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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S5O-00999

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what progress it is making with the establishment of a south of Scotland enterprise agency.

Question reference: S5W-08343

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 10 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many farmers opted not to claim their entitlements under the single application form in 2016.

Question reference: S5W-08885

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the method used in Ireland of two-year tissue tag testing for bovine viral diarrhoea.

As part of our role in the industry led Scottish bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) eradication scheme Scottish Government is in dialogue with a number of other countries, including Ireland, to share experience and best practice. However the BVD testing methods used in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are a matter for the Irish administrations and not for the Scottish Government to consider.

Question reference: S5W-08887

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what scientific data it used to devise the testing system for bovine viral diarrhoea and whether the information available is in the public domain.

Question reference: S5W-08886

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a regional model of bovine viral diarrhoea testing.

Question reference: S5W-08628

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 25 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the impact of freshwater dredging.

The Scottish Government has not carried out an assessment of the impact of freshwater dredging. Dredging is regulated by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency through the Water Environment (Controlled Activities)(Scotland)Regulations 2011. These regulations have three tiers of authorisation depending on the risk to the water environment. A licence is required for activities which pose the greatest risk, and SEPA considers any potential risk and impact when assessing an application and setting licence conditions.

Question reference: S5W-08351

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether feed-in tariffs can be claimed for biomass boilers that have not been granted local authority planning permission.

Question reference: S5W-08345

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many farmers identified errors in their 2016 single application form.

People completing their SAF will make changes to the turnaround information presented in their SAF for a number of reasons: because their circumstances have changed during the year, or their eligibility, or because they have decided to claim in a different way, or because of error or assumed error within our data. As there is no regulatory requirement to do so and the reasons can be so various, we do not keep a record of the number of changes made. To do so would add unnecessary cost and complexity to the system and require us to seek more information from customers on the reasons for their changes.

Question reference: S5W-08737

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it funds cold call advertising of boiler replacement schemes that it supports.

The Scottish Government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland are delivered through Home Energy Scotland, which is run by the Energy Saving Trust, the Scottish Government’s trusted energy advice provider. None of the Scottish Government energy efficiency programmes involve cold calling and Ministers have publicly condemned nuisance callers that have been misleading customers.

Question reference: S5W-08347

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government which projects it funds to tackle hate crime and prejudice; what criteria it uses to determine which projects to support, and what analysis it carries out of their effectiveness.

The Scottish Government funds a number of projects which help to tackle hate crime and prejudice, and these are listed online at: https://beta.gov.scot/publications/equality-funding-2016-2017/. Bids to the Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund are assessed in relation to the criteria contained in the guidance for bids. Funding applications must relate to specific outcomes (for example, people covered by hate crime legislation to experience lower levels of hate crime) and funded projects are required to submit progress reports every six months to demonstrate the impact their work is having for intended beneficiaries.