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Question reference: S6W-30632

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to progress its commitment to establishing a National Register of Ancient Woodlands.

Question reference: S6W-30442

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 5 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to (a) Epilepsy Scotland, (b) Epilepsy Connections, (c) Quarriers' non-clinical and non-residential care services, (d) Cerebral Palsy Scotland, (e) MS Society Scotland, (f) Parkinson's UK and (g) MND Scotland in each year since 2019.

The following funding has been given to the identified charities, both directly and indirectly:

a) Epilepsy Scotland

YEAR	Direct SG Funding	Funding via Intersectional Partners	Total Funding
Jan-Mar 2019	£8,000.00	£0	£8,000.00
2019 - 2020	£0	£0	£0
2020 - 2021	£42,453.27	£2,000	£44,453.27
2021 - 2022	£16,960.40	£9,990.00	£26,950.40
2022 - 2023	£46,902.92	£10,000.00	£56,902.92
2023 - 2024	£25,923.00	£99,917.00	£125,840.00
2024 - 2025	£0	£92,971.00	£92,971.00
Total since January 2019			£355,117.59

(b) Epilepsy Connections

YEAR	Direct SG Funding	Funding via Intersectional Partners	Total Funding
Jan-Mar 2019	£0	£0	£0
2019 - 2020	£0	£0	£0
2020 - 2021	£0	£0	£0
2021 - 2022	£9,987.00	£4,222.00	£14,209.00
2022 - 2023	£0	£0	£0
2023 - 2024	£0	£0	£0
2024 - 2025	£0	£0	£0
Total since January 2019			£14,209.00

YEAR	Direct SG Funding	Funding via Intersectional Partners	Total Funding
Jan-Mar 2019	£0	£9,000.00*	£9,000.00
2019 - 2020	£6,152.25	£59,452.00	£65,604.25
2020 - 2021	£22,914.76	£113,774.00	£136,688.76
2021 - 2022	£163,214.43	£214,483.00	£377,697.43
2022 - 2023	£130,939.57	£268,007.00	£398,946.57
2023 - 2024	£10,909.20	£297,102.00	£308,011.20
2024 - 2025	£23,203.00	£138,929.00	£162,132.00
Total since January 2019			£1,458,080.21

*a quarter of an annual payment of £36,000.00 in 2018-2019

(d) Cerebral Palsy Scotland

YEAR	Direct SG Funding	Funding via Intersectional Partners	Total Funding
Jan-Mar 2019	£0	£12,500.00*	£12,500.00
2019 - 2020	£11,938.50	£50,000.00	£61,938.50
2020 - 2021	£37,106.50	£120,308.00	£157,414.50
2021 - 2022	£59,558.50	£50,000.00	£109,558.50
2022 - 2023	£48,270.50	£52,500.00	£100,770.50
2023 - 2024	£43,460.00	£62,490.00	£105,950.00
2024 - 2025	£2,640.00	£39,375.00	£42,015.00
Total since January 2019			£590,147.00

*a quarter of an annual payment of £50,000.00 in 2018-2019

(e) MS Society Scotland

YEAR	Direct SG Funding	Funding via Intersectional Partners	Total Funding
Jan-Mar 2019	£0	£0	£0
2019 - 2020	£0	£0	£0
2020 - 2021	£68,123.00	£0	£68,123.00
2021 - 2022	£66,513.33	£0	£66,513.33
2022 - 2023	£33,256.67	£0	£33,256.67
2023 - 2024	£20,702.00	£0	£20,702.00
2024 - 2025	£20,702.00	£0	£20,702.00
Total since January 2019			£209,297.00

(f) Parkinson's UK

YEAR	Direct SG Funding	Funding via Intersectional Partners	Total Funding
Jan-Mar 2019	£0	£0	£0
2019 - 2020	£75,000.00	£0	£75,000.00
2020 - 2021	£26,983.00	£0	£26,983.00
2021 - 2022	£93,402.00	£0	£93,402.00
2022 - 2023	£60,124.00	£0	£60,124.00
2023 - 2024	£31,175.00	£0	£31,175.00
2024 - 2025	£0	£0	£0
Total since January 2019			£286,684.00

(g) MND Scotland

YEAR	Direct SG Funding	Funding via Intersectional Partners	Total Funding
Jan-Mar 2019	£0	£0	£0
2019 - 2020	£11,698.29	£0	£11,698.29
2020 - 2021	£0	£0	£0
2021 - 2022	£55,545.01	£0	£55,545.01
2022 - 2023	£0	£0	£0
2023 - 2024	£27,950.90	£0	£27,950.90
2024 - 2025	£0	£0	£0
Total since January 2019			£95,194.20

Question reference: S6W-30500

Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will be designing employability programmes that consciously tackle any occupational segregation, and provide flexible opportunities for women in fair work jobs.

No One Left Behind is our national approach to devolved employability services in Scotland. This approach sees a move away from nationally contracted provision to a model which empowers Local Employability Partnerships to lead the design and delivery of services in each Local Authority area.

Local Employability Partnerships work with employers, educational institutions and organisations to ensure that participants enter a positive destination which is right for them, at that time. As well as employment; education, training and volunteering are seen as positive destinations for participants, allowing for the development of skills in preparation to enter the labour market.

Between April 2019 and June 2024, 30,280 female participants started receiving No One Left Behind support (45% of all participants). Female participants account for the majority of participants in the 25 to 34 age group (56%), the 35 to 49 age group (59%), and the parental cohort (72% of all parents). Additionally, 30% of all female participants entered employment (8,935), 13% entered full time or higher education or training (4,063) and 15% gained a qualification (4,423).

We ensure that information and advice on the benefits that flexible working and other fair work practices bring to protected groups and employers are promoted regularly. For example, a recent Fair Work social media campaign covered those benefits including that diverse and inclusive workplaces are more creative, innovative and better at problem-solving.

Question reference: S6T-02170

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of any potential implications for accessibility, equality and safety for passengers and the public, whether it will permit the reduction in opening hours of ticket offices by ScotRail.

Question reference: S6T-02168

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any increased risk to public safety resulting from industrial action by the Scottish Police Federation.

Question reference: S6F-03507

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2024

To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Government has to end the reported increase in families in the Central Belt living in temporary accommodation, in light of reports of almost 2,000 children in Glasgow living in unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation in 2024 and more than 4,600 households in Edinburgh projected to be living in temporary accommodation by 2040.

Question reference: S6F-03503

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2024

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the concerns expressed by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee regarding funding to complete the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness by the new target date of 2035.

Question reference: S6F-03492

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03491

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03493

Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2024

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that young people are equipped with the skills to recognise online misinformation and disinformation.