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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To ask the Scottish Government what reduction in food waste there has been in (a) schools and (b) hospitals in each year since 2013.
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To ask the Scottish Government how many collaborations between businesses that generate food waste and those that can utilise food waste as a resource it has facilitated since 2013.
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the loans issued under the Home Energy Scotland Loan Scheme, (a) how many loans have been issued and (b) what the total value of (i) issued and (ii) repaid loans has been in each year since it launched.
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been received for each of its COVID-19 Restrictions Funds, broken down by local authority area; how many of these (a) have been approved, (b) have been declined and (c) are awaiting a decision; whether it will update this information on a regular basis and, if so, how often it will provide these updates.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture that "up to £9 million of funding will help with the costs of re-furloughing staff by supporting the 20% salary contribution required by the UK Government" and that "payment mechanisms for additional support on top of grants to support the top up costs of furlough currently met by business are being identified", when it expects to announce details of a payment mechanism to deliver additional support to businesses on top of existing commitments to help them meet their furlough contributions.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the financial support that it has provided to food redistribution charities in each year since 2013.
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the COVID-19 Restrictions Fund, which local authorities will administer, will be part of its discretionary fund.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32494 by Kate Forbes on 26 October 2020, how many home deliveries of office equipment and supplies have been made to public sector workers through its procurement framework in each month since March 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reducing Air Passenger Duty to support the aviation industry through the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government how much landfill tax has been recovered from illegally deposited waste by Revenue Scotland in each year since 2014.