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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-27090

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 31 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what autism strategies and action plans received support from the £35,000 that it allocated to each local authority in 2014 as part of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

Question reference: S5W-27088

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 31 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what projects and services received support from the £4.5 million that it set aside for autism development funds as part of the Scottish Strategy for Autism, also broken down by how much of this money was allocated to (a) local authorities and (b) stakeholder organisations.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the lives of autistic people through the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

I refer the member to Annex 4 of the 'Scottish Strategy for Autism Progress Report - Foundation Stage (2 years)' which details the allocation of the Autism Development Fund. This is available at:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-strategy-autism-progress-report-foundation-stage-2-years/pages/18/

Question reference: S5W-27070

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with mobile operators since April 2019 to encourage greater participation in the Scottish 4G Infill programme in Orkney.

I met with representatives from the four mobile network operators in October 2019 to discuss these matters and the development of the Shared Rural Network. There has also been regular engagement at official level, and through our Scottish 4G Infill (S4GI) delivery partner, WHP Telecoms Ltd, with the aim of securing greater participation in the programme and we are seeing encouraging levels of interest in S4GI sites and the first 9 masts are in the process of being constructed.

Question reference: S5W-26888

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings Transport Scotland has organised with electric vehicle owners in the last 12 months regarding the ChargePlace Scotland contract, and what communications there have been.

Question reference: S5T-01956

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 20 January 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Highlands and Islands Airports Limited regarding the announcement of plans to centralise air traffic control services.

Question reference: S5W-26931

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 10 January 2020
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24536 by Joe FitzPatrick on 21 August 2019, whether it will provide an update regarding when the final neurological conditions national action plan will be published.

Question reference: S5W-26890

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what workshops Transport Scotland has organised with local authorities in the last 12 months regarding the expansion and improvement of the ChargePlace Scotland network.

Question reference: S5W-26883

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the holding reply to question S5W-26005 by Humza Yousaf on 11 November 2019, whether it is in a position to provide a substantive answer and when.

Question reference: S5W-26005

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 8 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what role it will have in the summit to be held in Glasgow on methods to tackle drug-related deaths, which was announced by the UK Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service.

We welcome the UK Government's commitment to engage with us around what is a public health emergency but remain unclear of their willingness to take part in a summit in Glasgow, alongside our Drug Death Taskforce, people with lived experience, and others, in order to help reduce the harms and deaths caused by drugs.

My officials have however already had initial discussions with counterparts in the Home Office and other UK administrations and we will continue to work closely with them as we develop plans for a UK wide drug summit. Given the significance of this issue, we want the summit to take place as soon as is practicable and are working with Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Partnership on the planning for this.

Question reference: S5W-26520

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 25 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of BT being confirmed as the preferred bidder for each contract in the R100 programme, what the timescale is for the company signing the contracts for the regional lots, and what the expected (a) coverage, (b) technology mix and (c) completion timescale will be for each of these.