- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to ensuring that all of the loans it has made to Glasgow Prestwick Airport are repaid in full by the new owner, should the airport be sold.
Answer
The full value of loan and its accrued interest remain repayable.
With the process to return Prestwick Airport to the private sector continuing, it would not be appropriate for the Scottish Government to comment further at this time.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the police and industry to eradicate drink spiking and spiking by injection to ensure safety in nightclubs and other social settings.
Answer
The act of ‘spiking’ women is absolutely abhorrent and the Scottish Government remains absolutely committed to working with partners to tackle this unacceptable behaviour.
I chaired an urgent roundtable with partners and representatives from across the sector on Thursday 4 November, including from police and industry, to discuss how we can achieve the right balance of targeted and universal intervention to ensure the safety of the public.
Our Equally Safe Strategy sets out Scotland’s ambition to tackle and eradicate all forms of violence against women and we will continue to implement this with a clear and decisive focus on primary prevention of violence. We are dedicating resources to tackling attitudes and inequality within every space for women and girls.
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the criteria, that the new owner of Glasgow Prestwick Airport must maximise the employment potential of the airport, will ensure there will be no immediate redundancies, should the airport be sold.
Answer
The Scottish Government wants to maximise the employment potential associated with the business and this requirement was included in the Eligibility Questionnaire for that reason. With the process to return Prestwick Airport to the private sector continuing, it would not be appropriate for the Scottish Government to comment further at this time.
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the sale of Glasgow Prestwick Airport will be subject to a requirement that commercial passenger flights from the airport must continue.
Answer
The Eligibility Questionnaire required bidders to demonstrate their capability and commitment to maintaining Prestwick Airport as an operational airport. With the process to return Prestwick Airport to the private sector continuing, it would not be appropriate for the Scottish Government to comment further at this time.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on which dates since 2015 the maximum level of funding that can be used to invest in owners’ homes for the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland: Area Based Scheme (HEEPS: ABS) was increased, and by how much.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-03712 on
4 November 2021. 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
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the developments regarding Aberdeenshire Council’s reported objection to the A90/A937 Laurencekirk Junction Improvement Scheme, what the updated timeline is to (a) start and (b) complete the work.
Answer
I can confirm that Aberdeenshire Council’s reported objection to the A90/A937 Laurencekirk Junction Improvement Scheme remains extant and would refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02821 on 23 September 2021. 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 .
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities it has been contacted by to discuss raising the maximum level of funding that can be used to invest in owners’ homes for the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland: Area Based Scheme (HEEPS: ABS), and what the outcome was of any such discussions.
Answer
Every year we seek feedback about proposed changes to our ABS programme guidance from every local council. This guidance is also shared in draft with COSLA for information and comment. Scottish Government officials are also regularly approached by individual councils to discuss and where needed, to agree a higher intensity of grant-in-aid for projects with extra costs.
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) financial and (b) administrative support it will give to the Clyde 2020 initiative, and over what timeframe.
Answer
Once the Clyde 2020 initiative’s remit is agreed then the appropriate level of financial and administrative support will be identified along with the associated timeframe for this support.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33521 by Michael Matheson on 4 December 2020, whether it will provide figures for each month since November 2020 to date.
Answer
Successful and unsuccessful applications to Energy Saving Trust’s E-bike Loan Fund, broken down by month since November 2020, are summarised in the following table.
Month | Successful applications | Unsuccessful applications | Notes |
Nov-20 | 64 | 2 | |
Dec-20 | 43 | 4 | |
Jan-21 | 55 | 2 | |
Feb-21 | 64 | 3 | |
Mar-21 | 87 | 14 | |
Apr-21 | 64 | 11 | |
May-21 | 74 | 13 | |
Jun-21 | 72 | 9 | |
Jul-21 | 53 | 5 | |
Aug-21 | 84 | 5 | |
Sep-21 | 50 | 4 | |
Oct-21 | 0 | 0 | Currently zero as update received late October |
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on non-UK military forces using Scottish airports for refuelling and other aircraft handling services.
Answer
The UK Government is responsible for determining which airline or country is allowed to operate flights into the UK and there is no role for the Scottish Government in approving any flights.