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Question reference: S5W-07382

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many schools in each local authority have been (a) rebuilt and (b) refurbished in each year since 2007.

2. Information specifying whether a school was built or refurbished is not available until 2009-10

Table 2: Number of schools which have been built or substantially refurbished¹ in the financial year 2009-10 by local authority


	Built	Substantially refurbished	Not specified²
Aberdeen City	6	0	0
Aberdeenshire	0	0	0
Angus	2	0	0
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	1	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	10	1	0
Dundee City	2	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	6	1	0
East Lothian	0	1	0
East Renfrewshire	0	1	0
Edinburgh, City of	6	0	1
Eilean Siar	0	0	0
Falkirk	2	2	0
Fife	0	2	0
Glasgow City	4	2	1
Highland	1	6	1
Inverclyde	2	0	0
Midlothian	3	0	0
Moray	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0
Orkney Islands	0	1	0
Perth and Kinross	6	2	1
Renfrewshire	0	3	0
Scottish Borders	2	1	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0
	Built	Substantially refurbished	Not specified²
South Ayrshire	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	9	4	0
Stirling	0	1	0
West Dunbartonshire	1	0	2
West Lothian	2	3	1
Total	65	31	7

1. Only builds or refurbishments with a cost of £500,000 or more for primary and £1 million or more for secondary and special schools are included

2. The data collected did not distinguish whether it was a new build or a refurbishment

Table 3: Number of schools which have been built¹ in the financial years 2010-11 to 2015-16 by local authority

Built

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Aberdeen City	2	1	0	0	0	1
Aberdeenshire	0	0	0	0	1	3
Angus	1	0	0	0	0	1
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dumfries and Galloway	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dundee City	1	1	1	2	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	5	1	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	1
East Lothian	0	1	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	1	0	1	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	0	0	0	0	0	1
Eilean Siar	0	3	4	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fife	0	1	1	1	1	0
Glasgow City	2	2	2	0	1	0
Highland	0	0	3	0	0	5
Inverclyde	0	2	0	3	0	0
Midlothian	0	0	1	1	0	0
Moray	0	1	1	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	0	0	1	0	1	0
North Lanarkshire	0	5	4	0	0	1
Orkney Islands	0	0	1	1	0	0
Perth and Kinross	2	1	0	0	1	2
Renfrewshire	0	0	1	0	1	0
Scottish Borders	0	0	1	1	0	0
Shetland Islands	2	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	1	0	0	1	0	0
South Lanarkshire	14	11	11	16	14	4
Stirling	0	0	1	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	3	2	0	1	0	0
				Built
	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
West Lothian	0	1	0	1	0	0
Total	31	33	39	31	22	19

1. Only builds with a cost of £500,000 or more for primary and £1 million or more for secondary and special schools are included

Table 4: Number of schools which have been substantially refurbished¹ in the financial years 2010-11 to 2015-16 by local authority

Substantially refurbished

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Aberdeen City	1	0	0	1	0	0
Aberdeenshire	1	0	0	0	4	3
Angus	1	0	0	0	0	0
Argyll & Bute	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dumfries & Galloway	2	0	3	5	1	2
Dundee City	0	1	0	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	0	0	3	0	1	0
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	2	0	0	2	0	1
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	1
Edinburgh, City of	0	0	0	6	4	8
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	1	0	0	2
Fife	5	1	2	1	0	1
Glasgow City	1	1	0	2	43	0
Highland	0	0	1	2	2	0
Inverclyde	0	1	3	2	0	2
Midlothian	0	0	0	1	0	0
Moray	0	0	0	0	1	1
North Ayrshire	3	2	0	2	0	1
North Lanarkshire	0	0	4	0	0	1
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	0	0	1	3	1	0
Renfrewshire	0	1	2	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	2	1	0	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	1	0	0
South Ayrshire	1	1	0	3	2	0
South Lanarkshire	1	0	1	0	0	1
Stirling	1	1	0	1	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	1
West Lothian	3	3	0	0	0	0
Total	24	13	21	32	59	25

1. Only refurbishments with a cost of £500,000 or more for primary and £1 million or more for secondary and special schools are included

Question reference: S5O-00545

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 12 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the steps that it is taking to tackle diabetes.

Our Diabetes Improvement Plan published in November 2014 sets out our vision to improve the lives of people living with diabetes in Scotland.

The Plan focuses on eight priority areas for action, through which considerable progress is being made, for example:

a pregnancy workstream has been established to address the challenges of diabetes during pregnancy;
our Type1 diabetes group have developed a national glycaemic guidance for people newly diagnosed, and launched the second diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) campaign;
the inpatient project has been successfully completed with work being planned for 2017 to spread the learning across Scotland;
we have developed and implemented a new reporting system with improvement in the numbers of people receiving essential healthcare checks;
insulin pump provision has exceeded the numbers set and new investment of £10m will support further increase in life changing technologies;
a new group has been established to lead the development of a prevention framework, looking at both the prevention of type 2 diabetes and the prevention of complications for people living with all types of diabetes.

Question reference: S5W-05443

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the standards set out in its (a) Domestic Handbook 2016 and (b) Non-domestic Handbook 2016 regarding the design of tapered staircase treads.

Question reference: S5W-04586

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of concerns about antisocial behaviour, what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding introducing a ban on fireworks unless used by a professional licensed company, and what action it can take to control the supply of fireworks.

Question reference: S5O-00286

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what savings it expects the Scottish Futures Trust to achieve in delivering projects.

Question reference: S5O-00264

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the recent ministerial visit to Munich to discuss future trade with the EU.

Question reference: S5O-00063

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the meeting of the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare on 16 June 2016.

Question reference: S5W-00568

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28403 by Derek Mackay on 24 November 2015, whether it will provide an update on what progress it is making on achieving grade separation for the Sheriffhall roundabout.

Question reference: S5W-00213

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 8 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the decision by North Yorkshire Council to approve testing for shale gas, whether it will provide an update on its position on fracking.

The Scottish Government has put in place a moratorium to ensure that no unconventional oil and gas exploration can take place in Scotland. A comprehensive programme of research is already underway to investigate the potential health, environmental and economic impacts of this industry. This will be followed by a full public consultation so that any decision is based on both the evidence and public consultation.

Question reference: S5O-00005

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to help reduce waiting times at GP surgeries.