- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care last visited Inverclyde Royal Hospital in person.
Answer
I visited Inverclyde Royal Hospital on 4 July 2022. All Ministerial engagements, including visits, is routinely published on the Scottish Government website and can be found at: www.gov.scot/collections/ministerial-engagements-travel-and-gifts/ .
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to local authorities to support Gaelic-medium education.
Answer
The Scottish Government has two streams of funding available to local authorities to help support Gaelic medium and Gaelic learner education across Scotland. These are the Scheme of Gaelic Specific Grant, £4.482m, and the Gaelic Schools Capital Fund, £4m. In 2022-23, 26 local authorities applied and were supported from the Scheme of Gaelic Specific Grant and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Highland received support for projects that expanded Gaelic Medium Education educational settings.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding the future use of the term, minor-attracted person, when referring to paedophiles, and whether it will discourage use of the term across government agencies and public bodies.
Answer
The Scottish Government has discussed the use of the term Minor Attracted Person with Police Scotland following recent media coverage. Police Scotland has confirmed that it does not use the term and it is not used by its partners. The Scottish Government does not use this term and it is not used by Scottish public bodies.
Police Scotland has issued a statement which confirms that it does not use this term and explains the context to it being referred to in a June 2022 Police Scotland performance report.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in the Social Work Professional Support Service - Scotland.
Answer
We acknowledge the immense, highly skilled and unique contribution made by social workers to support individuals and families across Scotland. We also know that social workers face significant challenges and have taken steps to ensure they have the right support.
The Scottish Association of Social Work has been given £200,000 in 2021-2023 to provide a peer support service covering a range of issues including wellbeing and resilience.
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Christina McKelvie on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10720 by Christina McKelvie on 20 September 2022, when it will publish its refreshed Disability Equality Strategy.
Answer
We continue to work closely with the steering group, made up of Disabled People’s Organisations, to co-design the new Disability Equality strategy. The group met several times in 2022 and are focused on listening to the challenges and obstacles disabled people face and finding the solutions that can be delivered.
The group last met in November 2022 and a further meeting is planned for the end of February 2023. It is anticipated that the strategy will be published in Spring 2023 subject to the conclusion of the co-design process.
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12681 by Màiri McAllan on 13 December 2022, whether detailed marine spatial plans, as opposed to broad spatial areas, will be provisionally set in the new National Marine Plan (NMP2), in line with section 11(2)(a)(ii) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, unless and until superseded by regional plans agreed under the terms of that same Act.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-12759 on 15 December 2022.
The purpose of Scotland’s National Marine Plan is to set out the strategic policies for the sustainable development of our marine resources. Regional marine plans are currently being developed for 3 out of the 11 Scottish Marine Regions (Orkney, Shetland and the Clyde) with preparatory work being undertaken by Local Coastal Partnerships in other regions.
The content of the new National Marine Plan (“NMP2”) is yet to be defined. As the process to replace the current National Marine Plan progresses, the content of NMP2 will be established and consideration will be taken as to whether NMP2 will include detailed spatial plans.
The Marine Scotland Directorate undertakes national marine planning activities in accordance with the requirements and conditions set out in the Marine Acts: Marine (Scotland) Act (2010) and the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009). NMP2 will be developed in accordance with the policies, including the National Spatial Strategy, set out in the fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4)(once adopted).
All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which estates within the Monadhliath Deer Management Group have received funding for peatland restoration in each of the last five years through the peatland restoration project funds administered by NatureScot (formerly Scottish Natural Heritage); how much each estate has received in each of the last five years, and who the owners were of each estate that received funding.
Answer
Organisation/Applicant | Paid
2018-19 | Paid
2019-20 | Paid
2020-21 | Paid
2021-22 | Paid 2022-23
(to 6 Jan 23) |
Aberarder Estate | 1,320.00 | 38,734.50 | 146,185.00 | - | 169,584.35 |
Alvie Estate | 147,684.50 | 90,035.00 | 73,508.00 | 79,860.00 | - |
Balavil Estate | 990.00 | 38,376.00 | 107,840.00 | - | 162,389.87 |
Braeroy Estate | 96,408.10 | 166,112.90 | 172,174.70 | 160,257.00 | 107,378.61 |
Cluny Estate | - | - | 17,110.00 | 24,540.00 | - |
Dalmigavie Estate | - | 96,020.00 | - | 186,982.00 | 203,381.35 |
Dunachton Estate | 990.00 | - | 104,756.00 | 97,680.00 | 69,811.93 |
Dunmaglass Estate (Conagleann Ltd) | 3,300.00 | 129,895.00 | 6,600.00 | 150,995.71 | 132,976.36 |
Farr & Glen Kyllachy Estate (Newbie Salmon Fisheries Ltd) | 188,609.60 | 238,260.00 | 238,037.00 | 143,356.50 | 58,263.00 |
Glenbanchor Estate | 990.00 | 47,864.00 | - | - | - |
Glenmazeran (The Englefield Estate Trust Corporation) | 227,466.24 | 188,189.28 | 212,035.61 | - | 64,663.46 |
Glenshero Estate (JAHAMA Highland Estates) | - | - | 97,042.00 | 159,676.60 | - |
Kinrara Estate | - | - | - | 202,109.60 | 262,525.90 |
Pitmain Estate | 185,908.00 | 193,769.62 | 141,905.00 | 35,000.00 | 116,890.61 |
Monadliath Deer Management Group | 31,656.00 | 46,409.36 | 43,575.00 | 42,999.40 | 38,078.40 |
Total | 885,322 | 1,273,666 | 1,360,768 | 1,283,457 | 1,385,944 |
Table 1. Peatland Action grants allocated to the Monadliath Deer Management Group 2018-19 to present.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether relevant stakeholders, including PLACE and community councils, were consulted before it took the decision to delay the implementation of commercial short-term let licensing by six months.
Answer
We are not delaying the implementation of commercial short-term let licensing. Licensing schemes opened in October 2022, and new hosts must now apply for, and obtain, a licence before accepting bookings or receiving guests. Local authorities continue to receive applications from new and existing hosts
In recognition of the wider cost of living crisis that is placing pressure on existing short-term let hosts and businesses, we have announced that we will introduce legislation in January 2023 to extend the deadline for existing hosts to apply for a licence from 1 April 2023 to 1 October 2023.
This is not a pause and we encourage hosts to keep applying throughout.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported rise in burst water pipes as a result of cold weather, what support it is providing to local authorities to enable them to keep local authority owned housing in a good state of repair, and what discussions it has had with local government representatives on this matter.
Answer
Local authorities are required, under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, to keep houses they let fit for human habitation and ensure that any repairs are carried out when they are needed.
Whilst it is for local authorities to determine how they use funds available to them, including to maintain housing stock, the Scottish Government has increased local government funding by more than £1 billion in 2022-23 and the 2023-24 Local Government settlement of over £13.2 billion represents an increase of £570.8 million or 4.5% since the Budget Act, which is a real terms increase of £160.6 million or 1.3%.
We work closely with social landlords in our shared ambition to provide quality, affordable social homes and continue to have constructive engagement with them on a range of matters.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it is delaying the implementation of commercial short-term let licensing by six months.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-13624 on 20 January 2023. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
