- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm all costs associated with the launch event for the Scottish Affairs Office in China.
Answer
It is not possible to provide an accurate cost for the China office launch event, as we no longer hold relevant records dating back to 2005 when the office was established.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Christina McKelvie on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24287 by Christina McKelvie on 17 January 2024, whether there have been any cases of (a) cultural, (b) arts and (c) heritage organisations not abiding by its Intangible Cultural Heritage principles, and, if so, whether it can provide details of this.
Answer
The UK Government notified its intention to ratify the UNESCO convention for safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage on 23 December 2023. The Scottish Government will work with the other UK nations alongside key Scottish stakeholders to consider the most appropriate methods of implementing the convention once ratified.
The Scottish Government is unaware of any cases of cultural, arts or heritage organisations which have agreed Intangible Cultural Heritage principles and then not abided by them.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) civil servants and (b) other staff, including those appointed by ministers, have worked in its Scottish Affairs Office in Canada in each year since its establishment, also broken down by (i) job title and (ii) pay grade.
Answer
The Scottish Government Office in Canada has operated with either 3 or 4 members of staff since its establishment in 2018. Provided below are details of salary scale and job titles:
FY | Scottish Government Civil Servants - Salary scale | Job Title | Country Based Staff | Job Title |
2018-19 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 1 | Scottish Affairs Officer for Canada |
2019-20 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 1 | Scottish Affairs Officer for Canada |
2020-21 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 x part time | Scottish Affairs Officers for Canada |
2021-22 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 x part time | Scottish Affairs Officers for Canada |
2023-24 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 1 | Scottish Affairs Officer for Canada |
Please note we are unable to provide a small amount of the information you have requested relating to the specific pay grades of each member of staff. This information is personal data of a third party, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) civil servants and (b) other staff, including those appointed by ministers, have worked in its Scottish Affairs Office in Berlin in each year since its establishment, also broken down by (i) job title and (ii) pay grade.
Answer
The Scottish Government Office in Berlin has operated with 3 members of staff since its establishment in 2018. Provided below are details of staffing numbers, job titles and salary scale:
Scottish Government Civil Servants / Salary scale | Job Title | Country Based Staff | Job Title |
2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 1 | Events and Office Manager |
Please note we are unable to provide a small amount of the information you have requested relating to the specific pay grades of each member of staff. This information is personal data of a third party, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) civil servants and (b) other staff, including those appointed by ministers, have worked in its Scottish Affairs Office in Paris in each year since its establishment, also broken down by (i) job title and (ii) pay grade.
Answer
The Scottish Government Office in Paris has operated with 3 members of staff since its establishment in 2018.
Scottish Government Civil Servants / Salary scale | Job Title | Country Based Staff | Job Title |
2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 1 | Engagement Lead and Office Manager |
Please note we are unable to provide a small amount of the information you have requested relating to the specific pay grades of each member of staff. This information is personal data of a third party, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) civil servants and (b) other staff, including those appointed by ministers, have worked in its Scottish Affairs Office in the USA in each year since its establishment, also broken down by (i) job title and (ii) pay grade.
Answer
The Scottish Government Office in the USA has operated with either 4 or 5 members of staff since its establishment in 2001. Provided below are details of salary scale and job titles from 2018-19:
FY | Scottish Government Civil Servants - Salary scale | Job Title | Country Based Staff | Job Title |
2018-19 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 | Office-Project Manager Communications & Engagements Officer |
2019-20 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 | Project and Events Manager Communications & Engagements Officer |
2020-21 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 3 | Project and Events Manager Congressional Engagements Officer (intern) Communications Manager |
2021-22 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 3 | Project and Events Manager Communications Manager Relationships Manager (1 year) |
2022-23 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 | Project and Events Manager Communication Manager |
2023-24 | 2 x A-C Band | Head of Scottish Government Office Deputy Head of Scottish Government Office | 2 | Project and Events Manager Communications Manager |
Between the financial years 2007-08 and 2013-14, the Head of Scottish Government Office in the USA was graded as SCS1. From 2014-15 this role was regraded within A-C Band.
Please note we are unable to provide a small amount of the information you have requested relating to the specific pay grades of each member of staff. This information is personal data of a third party, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the median number of days that a household spent in temporary accommodation in 2023 is, broken down by (a) household type and (b) local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Government currently does not hold information on Homelessness for the full year 2023. Homelessness data up to 31 March 2024, including data for the whole of 2023, which includes information about temporary accommodation placements, will be published in August 2024.
The Homeless in Scotland 2022-23 publications provides the most recent information available and is published here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/homelessness-in-scotland-2022-23/
Table T39 in the main tables, in the supporting documents, provides information on the (mean) average total time (days) spent in temporary accommodation for cases that closed, by household type and local authority. Additionally, table T40 shows the distribution of the time households spent in temporary accommodation for cases that closed, by local authority for a) all households, b) households with children and c) households without children.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme budget for (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25, broken down by parliamentary region.
Answer
We do not allocate our budget at parliamentary region level. We issue resource planning assumptions at a local authority level and the levels for 2023-24 can be found on our webpage Affordable housing: resource planning assumptions to councils 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .
Figures for 2024-25 will be reviewed once the 2024-25 budget has been formally approved by parliament.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul McLennan on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many new affordable homes it estimates will be built in the Highlands and Islands region in each of the next 10 years.
Answer
Local authorities publish their Strategic Housing Investment Plans on an annual basis which outline their housing priorities over a five year period. We do not have estimates for the number of new affordable homes that will be built in the Highlands and Islands Region in each of the next ten years.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish its International Culture Strategy.
Answer
We are aiming to publish the International Culture Strategy in March 2024.
