- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18307 by Michael Matheson on 2 June 2023, what business continuity plans are being prepared for buildings with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
Answer
Business continuity plans cannot be prepared until completion of the discovery surveys of NHS Scotland properties suspected to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. The outcomes of the discovery surveys will be used to inform business continuity plans by any affected Health Boards.
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of Scotland's renewable energy generation takes place on sites of over 500 hectares in size.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold information on electricity generation in a form that can be broken down into the spatial area occupied by each renewable generating station.
The Scottish Government receives data on electricity generation from the UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. This data is not broken down to site level.
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the budget allocated to the Technology Enabled Care programme was used to fund the Overdose Alert and Response Technologies: State-of-the-art Review by the University of Stirling.
Answer
The total funding provided to the University of Stirling to fund the Overdose Alert and Response Technologies: State-of-the-art Review is £59,978.
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council regarding the possibility of an Investment Zone in Aberdeen.
Answer
Once the Scottish and UK Government have agreed the elements of a partnership approach, including the methodology to be used to select possible locations, they will engage with the relevant local authorities and their partners.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Christina McKelvie on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussion it has had with Glasgow City Council regarding the reopening of The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture.
Answer
Scottish Government has not had any discussion with Glasgow City Council regarding the reopening of The Lighthouse in Glasgow.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18307 by Michael Matheson on 2 June 2023, (a) how many and (b) which properties the desktop review assessed as having reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
Answer
The purpose of the desktop review was to assess which properties should be investigated for the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). NHS Scotland Assure is preparing a paper on options to proceed with discovery surveys to assess which NHS Scotland properties contain RAAC. Completion of the discovery surveys will provide an accurate assessment of how many, and which, properties contain RAAC.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding each of its international offices has received in each of the last five years.
Answer
The funding that each Scottish Government International Office has received for the last five years is as noted below.
There are no previous financial records on the table prior to 2022 for Copenhagen as this is the year it opened.
| 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
| 000’s | 000’s | 000’s | 000’s | 000’s |
Beijing, China | 553 | 554 | 550 | 567 | 482 |
Washington DC, United States | 807 | 811 | 805 | 794 | 782 |
Ottawa, Canada | 575 | 575 | 570 | 634 | 600 |
Paris, France | 545 | 558 | 556 | 659 | 673 |
Dublin, Ireland | 541 | 572 | 596 | 593 | 547 |
Berlin, Germany | 549 | 549 | 555 | 572 | 591 |
Brussels, Belgium | 2,079 | 2,088 | 2,310 | 2,467 | 2,441 |
London, England | 1,995 | 2,041 | 2,197 | 2,180 | 2,157 |
Copenhagen, Denmark | | | | 598 | 693 |
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Emma Roddick on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress, including the timetable, regarding the proposed legislation to end conversion practices.
Answer
Conversion practices that try to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity are harmful, discriminatory, and have no place in our society. We are clear in our commitment to introduce legislation to end conversion practices in Scotland.
Detailed proposals for legislation are now being developed, taking careful consideration of the report of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, the work of the Expert Advisory Group on Ending Conversion Practices, experiences from other countries and engagement with stakeholders, including those with lived experience of conversion practices.
These proposals will be published in a public consultation.
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has estimated the average annual greenhouse gas emissions that may have been avoided by generation at Torness Nuclear Power Station.
Answer
Analysis undertaken as part of the analysis underpinning the draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan does not show any significant negative impacts from the closure of Hunterston B and Torness nuclear power stations on Scotland’s CO2 emissions.
Under this modelling, the reduction in electricity generation from nuclear power plants in Scotland will be compensated for by the vast expansion of low-cost renewables and flexible technologies such as storage, not by fossil fuel plants which would increase greenhouse gas emissions.
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the parameters and methodology of its electricity systems modelling analysis that was used to inform its draft Energy Strategy.
Answer
The whole systems energy modelling underpinning the draft Energy Strategy was conducted by the Energy Systems Catapult and the full details of the project are published here:
Scottish whole energy system scenarios (climatexchange.org.uk)
A context document was also published here:
Scottish whole energy system scenarios: context document - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .