There are 9,739 results relating to "S5O-04786"
Order by
|
Official Report
Meeting date:
16 December 2020
Meeting of the Parliament 16 December 2020
Offender Services (Spending) To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the claim by Victim Support Scotland that spending on offender services is more than double the amount spent on victims. (S5O-04856) A key point to make is that we do not characterise those funding streams as having opposing purposes.
Official Report
Meeting date:
16 December 2020
Meeting of the Parliament 16 December 2020
Prisons (Staff Shortages) To ask the Scottish Government what recent action it has taken to address any staff shortages in prisons. (S5O-04855) I am pleased to report that the Scottish Prison Service currently has a vacancy rate of only 1 per cent for prison officers.
Official Report
Meeting date:
16 December 2020
Meeting of the Parliament 16 December 2020
Jury Trials (Covid-19) To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to the courts system to allow criminal jury trials to proceed during the Covid-19 pandemic. (S5O-04854) The Scottish Government has agreed an additional £15 million to develop court technology and to enable the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to set up remote jury cent...
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 December 2020
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 09 December 2020
Climate Change Targets To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it has met its climate change targets that were set during session 3 of the Parliament. (S5O-04829) The emissions reduction targets that have been set by this Parliament—including by the member’s party, of course, which voted for them—are the most ambitious i...
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 December 2020
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 09 December 2020
Fly-tipping To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with local government regarding fly-tipping during the Covid-19 pandemic. (S5O-04827) I wrote to the member last week about the action that we are taking against fly-tipping, but I am content to reiterate that fly-tipping is illegal, dangerous and unnecessary, and that we continue to ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 December 2020
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 09 December 2020
Recycling and Food Waste Collection Services To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that recycling and food waste collection services suspended by local authorities due to the pandemic are resumed. (S5O-04832) Local authorities have worked hard to maintain essential waste and recycling collections through the pandemic while makin...
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 December 2020
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 03 December 2020
Enterprise Agencies (Funding) To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding it has made available to its enterprise agencies, which have been supporting economic recovery during the pandemic. (S5O-04824) Throughout the course of the pandemic, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise have reprioritised ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 November 2020
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 26 November 2020
Mental Ill Health (Impact of Pandemic and Restrictions) To ask the Scottish Government how it will respond to reports of increases in mental ill health as a result of the pandemic and the restrictions. (S5O-04796) On 8 October, we published Scotland’s mental health transition and recovery plan, which outlines our response to the mental health effects of th...
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 November 2020
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 26 November 2020
NHS Dumfries and Galloway (Patient Travel Scheme) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce in NHS Dumfries and Galloway an equivalent of the Highlands and Islands travel scheme, which allows patients to receive full, non-means-tested reimbursement for travel for medical appointments over 30 miles. (S5O-04795) I completely understand the imp...
Official Report
Meeting date:
25 November 2020
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 25 November 2020
Covid-19 (Support for Arts, Culture and Tourism) To ask the Scottish Government what further financial support it is considering making available to the arts, culture and tourism sectors as a result of Covid-19. (S5O-04780) In the interests of transparency, I should perhaps mention that although I enjoy travel immensely but have no declarable interests as...
