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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-12754

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will detail the extent of subcontract work being undertaken by Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited for BAE Systems on the Type 26 Frigate programme.

Question reference: S6W-12791

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it assesses the efficacy of Historic Environment Scotland’s HistoricScot Youth Forum.

Question reference: S6W-12651

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that women have faith in the justice system when reporting incidents of gender-based violence.

As I said in the recent debate on violence against women and girls, when women do need recourse to the Justice system, it is equally important that we respond effectively, competently and with compassion and understanding.

We are clear that the justice system must do more to ensure that women and girls who have experienced any form of gender-based violence have the confidence to come forward, and are supported to report these terrible crimes.

Our Equally Safe Strategy sets out a vision to prevent violence from occurring in the first place, build the capability and capacity of support services, and strengthen the justice response to victims and perpetrators.

Our Justice Vision, prioritises the experience women and girls have of the justice system. We know the justice journey can be deeply traumatising, and it is extremely important for this to minimised, in order to support recovery.

That’s why we are proposing the Criminal Justice Reform Bill. The Bill will be informed by responses to a recent public consultation on improving victims’ experiences of the justice system that takes forward the work of the Victims Taskforce and recommendations from Lady Dorrian’s Review on Improving the Management of Sexual Offence Cases.

Through the Women’s Justice Leadership Panel, we are also discussing all aspects of the justice system to consider the experience and unique needs of women, and what changes may need to be embedded within our criminal justice processes.

Question reference: S6W-12662

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many clinical trials in NHS Scotland were run for brain tumour patients in 2020-21, and how many patients took part in any such trials.

Question reference: S6W-12725

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to extend investment to its Active Play programme beyond the current range of the programme.

The Scottish Government recognises the important role Active Play has in providing children with the opportunity to develop physical skills in their early years and to encourage a long-term relationship with physical activity.

Current funding of the Active Play Development Project is for 2022-23 for delivery of Active Play programmes across two local authority areas, Glasgow and Highland. The evaluation of the current Active Play Development Programme will help inform future funding decisions, which will be subject to the Scottish Government’s budget for 2023-2024.

Question reference: S6W-12634

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many assessments for the continuation of properties on the valuation roll in accordance with the Council Tax (Dwellings and Part Residential Subjects) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 have taken place since the regulations came into force, broken down by (a) assessor and (b) local authority area.

The valuation of non-domestic premises is a matter for the Scottish assessors who are independent of central and local government. The Scottish Government does not hold information on how many assessments have taken place in relation to the requirements for self-catering holiday accommodation set out in the Council Tax (Dwellings and Part Residential Subjects) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021.

Question reference: S6W-12730

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been made available for the (a) Access to Music Making and (b) Strengthening Youth Music funds for (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.

In 2021-22, £1,200,863 was made available to Access to Music Making and Strengthening Youth Music Funds. Of this, £1,116,575 funded Access to Music Making and £84,288 funded Strengthening Youth Music.

In 2022-23, £574,466 has been available to both funds to date, of which £544,467 has been allocated to Access to Youth Music and £29,999 has been allocated to Strengthening Youth Music. A second application round for 2022-23 is currently open. Decisions will be communicated in March 2023.

Question reference: S6W-13040

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-12560

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people have opted to receive private healthcare in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S6W-12552

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent on private sector procedures and diagnostics in each of the last 10 years.