- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20844 by Paul McLennan on 13 September 2023, what the (a) purchase price and (b) grant offered was for each property in the applications received and approved (i) prior to and (ii) since the announcement on 19 July 2023, and whether it will also provide a breakdown of these figures by applications from (A) registered social landlords and (B) local authorities.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer to question S6W-21426 on 2 October 2023. 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: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what mechanism is in place for local authorities to remove home sharing from the scope of the short-term lets licensing legislation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-15120 on 20 March 2023. 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: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the current salary and any other remuneration is for each of the directors of Caledonian Sleeper Ltd.
Answer
In line with the Scottish Government guidelines to disclose the names, job titles and salary details of senior management within Non-Departmental Public Bodies, the requested information is published online and can be found here:
Statutory-Director-Salaries.pdf (sleeper.scot)
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many operators of short-term lets that were operational before 1 October 2023 have yet to apply for a short-term let licence.
Answer
I refer the member to the nswer to questions S6W-23003 on 4 December 2023 and S6W-12484 on 8 December 2022. Please note that in S6W-23003 we advised the next statistical publication would be early 2024, however, we now anticipate this will be published in April 2024. We will announce the publication in the official statistics forthcoming publications calendar at least 28 days prior to publication: https://www.gov.scot/publications/official-statistics-forthcoming-publications/
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: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact on the Edinburgh festivals in 2024 of any reduction in home-sharing accommodation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-20573 on 5 September 2023. 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: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish its International Culture Strategy.
Answer
We are aiming to publish the International Culture Strategy in March 2024.
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Emma Roddick on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it has provided to the Scottish Refugee Council since 2019.
Answer
To support work with refugees, people seeking asylum and local communities, the Scottish Government provides funding to organisations such as the Scottish Refugee Council to ensure that all people seeking refugee protection in Scotland are welcome, where women, children and men are protected, find safety and support, have their human rights and dignity respected and are able to achieve their full potential.
The following table contains a list of funding and objectives provided to the SRC since 2019.
Funding | Objective |
Annual funding to the previous non-statutory Scottish Guardianship Service 2018 to 2023 | To fund guardians and deliver a core guardianship service to all separated children presenting independently in Scotland to the child-centred model of practice across the three domains of asylum, welfare and integration/social networks. |
Equality, Connected Communities and Mainstreaming and Inclusion Budget Funding July 2019 to December 2023 | A reduction in discrimination and hate crime and an increase in community participation and cohesion. |
Housing Voluntary Grant Scheme 2019 to 2021 | To deliver housing related projects. |
Ending Homelessness Together 2020 | To work in partnership to provide specialist case managers, advice, advocacy and legal diagnostic advice and representation for asylum seekers at risk of destitution in Glasgow. |
New Scots refugee integration strategy intermediary/strategic funding 2021 to 2024 | To support refugee integration in line with the New Scots strategy. |
New Scots welcome video project December 2021 to March 2022 | To produce a series of videos welcoming those recently arrived in Scotland from Afghanistan to be published on the SRC website. |
Scottish Refugee Council COVID-19 focus groups 2021 | Ensure the voices of young people whose families are within the asylum process are included in focus groups around COVID Recovery. |
Third Sector Homelessness Fund 2021 to 2023 | Delivery of Ending Homelessness for New Scots. |
NRPF National Advocacy Service April 2022 to March 2024 | Delivery of a diagnostic legal advice service to those subject to NRPF. |
Connected Communities Budget Funding – Engagement with Afghan women 2022 | To support community resilience in which diversity is understood and valued, people have stronger connections and are more respectful and inclusive. |
Warm Scottish Welcome Scheme, Ukraine Support 2022 to 2023 | To expand the Grantee’s core Refugee Integration Service for both the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine), including where the Scottish Government acts as super sponsor. |
Warm Scottish Welcome Scheme, Ukraine Support 2023 to 2024 | Provide support to displaced people from Ukraine, expand community capacity and work with practitioners and decision makers to inform the policy agenda. |
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it has provided to the Nairn Trust since 2019.
Answer
There is no record of funding being provided by the Scottish Government to “Nairn Trust” since 2019.
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it will (a) appoint and (b) announce the chair of the independent review of Adult Disability Payment.
Answer
As confirmed to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 26 January 2024, Edel Harris OBE has been appointed as Chair of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment, following the conclusion of an open competition recruitment campaign in December 2023.
This appointment marks the beginning of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment, which delivers on a 2023-2024 Programme for Government commitment.
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it has provided to the Poverty Trust since 2019.
Answer
No payments or funding have been provided from the Scottish Government to the Poverty Trust since 2019.