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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: S4W-25985

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 22 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government which organisations are providing funding toward the information events regarding the implementation of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, broken down by amount provided.

Question reference: S4W-25984

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 22 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it is providing toward the information events regarding the implementation of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Question reference: S4W-25983

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 22 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) expenses and (b) incentives are offered to participants at the information events regarding the implementation of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and which organisations are paying for these.

The Scottish Government has held three regional information events on the Act that were open to the public. No expenses or incentives were offered at these events. A further information event specifically for parents, children and young people was held on Saturday 20 June and parents, children and young people attending that event were offered support for travel costs and childcare. Gift vouchers were made available to those parents and carers attending the event who wished to accept them to thank them for attending. Gift packs were provided to children and young people who attended. The costs were met from the overall total Scottish budget of £100,000 for public information events on the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Question reference: S4W-25987

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 22 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many places will be available at each information event regarding the implementation of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Question reference: S4W-25986

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 22 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have registered to attend the information events regarding the implementation of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, and what information it has regarding how many (a) have applied or (b) are expected to apply for reimbursement of (i) travel and (ii) childcare costs.

Approximately 600 people registered to attend the three regional information events. A total of 90 people registered to attend the information event held on 20 June 2015. Any parents, children and young people who attended any of these public information events were offered support for travel costs and childcare and any costs incurred were met from within the overall £100,000 budget for public information events.

Question reference: S4O-04476

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether Scottish Water will continue to provide water supply to schools and hospitals.

Question reference: S4W-25667

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the current National Grid contract with Peterhead Power Station ending in 2017, whether it anticipates that Scotland will remain a net exporter of power beyond that date.

The Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage project, which I recently visited, could secure the future of unit 1 at Peterhead for 15 years.

Scotland is an energy rich country that consistently exports a significant proportion of electricity generated to the rest of the UK. In 2013, 28% of electricity generated in Scotland was exported, up from 26% in 2012. With the correct market and regulatory support there is no reason that Scotland cannot continue to be a net exporter of electricity – indeed it is very much in the interests of the rest of the UK, with UK capacity margins at such low levels.

However with 13% of generation and 42% of generator transmission charges the future of conventional stations is obviously less certain than were a fair scheme to be applied throughout the UK.

Question reference: S4W-25753

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has been of responding to emergency calls to reported fires at the Broadford Works in Aberdeen in each of the last four years.

Question reference: S4W-25670

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the responsibility of licensing the (a) onshore and (b) offshore aspects of underground coal gasification projects in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-25671

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government which government directorate, agency or public body will have responsibility for licensing the (a) onshore and (b) offshore aspects of underground coal gasification projects in Scotland.