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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.

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Question reference: S6W-28389

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much CMAL has spent, to date, from the budgets in the Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP) for the procurement of new (a) vessels and (b) pier and harbour infrastructure.

Question reference: S6W-28395

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to polling by More in Common, which reportedly found that the Scottish public is overwhelmingly supportive of nature, with 92% stating that nature is personally important to them and that "harm to nature and wildlife" is the climate-related issue that they are most concerned about.

Question reference: S6W-28396

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to modernise deer management in Scotland to (a) help tackle the climate and nature emergencies and (b) implement the recommendations of the Deer Working Group.

Question reference: S6W-28408

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether any landowners in Scotland have been issued more than one notice under section 59 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 since 1996.

Question reference: S6W-27973

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to the provision of support for homeless dog owners who are seeking accommodation, including (a) any lack of provision by local authorities to house people in temporary accommodation with a dog and (b) the length of time that is spent in temporary accommodation that does not allow pets, and the impact that such separation can have on human and dog welfare.

Question reference: S6W-28404

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the reported late filing of full accounts for 2022 by (a) P&O Ferries and (b) Port of Cairnryan.

Question reference: S6W-28398

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Nature Restoration Fund will be (a) retained and (b) expanded.

Question reference: S6W-28409

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many notices SEPA has issued under section 59 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 since its establishment in 1996.

Question reference: S6W-28174

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many abandoned vehicles have been reported to local authorities in each year since 1999.

Information is not held centrally on the number of abandoned vehicles reported to local authorities. Management information is available from Police Scotland on the number of police recorded incidents of abandoned vehicles. This is provided below, split by the local authority within which the incident occurred.

It should be noted that not all abandoned vehicles will relate to cars and an incident may relate to more than one abandoned vehicle. This information was consistently recorded across all police divisions from the calendar year of 2019 onwards and therefore the figures provided below relate to the period 01 January 2019 to 18 June 2024. As such the 2024 figures relate to only a partial year.

Recorded incidents of abandoned vehicles, 01 January 2019 to 18 June 2024.

Local Authority	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Scotland	18,422	13,471	14,109	13,702	13,549	6,770
Aberdeen City	1,208	797	784	639	639	311
Aberdeenshire	680	559	534	553	496	261
Angus	367	282	320	248	295	123
Argyll and Bute	249	162	182	164	168	82
Clackmannanshire	145	103	131	130	99	49
Dumfries and Galloway	407	317	348	313	278	149
Dundee City	615	494	579	517	518	264
East Ayrshire	404	283	318	251	282	152
East Dunbartonshire	337	267	300	248	272	119
East Lothian	327	241	292	303	303	174
East Renfrewshire	280	215	227	224	214	114
Edinburgh, City of	1,889	1,208	1,388	1,402	1,286	657
Falkirk	526	425	408	419	450	238
Fife	1,093	854	859	846	907	437
Glasgow City	2,219	1,501	1,654	1,668	1,636	837
Highland	798	610	609	627	654	324
Inverclyde	236	185	199	167	147	70
Midlothian	409	255	302	261	304	151
Moray	258	208	192	202	217	103
Na h-Eilean Siar	44	32	26	34	25	10
North Ayrshire	417	315	345	328	297	132
North Lanarkshire	1,317	918	927	832	839	379
Orkney Islands	27	16	16	24	21	14
Perth and Kinross	478	374	374	425	369	202
Renfrewshire	696	482	447	517	485	243
Scottish Borders	287	256	249	260	252	137
Shetland Islands	23	22	20	22	20	15
South Ayrshire	337	295	264	261	300	131
South Lanarkshire	1,145	832	864	902	780	452
Stirling	264	215	224	211	246	101
West Dunbartonshire	327	253	235	179	232	119
West Lothian	613	495	492	525	518	220

Source: Police Scotland Management Information

Question reference: S6W-28262

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with (a) UK Government ministers and (b) private companies regarding its forthcoming Natural Capital Market Framework.

Engagement on the Natural Capital Market Framework is taking place from March to September and is following Scottish Government’s approach to service design, using the expertise and insight from a diverse range of stakeholders to inform the development of the framework. This engagement has included UK Government officials leading their work on natural capital markets but there has been no direct engagement with UK Government Ministers. We have also engaged with a wide range of private businesses representing agricultural, land management, contractor and investment interests.