- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many civil servants have worked on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, broken down by pay band, and (b) what the total cost of civil service resources for work on the Bill has been, in each month since it was proposed.
Answer
It is not possible to provide information on staffing costs for this work because in line with usual practice, details of individual tasks carried out by civil servants, including the number of hours spent on them, are not routinely recorded as there is no business need to do that.
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many civil servants have worked on implementing the provisions in the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023, broken down by pay band, and (b) what the total cost of civil service resources on implementing the Act has been, in each month since it came into force.
Answer
It is not possible to provide information on staffing costs for this work because in line with usual practice, details of individual tasks carried out by civil servants, including the number of hours spent on them, are not routinely recorded as there is no business need to do that.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many online clicks its paper, Citizenship in an independent Scotland, received in its first month following publication, broken down by (a) main paper, (b) easy read version, (c) each individual language version and (d) audio version.
Answer
We have previously answered two FOIs on website visits to the Building a New Scotland Papers:
Paper title: Citizenship in an independent Scotland
Main paper URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-citizenship-independent-scotland/
Main paper publish date: 27-7-2023
Main paper views in first month (all pages): 32,144
Easy read URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-citizenship-independent-scotland-easy-read/
Easy read publish date: 27-7-2023
Easy read views or download link clicks in first month: 1,186
Audio URL: https://soundcloud.com/scotgov/building-a-new-scotland-citizenship-in-an-independent-scotland-summary-audio-version
Audio publish date: 27-7-2023
Audio link clicks in first month: 31
Community language landing page URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-citizenship-independent-scotland/documents/
Translation publish date: 27-7-2023
Translation downloads in first month:
Arabic: 42
Bengalii: 8
Bulgarian: 9
Cantonese: 42
French: 30
Gaelic: 27
Hindi: 13
Italian: 18
Mandarin: 69
Polish: 9
Punjabi: 9
Romanian: 6
Russian: 10
Spanish: 22
Ukrainian: 13
Urdu: 43
BSL YouTube Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5WndkF6tnw
Date BSL Version Published: 27-7-2023
Views in first 30 days : 28
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many online clicks its paper, Migration to Scotland after independence, received in its first month following publication, broken down by (a) main paper, (b) easy read version, (c) each individual language version and (d) audio version.
Answer
We have previously answered two FOIs on website visits to the Building a New Scotland Papers:
Paper title: Migration to Scotland after independence
Main paper URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-migration-scotland-independence/
Main paper publish date: 3-11-2023
Main paper views in first month (all pages): 22,790
Easy read URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-migration-scotland-independence-easy-read/
Easy read publish date: 3-11-2023
Easy read views or download link clicks in first month: 2,150
Audio URL: https://on.soundcloud.com/TfSaz
Audio publish date: 3-11-2023
Audio link clicks in first month: 20
Community language landing page URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-migration-scotland-independence/documents/
Translation publish date: 3-11-2023
Translation downloads in first month:
Arabic: 15
Bengalii: 6
Bulgarian: 2
Cantonese: 13
French: 16
Gaelic: 12
Hindi: 8
Italian: 1
Mandarin: 9
Polish: 1
Punjabi: 4
Romanian: 2
Russian: 6
Spanish: 15
Ukrainian: 4
Urdu: 29
BSL YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpPkTZ2ZVv8
Date BSL Version Published: 3-11-2023
Views in first 30 days: 18
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in a building has any safety implications during an incident where firefighters are required to attend.
Answer
The recent concerns noted around Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) are acknowledged by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) and partner agencies. Where the material is in poor condition, has degraded or has been incorrectly installed, there could be a greater risk of weakness or collapse which could present additional safety implications. Where RAAC is identified through SFRS Operational Intelligence information gathering or a Fire Safety Enforcement audit, SFRS staff will record information regarding any affected buildings. This allows SFRS to develop a tactical plan to protect firefighters and minimise risk to the wider public in the event of any emergency incident. The safety of fire fighters is paramount and during an incident SFRS will undertake a dynamic risk assessment where necessary to take into account all potential risks, including the presence of RAAC.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many online clicks its paper, Independence in the Modern World. Wealthier, Happier, Fairer: Why Not Scotland?, received in its first month following publication, broken down by (a) main paper, (b) easy read version, (c) each individual language version and (d) audio version.
Answer
Our analytics tool logs only record 13 months of data for PDF downloads, so we do not have the data for the easy read and translations of this paper as they were published out with this period.
We have previously answered two FOIs on website visits to the Building a New Scotland Papers:
Paper title : Independence in the Modern World. Wealthier, Happier, Fairer: Why Not Scotland?
Main paper URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland/
Main paper publish date : 14-6-2022
Main paper views in first month (all pages): 82,675
Easy read URL : https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/research-and-analysis/2022/06/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland/documents/easy-read/easy-read/govscot%3Adocument/easy-read.pdf
Easy read publish date: 21-8-2022
Easy read views or download link clicks in first month: Historic data not available for this period for downloads
Audio URL: https://youtu.be/oOiOYMYOLYI
Audio publish date : 29-8-2022
Audio link clicks in first month: 13
Community language landing page URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland/documents/
Translation publish date: 14-6-2022
Translation downloads in first month: Historic data not available for this period for downloads
BSL YouTube Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKT9Qqg_j-0
Date BSL Version Published: 13-6-2022
Views in first 30 days: 120
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of all costs associated with the launch event for its paper, Social security in an independent Scotland.
Answer
The external costs associated with the production and publication of the paper ‘ Social Security in an independent Scotland’ were published in the answer to question S6W-23643 on 20 December 2023. Additionally, there were launch costs for travel, for staff and external attendees, which totalled £114.27. 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: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it provided to Shelter, the National Campaign for Homeless People Limited in 2022.
Answer
Shelter, the National Campaign for Homeless People Limited includes two registered charities: England and Wales (charity number 263710) and Scotland (charity number SCO02327).The Scottish Government only provided funding to Shelter Scotland in 2022. The three projects funded were the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, the Scottish Housing Law Service and the Private Rented Sector Homeless Prevention in Dundee project.
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership’s main objective was to bring as many of Scotland’s long-term empty homes back into use as is possible and to have a dedicated empty homes officer working across all 32 local authorities by March 2022.
The main objective of the grant for the Scottish Housing Law Service was to provide legal advice and representation to those seeking to exercise their legal rights to retain housing, access housing or improve their housing conditions.
The main objective of the grant for the Private Rented Sector Homeless Prevention in Dundee project was to prevent homelessness in the private rented sector by taking an early intervention approach with households at risk of building up arrears to prevent evictions into homelessness.
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether the Scottish Parliament will fly the flag of Palestine to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November 2024.
Answer
The Scottish Parliament has a flag flying policy in place which sets out the circumstances of when flags will be flown. A copy of the policy can be found here. The circumstances in which the flying of flags is appropriate are very carefully set out, as it is essential that the Parliament maintains its impartiality. There are no plans in place to fly the flag of Palestine on 29 November 2024.
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether the Scottish Parliament has ever flown the flag of Palestine to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November.
Answer
According to our records, we have not previously flown the flag of Palestine on 29 November to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
