- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out on young people's use of vapes.
Answer
The Scottish Government has undertaken the following analysis on young people’s use of vapes:
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds on the use of vaping products by under-16s.
Answer
The Scottish Government publishes survey data on the use of vaping products by under 16s collected through the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) study and via the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS), which ran between 2002 and 2018.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on the use of vaping products.
Answer
Vapes and other nicotine products are part of a range of possible cessation tools available to existing smokers to help stop tobacco use. They are not a lifestyle accessory for children or adult non-smokers.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent meetings it has had with Universities Scotland to discuss gender-based violence in higher education.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2023
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people since arriving in Scotland from Ukraine through the (a) Super Sponsor Scheme and (b) Homes for Ukraine scheme have been (i) assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness, (ii) living in temporary accommodation and (iii) on a housing waiting list in each month since the start of the scheme, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not currently have the information you have requested as we do not link the visa routes and homelessness status of displaced individuals from Ukraine.
However, the Scottish Government has agreed with Local Authorities to amend the homelessness data collection to record Ukrainian Displaced People applying for support after presenting as homeless, though this will take some time before these changes are fully implemented.
The Scottish Government regularly publish data summarising the latest Scotland-level information on people displaced by the war in Ukraine coming to Scotland through the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme visa schemes on our website: Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in Scotland: Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in Scotland: statistics - December 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which railway stations across Scotland have access to Passenger Assist services.
Answer
The ScotRail Passenger Assist Service is available at all stations in Scotland, whether stations are staffed or unstaffed for all or part of the day. The ScotRail website provides details on how Passenger Assist can be requested and obtained.
Details can be found via the following link:- Accessible travel | ScotRail .
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10663 by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022, which railway stations are included in the group of 18 high priority stations to have tactile paving installed in phase 1 of the current Rail Regulatory Control Period 6.
Answer
Network Rail advise that the list of 18 high priority stations to have tactile paving installed is as follows:
Ardrossan Town |
Argyle Street |
Bargeddie |
Carmyle |
Coatbridge Blairhill |
Dalry |
Glasgow Exhibition Centre |
Glasgow Queen Street Lower Level |
Helmsdale |
Larbert |
Milliken Park |
Montrose |
Mount Florida |
Mussleburgh |
Paisley Canal Street |
Stonehaven |
Wester Hailes |
Williamwood |
Due to the impact of industrial action on Scotland’s Railway, the tactile paving installations scheduled for both Mussleburgh and Wester Hailes stations were deferred. Network Rail has re-programmed them into Phase 2 works and is working to secure agreed planned suspension of rail services to permit safe infrastructure work to progress these.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10663 by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022, which railway stations across Scotland currently have tactile paving.
Answer
Network Rail advise that of the 359 operational railway stations, 214 currently have platform edge tactiles installed. As the second phase of the installation programme is underway some stations where work has been completed may not yet have been captured in this data.
The list of stations is as follows:-
Aberdour Stn |
Achanalt Stn |
Addiewell Stn |
Airbles Stn |
Airdrie South Stn |
Alexandra Parade Stn |
Alloa Stn |
Anderston Stn |
