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Within Scottish Waters, if a programme of commercial scale proposed tidal lagoon developments is identified that is not included in the National Marine Plan, Scottish Ministers would consider the need to produce a Sectoral Marine Plan, incorporating the relevant Strategic Environmental Assessment requirements and other relevant strategic assessment requirements. If an individual application for a proposed tidal lagoon development that is not included in the National Marine Plan is made, it would be considered in relation to relevant consenting and licensing procedures administered by Marine Scotland.

The Scottish Ambulance Service is considering options for Kirkconnel ambulance station as it currently requires significant works to bring it up to an acceptable standard of accommodation to provide adequate facilities for the male and female members of staff that operate at this location. The service is considering whether it is feasible and also would represent value for money to undertake the required refurbishment or whether to seek an alternative base in line with the Scottish Ambulance Service’s estate strategy. The Scottish Ambulance Service has said that no decision has been taken to relocate the base location from Kirkconnel. Ambulance base locations are normally placed on the basis of demand patterns and any change of base location would also be in line with its estate strategy and that any change to the location (town or village) of any ambulance station would always involve a public consultation with the communities.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-13610 on 9 January 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information.

In 2017-18, 5% of schools did not receive Pupil Equity Funding. All schools recorded in the 2016 pupil census who did not receive any Pupil Equity Funding are included in the school level allocations spreadsheet available on the Scottish Government website at http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/Raisingeducationalattainment/pupilequityfund/Schoolallocations.

The Scottish Government have only had contact with (b) Aberlour and (f) Crossreach during 25 October and 8 November.

 (b) Aberlour on 26 October 2017 which was a Joint meeting between Aberlour, Barnardo’s and Scottish Government Officials.

 (f) Crossreach on t 25 October 2017 during a Statutory Guidance Meeting with other stakeholders.

 The meeting notes are included in the same document from PQ S5W-13184.

Copies of the meeting notes can be accessed from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 59412)

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

(a) The Scottish Government does not actively publish all meeting notes, however copies of the meeting notes referenced in question S5W-12220 can be accessed at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 59412).

(b) The Data Protection and Information Asset Team, of the Scottish Government, has advised not to release any names due to past circumstances which have caused significant distress to those who attended meetings and whose
names have been released. The organisations names have been released who attended the meetings referenced in question S5W-12220.

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills has met with –

The Royal College of Nurses - 11^th October 2017 –

The Deputy First Minister and the Chief Nursing Officer met with RCN officials.

Information Sharing Front Line Practitioners - 31^st October 2017

The Deputy First Minister met with front line Information Sharing Practitioners from NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Tayside, Stirling Council, Edinburgh Young Carers, East Ayrshire Council and Dundee Council.

In line with recognised best practice our expenditure predictions are determined from our backlog models on a network basis. As the calculation of the maintenance backlog involves the analysis of the trunk road network as a whole, backlog figures are not available for individual routes.

Currently there are no plans to connect Dumfries and Annan directly to the West Coast Main Line. However, the Scottish Government is committed to improving connectivity to promote sustainable economic growth and proposals will be considered subject to the Scottish Government’s investment priorities for the strategic transport network, which are supported by a robust business case, subject to affordability and other competing priorities.

In the first instance, promoters should contact the South West Scotland Regional Transport Partnership (SWestrans) to establish if the proposal fits with their local and regional transport strategies.