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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-07294

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what companies are providing the laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets that are currently being given to schoolchildren.

Question reference: S6W-07295

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what companies are providing the free internet connections for schoolchildren.

Question reference: S6W-07290

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people registered as homeless have undergone cancer screening in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-07175

Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address any lack of awareness among health professionals and GPs of the reported potential impact of Essure contraceptive implants on women's health.

Question reference: S6W-07193

Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports in Private Eye (Art News, No. 1567) that 1,577 art works are missing from Aberdeen's City Council's art collection.

Question reference: S6W-07255

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people aged (a) 25 to 50 and (b) 51 to 75 have been convicted of dangerous driving in each of the last five years; how many have had their licence removed, and what the average period of disqualification was.

The available information is provided in the following tables.

People aged 25-50 and 51-75, convicted for Dangerous and careless driving offences (where main crime), 2015-16 to 2019-20.

	2015-16		2016-17		2017-18		2018-19		2019-20
	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75
Dangerous driving offences	349	62	389	73	521	76	458	70	545	90
Driving carelessly	1,500	575	1,557	599	1,518	593	1,235	494	1,283	539

Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database

People convicted for Dangerous and careless driving offences (where main crime) receiving driving disqualification, 2015-16 to 2019-20.

	2015-16		2016-17		2017-18		2018-19		2019-20
	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75
Dangerous driving offences	335	57	368	67	496	68	432	63	521	85
Driving carelessly	228	37	259	35	256	50	177	42	181	27

Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database

Average period of driving disqualification (in months), received by people aged 25-50 and 51-75, convicted for Dangerous and careless driving offences (where main crime), 2015-16 to 2019-20.

	2015-16		2016-17		2017-18		2018-19		2019-20
	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75	25-50	51-75
Dangerous driving offences	27	17	25	20	26	19	26	18	25	18
Driving carelessly	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	14	10	10
Average total	19	15	18	17	20	14	20	16	20	16

Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database

Please note: Averages exclude lifetime driving bans.

Question reference: S6W-07242

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide additional funding for schools that take refugee children from Ukraine.

Scotland has a proud history of welcoming displaced people and people seeking asylum. The Scottish Government and Scotland’s local authorities stand ready to welcome and support people with the safety and security they need to rebuild their lives.

The Government is actively working with a wide range of partners, including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, councils and the Scottish Refugee Council, to ensure effective coordination of plans to address the practical challenges of resettling those coming to Scotland.

The UK Government have committed to providing £10,500 in additional funding to local authorities for each resettled Ukrainian to support access to services. We understand that an additional sum will be provided for children of school age, and we are seeking further clarity from UK Government on the specifics of this.

Question reference: S6W-07200

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the percentage cumulative economic growth in Scotland, in terms of increased total GDP, was for the period from May 2007 to December 2021, and how this compares with the equivalent figure for the UK as a whole.

Question reference: S6W-07275

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many children have undertaken cycling proficiency training in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Bikeability is Scotland’s national cycle training programme for School children – designed to give pupils the skills and confidence they need to cycle safely on the road and to encourage them to carry on cycling into adulthood. The Scottish Government hold data on the level of training provision from 2010, this is published each year by Cycling Scotland. Since 2010 more than 350,000 pupils have received cycle training in Scotland.

The following table shows the percentage of primary schools delivering Level 2 Bikeability training for each year broken down by local authority. The entries showing "no return" reflect that Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire delivered alternative training. Argyll and Bute and East Ayrshire started delivering Bikeability training in 2020-21.

LOCAL AUTHORITY	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
Aberdeen City	21%	25%	31%	57%	68%	62%	68%	42%	47%	9%	27%
Aberdeenshire	93%	93%	76%	91%	91%	63%	80%	79%	85%	27%	51%
Angus	74%	72%	74%	57%	43%	45%	50%	67%	78%	41%	71%
Argyll & Bute	45%	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	pilot started
Clackmannanshire	11%	11%	37%	37%	39%	44%	17%	33%	100%	33%	100%
Dumfries & Galloway	70%	73%	47%	30%	29%	41%	43%	38%	36%	4%	5%
Dundee	0%	0%	3%	23%	29%	17%	11%	53%	91%	67%	82%
East Ayrshire	7%	9%	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	pilot started
East Dunbartonshire	5%	3%	5%	24%	14%	8%	22%	15%	67%	76%	94%
East Lothian	0%	0%	11%	26%	29%	23%	29%	41%	49%	24%	47%
East Renfrewshire	33%	40%	70%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%
Edinburgh	29%	40%	52%	72%	70%	48%	68%	60%	53%	7%	26%
Falkirk	4%	6%	10%	8%	22%	12%	4%	6%	8%	19%	6%
Fife	31%	21%	16%	16%	18%	21%	36%	22%	29%	23%	24%
Glasgow	4%	4%	15%	28%	25%	34%	29%	35%	34%	22%	33%
Highland	34%	28%	16%	29%	28%	29%	36%	21%	30%	12%	15%
Inverclyde	4%	21%	35%	10%	30%	30%	20%	15%	26%	0%	5%
Midlothian	10%	40%	63%	87%	63%	63%	81%	75%	69%	22%	41%
Moray	96%	65%	58%	47%	62%	49%	37%	40%	56%	27%	62%
Na h-Eileanan Siar	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	96%	100%	0%	100%
North Ayrshire	0%	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return	No return
North Lanarkshire	0%	7%	5%	0%	4%	No return	9%	10%	11%	15%	29%
Orkney	40%	40%	65%	95%	90%	65%	68%	63%	58%	37%	90%
Perth & Kinross	91%	61%	40%	37%	34%	62%	52%	51%	61%	26%	67%
Renfrewshire	6%	8%	22%	29%	20%	22%	20%	22%	29%	10%	59%
Scottish Borders	54%	54%	43%	8%	27%	29%	31%	31%	8%	2%	25%
Shetland	100%	53%	45%	90%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	25%	100%
South Ayrshire	79%	55%	73%	76%	83%	76%	81%	83%	88%	44%	34%
South Lanarkshire	0%	10%	17%	28%	39%	34%	39%	39%	43%	15%	10%
Stirling	17%	18%	5%	43%	65%	68%	50%	72%	66%	26%	58%
West Dunbartonshire	9%	12%	9%	21%	44%	41%	49%	56%	59%	13%	38%
West Lothian	21%	0%	15%	15%	15%	15%	17%	11%	26%	9%	9%
TOTALS	32%	32%	35%	37%	40%	38%	42%	42%	47%	20%	37%

Question reference: S6W-07258

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to organisations that support male victims of domestic abuse.

Equally Safe, Scotland’s strategy to prevent and eradicate violence against women and girls, acknowledges that men and boys can also be victims of intimate violence. Which is why many of the actions within the Equally Safe delivery plan are intended to help everyone; such as an increased focus on the education of consent and healthy relationships and a focus on tackling negative gender roles and stereotypes that are harmful to men and women alike.

In the 2021-22 Programme for Government, we committed to invest in services and progress work to tackle violence against men and boys. This will build on the funding we already provide for a range of services which support male victims, including the Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline, its National Advocacy Project and the Scottish Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline.

Additionally, we are providing £5.6 million to ASSIST between 2017-2023 who provide advocacy support to male survivors of domestic abuse in the West of Scotland and the Lothians; alongside nearly £190,000, between 2017-2023, to help fund the Respect Helpline which signposts male survivors of domestic abuse to support services, and approximately £100,000 to SACRO’s fearfree service which provides individual support for male and LGBT victims of domestic abuse.