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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)
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Question reference: S6O-02847

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of increasing violence towards teachers and students in schools.

Question reference: S6O-02837

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote and support cultural activities in the Rutherglen constituency.

Question reference: S6O-02851

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support student mental health and wellbeing.

Question reference: S6O-02834

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the vote on motion S6M-11342 on the Situation in the Middle East, on 21 November, whether it will provide an update on what action it has taken with the UK Government and international bodies to support the humanitarian response.

Question reference: S6W-23041

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which cabinet secretary or minister commissioned the guidance on mobile messaging apps as part of its record management policy, and when.

Question reference: S6W-23012

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 29 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22527 by Gillian Martin on 9 November 2023, what the energy output would be of the current live applications, broken down by local authority area.

With reference to the answer supplied to question reference S6W-22527, the 311 organisations being supported by CARES with an ‘Active’ project status are in varying stages of development. Some are undertaking early scoping and feasibility exercises, while others have grant funding committed. Local Energy Scotland (LES) measures new energy generation by installed capacity in kilowatts (kW) based on the maximum rated output of each project, as opposed to Energy Output which refers to energy generated over time in kilowatt hours (kWh).

The installed capacities of projects are provided in the following table. Note that these figures relate only to active projects where CARES funding has been offered, as the capacities of projects before this stage can change as a result of revisions in design, budget or supplier availability.

All Projects	All projects
Local Authority	No.	total kW
Aberdeen City	10	252
Aberdeenshire	18	2673
Angus	3	61
Argyll and Bute	25	30132
Clackmannanshire	2	41
Dumfries & Galloway	18	581
Dundee City	8	4134
East Ayrshire	14	297
East Dunbartonshire	1	20
East Lothian	5	8082
East Renfrewshire	2	41
Edinburgh City	14	272
Falkirk	3	89
Fife	15	7855
Glasgow City	13	245
Highland	43	33523
Inverclyde	1	20
Midlothian	3	61
Moray	14	16215
North Ayrshire	9	8922
North Lanarkshire	6	122
Orkney Islands	11	248
Perth & Kinross	10	203
Renfrewshire	2	38
Scottish Borders	18	44635
Shetland Islands	9	169
South Ayrshire	7	87
South Lanarkshire	9	188
Stirling	6	102
West Dunbartonshire	1	20
West Lothian	3	61
Western Isles	8	71057
Total	311	230448

Question reference: S6W-23034

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20632 by Shona Robison on 11 September 2023, whether the (a) stage 1 desktop and (b) stage 2 visual inspection of the Scottish Government Estate has been competed, and, if so, what the outcome of each of these inspections was.

Question reference: S6W-22916

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 29 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government on what date the First Minister reportedly found an old mobile phone that he had been using during the COVID-19 pandemic for government business.

Question reference: S6W-23355

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow Southside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Neil Gray on 29 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the First Minister’s Investor Panel will publish its recommendations and what the next steps will be for the Scottish Government.

The Panel published its recommendations on 29 November 2023. The recommendations cover a wide range of findings on how Scotland can attract capital investment to support the just transition to net zero.

The Scottish Government published its response to the Panel’s recommendations on 29 November 2023. The Scottish Government has setup an Investment Strategy and Delivery Unit as described in the Programme for Government to drive forward the recommendations made by the Panel.

Both publications are available on the Scottish Government’s web-site which can be found here. https://www.gov.scot/groups/investor-panel/

Question reference: S6W-22918

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 29 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of the First Minister finding an old mobile phone with WhatsApp messages on it, whether it is the case that the First Minister had reported a mobile phone as missing, and, if it is the case, what steps were taken to address any potential security issues arising from a phone that had been used for government business being unaccounted for.