- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many air weapon licence applications made (a) between 1 July and 31 October 2016 and (b) since 1 November 2016 have been (i) received, (ii) processed, (iii) approved and (iv) rejected, broken down by Police Scotland region.
Answer
The information requested has been provided by Police Scotland and is as follows.
(a) I understand that 6,948 applications were received between 1 July and
31 October 2016. Of these 6,520 had been approved and 36 had been refused, at 12 January 2017. The remaining 392 applications were still in progress at that date.
(b) 5,436 further applications were received between 1 November and 31 December 2016. Police Scotland are processing these as quickly as possible.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers have been working on the air weapon licence project in each of the last 12 months.
Answer
Decisions on resourcing are a matter for the Police Service of Scotland. The detailed information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent each year from the £20 million fund to tackle violence against women, broken down by programme.
Answer
The following table confirms expenditure from the £20m in 2015-16 and the confirmed sums allocated for 2016-17 and 2017-18. Total expenditure and sums allocated to date total £14.582m from the £20m. Additional allocations will be confirmed over the remainder of the funding period to March 2018.
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Organisation
(total announced)
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2015-16
Expenditure
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2016-17
Allocated
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2017-18
Allocated
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ASSIST
Funding of specialist advocacy service for victims of domestic abuse. (£3.000m)
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£1.000m
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£1.000m
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£1.000m
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Edinburgh Domestic Abuse Court Service
Funding of specialist advocacy services for victims of domestic abuse (£0.441m)
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£0.147m
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£0.147m
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£0.147m
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Rape Crisis Scotland
Funding of specialist advocacy service for victims of sexual offences, including new provision in Orkney and Shetland (£1.851m)
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£0.475m
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£0.688m
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£0.688m
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Rape Crisis Scotland
Public Awareness Campaign
RCS campaign to improve public understanding of responses to rape. (£0.030m)
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£0.030m
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SCTS and COPFS
Additional resources to prioritise the processing of domestic abuse and sexual offences cases through the courts. (£7.200m)
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£2.400m
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£2.400m
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£2.400m
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Violence Reduction Unit
Expanded programmes in schools training young mentors to safely challenge and speak out against bullying, abuse and violence. Plus, expand programmes delivered to healthcare students; NHS staff, allied health professionals and non-health care professions to spot the signs of potential abuse. (£0.565m)
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£0.108m
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£0.226m
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£0.231m
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Specialist trauma service for female victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. (£0.046m)
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£0.046m
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Police Scotland
Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse (Claire’s Law). (£0.080m)
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£0.080m
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The University of Strathclyde Funding for the development of a “toolkit” to embed Equally Safe in HEIs to tackle stalking, harassment, domestic abuse and sexual violence and to pilot this approach. (£0.300m)
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£0.300m
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Allocation to be confirmed
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Scottish Women’s Aid
Pilot service to assist women survivors of domestic abuse into fair employment. (£0.190m)
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£0.190m
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Allocation to be confirmed
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Independent National Scoping Exercise of Advocacy Services Independent scoping exercise of the availability, provision of and risk assessment standards of specialist advocacy services for victims of gender based violence across Scotland. (£0.045m)
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£0.045m
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National Specialist and Screening Services Directorate
NHS National Services Scotland – short term appointment to work with Health Boards and assess services currently in place for forensic examinations of victims of rape and sexual assault (£0.080m)
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£0.040m
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£0.040m
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Scottish Women’s Rights Centre
Expanded finding to extend the capacity and geographical reach of specialist independent legal advice service for victims of gender based violence. (£0.665m)
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£0.665m allocated over 2016-17 and 2017-18 – breakdown between years is not available*
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Caledonian System
Improvement of specialist court mandated perpetrator programme for men and associated women’s and children’s services and increasing capacity of programmes in existing areas. (£0.360m)
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£0.360m allocated over 2016-17 and 2017-18 – breakdown between years is not available*
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Total (£14.853m)
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£4.21m
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£5.112m
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£4.506m
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* break down not available to add to year end totals
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 19 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05525 by Angela Constance on 9 January 2017, whether it will publish the proposals that were presented on 31 October 2016.
Answer
Information about Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) can be found at: http://www.scottishhumanrights.com/scotlands-national-action-plan/ and http://www.snaprights.info/.
The proposals presented on 31 October 2016 were prepared by the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and circulated by the SHRC to SNAP partners on 26 October 2016. Further information can be obtained from the SHRC.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 19 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors human rights protection and its implementation through the National Performance Framework.
Answer
The National Performance Framework (NPF) uses broad measures of national wellbeing to reflect how Scotland performs against a range of economic, social, health and environmental indicators.
Existing NPF outcomes include matters of direct relevance to the realisation of internationally-recognised human rights - for example: tackling inequality; building strong, resilient communities; delivering better employment opportunities; confronting crime; supporting successful learning and education; improving life chances for children; and enabling people in Scotland to live longer, healthier lives. In reporting against these (and other) outcomes and indicators the NPF contributes to ensuring that human rights are protected and implemented in Scotland.
The Scottish Government is committed to further enhancing the NPF. Both human rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals are central to that work. A review of the National Outcomes is currently underway.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 19 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many legal challenges regarding (a) third party rights, (b) intellectual property rights and (c) copyrights it has been involved in, in each year since 2007-08.
Answer
The Scottish Government have had no involvement in any legal proceedings regarding third party rights or intellectual property rights (which includes copyright) during the period between 2007 to date. Seven claims relating to intellectual property rights were made by correspondence to the Scottish Ministers over the period referred to: one claim in 2011, two claims in 2012, two claims in 2013 and two claims in 2016. In each case, the claim was resolved through correspondence between the parties.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what requirement is placed on local authorities by the Scottish Planning Policy to have a land-bank of reserves for construction aggregates, and whether this must be within their own administrative boundaries.
Answer
Paragraph 238 of Scottish Planning Policy 2014 states: 'Plans should support the maintenance of a landbank of permitted reserves for construction aggregates of at least ten years at all times in all market areas through the identification of areas of search. Such areas can be promoted by developers or landowners as part of the plan preparation process or by planning authorities where they wish to guide development to particular areas. As an alternative, a criteria based approach may be taken, particularly where a sufficient landbank already exists or substantial unconstrained deposits are available.'
The market area, which is not necessarily the same as the administrative boundary of the planning authority, as described in paragraph two of the Scottish Aggregate Survey 2012.
Both documents are available from the Scottish Government's website:
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- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05040 by Michael Matheson on 8 December 2016, on what date it will provide a summary of the discussion.
Answer
A summary of the discussion held at the EU Justice summit on 24 November 2016 is now available at: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00512728.pdf.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 17 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in incorporating the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative into the National Performance Framework.
Answer
Scotland’s aims and ambitions– such as tackling inequality, ensuring access to high quality education, and healthcare – are already a key part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through the National Outcomes, these aims and ambitions are enshrined in the National Performance Framework (NPF). The NPF and Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights will be the means by which progress towards the SDGs is measured in Scotland. This is one of the Open Government Partnership Commitments made by the Scottish Government. A review of the National Outcomes is currently underway and is being overseen by the cross- party Round Table on the NPF. This provides a further opportunity to ensure that the SDGs continue to be reflected in the NPF.
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
