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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S6W-07473

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it requires local authority contingency plans to be reviewed periodically when updated flood risk information is available.

Question reference: S6W-07482

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it takes account of the length of roads for which a local authority is responsible for maintaining when allocating funding to local authorities for flood risk management.

Question reference: S6W-07414

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether guidance on visiting care homes will be changed in light of the relaxation of other COVID-19 measures.

The Scottish Government issued a letter to adult care homes on
‎ 24 March 2022 outlining updates to guidance including visiting. The Scottish Government fully expects care homes and local health protection teams to support people living in care homes to have visits from loved ones, unless there are truly exceptional circumstances. During an outbreak, care home residents can see one of their three named visitors once a day. The letter with updated guidance can be found on the Scottish Government website via the following link: Annex 1 - Coronavirus (Covid-19): changes to guidance for adult and older people care homes - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

The Scottish Government will continue to work with Public Health Scotland and the care home sector to review the remaining recommendations in adult care homes.

Question reference: S6W-07446

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce an independent residential park evaluation and grading system to prevent park owners from rating their own sites.

Question reference: S6W-07445

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce legislation establishing an arbitration service at local authority level for residential park owners.

Question reference: S6W-07447

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce legislation to sanction residential park owners who do not supply timely and fully completed written statements to their residents.

Question reference: S6W-07444

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, following disruptions to the energy supply as a result of recent storms, what discussions it has had with Ofgen regarding whether residents of residential park homes will be (a) included on the priority contact list and (b) allowed access to any compensation schemes in the event of environmental emergencies in light of recent reports that park owners did not fulfil these obligations on behalf of their residents.

Resilience of the Electricity Sector is reserved and therefore the responsibility of the UK Government.

Access to the Priority Services Register is available to anyone that meets the eligibility criteria and individuals can register by contacting their energy supplier or network operator.

The issue regarding compensation schemes is something that would also be best directed to Ofgem.

We will continue to press the UK Government, industry and the regulator for assurance that increased resilience of the electricity networks in Scotland is a priority.

Question reference: S6W-07311

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm if massage and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) services are included in the definition of independent commercial wellness services, for the purposes of determining eligibility criteria for close contact business support grants.

Businesses offering only massage and complementary and alternative medicine services were not within the scope of the Close Contact Services Fund. The Close Contact Fund was targeted at businesses impacted by the necessary public health restrictions introduced to reduce transmission of the Omicron variant. The eligibility criteria for the Close Contact Services fund, which has now closed to applications, is available on the Scottish Government website: Close Contact Services Fund (closed) - Coronavirus (COVID-19): funding for businesses affected by Omicron control measures - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

Question reference: S6W-07140

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the work it is doing to ensure that doctors are equipped to identify the early signs and symptoms of an eating disorder.

During Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2022, we welcomed the training offer that Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, has developed to ensure that our future workforce feels confident to support anyone who comes forward with concerns about disordered eating. We are pleased to see that all our medical schools in Scotland are in discussions with Beat to deliver eating disorder training, or are already delivering it.

We were also pleased to announce additional funding for Beat which includes Beyond the Symptoms Training for GPs and healthcare professionals, which will support them to identify when a patient has an eating disorder, and confidently intervene early. This training will be available from April.

Question reference: S6W-07170

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce legislation to ensure that electrical infrastructure in residential parks meets a 64-amp standard, which is approximately the present rate for a brick house, (a) in new sites and (b) when upgrading existing faulty cables on established sites, in order to ensure there is an adequate electrical supply to charge electric vehicles and power other household white goods.