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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.

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Question reference: S5W-22779

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discretion there is for Disclosure Scotland in reviewing the length of time that an individual's criminal conviction is required to be disclosed on a PVG certificate based on (a) the nature of the crime committed and (b) whether no further crimes are committed by the person concerned over a set period in future.

Disclosure Scotland does not have any discretion over the length of time a criminal conviction is disclosed on a PVG scheme record.

In processing an application for a PVG scheme record disclosure, the content is determined by the law as provided for in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 as amended by The Police Act 1997 and Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (Scottish Statutory Instrument 2015 No 423).

Question reference: S5W-22696

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much of its total grant to Obesity Action Scotland has been spent on initiatives and promotions to encourage children and young people to take up sport and physical activity in each year since it was established in 2015.

Question reference: S5W-22694

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many campaigns to tackle obesity have been formulated and promoted by Obesity Action Scotland in each year since its formation in 2015, and what the (a) remits, (b) aims and (c) costs were for each campaign.

Year	Campaign	Remit/aims
2015-16	0 campaigns	N/A
2016-17	1 campaign: Make the Healthy Choice, The Easy Choice	http://www.obesityactionscotland.org/Make-the-Healthy-Choice-the-Easy-Choice/
2017-18	4 campaigns: Make the Healthy Choice, The Easy Choice Eating not Feeding Voices on Obesity Obesity and Cancer Week	As above. http://www.obesityactionscotland.org/eating-not-feeding/ http://www.obesityactionscotland.org/voicesonobesity/ http://www.obesityactionscotland.org/obesity-cancer-awareness-week/
2018-19	2 campaigns: Make the Healthy Choice, The Easy Choice Eating Out, Changing the Game	As above. http://www.obesityactionscotland.org/changing-the-game

We do not hold centrally the cost of Obesity Action Scotland campaigns.

Question reference: S5W-22697

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the annual grant that it provides to Obesity Action Scotland was used to engage in discussions with ministers on measures relating to diet and obesity policies in each year since its formation in 2015.

Question reference: S5W-22699

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what regional focus there is to the work carried out by Obesity Action Scotland, and what work has been undertaken by Obesity Action Scotland in the Eastwood constituency.

Question reference: S5W-22695

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) it has and (b) other government-funded bodies have provided Obesity Action Scotland with in each year since its formation in 2015, expressed (i) in cash terms and (ii) as a proportion of Obesity Action Scotland’s total budget.

Question reference: S5W-22698

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made toward ensuring that all primary school children have access to a minimum of five portions of fruit and vegetables per day in the Eastwood constituency and across the country as highlighted on Obesity Action Scotland’s website.

All food and drink served in publically funded schools in Scotland must meet the standards set out in the Nutritional requirements for food and drink Regulations (Scotland) 2008. All Scottish local authorities must meet these strict nutritional requirements, ensuring pupils are offered balanced and nutritious school lunches including a variety of fruit and vegetables. How this is delivered is for each local authority taking account of local circumstances and supported by Scottish Government guidance. Compliance with these Regulations is monitored by Education Scotland Health and Nutrition Inspectors.

These Regulations have since been reviewed by a technical working group who made recommendations about how food and drink served in schools could be improved, including how to ensure that pupils have access to at least 5 of their ‘5 a day’. A draft report on the results from a public consultation, on those recommendations, is being carefully considered by Ministers and will inform amendments to the Regulations. The amended Regulations will apply to all publicly funded schools in Scotland, including those in the Eastwood constituency, who will continue to be responsible for delivery in practice.

Question reference: S5F-03277

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2019

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5W-22445

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 29 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether all fire stations operating in the North, West and East service delivery areas will contain fire engines equipped with the latest ultra-high pressure lance firefighting tools.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have purchased and deployed 38 Rapid Response Units (RRUs) which carry the latest ultra-high pressure lances, the last unit going live in March 2019. These RRU's are located in Retained Duty System (RDS) fire stations in all three service delivery areas. SFRS will fully evaluate the RRUs before making decisions on any future purchases of this type of firefighting system.

Question reference: S5W-22446

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 29 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to redress the £389 million backlog in vehicles and property in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, as identified in the May 2018 Audit Scotland report, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service: An update.

The Audit Scotland report of May 2018 was clear that the way to properly address the capital backlog, which was inherited from the 8 legacy fire and rescue services, was not simply through spending more money but through modernising the service through transformation. The Scottish Government is providing SFRS with additional funding to support its transformation proposals. In 2019/20, the Scottish Government has increased the budget of SFRS by £5.5 million to invest in service transformation. This is in addition to increasing the spending capacity of the service by £15.5 million in 2018-19.

SFRS is continuing to work down the capital backlog highlighted in the Audit Scotland Report. The £389 million figure was based on Net Book Value and the financial life of assets and contained desirable, but not necessarily essential, expenditure.

SFRS could invest a further £50m in the service if the UK Government returned the VAT paid between 2013 and March 2018.

Financial Year	Scottish Government funding	As a proportion of total Obesty Action Scotland budget
2015-16	£150,000	100%
2016-17	£150,000	100%
2017-18	£150,000	96%
2018-19	£185,000	84%