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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: S5O-03587

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to initiatives in the north east that aim to tackle climate change.

Question reference: S5W-25056

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has set up a restorative justice stakeholder group and, if so, what its terms of reference are.

Question reference: S5W-24882

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when the new cancer unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is scheduled to open.

The Project Team are currently reviewing the design specification, assessing logistical arrangements with their supply chain and confirming timelines for the project. That work continues and results are expected shortly.

The Scottish Government remain fully committed to the Baird Family Hospital and The ANCHOR Centre Project and looks forward to the submission of the Full Business Case to the NHS Capital Investment Group when that work is complete.

Question reference: S5O-03532

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress on railway station upgrades in the north east.

This Government has already invested £330 million to improve rail services in the north of Scotland.

Transport Scotland and its partners are committed to delivering new railway stations at Kintore and Dalcross. NESTRANS has recently been successful in securing a share of the Scottish Government’s £2 million Local Rail Development Fund. This funding will allow NESTRANS to carry out a multi-modal transport appraisal to look at opportunities to improve connectivity across Aberdeen.

Question reference: S5W-25110

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 12 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will introduce guidance on (a) fire safety in purpose-built blocks of flats, (b) fire safety in specialised housing and (c) fire-risk assessments.

Question reference: S5W-25111

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will put in place more stringent fire safety provisions for external wall cladding systems.

Question reference: S5W-25109

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 12 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will develop specific fire safety guidance aimed at all residents of high-rise domestic buildings.

Question reference: S5W-25112

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 12 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will take a consistent position on the storage, removal and enforced prohibition of combustible materials in common areas.

Question reference: S5W-25108

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 12 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will launch a fire safety campaign for common areas of dwellings.

The Scottish Government is currently planning the fire safety campaign for common areas of high rise domestic buildings. This work, including identifying an appropriate launch date that delivers effective reach and impact, is being informed by the responses to the consultation on Strengthening Fire Safety for Domestic High Rise Buildings that closed on 17 July 2019, and advice from key stakeholders.

Question reference: S5W-24912

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 12 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what investment it has made in Scottish Fire and Rescue Service digital technology since September 2018.

The Scottish Government provides the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) with a Capital Budget of £32.5m. It is for the SFRS to decide how that money is spent. In 2018-19 SFRS reported spending £4.255m on IT and Digital and in 2019-20 SFRS has allocated £5.17m.

For 2019-20, the Scottish Government has increased the budget of SFRS by £5.5 million to invest in service transformation. This is in addition to increasing the spending capacity of the service by £15.5 million in 2018-19. We continue to press the UK Government for return of the £50 million paid in VAT since 2013.