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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Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory functions are of (i) Forestry and Land Scotland, (ii) Scottish Forestry and (iii) NatureScot.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what the total desk space capacity is for staff in the headquarters of (a) Scottish Forestry, (b) Forestry and Land Scotland and (c) NatureScot, and how much of that has been used on a weekly basis since January 2024.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what sub-regional offices were operated by (a) Scottish Forestry, (b) Forestry and Land Scotland and (c) NatureScot as of 31 December 2024, and how much has been budgeted to run each office in 2024-25.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff (a) Forestry and Land Scotland, (b) Scottish Forestry and (c) NatureScot have employed on a (i) full-time permanent, (ii) full-time temporary, (iii) part-time permanent and (iv) part-time temporary employment basis in each year since 2021-22.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) Forestry and Land Scotland, (b) Scottish Forestry and (c) NatureScot has paid in staff salaries in each year since 2021-22.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people employed by (a) Forestry and Land Scotland, (b) Scottish Forestry and (c) NatureScot in each year since 2021-22 earned more than the gross national median weekly earnings for 2024-25, broken down by (i) full-time and (ii) part-time staff.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) Scottish Forestry, (b) Forestry and Land Scotland and (c) NatureScot has spent on diversity, equality and inclusion (i) officers and (ii) training in each year since 2021.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how much in total was paid in (a) salaries and (b) expenses to members of the executive board of (i) Forestry and Land Scotland, (ii) Scottish Forestry and (iii) NatureScot in each year since 2021-22.
To ask the Scottish Government on how many days the Campbeltown-Ardrossan ferry service has (a) been operational and (b) not been operational, during the summer timetable period in each year since 2021.
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding support is available in 2025-26 for Scottish cultural organisations seeking to tour across the UK.