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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-10423

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 8 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09692 by Angus Robertson on 26 July 2022, whether it will address the issue raised in the question on how much it has budgeted for regarding the cost associated with the referral to the Supreme Court of whether the question for a referendum on Scottish independence contained in the proposed referendum Bill relates to reserved matters.

Question reference: S6W-10303

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications (a) it has received and (b) have been awarded funding for flood protection schemes in each year since 1999.

In the period 1999 to 2007, schemes promoted by Councils under the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961, and confirmed by Scottish Ministers, were supported with grant funding. The grant was allocated to approved schemes on a project by project basis and paid to local authorities as those projects progressed. During that period 19 local authorities received funding for 29 flood protection schemes.

In 2008 a number of ring-fenced grants, including the Flood Prevention Grant, were amalgamated into a single General Capital Grant.

In 2012 an arrangement was agreed between Scottish Government and COSLA whereby the flooding component of the General Capital Grant would be distributed to major projects according to an agreed set of eligibility criteria. Applications were sought from local authorities in 2012 and 2014 to cover the period 2012-13 -‎ 2015-16. In 2012 local authorities applied for funding for 8 schemes and 3 were successful. In 2014 local authorities applied for funding for 8 schemes and 4 were successful.

In July 2016 it was agreed by Scottish Ministers and COSLA that from 2016-17 there would be a change in the distribution of funding for flooding. 80% of the available flooding capital grant would be allocated to large-scale projects and distributed according to the prioritisation of flooding schemes and works set out in the 14 Flood Risk Management Strategies which were published by SEPA in December 2015. In 2016 it was decided that 40 flood protection schemes, set out in the Strategies, were eligible for funding under the prioritisation described above. 2 schemes that were also on the prioritised list of schemes were not eligible for any new funding under the criteria agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA.

Question reference: S6O-01371

Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to support pupils with a declared or assessed disability at school.

Question reference: S6O-01350

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Police Authority about improving the accountability of policing in Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-01359

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is regarding the impact in Scotland to reports that the UK Government is considering a post-Brexit removal of workers’ rights.

Question reference: S6O-01370

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with local authorities regarding child protection policies in schools.

Question reference: S6O-01362

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what indications it has received that additional funding will be provided by the UK Government to deal with inflationary pressures.

Question reference: S6O-01365

Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what work has been done to close the attainment gap.

Question reference: S6O-01352

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics.

Question reference: S6O-01369

Current Status: Withdrawn