- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on Digital Planning in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Digital Planning Transformation programme is a £35 million programme to transform the planning service and realise £200 million economic benefits to the sector. Work is progressing to deliver outputs from five missions as set out in the
Digital Strategy for Planning that underpins the programme.
Year | Amount |
2018-2019 | £1,926,423.08 |
2019-2020 | £2,817,556.51 |
2020-2021 | £2,614,403.39 |
2021-2022 | £2,739,118.22 |
2022-2023 | £3,518,010.54 |
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13337 by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on whether it has published the data, in light of it already being used for policy formulation and implementation, and of it committing to publishing it "early this year".
Answer
The data is due to be published shortly.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding is currently allocated for goose management schemes, and how much has been spent in each of the last three years, broken down by scheme.
Answer
Management Agreement Costs
Schemes for Annex 1 goose species (barnacle geese, white-fronted geese) and pink-footed geese at Strathbeg
Financial Year | Islay | Kintyre | Slamannan | Solway | South Walls | Strathbeg | Uist, Coll & Tiree |
2019-20 | £937,000 | £64,282 | - | £234,668 | £27,243 | £13,460 | £67,598 |
2020-21 | £929,990 | £68,259 | - | £237,502 | £27,495 | £789 | £67,806 |
2021-22 | £911,498 | £66,500 | - | £230,568 | £23,711 | - | £64,966 |
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Allocated 2022-23 | £770,000 | £58,014 | - | £178,990 | £15,562 | - | £60,000 |
NatureScot and Scottish Government expenditure on Adaptive Management Pilot Projects for resident greylag geese in Scotland (inclusive of monitoring and development costs)
Adaptive Management Projects | Uist | Orkney | Tiree | Lewis |
2019-20 | £8,500 | £14,245 | - | £6,489 |
2020-21 | £7,212 | £12,319 | £2,400 | £6,489 |
2021-22 | £6,000 | £38,181 | £6,000 | £6,000 |
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Allocated 2022-23 | £7,500 | £36,131 | £6,000 | £7,500 |
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce the tender awards for the Climate Just Communities programme, and what percentage of the £36 million Climate Justice Fund will go towards this initiative.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-15692 on 20 March 2023. 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: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to identify how older and disabled people who are unable to access physical return points will be protected during the phase-in period of an online takeback service for the Deposit Return Scheme.
Answer
We have proposed to bring forward amendments to the Deposit Return Scheme regulations so that only the largest grocery retailers will initially be obliged to provide an online takeback service and all other businesses will be exempt.- Further work will be undertaken to identify how older and disabled people will be protected during this phasing-in of online takeback to ensure the scheme is accessible to everyone.
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address any poverty-related issues in schools.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries are not currently accepting new patients.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission’s recommendation that no further new greyhound tracks be permitted in Scotland.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the Learning for Sustainability Action Plan in educational settings in the north east.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on investment in research and coordinated care services to support those living with long Covid.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2023