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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: S6W-17155

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many people under 22 in South Lanarkshire have registered for a free bus pass through the Young Persons' (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme.

As at the end of the day 31 March 2023, there were 36,131 cardholders under the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme in South Lanarkshire.

This data is supplied by the National Entitlement Card Programme Office (NECPO). NECPO supports the 32 local authorities by assisting with the integration of various national and local public services on the National Entitlement Card (NEC) and are the joint controller with local authorities of this data. The figure includes travel products collected from the Transport Scot Pass Collect mobile app.

Question reference: S6W-16891

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations made in the Independent Forensic Mental Health Review: final report.

Question reference: S6O-02132

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on workers in Scotland of an independent Scotland re-joining the European Union.

Question reference: S5W-17003

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what investment it is making in the Clyde Gateway.

Question reference: S5W-17041

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2018
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on a VAT exemption for work on high-rise buildings to remove cladding in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

The exemption of VAT on repair and renovation works is an issue that the Scottish Government has raised previously with HM Treasury and which has not yet been resolved. The consequences of the Grenfell Tower fire and the enormous amount of repair and refurbishment required to remove affected cladding systems has highlighted this issue once more.

It is unacceptable that we are in the situation where repair work directly linked to the replacement of ACM cladding, in order to ensure the long term fire safety of residents, will ultimately result in additional revenue to HM Treasury. I wrote to the Rt Hon Mel Stride, Financial Secretary to the Treasury on the 29 May 2018 to highlight the Scottish Government's position and request that HM Treasury put in place procedures to ensure these works are exempt from VAT or that there is an agreed mechanism for contractors who are carrying out these works to reclaim VAT so overall costs can be reduced for this important work.

Question reference: S5W-16901

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in (a) building and (b) refurbishing schools since 2007, broken down by local authority.

Through the £1.8bn school building programme, Scotland's Schools for the Future, the Scottish Government has invested the below in building and refurbishing schools across Scotland. A new school project is being delivered in every local authority area in Scotland:

Aberdeen (a) £35.9m (b) £0

Aberdeenshire (a) £69.1m (b) £0

Angus (a) £51m (b) £0

Argyll & Bute (a) £39.6m (b) £5m

City of Edinburgh (a) £62.6m (b) £0

Clackmannanshire (a) £9.6m (b) £800k

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (a) £4.6m (b) £0

Dumfries & Galloway (a) £16.2m (b) £8.3m

Dundee City (a) £49m (b) £0

East Ayrshire (a) £44.9m (b) £0

East Dunbartonshire (a) £10.2m (b) £0

East Lothian (a) £9.5m (b) £0

East Renfrewshire (a) £32.9m (b) £7m

Falkirk (a) £11.6m (b) £200k

Fife (a) £57.4m (b) £0

Glasgow City (a) £30.4m (b) £0

Highland (a) £50.6m (b) £12.5m

Inverclyde (a) £8.4m (b) £2.1m

Midlothian (a) £50.8m (b) £0

Moray (a) £40.5m (b) £12.9m

North Ayrshire (a) £44.1m (b) £0

North Lanarkshire (a) £55m (b) £0

Orkney Islands (a) £1.4m (b) £0

Perth & Kinross (a) £35m (b) £0

Renfrewshire (a) £15.9m (b) £0

Scottish Borders (a) £39.8m (b) £4m

Shetland Islands (a) £35.9m (b) £1.3m

South Ayrshire (a) £31.4m (b) £18.5m

South Lanarkshire (a) £14.1m (b) £0

Stirling (a) £7.6m (b) £1.9m

West Dunbartonshire (a) £27.6m (b) £9.3m

West Lothian (a) £22.6m (b) £1.3m

Question reference: S5O-02180

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support community groups to ensure that they leave a cultural legacy from their Year of Young People activities.

Question reference: S5O-02120

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its engagement with stakeholders and others regarding the closure of the 2 Sisters Food Group factory in Cambuslang.

Question reference: S5F-02355

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2018

To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is marking Mental Health Awareness Week.

Question reference: S5O-02095

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting medically trained and qualified refugees in Scotland to achieve medical registration and contribute their skills to NHS Scotland.