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The Scottish Government has not allocated funding to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to undertake fire safety checks, as part of the short-term let licence application process.

Licensing schemes are administered by licensing authorities on a cost recovery basis through the collection of application fees. Schedule 1, Paragraph 2 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 requires licensing authorities to send copies of licence applications to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

During this year the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has developed a fire safety checklist for licensing authorities and applicants to complete, which helps the Service to effectively target their resources using a risk based approach.

I refer the member to the answer to question to S6W-12299 on 1 December 2022, the Scottish Government will publish its response to the Asylum Inquiry Scotland’s final report in due course.

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

The Contract awarded by CMAL is a standard BIMCO NewBuildCon and as such the decision regarding equipment lies with the shipyard.

Ship building and the supply of goods is a global business and Cemre Marin Endustri in Turkey has contracted with Scottish manufacturers for equipment, which will be transported to Turkey to be fitted to the new Islay vessels .

The Scottish Government does not hold data on the number of industrial units built for SMEs. Relevant asset owners are responsible for property within their ownership. Local authorities may hold data on development in their area.

The Government plans to introduce a new Housing Bill this year. The timing and scope of that Bill is subject to ongoing review and consideration as we continue to deliver our emergency response to support tenants through the ongoing cost of living crisis.

We expect the Scottish Local Authorities Renumeration Committee to provide its report and recommendations to the Government in Autumn 2023.

Once this is provided, the Scottish Government will consult with COSLA on a response to the recommendations, and inform Parliament of our decisions as soon as possible thereafter.

The Scottish Government does not mandate the recording of contractor or housebuilder details within a tender application. If supplied, the information we collect relates solely to the name of the contractor. The Scottish Government has no direct engagement with the contractor as the contractual relationship is between the grant applicant and the housebuilders/contractors. Scottish Government More Homes Division engagement at a strategic level is through industry bodies such as Homes for Scotland.

The Scottish Government has no plans to reduce the allocated £10m in sustainability payments to general practices.

The Scottish Government does not believe it is necessary to make a specific assessment of the implications of its policies of the reported greater success rate of hen harrier nests on non-RSPB nature reserves compared to RSPB nature reserves.

Hen harrier success rates are dependent on a number of different factors, as set out in the response to PQs S5W-20621 and S5W-26208. A significant reason for the lower productivity on RSPB reserves is because several are on Orkney where there is a high level of polygyny (males having 2-3 females). As males cannot provision up to 3 nests, failure of the 2nd & 3rd females is regular with fewer young raised (than a monogamous pair) even if they are successful.

CMAL scores foreign and domestic shipbuilders the same. The evaluation criteria cannot discriminate against any bid as each compliant bid is valued on its own merit.