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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-07756

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 01 April 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to provide farmers, crofters and land managers with advice and opportunities to upskill in order to make transformational changes on-farm.

We recognise that rural communities face particular skills challenges, which the Scottish Government is proactively working to address.

This includes: setting up the independent Commission reviewing land-based and aquaculture learning; developing skills and talent through our Skills Action Plan for Rural Scotland; giving people age 13 and over already working, retraining or studying in land-based sectors direct funding to get the right training for them through the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Practical Training Fund; providing high quality, largely free, advice through the Farm Advisory Service; and committing £400,000 to support upskilling women in the industry. In addition, support will continue to be provided by the Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund which is offering £1.6M this financial year to promote skills development and innovation in agricultural sector.

Question reference: S6W-07475

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Environment and Forestry Directorate and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) include the impact on emergency services and hospitals in any analysis of plausible extreme scenarios for surface water flooding.

The National Flood Risk Assessment published by SEPA in 2018 provided Scotland with the knowledge and tools to assess the causes and consequences of river, coastal and surface water flooding, taking into account the effects of climate change. The Assessment considered the potential impacts of flooding on emergency services and healthcare facilities. The information from this Assessment was used to help identify those areas most at risk of significant flooding impacts.

NHS Scotland Chief Executives have made a commitment that all Health Boards will prepare a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) and Climate Change Adaptation Plan by the end of the 2021-22 financial year. This includes the identification of any sites at risk of flooding both now, and in the future with projected climate change.

https://www.sepa.org.uk/data-visualisation/nfra2018/ .

Question reference: S6W-07881

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it has supported former Hong Kong residents who have resettled in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-07664

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to change the way sarcoma cancer incidence data counts the yearly number of sarcoma cases.

Question reference: S6W-07605

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost has been of the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme in each local authority area, broken down by (a) interim and (b) main voucher scheme, and how these costs compare with its original proposed funding for each scheme.

Details of the R100 Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (SBVS) costs as of 1 April 2022 are set out in the following tables.

The original estimated costs of the R100 SBVS interim voucher was £3.3 million and the main voucher was between £12.8 million and £18 million. The SBVS continues to accept applications for main vouchers.

R100 SBVS Interim Voucher

Local Authority	Requested (£)	Issued (£)	Installed (£)	Grand Total (£)
Aberdeen City			300	300
Aberdeenshire	17,600	23,743	40,779	82,122
Angus	6,557	1,151	5,503	13,211
Argyll and Bute	3,376	5,448	6,545	15,369
City of Edinburgh		800		800
Clackmannanshire		1,957	3,200	5,157
Dumfries and Galloway	1,564	6,364	45,616	53,544
East Ayrshire		400	6,800	7,200
East Lothian	400		1,012	1,412
East Renfrewshire	400	2,716	2,000	5,116
Falkirk		1,200	1,600	2,800
Fife	378	1,535	3,966	5,879
Highland	344	4,147	16,422	20,913
Inverclyde			400	400
Midlothian			4,212	4,212
Moray	8,400	2,341	10,607	21,347
North Ayrshire			3,971	3,971
North Lanarkshire		400	3,200	3,600
Orkney Islands	17,152	5,998	2,000	25,150
Perth and Kinross	22,666	18,645	31,364	72,675
Renfrewshire			2,783	2,783
Scottish Borders	400	9,200	65,856	75,456
Shetland Islands	13,200			13,200
South Ayrshire			1,200	1,200
South Lanarkshire		2,000	15,506	17,506
Stirling	6,800	6,800	42,800	56,400
West Dunbartonshire		400	800	1,200
West Lothian			386	386
Total	99,237	95,244	318,828	513,309

R100 SBVS Main Voucher

Local Authority	Requested (£)	Issued (£)	Installed (£)	Grand Total (£)
Aberdeen City		22,185	8,701	30,886
Aberdeenshire	16,969	474,180	447,194	938,342
Angus	4,615	298,586	317,967	621,168
Argyll and Bute	1,410	69,001	160,915	231,326
City of Edinburgh		38,656	61,220	99,876
Clackmannanshire		10,212	17,280	27,492
Dumfries and Galloway		128,304	39,732	168,036
Dundee City		60,261	1,481	61,742
East Ayrshire	400	11,680	10,970	23,050
East Dunbartonshire			1,865	1,865
East Lothian	380,123	73,214	9,387	462,723
East Renfrewshire		10,000	5,400	15,400
Falkirk		25,710	17,747	43,457
Fife	400	19,468	85,738	105,606
Glasgow City		17,962	18,462	36,424
Highland	2,716	502,085	497,024	1,001,824
Inverclyde	1,410	1,410	1,410	4,229
Midlothian		55,498	8,700	64,198
Moray	26,336	314,807	189,071	530,214
North Ayrshire			23,913	23,913
North Lanarkshire		64,172	29,085	93,257
Orkney Islands	9,898	227,202	23,297	260,397
Perth and Kinross	800	133,697	142,070	276,567
Renfrewshire		15,000	50,300	65,300
Scottish Borders		90,885	257,386	348,272
South Ayrshire		1,916	13,405	15,321
South Lanarkshire		10,735	63,720	74,454
Stirling	2,751	57,160	74,213	134,124
West Lothian			800	800
Total	447,826	2,733,983	2,578,454	5,760,263

Question reference: S6W-07606

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07084 by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022, how many requests for vouchers through the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme have been declined in each local authority area, also broken down by (a) interim and (b) main voucher scheme.

Question reference: S6W-07886

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what resources are provided to former Hong Kong residents who resettle in Scotland in order to ensure that they integrate safely.

Question reference: S6W-07880

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that former Hong Kong residents who resettle in Scotland are successfully integrated into local communities.

Question reference: S6W-07883

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to meet with former Hong Kong residents who have resettled in Scotland in order to collect feedback on their experiences.

Question reference: S6O-00971

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll-out of the R100 programme in rural areas.