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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.

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Question reference: S6W-06756

Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, under its plans for council tax rebates based on energy efficiency, whether farmers will be given separate consideration for ratings of private dwellings, such as farmhouses or cottages, which are included in the energy rating of the total farm business.

The Scottish Government currently has no plans to introduce new council tax rebates based on energy efficiency ratings for properties. Individual local authorities are required by section 80A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to establish their own energy efficiency council tax discount schemes. Advice and support on improving home energy efficiency is available through Home Energy Scotland, administered by Energy Saving Trust on behalf of the Scottish Government.

Question reference: S6W-06797

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what data and information the Scottish National Investment Bank is gathering to evaluate the progress of the Bank’s gender equality strategy.

Question reference: S6W-06789

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy will be published.

Question reference: S6W-06964

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication, Planning circular 01/2021: Establishing a Short-term Let Control Area, which is described as being out of date until a new version is made available in Spring 2022, what impact this will have on the (a) control area designation process by local authorities and (b) approval of designation applications by Scottish Ministers.

Planning Circular 01/2021 remains the current guidance on these matters.

The Scottish Government is working to update Planning Circular 01/2021 to reflect minor changes to the regulations which came into effect on 1 March 2022 and will publish a revised Circular in due course. The changes to regulations relate to definitions of certain types of property or tenancy and have no impact on either the designation process or the process for Ministerial approval.

Question reference: S6W-06962

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its process and timeline is for considering whether to approve the City of Edinburgh Council short-term let control area designation.

Question reference: S6W-06836

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated each year to each local authority to deliver the extension of free personal care to people under 65.

The 2019-20 Scottish Budget included a £29.5 million provision for implementing the Scottish Government’s commitment to extend free personal care to all those under 65 who need it. The allocation given to each local authority in 2019-20 is included in the following table. This funding has been baselined into the Local Government Settlement.

Free Personal Care for Under 65s
Local Authority	2019-20 ‎ £m
Aberdeen City	1.342
Aberdeenshire	1.385
Angus	0.592
Argyll & Bute	0.437
Clackmannanshire	0.273
Dumfries & Galloway	0.745
Dundee City	0.834
East Ayrshire	0.647
East Dunbartonshire	0.552
East Lothian	0.548
East Renfrewshire	0.481
Edinburgh, City of	3.023
Eilean Siar	0.134
Falkirk	0.863
Fife	1.962
Glasgow City	3.696
Highland	1.221
Inverclyde	0.420
Midlothian	0.474
Moray	0.501
North Ayrshire	0.702
North Lanarkshire	1.855
Orkney	0.113
Perth & Kinross	0.778
Renfrewshire	0.961
Scottish Borders	0.577
Shetland	0.121
South Ayrshire	0.567
South Lanarkshire	1.712
Stirling	0.514
West Dunbartonshire	0.485
West Lothian	0.985

Question reference: S6W-06908

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the information for 2021 regarding the number of additional support for learning (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants that there were in each local authority.

Question reference: S6W-06589

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many projects were funded as a result of the 2020 round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund in the (a) Midlothian, (b) East Lothian, (c) Scottish Borders, (d) Dumfries and Galloway, (e) South Ayrshire, (f) East Ayrshire, (g) North Ayrshire and (h) South Lanarkshire Council area, broken down by the (i) name of, (ii) cost of and (iii) number of jobs created by, each project.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-04826 on 13 December 2021. 26 Projects received recommendations of support totalling up to £24,145,384 as result the 2020 round of the fund.

No projects from Midlothian, East Lothian, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire or South Lanarkshire Council were recommended from the 2020 round.

Projects supported in Scottish Borders, South Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Council are detailed in the following table with figures taken from the applications for funding made in 2020. These are ongoing capital projects.

Lead applicant	Project title	Total Projected Cost	Total Projected Jobs Created	Total Grant Recommended
North Ayrshire Council	The Regeneration of Millport Town Hall	£2,000,000	5	£1,500,000
North Ayrshire Council	Stevenston Beach Hub	£280,000	4	£130,000
Scottish Borders Council	Yetholm Community Asset Regeneration Project	£318,460	1	£133,710
South Ayrshire Council	Enterprising Carrick	£1,673,852	30	£729,659

A list of all RCGF projects recommended to date can be found at https://www.gov.scot/publications/regeneration-capital-grant-fund-rcgf-recommended-projects-2014-2022/

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Question reference: S6W-06792

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how the obligations in section 13 of the Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020 “to consult persons with experience in or knowledge of the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies intended to tackle gender inequality” have been realised.

Question reference: S6W-06790

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy has incorporated comments from (a) Close the Gap and (b) Engender.