | North Ayrshire | £55,416.00 |
Ayrshire Justice Services Partnership - Drug Treatment & Testing Order Service | Improvement Fund | North Ayrshire | £53,856.00 |
Blue Triangle Housing Association Ltd | Improvement Fund | South Ayrshire | £42,914.00 |
Blue Triangle Housing Association Ltd | Improvement Fund | South Ayrshire | £51,152.00 |
Broken Chains | Grassroots Fund | South Ayrshire | £27,600.00 |
Children 1st | Children and Families Fund | North Ayrshire | £94,462.00 |
East Ayrshire Advocacy Services (EAAS) | Grassroots Fund | East Ayrshire | £24,300.00 |
East Ayrshire Churches Homelessness Action | Grassroots Fund | East Ayrshire | £15,830.00 |
East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership | Children and Families Fund | East Ayrshire | £100,000.00 |
Freedom Fighters | Local Support Fund | North Ayrshire | £50,000.00 |
Impact Arts Projects | Children and Families Fund | North Ayrshire | £83,633.00 |
North Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership | Improvement Fund | North Ayrshire | £49,147.00 |
Occupational Therapy North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership | Improvement Fund | North Ayrshire | £21,000.00 |
onside ayrshire cic | Grassroots Fund | North Ayrshire | £26,380.00 |
Patchwork Recovery Community | Grassroots Fund | East Ayrshire | £20,000.00 |
Recovery Ayr | Local Support Fund | South Ayrshire | £33,500.00 |
Recovery Ayr | Grassroots Fund | South Ayrshire | £38,000.00 |
Recovery Enterprises Scotland | Grassroots Fund | East Ayrshire | £46,288.00 |
Vineburgh Community Association | Local Support Fund | North Ayrshire | £49,041.20 |
Total | | | £882,519.20 |
