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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-00915

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is putting in place to attract younger people into the farming sector.

Question reference: S6O-00903

Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking, in relation to green skills, to remove barriers facing offshore oil and gas workers in transitioning to green jobs in the offshore energy sector.

Question reference: S6O-00898

Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how its policies and actions across government will support South Ayrshire to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6O-00895

Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what work and action across government it is undertaking to support local authorities and local communities in their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-07054

Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the written report by Seagreen Wind Energy Limited, in respect of unexploded ordnance clearance activities, will be published, and on what grounds regulation 10(5)(b) was invoked when this document was requested under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

Marine Scotland Directorate's– Licensing Operations Team (“MS-LOT”) are currently consulting with NatureScot on the written report by Seagreen Wind Energy Limited in respect of unexploded ordnance clearance activities. MS-LOT intend to publish this report on its website (marine.gov.scot) once the consultation is complete.

Regulation 10(5)(b) (the course of justice) was invoked when this document was requested under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004, as the late submission of the report was at that point being investigated as an instance of non-compliance with statutory timelines.

Question reference: S6W-07082

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 16 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether people who moved from Scotland to other parts of the UK in the last year will be able to take part in Scotland’s Census 2022, which was delayed from March 2021 when the UK census took place.

As the censuses across the UK are taking place at different times, people moving from Scotland to other UK countries before March 2022 will not participate in Scotland’s Census 2022.

However, the primary objective for the census is not to collect a record of specific individuals, households, or addresses but to gather demographic information which government, councils, the NHS and a range of users in the public, private and third sectors need to inform future public services.

We continue to work closely with our colleagues in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) to produce harmonised outputs to meet a range of user needs wherever possible.

Question reference: S6W-07040

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds on how many gas engineers in Scotland are Microgeneration Certification Scheme certified installers.

The Scottish Government does not hold or maintain any data on the number of registered gas engineers in Scotland who are also certified as installers under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).

The Gas Safe register is the official registration body for gas businesses and installers in the United Kingdom and is operated independently on behalf of the UK Government and the UK Health and Safety Executive. We do not hold or maintain information on the number of Scottish based operatives registered with Gas Safe.

Unlike Gas Safe, MCS operates at a corporate level, rather than individual operatives. We do not routinely maintain data on the number of companies registered with MCS, however, in 2020 there were 134 companies based in Scotland accredited to carry out heat pump installations under the Scheme.

We know that the number of heating engineers trained in zero emissions heating systems will need to grow in line with the ambitions set out in our Heat in Buildings Strategy and we are working with Scottish Renewables and Skills Development Scotland in a project to quantify the likely demand for new skills.

The evidence from this project will help inform our Heat in Buildings Supply Chains Delivery Plan which we will publish later in 2022.

Question reference: S6W-07011

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) co-ordinated support plans, (b) individualised educational programmes and (c) child's plans are in place in each local authority area for children with additional support needs.

Question reference: S6W-06996

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 16 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last spoke to the owners of the BiFab manufacturing yard.

Question reference: S6W-06822

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many international consultants that commuted to Scotland have been employed in NHS Scotland in each year since 1999.