- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has had with all identified privately owned high-rise buildings in regard to the Single Building Assessment programme ahead of their forthcoming invitation onto the survey programme in 2023, and how many buildings it has been in contact with.
Answer
We have been in contact with the representatives of over 50 buildings about the Single Building Assessment programme, with plans to expand this throughout 2023.
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party manifesto commitment, what the cost would be of bringing the higher non-domestic property rate into line with that in England, broken down by industry sector.
Answer
The 2023 revaluations in Scotland and England will for the first time have different tone dates following the Scottish Government’s acceptance of the independent Barclay Review of Non-Domestic Rates’ recommendation to move to three yearly revaluations and a one-year tone date. This inevitably results in direct comparison between the two systems being less meaningful than in the past with Scottish rateable values more accurately reflecting contemporary market circumstances.
The Scottish Budget will set out non-domestic rates measures including the poundage, supplements and reliefs that will apply in 2023-24 based upon draft values which will be published for the first time on 30 November 2022 but it will only be possible to accurately calculate the impact of different tax rates and supplements on individual sectors when final rateable values are published on 1 April 2023.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the 23 awards made to date as part of the £8 million Cycling Facilities Fund, including the amount of each award and details of each project.
Answer
18 To date the Scottish Government and sportscotland (National Lottery) has funded 29 projects via the Cycling Facilities Fund, seven of which have been completed. The details and amounts of this funding can be found in the following table:
Project | Applicant | Award Level |
Pollock Park Cycle Hub | Glasgow City Council | £100,000 |
Cathkin Braes Cycle Hub | Glasgow City Council | £145,800 |
Bellahouston Park Cycle Hub | Glasgow City Council | £184,375 |
North Berwick Pump Track | East Lothian Council | £50,000 |
New Pump Track | Getting Better Together Shotts HLC | £50,000 |
Mountain Bike Skills Loop | Inverness Royal Academy | £40,000 |
New MTB Trail | The Laggan Forest Trust | £100,000 |
Gala Park New Pump Track | Falkirk Council | £50,000 |
West Lothian Cycle Circuit | West Lothian Council | £600,000 |
New Pump Track | Transition Extreme | £50,000 |
Middleden Mountain Bike Trail and Skills Area | Fife Council | £100,000 |
Kelpies Bike Trails and Skills Area | Abriachan Forest Trust | £62,250 |
Clyde Cycle Park Phase 2 | Clyde Cycle Park SCIO | £550,000 |
New Bike Park | Lochaber Wheeled Sport Society | £290,000 |
New Pump Track | Auchterarder Community Sports and Recreation | £50,000 |
Pump Track | Stow Community Trust | £50,000 |
Callendar Park Cycle Hub | Falkirk Council | £157,930 |
New Hallhill Pump Track | East Lothian Council | £50,000 |
New Banchory Cycling Hub | Deeside Bike Collective | £100,000 |
New Cycling Hub | Arran High School MTB Club - Cycling | £190,470 |
Lochore Meadows Whitewood MTB Trails | Fife Council | £49,466 |
Tarland Trails New MTB Trail Centre | Tarland MTB | £299,456 |
New Bellshill Cycle Hub | North Lanarkshire Council | £100,000 - Completed |
Upgrade BMX Track | Cumbernauld Centurions BMX Club - Cycling | £58,599 – Completed |
Balbardie Park Pump | West Lothian Council | £45,433 – Completed |
Bike Glenlivet New MTB Trail | Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development trust | £12,933 – Completed |
Ormiston Park Pump Trail | East Lothian Council | £45,000 - Completed |
New Pump Track | Boat of Garden Community Company | £100,000 - Completed |
Kennoway Pump Track | Fife Council | £75,000 – Completed |
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how long it estimates the assessment of the 780 identified high-rise buildings in Scotland will take, and how this compares with the information released under Freedom of Information request 202200321870.
Answer
Not all 780 buildings on the high rise inventory will require assessment. Single building assessments are demand led and available on request for homeowners or their representatives should they meet the qualifying criteria.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have accessed self-directed support in each year since its introduction.
Answer
To end of March 2021 629,335* people have accessed Self-directed Support (SDS) since April 2014, with year by year data listed in table 1.
Year | Number of People |
2014-15 | 37,270* |
2015-16 | 58,860* |
2016-17 | 90,865* |
2017-18 | 102,995 |
2018-19 | 112,895 |
2019-20 | 110,085 |
2020-21 | 116,365 |
Table 1: Breakdown per financial year of people accessing
Self-directed Support 2014-15 – 2020-21
Data around the uptake of SDS is gathered by Public Health Scotland, with data prior to 2017-18* sourced from the Social Care Survey, published by Scottish Government. Some Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCP’s) were unable to provide SDS data, therefore previous figures have been used to provide an estimated figure where possible. This should be taken into consideration when interpreting the data and its accuracy
The measures put in place to respond to COVID-19 pandemic will have affected the social care services that the HSCPs were able to provide over the relevant period.
Full data is published on Public Health Scotland Website , Self-directed support - Insights in social care: statistics for Scotland - Support provided or funded by health and social care partnerships in Scotland 2019/20 - 2020/21 - Insights in social care: statistics for Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the availability of swimming lessons to young people, in light of reports of waiting lists as long as six years in Dumfries and Galloway.
Answer
The Scottish Government have been working with Scottish Swimming, Education Scotland, sport scotland and Scottish Water to develop interventions and approaches to provide opportunities for children to become confident, safer and competent swimmers.
Scottish Swimming aim to run a number of Delivery Model Pilots in 2022-23 to support schools to understand and consider different approaches and models of delivery to help educate and provide opportunities for children across Scotland to experience the water in a fun, safe and inclusive approach. This reflects the many different scenarios faced by schools when deciding how best to support young people to access school swimming.
In terms of the issues reported in Dumfries and Galloway, we understand that the waiting list expanded significantly due to the reduced capacity available to deliver lessons whilst they operated from the temporary swimming pool at Dumfries Ice Bowl. This was then further exaggerated by COVID closures. The local authority are looking at their swimming pool timetables with a view to securing lessons for as many children as possible within their existing resources and available teaching complement.
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what steps it is taking to improve safety for MSPs both within the Parliament and outwith the parliamentary estate.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how it will support any Members’ staff who are dealing with added financial challenges and pressures after the homeworking allowance payment was discontinued in October.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether MSPs and their staff are putting their rubbish in the correct bins for recycling or otherwise.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
