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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-00822

Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 July 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-00024 by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 June 2016, whether the concerns of residents of the village of Torrance in relation to its possible role as a depot for fracking operations will be considered as part of the consultation on fracking.

The Scottish Government is committed to involving communities and other stakeholders in key decisions affecting Scotland and the future wellbeing of our communities and natural environment.

Our consultation, which will take place following publication of the research we have commissioned, will provide an opportunity to engage with and listen to the widest range of views on this important matter, including those of concerned communities.

Our comprehensive programme of evidence-gathering will ensure that communities and other stakeholders have access to a wide body of evidence when forming their views.

Question reference: S5W-00302

Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have been accredited each year as living wage employers, broken down by local authority area.

The Scottish living wage accreditation initiative provided the following table detailing the relevant breakdown by local authority area as at 7 June 2016.

Local Authority	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total
Aberdeen City	0	1	1	3	5	4	14
Aberdeenshire	0	0	0	1	7	1	9
Angus	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0		8	4	12
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0	2	2	4
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	3	9	3	15
Dundee	0	0	0	1	6	3	12
East Ayrshire	0	0	0	1	1	1	3
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
Edinburgh	0	3	4	24	70	23	124
East Lothian	0	0	0	1	2	0	3
East Renfrewshire	0	0	1	1		1	3
Falkirk	0	0	0	1		1	2
Fife		1	2	2	17	2	24
Glasgow	0	2	9	25	69	24	127
Highland		1	0	3	15	8	27
Inverclyde	0	0	3	1	4	2	10
Midlothian	0	0	0	3	10	4	17
Moray	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
North Ayrshire	0	0	0	0	3	3	6
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	11	3	14
Orkney	0	0	0	0	2	2	4
Perth and Kinross	0	0	0	2	10	8	20
Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	11	5	16
Scottish Borders	0	0	0	0	6	1	6
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	1	4	3	8
South Lanarkshire	0	0	1	5	17	1	24
Stirling	0	0	0	0	9	6	15
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	1		3	3	7
West Lothian	0	0		3	10	1	14
Total	0	7	22	81	325	119	554

Note: This total includes MSPs

Question reference: S5O-00024

Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its moratorium on fracking.

The Scottish Government has put in place a moratorium to ensure that no unconventional oil and gas exploration can take place in Scotland while unanswered questions remain. As I made clear in response to the debate on 1 June, we have commissioned a comprehensive programme of research which is already underway, and which will report later this year, to investigate the potential health, environmental and economic impacts of this industry. This research, once published, will be followed by a full public consultation so that any decision in respect of unconventional oil and gas activities is based on both the evidence presented to Ministers and the views of the public and stakeholders.