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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)
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Question reference: S5W-34415

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the number of grants applied for and claimed broken down by local authority for future publications of Self-Isolation Support Grant data.

Question reference: S5F-04733

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 January 2021

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5W-34210

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many contacts have been traced by Test and Protect (a) overall and (b) using only SMS messages in each week since 1 September 2020.

a) Test and Protect information is published weekly as part of the Public Health Scotland COVID-19 statistical report. The latest data (published 13 January) shows that between 28 May to 10 January 2021:

130,719 individuals were recorded in the contact tracing software,
from which 489,311 contacts have been traced
of which 347,910 were unique.

More information can be found within the publication: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/population-health/covid-19/covid-19-statistical-report/

b) Since October 2020 some contacts will receive a single SMS only, providing isolation information and signposting. This allows contacts to be traced and isolate quickly. The majority of contacts traced receive a phone call from either local health protection teams or the National Contact Tracing Centre. Information on proportion of contacts traced using the single SMS is not currently published by Public Health Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-34561

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 18 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether dog walking businesses are allowed to operate under the current COVID-19 restrictions.

Professional dog walkers may continue to carry out their business under the current Covid-19 restrictions.

The Scottish Government issued Guidance for Animal Owners on 11 January 2021 which permits this to take place within the requirements of the guidance on physical distancing and good hygiene. This guidance is available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-animal-owners/ .

Question reference: S5W-34184

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33789 by John Swinney on 14 December 2020, what the job title was of the person it made contact with in the Public Protection Specialist Crime Division of Police Scotland.

I refer the member to the written and oral evidence provided to the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints and related correspondence. Following Ms Mackinnon’s appearance at the Committee on 27 October she followed up a number of points in writing to the Committee Convenor. This included confirmation that any request for details of Police Scotland contacts should be made to Police Scotland for consideration under its personal data obligations. I note that the Convenor has subsequently requested this information from Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-34183

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33789 by John Swinney on 14 December 2020, on what dates since December 2017 it has met Police Scotland to discuss the policy on harassment complaints, and who attended.

There was one meeting held on 6 December 2017. This was a generic meeting about addressing sexual harassment using a person centred approach and did not include reference to any specific concerns, complaints or individuals. The meeting was attended by Judith Mackinnon, Scottish Government Head of People Advice and three police officers from Public Protection Specialist Crime Division of Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-34129

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 12 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of Financial Transactions money will be in the 2021-22 Budget, and where it will be deployed.

Question reference: S5W-34117

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what the role of the Water Industry Commission is in monitoring and regulating any anti-competitive arrangements within the competitive water market in Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-34115

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether any loan offered to Business Stream by Scottish Water to assist it to trade as a result of lost business from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, constitutes a State Aid or could otherwise be regarded as an anti-competitive practice by a state-owned company, with a monopoly, operating in a competitive market.

Question reference: S5W-34094

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication of the final determination of charges by the Water Industry Commission and its indication that it plans to continue with international work, what its position is on whether it is appropriate that the commission permits the use of air travel rewards from such business travel for personal gain, and how this permission compares with advice to civil servants.