This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
That is why our Chief Entrepreneur, Mark Logan, is engaging closely with sector leaders to explore opportunities to catalyse the sector’s growth, including how it can benefit from our £42m investment in a new network of tech-scalers – world-class environments to start and scale new companies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason windfarm developers can reportedly continue to submit new applications in areas where previous applications have been rejected.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason windfarm developers can reportedly continue to submit new applications in areas where previous applications have been rejected.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 September 2022
Later this year, we will be introducing legislation to ensure all new buildings with parking, whether that be a new home or local community centre, are EV enabled, future-proofing Scotland's buildings as we transition to a net zero transport system.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available for people seeking to buy a new electric vehicle. The Scottish Government is providing over £30 million this financial year to accelerate the shift to zero emission transport.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to combine local authority planning and building control systems to enable a net zero approach to planning in new housing. There are no plans to combine these systems which operate under distinct legislative requirements.
At national level, we will use this intelligence to inform new staffing projections for health and social care, which will be published in the coming year as part of the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care.
The Scottish Government supports tree planting through the Forestry Grant Scheme where UKFS requirements are met, and the site is suitable for the trees being planted. Over 4000 hectares of new native woodland were planted in 2020/21.
Statistics relating to the waits patients experience for new outpatient appointments, at specialty and NHS Board level, are published up to 31 December 2021 and can be found using the following link: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/11694/newop_feb22.xlsx .
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 April 2022
This includes £250 million on peatland restoration over the current decade, £65 Million on the new Nature Restoration Fund over the course of this Parliament, and £100 million to increase forestry planting, ?