- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) assesses social value during tendering for shipbuilding contracts.
Answer
CMAL ask for information regarding Fair Working Practices and Community Benefits as part of all their high value tender exercises, in accordance with the Scottish Government’s Statutory Guidance.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Elena Whitham on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10312 by Ash Regan on 29 August 2022, whether any future legislation on legal services regulation reform will include preventing solicitors who are suspended from practising from being advertised by the Law Society of Scotland until the conclusion of their disciplinary process.
Answer
The Scottish Government responded to the legal services regulation reform consultation analysis report on 22 December 2022. The response may be viewed at the following link: Legal services regulation reform - consultation analysis: Scottish Government response - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
The response underpins the Scottish Government’s commitment to reforming legal services and to retaining the sector’s independence within a system that provides greater flexibility in how complaints are handled, to benefit both consumers and legal professionals. The response also sets out how the existing regulatory framework for legal services should be modernised to provide users with increased confidence, support growth in the sector and strengthen consumer protections.
I understand that the Law Society of Scotland has written to you directly on this matter however, I can confirm that it is the Law Society’s policy and practice to remove any suspended solicitor from their online searchable database. This is done as soon as they have been suspended, regardless of any outstanding disciplinary processes.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals have been resettled in each local authority area in Scotland through the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Answer
The Scottish Government regularly publishes data relating to the number of completed matches, where a displaced person from Ukraine has arrived at their hosted and longer term accommodation in Scotland, under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. The number of completed matches by Local Authority can be found in Table 1 in a supporting document called Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in Scotland: December statistics tables as follows - Supporting documents - Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in Scotland: statistics - December 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
An accompanying report is published alongside the tables and can be found at the following link: Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in Scotland: statistics - December 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Additionally, the UK Government regularly publishes data relating to visas and arrivals under the Homes for Ukraine scheme: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data/ukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2 .
Displaced people with visas are free to enter the country and live and work where they want. Not everyone entering the UK through the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (including those sponsored by the Scottish Government) will need accommodation provided to them. They may make their own arrangements, including renting their own accommodation or staying with friends and family. Some arrivals may have also self-matched with a volunteer host, assisted by a charity or support network. Those arrivals may never be in contact with a welcome hub or local authority seeking accommodation.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was allocated to each local authority from the Town Centre Fund Capital Grant in for each year since 2019-20.
Answer
In total, £68 million was allocated to local authorities through the Town Centre Fund with £50 million allocated in 2019-20 and £18 million allocated in 2020-21.
Local Authority | Allocation 2019-20 | |
Aberdeen City | £ 1,351,000 | £ 484,000 |
Aberdeenshire | £ 3,286,000 | £ 1,179,000 |
Angus | £ 1,080,000 | £ 387,000 |
Argyll and Bute | £ 1,242,000 | £ 444,000 |
City of Edinburgh | £ 2,613,000 | £ 954,000 |
Clackmannanshire | £ 683,000 | £ 245,000 |
Dumfries and Galloway | £ 1,529,000 | £ 548,000 |
Dundee City | £ 735,000 | £ 264,000 |
East Ayrshire | £ 1,701,000 | £ 611,000 |
East Dunbartonshire | £ 944,000 | £ 339,000 |
East Lothian | £ 1,275,000 | £ 462,000 |
East Renfrewshire | £ 981,000 | £ 353,000 |
Falkirk | £ 1,976,000 | £ 711,000 |
Fife | £ 4,335,000 | £ 1,560,000 |
Glasgow City | £ 3,010,000 | £ 1,096,000 |
Highland | £ 2,965,000 | £ 1,066,000 |
Inverclyde | £ 660,000 | £ 235,000 |
Midlothian | £ 910,000 | £ 331,000 |
Moray | £ 1,233,000 | £ 443,000 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | £ 223,000 | £ 80,000 |
North Ayrshire | £ 1,418,000 | £ 507,000 |
North Lanarkshire | £ 3,250,000 | £ 1,168,000 |
Orkney Islands | £ 200,000 | £ 72,000 |
Perth and Kinross | £ 1,983,000 | £ 714,000 |
Renfrewshire | £ 1,459,000 | £ 527,000 |
Scottish Borders | £ 1,421,000 | £ 511,000 |
Shetland Islands | £ 205,000 | £ 73,000 |
South Ayrshire | £ 1,064,000 | £ 382,000 |
South Lanarkshire | £ 2,506,000 | £ 902,000 |
Stirling | £ 1,077,000 | £ 387,000 |
West Dunbartonshire | £ 859,000 | £ 307,000 |
West Lothian | £ 1,826,000 | £ 658,000 |
Scotland | £ 50,000,000 | £ 18,000,000 |
Based on an equal weighting of the number of towns in a local authority (determined by the NRS Settlements and Localities data, where a town is a locality with a population equal to or greater than 1,000 people) and the local authority population.
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what projects will be supported by the Climate Justice Fund in financial year 2023-24.
Answer
The CJF in 2023-24 expects to fund the Climate Just Communities programme, which will operate in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia; the WEDO programme, which supports women delegates to be visible and heard during significant global negotiations; and a human rights defenders fellowship, which will support environmental fellows through the existing SG-led programme. In addition, once the selection process and delivery mechanism for the £5m funding for non-economic loss and damage is finalised, initiatives can begin to be funded through this programme.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died of sudden cardiac death in each year since 2007.
Answer
Data on deaths from all causes in Scotland are available from National Records of Scotland: Vital Events - Deaths | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk).
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the (a) provision and (b) maintenance and servicing of free bikes, since the 2021 election.
Answer
Provision, maintenance and servicing of bikes comes from our budget to support Active Travel in 2021-2022, that amounted to £115.5m in total, and in 2022-2023 that amounted to £150m.
Specifically we have three programmes which focus on the provision, service and repair of a bike. They are the Free Bikes Commitment, Access Bikes run by Cycling UK and Scotland’s Cycle Repair Scheme (SCRS) run by Cycling UK. Their financials since May 2021 are below:
- Free Bikes Commitment - £4,495,106.72
- Access Bikes - £594,583
- SCRS - £3,215,123
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding M&Co entering administration, and what support will be offered to any staff who lose their jobs.
Answer
To Date the Scottish Government has had no contact with the UK Government regarding M&Co entering administration.
The Scottish Government will do everything in its power to help those affected by any possible forthcoming redundancies through our initiative for responding to redundancy situations, Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE). Our PACE team contacted the administrators for M&Co immediately to offer support for any individuals affected by redundancy.
I have also contacted the administrators at Teneo directly and offered to speak with them to discuss the situation.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the total cost has been, in terms of public expenditure, for public bodies to deal with “chemical incidents” as defined by Public Health Scotland (a) from 12 May 1999 to 5 May 2021 and (b) since 6 May 2021.
Answer
The cost of responding to these types of incidents or spills are a matter for the public bodies, the relevant authorities, or agencies. The information requested is not held centrally and therefore the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with airlines flying in and out of Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) airports regarding planned strike action on 19 and 22 December 2022.
Answer
I met with the Chair and Chief Executive of Loganair, HIAL’s largest customer, on 20 December 2022 to discuss the industrial action at HIAL’s airports and the measures that Loganair had put in place to minimise the disruption for passengers.
