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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S6W-11914

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 18 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish monthly data on the number of (a) social housing, (b) housing association and (c) private rental properties being (i) placed into and (ii) taken out of the rental market, broken down by local authority area.

The Scottish Government does not hold this data centrally.

Associated monthly data on the stock of private rented properties is as set out in my answer to S6W–11915 and a description of available rented stock data in provided in S6W–11913 and S6W-11915 on 17 November 2022.

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

Question reference: S6W-11936

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 18 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether Scottish Enterprise has undertaken an equalities impact assessment to inform its reported proposal to close all its office locations except those in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.

Any proposals around its future operational estate are a matter for Scottish Enterprise. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise to respond to you directly. However, I do understand that the current consultation on office requirements - which includes consideration of co-location with other public sector bodies and industry partners, to enhance collaborative working – will include completion of an Equality Impact Assessment as a key component.

Question reference: S6W-11907

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10678 by Shona Robison on 22 September 2022, whether the meeting with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities colleagues has now taken place, and what further funding has been secured to assess and remediate buildings in Scotland affected by combustible cladding.

Question reference: S6W-11911

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 18 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party manifesto commitment, what the cost would be of bringing the higher non-domestic property rate into line with that in England, broken down by industry sector.

The 2023 revaluations in Scotland and England will for the first time have different tone dates following the Scottish Government’s acceptance of the independent Barclay Review of Non-Domestic Rates’ recommendation to move to three yearly revaluations and a one-year tone date. This inevitably results in direct comparison between the two systems being less meaningful than in the past with Scottish rateable values more accurately reflecting contemporary market circumstances.

The Scottish Budget will set out non-domestic rates measures including the poundage, supplements and reliefs that will apply in 2023-24 based upon draft values which will be published for the first time on 30 November 2022 but it will only be possible to accurately calculate the impact of different tax rates and supplements on individual sectors when final rateable values are published on 1 April 2023.

Question reference: S6W-11906

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00933 by Shona Robison on 1 November 2022, what the status is of the gateway recommendations in Cladding Remediation Gateway Review 0 (Strategic Assessment) October 2021 and July 2022.

Question reference: S6W-11909

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how long it estimates the assessment of the 780 identified high-rise buildings in Scotland will take, and how this compares with the information released under Freedom of Information request 202200321870.

Question reference: S6W-11930

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 18 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the 23 awards made to date as part of the £8 million Cycling Facilities Fund, including the amount of each award and details of each project.

18 To date the Scottish Government and sportscotland (National Lottery) has funded 29 projects via the Cycling Facilities Fund, seven of which have been completed. The details and amounts of this funding can be found in the following table:

Project	Applicant	Award Level
Pollock Park Cycle Hub	Glasgow City Council	£100,000
Cathkin Braes Cycle Hub	Glasgow City Council	£145,800
Bellahouston Park Cycle Hub	Glasgow City Council	£184,375
North Berwick Pump Track	East Lothian Council	£50,000
New Pump Track	Getting Better Together Shotts HLC	£50,000
Mountain Bike Skills Loop	Inverness Royal Academy	£40,000
New MTB Trail	The Laggan Forest Trust	£100,000
Gala Park New Pump Track	Falkirk Council	£50,000
West Lothian Cycle Circuit	West Lothian Council	£600,000
New Pump Track	Transition Extreme	£50,000
Middleden Mountain Bike Trail and Skills Area	Fife Council	£100,000
Kelpies Bike Trails and Skills Area	Abriachan Forest Trust	£62,250
Clyde Cycle Park Phase 2	Clyde Cycle Park SCIO	£550,000
New Bike Park	Lochaber Wheeled Sport Society	£290,000
New Pump Track	Auchterarder Community Sports and Recreation	£50,000
Pump Track	Stow Community Trust	£50,000
Callendar Park Cycle Hub	Falkirk Council	£157,930
New Hallhill Pump Track	East Lothian Council	£50,000
New Banchory Cycling Hub	Deeside Bike Collective	£100,000
New Cycling Hub	Arran High School MTB Club - Cycling	£190,470
Lochore Meadows Whitewood MTB Trails	Fife Council	£49,466
Tarland Trails New MTB Trail Centre	Tarland MTB	£299,456
New Bellshill Cycle Hub	North Lanarkshire Council	£100,000 - Completed
Upgrade BMX Track	Cumbernauld Centurions BMX Club - Cycling	£58,599 – Completed
Balbardie Park Pump	West Lothian Council	£45,433 – Completed
Bike Glenlivet New MTB Trail	Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development trust	£12,933 – Completed
Ormiston Park Pump Trail	East Lothian Council	£45,000 - Completed
New Pump Track	Boat of Garden Community Company	£100,000 - Completed
Kennoway Pump Track	Fife Council	£75,000 – Completed

Question reference: S6W-12256

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-01606

Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what steps it is taking to improve safety for MSPs both within the Parliament and outwith the parliamentary estate.

Question reference: S6O-01611

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how it will support any Members’ staff who are dealing with added financial challenges and pressures after the homeworking allowance payment was discontinued in October.