- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on travel expenses for ministers, civil servants or other staff to travel on Edinburgh’s trams network, in each year since 2014.
Answer
Edinburgh Tram tickets can be purchased in three ways: centrally via the Travel Management Team; via electronic procurement card (ePC); or the cost claimed back via a Travel and Subsistence (T&S) expenses claim. The total costs for Lothian Bus/Tram tickets are shown in the following table.
In all cases the tickets can be used on either Lothian Buses or Edinburgh Trams and it is not possible to disaggregate the cost for Trams only.
The cost of all tickets bought centrally in 2014 and 2015, and ePC transactions prior to 2019, are not held.
Calendar year | Lothian Bus/ Edinburgh Tram total spend |
2014 | n/a |
2015 | n/a |
2016 | £76,523 |
2017 | £86,296 |
2018 | £100,220 |
2019 | £119,365 |
2020 | £31,721 |
2021 | £245 |
2022 to date | £153 |
The total spend includes all travel by Ministers and Civil Servants for travel to and from a range of government buildings, meetings and other government business in and around Edinburgh. Ministers and Civil Servants are encouraged to travel sustainably for work related travel and we are working to encourage more use of public transport by everyone in government in the future.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in connection with the recommendations of the Working Group on Mortgage Lending and Cladding, which reported in March 2021.
Answer
With the support of stakeholders across industry, the Single Building Assessment programme started in June 2021. All other recommendations are progressing and will further develop based on evidence from the Single Building Assessment pilot. The update to parliament on the 12 May 2022 provided more detail on progress: https://www.gov.scot/publications/update-cladding-remediation-programme-cabinet-secretarys-statement/ .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings in Scotland have had combustible cladding (a) removed and (b) remediated since the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collect information where work is progressed by building owners or developers outwith the Single Building Assessment programme.
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many vehicles are currently in its fleet, including its agencies, broken down by the number of (a) electric, (b) hybrid, (c) diesel and (d) petrol vehicles.
Answer
The Scottish Government hold central records for its own and Transport Scotland’s fleet. A breakdown is provided in the following table.
Fuel type | Number on fleet |
Electric vehicle (EV) | 52 |
Range extender electric (REV) | 5 |
Plug in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) | 75 |
Hybrid | 5 |
Diesel | 17 |
Petrol | 47 |
Total | 204 |
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take in to ensure that workers in Green Freeports in Scotland will have access to trade unions with collective bargaining rights.
Answer
Once operational Green Freeports will be subject to rigorous monitoring and reporting requirements. The Scottish Government will keep their performance under close review right across the fair work agenda. Provision of appropriate channels for effective voice, such as trade union recognition, is a key aspect of our Fair Work First approach.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government has had with her counterpart in the Welsh Government regarding the sharing of best practice on building safety.
Answer
I have met with Julie James, MS, Minister for Climate Change on 4 occasions to share best practice and to cultivate collaboration on building safety.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings of the Ministerial Working Group on Mortgage Lending and Cladding the previous Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning attended in the last parliamentary session.
Answer
The Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning chaired all meetings of the working group, it met five times between 28 April 2020 and 15 March 2021.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for how many of the 25 buildings identified in the Single Building Assessment pilot have payments been received to enable the assessments to take place.
Answer
Eight buildings have received grant payments and all other buildings are being supported through the Single Building Assessment process.
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much compensation Transport Scotland has paid to motorists and businesses for vehicle damage sustained on Scotland’s trunk road network, and on which trunk roads these incidents occurred, in each of the last five years.
Answer
Under the terms of their contracts, our Operating Companies have indemnified Scottish Ministers against claims of damage. As such they are liable for all claims and associated costs made in relation to road defects, and are required to deal directly with claimants with respect to all claims in relation to the operation of the trunk road network.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01103 by Michael Matheson on 21 July 2021, what subsequent meetings have been held with small brewers regarding the deposit return scheme.
Answer
Since 21 July 2021 representatives of the small brewing sector have met the Scottish Government on a number of occasions to discuss Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS); most recently, representatives of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) discussed DRS with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy on 24 March 2022.
SIBA is also a member of the DRS System-Wide Assurance Group, which ensures that the views of small brewers continue to be heard as industry implements our DRS.