- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 23 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many serving justices of the peace there are, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Justices of the Peace are appointed to sheriffdoms not local authorities. The current number of serving Justices of the Peace broken down by sheriffdom is as follows:
SHERIFFDOM | NUMBER OF JUSTICES |
GLASGOW & STRATHKELVIN | 20 |
GRAMPIAN, HIGHLAND & ISLANDS | 46 |
LOTHIAN & BORDERS | 34 |
NORTH STRATHCLYDE | 49 |
SOUTH STRATHCLYDE, DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY | 56 |
TAYSIDE, CENTRAL & FIFE | 49 |
TOTAL NUMBER OF JUSTICES | 254' |
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost has been for maintenance per mile of the A90 over the last five years, and how this compares with other trunk roads.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-33187 on 23 January 2025. 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.
Transport Scotland’s trunk road maintenance budget is not allocated on a route or part-route basis. It is distributed based upon need and prioritisation of schemes developed from regular inspections and condition surveys.
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 23 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of homeless people who are hospitalised each year and who are subsequently discharged, including their average length of stay, and what support is provided to them on discharge, including with (a) improving their welfare, (b) finding accommodation, (c) finding employment, (d) accessing education, (e) accessing drug, alcohol and/or other recovery services, (f) accessing NHS services and (g) improving their health outcomes.
Answer
The number of discharges from Scottish acute inpatient hospitals is presented in the following table. These figures do not include mental health facilities. These discharge figures have been produced using the Public Health Scotland SMR01 dataset which does not hold details of support provided on discharge.
Details of discharges from Scottish acute hospitals where the patient was recorded as having no fixed abode at hospital admission.
Financial Year | Count of discharges | Average Length of Stay (days) | Median Length of Stay (days) |
2014-2015 | 237 | 4.2 | 1 |
2015-2016 | 296 | 3.5 | 1 |
2016-2017 | 312 | 4.5 | 1 |
2017-2018 | 347 | 4.7 | 1 |
2018-2019 | 206 | 5 | 1 |
2019-2020 | 230 | 6.1 | 1 |
2020-2021 | 183 | 2.4 | 1 |
2021-2022 | 103 | 3.4 | 1 |
2022-2023 | 62 | 3.6 | 1 |
2023-2024 | 91 | 12.8 | 1 |
*Note: The average length of stay for the period 2023/24 is affected by the presence of a small number of stays with long lengths of stays.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors the transparency and accountability of decisions made by the Energy Consents Unit, and what plans it has to enhance public reporting on how projects are evaluated.
Answer
Decisions on applications made under sections 36 and 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 are made by the Scottish Ministers. All information relating to applications to build, operate or modify onshore electricity generating stations with capacities exceeding 50 megawatts, as well as all applications to install overhead power lines, large oil and gas pipelines, and associated infrastructure, are published and searchable on our Energy Consents website, at https://www.energyconsents.scot/.
- Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the public and private sector to develop carbon literacy skills.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on relaxing any conservation area restrictions that prevent the installation of solar panels and other energy saving initiatives.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it protects the environment and the interests of local communities regarding the construction of battery storage plants within rural settings.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its stated commitment to end charges for non-residential care by the end of the current parliamentary session.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether feasibility studies and development expenditure for ports and harbours will be eligible for funding as part of the investment in maintaining and improving ports and harbours that is proposed in its draft Budget 2025-26.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Falkirk Council is to consider a motion calling for immediate action by the Scottish Government to support the Grangemouth chemical cluster and the future of its industry.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025