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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: S5W-22178

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the local authorities in the South Scotland region concerning any potential overlap between the R100 project and the Borderlands Growth Deal regarding digital connectivity.

The Reaching 100% (R100) Team is in regular dialogue with Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway council officials regarding the R100 programme. The same officials are also closely involved with the Borderlands Growth Deal and officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport with responsibility for digital connectivity. The Borderlands partners hosted a Digital Borderlands meeting in Carlisle last December that was attended by both Scottish Government and UK Government officials.

Question reference: S5W-22019

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for the delivery of mental health counselling services in secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway.

Question reference: S5W-22016

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government by what date every secondary school will have a mental health counselling service in place.

Question reference: S5W-22018

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government which body will deliver mental health counselling services in secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway.

Question reference: S5W-21942

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of looked-after children away from home, including in foster care, have been adopted prior to their fifth birthday in each of the last five years.

The following information is taken from the annual Children’s Social Work Statistics return, which provides data on children and young people looked after, as well as those on the child protection register and in secure care:

Year	Number of children, looked after away from home, who were adopted from care, prior to their fifth birthday	Number of children, looked after away from home, who were adopted from care, prior to their fifth birthday, as a percentage*
2013	195	28%
2014	228	33%
2015	207	34%
2016	238	38%
2017	265	38%

*In this instance, the percentage is of the total number of children leaving care, who were under 5 years old and whose last placement was looked after away from home.

The full publications can be accessed via the following link: https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Children/PubChildrenSocialWork

Question reference: S5W-21943

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of looked-after children away from home, including in foster care, there have been in each of the last five years.

Year	Number of children looked after away from home	Number of children looked after away from home as a percentage of the care population
2013	11,270	70%
2014	11,458	73%
2015	11,475	75%
2016	11,447	75%
2017	11,131	75%

The full publications can be accessed via the following link:https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Children/PubChildrenSocialWork .

Question reference: S5O-03070

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment the finance secretary has made of the potential economic impact of a new national park.

Question reference: S5W-21941

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government by what date the South West Scotland Transport Study will publish its draft report.

Question reference: S5W-21940

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether Scotland Transerv has the available resources to fulfil its contractual obligations regarding the management and maintenance of the A75 and the trunk road network in the south west.

Question reference: S5W-21871

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 15 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage the uptake of superfast broadband.

Since the £400 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) programme began, as our response to a failing in the UK wide model to deliver broadband services to many communities across Scotland , take -up of fibre broadband has been encouraged through extensive promotion, including press releases, regular briefings for local and national politicians as well as a variety of pro-active activities in recently activated areas, such as post-code mail shots and direct engagement through community councils.

The DSSB website provides extensive information about the current programme along with a helpful enquiry form, enabling the public to contact the project teams directly with specific queries.