- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of new woodland creation have been approved for the 2024-25 planting season, and for each subsequent planting season.
Answer
The Scottish Government supports new woodland creation through the Forestry Grant Scheme. Planting is recorded against financial years; the hectarage of new woodland creation approved for planting in the 2024-25 financial year, and each subsequent year, is shown in the following table.
2024-25 (ha) | 2025-26 (ha) | 2026-27 (ha) | 2027-28 (ha) | 2028-29 (ha) |
5,715 | 1,694 | 1,778 | 1,122 | 47 |
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of new woodland creation the Forestry Grant Scheme will deliver in the 2024-25 planting season, and for each subsequent planting season.
Answer
The Scottish Government supports new woodland creation through the Forestry Grant Scheme. Planting is recorded in line with financial years. The Scottish Government expects to deliver 9,000 hectares of new woodland creation through the Forestry Grant Scheme in the 2024-25 financial year, and would expect a similar area to be delivered in the 2024-25 planting season.
As the Scottish Government budget has not been finalised for 2025-26 or future years, it is not possible to confirm how much planting will be supported by the Forestry Grant Scheme in future years or planting seasons.
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of proposed new woodland creation are currently being processed by Scottish Forestry for the 2024-25 planting season, and for each subsequent planting season.
Answer
The Scottish Government supports new woodland creation through the Forestry Grant Scheme. Planting is recorded in line with financial years. Scottish Forestry has already approved 5,715 hectares of applications to plant new woodland in the 2024-25 financial year, with an additional 6,313 hectares submitted for assessment. A further 3,225 hectares of applications have been received to create new woodland in 2025-26, 2,494 hectares in 2026-27, 2,327 hectares in 2027-28, and 1,244 hectares in 2028-29.
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much grant funding has been awarded in real terms under the Scottish Dental Access Initiative in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area in each of the last two years.
Answer
NHS Dumfries and Galloway have had no Scottish Dental Access Initiative funding awarded in the last two years.
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the average processing time, from application to a final decision, has been for applications under the Scottish Dental Access Initiative in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area in each of the last 12 months.
Answer
This information is not held by the Scottish Government.
Scottish Dental Access Initiative applications are first submitted to NHS Dumfries and Galloway for initial processing and approval.
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that women in Wigtownshire have the choice to give birth as close to home as possible.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 21 February 2024
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many dental surgeries in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area have offered NHS services in each month since January 2022.
Answer
Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. Information in relation to the number of dental practices providing NHS dental services in the Dumfries and Galloway area is held by the Health Board.
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what dental service provision is available for any young people who require braces but do not have access to an NHS dentist to carry out the necessary preparatory work required by their orthodontist.
Answer
All patients can self-refer to an Orthodontist, without having seen a General Dental Practitioner.
Orthodontists have access to all items of service within the NHS Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR), should any preparatory work be required.
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications under the Scottish Dental Access Initiative in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area have been (a) made and (b) approved in each of the last 12 months.
Answer
NHS Boards are responsible for receiving and approving applications for the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI). Successful applications are then sent to the Scottish Government for processing.
As such, the Scottish Government does not hold information on how many SDAI applications have been received in the NHS Borders area, and this information is held by the Health Board.
There have been no applications sent to Scottish Government in the last 12 months.