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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-24128

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 January 2024

Data covering the period 2020-23 is available via the published National Statistics on the Scottish Prison Population.

Financial Year	Individuals under 18 arriving to remand
a) 2020-21	92
b) 2021-22	82
c) 2022-23	57

Information about the number of individuals under the age of 18 arriving to remand for the period d) April 2023 to December 2023 is only available via Scottish Government collections of management information. The values provided by this source are not directly comparable with those provided by our National Statistics data.

Using this management information, the number of individuals under 18 arriving to remand in 2023 Q2-Q4 was 29.

Question reference: S6W-24124

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances there have been in the last 12 months, in the form of the total prisoner days, where a prisoner has been allowed less than one hour of outdoor exercise on any given day.

Question reference: S6W-24139

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Affordable Housing Supply Programme can be placed in special measures.

Question reference: S6W-24196

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether Forestry and Land Scotland will review its proposed forestry car parking charges in light of the proposed uplift in the agency's budget, as set out in the 2024-25 Scottish Budget.

Question reference: S6W-24140

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the current underspend is in the Affordable Housing Supply Programme.

Question reference: S6W-24035

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10494 by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 August 2017, which of the "42 formal Flood Protection Schemes or engineering works proposed for 2016-21" have been completed to date, broken down by (a) the number of properties being protected, (b) completion date and (c) the (i) initially forecast and (ii) final cost of each.

Information has been shared in response to similar questions many times (at least annually) since Roseanna Cunningham answered on 15 August 2017, most recently in response to Willie Rennie MSP on 9 November 2023.

The following formal flood protection schemes are complete.

Scheme	(a) Properties Protected	(b) Completion Date	(c)(i) Initial Cost (£ million) (1)	(c) (ii) Estimated Final Cost (£ million) (2)
Huntly	63	2017	4.9	3.8
Newmill	18	2017	1.9	1.8
Dundee	200	2018	6.2	6.9
Kirkwall	750	2018	1.8	1.8
White Cart Water Phase 3	100	2019	5.9	7.2
Camlachie Burn	410	2019	1.2	1.8
Smithton and Culloden	129	2021	15.2	10
Bouvrie Burn	Not held	2020	0.4	0.4
Broxburn (Liggat Syke) Phase 1	Not held	P1 2019	Not held	Not held
New Cumnock	95	2022	3.3	8.4
Broughty Ferry	450	2022	10	16.3
Drumnadrochit	35	2022	3.4	5.1
Stonehaven	376	2023	19.9	27.5
Arbroath	530	2023	11.4	13.5
Caol and Lochyside	290	2023	8.4	15.2

(1) Note: Initial costs as provided by local authorities in 2016-17.

(2) Note: Final Scheme costs are the latest estimates provided by local authorities. Differences between these latest estimates and initial cost estimates arise because flood protection schemes are put forward for prioritisation at various stages of their development to fit with Flood Risk Management Planning cycle set out in the FRM Act. Costs are revised over time as designs are finalised and more detailed investigations are carried out (e.g. site investigation, utility investigation, hydraulic modelling), and as new information emerges (e.g. new flood mapping, climate projections, new source of risk, landownership challenges). Outcomes from community engagement and changes to price and supply of materials may also require revisions to cost estimates.

Question reference: S6W-24521

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6T-01736

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an assessment of the state of readiness of Scotland’s frontline services in response to the yellow warnings in place for freezing temperatures over the next 10 days.

Question reference: S6T-01731

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to bring more homes back into use, in light of reports that the stock of empty homes is valued at an estimated £3.4 billion.

Question reference: S6F-02729

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

To ask the First Minister, in light of reported concerns regarding food labelling being a devolved matter, what the Scottish Government's position is on what impact the UK Government’s reported plans to roll out "not for EU" labelling on food and drink products across the whole of the UK could have on Scotland’s food and drink industry.