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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6O-02912

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what work to tackle poverty it is currently undertaking to support people who are in debt to public bodies.

Question reference: S6O-02903

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider its reported plans to downgrade the Wishaw Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Question reference: S6O-02902

Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to address obesity.

Question reference: S6O-02909

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-02899

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the sale of low-welfare pets ahead of the Christmas period.

Question reference: S6O-02898

Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether urban areas will be included in its land reform legislation.

Question reference: S6W-23694

Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it plans to introduce its proposed Land Reform Bill.

Question reference: S6W-23625

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12786 by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022, what information it holds on how many sites that are managed by Historic Environment Scotland and its predecessor agencies have been (a) open, (b) temporarily closed and (c) permanently closed in 2022-23.

Historic Environment Scotland is making good progress on its inspection programme which is due to conclude at the end of March next year. The Scottish Government supports Historic Environment Scotland’s approach that continues to put the health and safety of individuals first, reopening sites only when safe to do so.

The information the Scottish Government holds is that of the 70 sites that had access restricted due to High Level Masonry issues, there is now full or partial access at 53 of those sites.

As this is not the full information requested, I have also asked Historic Environment Scotland to respond directly to the member with a full reply to his question in writing . Details of the inspection programme and site re-openings are published on the Historic Environment Scotland website.

Question reference: S6W-23595

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing statutory designation for the sites of important historic battles.

The Scottish Government recognises the importance of our many varied cultural and historic sites, which includes battlefields. We deliver support for the historic environment through our sponsorship of Scotland’s lead public body for the historic environment, Historic Environment Scotland.

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for protecting sites of national historic significance through designations including listing buildings, scheduled monuments, and maintaining the Inventory of Historic Battlefields.

In 2019, Scottish Ministers issued a Direction which requires notification of any new applications for non-householder development that may affect designated historic battlefields to be given to Scottish Ministers. This allows additional considerations for the significance of the site to be taken into account during decision making and informs a national overview of development in the planning system that affects designated historic battlefields.

Question reference: S6W-23604

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) injury and (b) non-injury road accidents on the A90 between Stonehaven and Aberdeen have been reported in each quarter since 1 April 2021.

There have been 2 personal injury accidents on the A90 between Stonehaven, where Slug Road crosses the A90, and Aberdeen, where Skene road (A944) intersects with the A90 since 1 April 2021.

Information on non-injury accidents is not held by the Scottish Ministers.

Year	Quarter	Date Range	Number of Personal Injury Accidents
2021	2	01-04-2021 to 30-06-2021	0
	3	01-07-2021 to 30-09-2021	0
	4	01-10-1021 to 31-12-2021	0
2022	1	01-01-2022 to 31-3-2022	0
	2	01-04-2022 to 30-06-2022	1
	3	01-07-2022 to 30-09-2022	0
	4	01-10-1022 to 31-12-2022	0
2023	1	01-01-2023 to 31-3-2023	0
	2	01-04-2023 to 30-06-2023	0
	3	01-07-2023 to 30-09-2023	1
	4	01-10-1023 to 01-11-2023	0

Date Extracted - 06-12-2023

Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database

Notes: Statistics for Police Scotland

Date Period: 01-04-2021 - 01-11-2023 (latest date available)

Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system

Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. e.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.
Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.
Statisticians within the Department for Transport have devised a method for adjusting the road casualty figures to ensure that they can be compared over time on a consistent basis.
Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties and Reported Road Casualties statistics publications will present both adjusted and unadjusted figures.