- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 December 2024
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 10 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the findings were of the 10-year trial of the 50mph speed limit for HGVs on single carriageway sections of the A9 between Perth and Inverness.
Answer
Answer expected on 10 January 2025
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024
To as the Scottish Government how much the individual bus fare concessionary
schemes have cost in 2024.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 6 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of payments under the Basic Payment Scheme had been made to farmers by 15 October 2024.
Answer
As of 15 October 2024, 76% of the overall value of the Basic Payment Scheme had been paid out with 83% of the total number of eligible businesses receiving payment.
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 10 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time employees were working for Children’s Hearings Scotland as of August (a) 2022 and (b) 2024.
Answer
Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) publishes the number of staff it employs in its Annual Report. The 2023-24 Annual Report will be published later this month.
The information relating to 2022 is available on the CHS website: Reports and Planning (chscotland.gov.uk).
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 10 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many volunteer team members across Scotland were working with Children’s Hearings Scotland as of August (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
Answer
This is a matter for Children’s Hearings Scotland. This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 10 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of running Children’s Hearings Scotland was in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 to date.
Answer
CHS Annual Reports and accounts for 2021-22 and 2022-23 were published and laid in Parliament, in accordance with the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, with the 2023-24 accounts to be laid in Parliament later this month.
This information is available on the CHS website: Reports and Planning (chscotland.gov.uk).
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 10 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many hearings each member of Children’s Hearings Scotland undertook in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 to date.
Answer
This is a matter for Children’s Hearings Scotland. This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported growing concerns over the shortfall of psychiatrists employed by the NHS to deliver psychiatric care.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2024
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what the total monetary cost has been, including in relation to travel, accommodation and staff and ministerial working time, of all overseas trips taken by the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture since his appointment in 2021.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2024
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are homeless in the Highland Council area.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024