Annan Stn |
Anniesland Stn |
Argyle Street Stn |
Armadale Stn |
Auchinleck Stn |
Banavie Stn |
Barnhill Stn |
Barrhead Stn |
Bathgate Stn |
Bearsden Stn |
Beauly Stn |
Bellgrove Stn |
Bishopbriggs Stn |
Bishopton Stn |
Blackridge Stn |
Blair Atholl Stn |
Blantyre Stn |
Bowling Stn |
Branchton Stn |
Breich Stn |
Bridgeton Stn |
Broughty Ferry Stn |
Brunstane Stn |
Burnside Stn |
Caldercruix Stn |
Cambuslang Stn |
Camelon Stn |
Cardenden Stn |
Cardonald Stn |
Cardross Stn |
Carfin Stn |
Carmyle Stn |
Carnoustie Stn |
Carrbridge Stn |
Carstairs Stn |
Cathcart Stn |
Chatelherault Stn |
Clarkston Stn |
Cleland Stn |
Clydebank Stn |
Coatbridge Blairhill Stn |
Coatbridge Central Stn |
Coatbridge Sunnyside Stn |
Conon Bridge Stn |
Corrour Stn |
Cowdenbeath Stn |
Craigendoran Stn |
Crianlarich Stn |
Croftfoot Stn |
Crosshill Stn |
Croy Stn |
Cumbernauld Stn |
Dalgety Bay Stn |
Dalmarnock Stn |
Dalmeny Stn |
Dalmuir Stn |
Dalreoch Stn |
Dingwall Stn |
Drumchapel Stn |
Drumfrocher Stn |
Drumgelloch Stn |
Drumry Stn |
Duke Street Stn |
Dumbarton Central Stn |
Dumbarton East Stn |
Dunbar Stn |
Dunblane Stn |
Dundee Stn |
Dunfermline City Stn |
Dunfermline Queen Margaret Stn |
Dunlop Stn |
Dyce Stn |
East Kilbride Stn |
Easterhouse Stn |
Edinburgh Gateway Stn |
Edinburgh Haymarket Stn |
Edinburgh Park Stn |
Edinburgh Waverley Stn |
Elgin Stn |
Eskbank Stn |
Falkirk Grahamston Stn |
Falkirk High Stn |
Fauldhouse Stn |
Forres Stn |
Fort Matilda Stn |
Galashiels Stn |
Garrowhill Stn |
Garscadden Stn |
Gartcosh Stn |
Georgemas Junction Stn |
Giffnock Stn |
Girvan Stn |
Glasgow Central Stn |
Glasgow Charing Cross Stn |
Glasgow Exhibition Centre Stn |
Glasgow Queen St LL Stn |
Glasgow Queen Street Stn |
Glasgow Queens Park Stn |
Gleneagles Stn |
Glenfinnan Stn |
Glenrothes & Thornton Stn |
Gorebridge Stn |
Gourock Stn |
Greenock Cartsdyke Stn |
Greenock West Stn |
Gretna Green Stn |
Hairmyres Stn |
Hamilton Central Stn |
Hartwood Stn |
Hawkhead Stn |
Helensburgh Central Stn |
Helensburgh Upper Stn |
Helmsdale Stn |
High Street Stn |
Hillfoot Stn |
Hillington East Stn |
Hillington West Stn |
Holytown Stn |
Howwood (Scots) Stn |
Huntly Stn |
Hyndland Stn |
Ibm Halt Stn |
Insch Stn |
Invergowrie Stn |
Inverkeithing Stn |
Inverurie Stn |
Irvine Stn |
Johnstone Stn |
Jordanhill Stn |
Keith Stn |
Kelvindale Stn |
Kennishead Stn |
Kilmaurs Stn |
Kilwinning Stn |
Kinghorn Stn |
Kings Park Stn |
Kingussie Stn |
Kintore Stn |
Kirkcaldy Stn |
Kyle Of Lochalsh Stn |
Lanark Stn |
Langbank Stn |
Langside Stn |
Larkhall Stn |
Laurencekirk Stn |
Lenzie Stn |
Leuchars Stn |
Linlithgow Stn |
Livingston North Stn |
Livingston South Stn |
Lochgelly Stn |
Mallaig Stn |
Markinch Stn |
Maxwell Park Stn |
Maybole Stn |
Merryton Stn |
Milngavie Stn |
Motherwell Stn |
Mount Florida Stn |
Nairn Stn |
Newcraighall Stn |
Newton (Strathclyde) Stn |
Newtongrange Stn |
Nitshill Stn |
North Berwick Stn |
North Queensferry Stn |
Paisley Canal Stn |
Paisley Gilmour Street Stn |
Paisley St James Stn |
Partick Stn |
Patterton Stn |
Perth Stn |
Pitlochry Stn |
Pollokshaws East Stn |
Pollokshaws West Stn |
Pollokshields West Stn |
Polmont Stn |
Port Glasgow Stn |
Prestonpans Stn |
Priesthill & Darnley Stn |
Rannoch Stn |
Robroyston Stn |
Rosyth Stn |
Rutherglen Stn |
Sanquhar Stn |
Scotstounhill Stn |
Shawfair Stn |
Shotts Stn |
Singer Stn |
Stepps Stn |
Stewarton Stn |
Stirling Stn |
Stonehaven Stn |
Stow Stn |
Stromeferry Stn |
Thornliebank Stn |
Thorntonhall Stn |
Tweedbank Stn (Bruach Thuaidh) |
Uddingston Stn |
Uphall Stn |
Wallyford Stn |
West Calder Stn |
Westerton Stn |
Wishaw Stn |
Woodhall Stn |
Yoker Stn |
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the cost of living crisis, whether it will give consideration to delaying the introduction of the New Build Heat Standard proposals regarding conversions for off-gas-grid homes and businesses, in order to protect consumers from the costs associated with installing a new zero direct emissions heating system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-11865 on 17 November 2022. Our New Build Heat Standard will apply to all new buildings seeking building warrant approval from 1 April 2024, as well as conversions of existing buildings – however, only where certain criteria are met. Installing new zero direct emissions heating systems will reduce the exposure of consumers to the costs associated with volatile fossil fuel prices.
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 .