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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)
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Question reference: S5W-10167

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2017
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 25 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by operational area of the allocation of specialised equipment for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for the last five years, and what representations ministers have made to allocate specialised equipment to particular operational areas during the same period.

Question reference: S5W-10169

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2017
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 25 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the proposed introduction by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service of tactical response vehicles.

Question reference: S5W-10166

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2017
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 25 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what it considers to be the minimum safe deployment of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service aerial ladder platforms in each operational area.

Question reference: S5W-10168

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2017
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 25 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the agreement between the Scottish Fire Brigades Union and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service of sending a minimum of nine firefighters and two fire engines to house fire incidents.

Question reference: S5W-10207

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2017
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the consistent use of the five-year land supply methodology found in table 1 of the Scottish Government's Draft Planning Delivery Advice: Housing and Infrastructure throughout the planning and appeals processes.

The only Scottish Government published method to calculate a 5 year effective housing land supply is contained in the Draft Planning Delivery Advice: Housing and Infrastructure’ advice note of 2016. This document was published in order to allow for further discussion and comment from all those with an interest in housing and infrastructure. The draft planning delivery advice will not be finalised and adopted until the range of views offered have been fully considered and until it has been finalised Planning Advice Note 2/2010: Affordable Housing and Housing Land Audits remains in place.

Question reference: S5W-10208

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2017
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 July 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions ministers have had with the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division regarding the adoption and application of a consistent methodology in calculating housing and land supply in appeals processes.

Ministers have not had discussions with the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division on this issue. Scottish Government Planning and Architecture Division officials are having regular discussions with the DPEA and wider stakeholders as part of the ongoing review of the planning system in Scotland. We will to continue this collaborative approach as we move towards legislative change and subsequent reviews of policy and guidance.

Question reference: S5W-09694

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2017
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 29 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the Cabinet Subcommittee on Climate Change; how often the subcommittee meets; whether it will publish the (a) minutes and (b) action points of the subcommittee's meetings; what the subcommittee's priorities are for 2017-18, and how the subcommittee (i) has influenced and (ii) will influence the (A) Climate Change Plan and (B) Energy Strategy.

Current members of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Climate Change are: Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (Chair); Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity; Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution; Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work; Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Justice; Minister for Transport and the Islands; Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy; and Minister for Local Government and Housing.

Meetings are held at the discretion of the Chair. In order to provide for the free and frank exchange of views between Ministers and also in line with the principle of collective responsibility, papers of the Cabinet Sub-Committee are not disclosed. The Cabinet Sub-Committee was involved in the development and production of the draft Climate Change Plan, which included consideration of the relationship between the draft Plan and Energy Strategy. Priorities for 2017-18 will be informed by the Cabinet Sub-Committee’s remit which includes agreeing the package of policies and proposals for inclusion in the final Climate Change Plan, and overseeing delivery.

Question reference: S5O-01133

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it plans to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points.

Question reference: S5W-08392

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 24 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 11 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether the provision of care to children under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 can consist of educational activities.

In considering the scope of the provision of care to children under the Public Services Reform Act (Scotland) 2010, it is necessary to consider the definition of “day care of children”, which is found in schedule 12. This definition is then restricted to services whose primary purpose is the provision of care to children by regulation 4 of the Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Excepted Services) Regulations 2012.

It is of note that under the 2010 Act, “day care of children” must exceed two hours in any given day.

The quality of care by services providing “day care of children” is regulated and inspected by the Care Inspectorate.

Question reference: S5W-09000

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many charging points and bays under the ChargePlace Scotland scheme have been installed in each local authority area, also broken down by the average number installed each month.

564 charging points (usually 2 bays per charge point) have been installed in Scotland by all Scottish local authorities since 2011 with a further 250 installed by commercial businesses as part of the ChargePlace Scotland network. This total does not include charge points funded in financial year 2016-17 which are currently being commissioned.

We do not hold information on installs per month.

Local Authority	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	Total
Aberdeen City Council		11	7	3	9	3	33
Aberdeenshire Council			1	2	5	7	15
Angus Council	1	3		3	2	1	10
Argyll and Bute Council		6			7	2	15
Clackmannanshire Council		4			5		9
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar		5			7		12
Dumfries and Galloway Council	3	6		3	6		18
Dundee City Council		12	19	6	3		40
East Ayrshire Council			5		5		10
East Dunbartonshire					3		3
East Lothian Council	3	8			3	1	15
East Renfrewshire Council					5		5
Edinburgh City Council	1	10	11	3	4	3	32
Falkirk Council		7		2	2	3	14
Fife Council		1		36	6		43
Glasgow City Council		20	10	5	3	6	44
Highland Council		7	1		16	2	26
Inverclyde Council					6		6
Midlothian Council		8			4		12
Moray Council		5	1	3	3		12
North Ayrshire Council			1		8		9
North Lanarkshire Council				10	1		11
Orkney Islands Council		4			10		14
Perth and Kinross Council			13	2	3	3	21
Renfrewshire Council		6		2	3	2	13
Scottish Borders Council	10	6		3	1	3	23
Shetland Islands Council		4			6		10
South Ayrshire Council		2	7		3		12
South Lanarkshire Council		45	1		4	1	51
Stirling Council		8			6	3	17
West Dumbartonshire Council				1	4		5
West Lothian Council				3	1		4
Grand Total	18	188	77	87	154	40	564