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Question reference: S5O-03482

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work being undertaken by Transport Scotland and the regional transport partnerships in Ayrshire to identify new transport objectives for the region.

Question reference: S5O-03459

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to maintain Scotland’s participation in the European digital single market, which is estimated to be worth €400 billion, in light of the UK Government’s reported intention to withdraw from it.

Question reference: S5W-23563

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in transport infrastructure in the south west of Scotland in the last decade.

Details of how much the Scottish Government has invested in transport infrastructure in the south west of Scotland in the last decade are shown in the following table. This excludes the amount invested in maintaining and renewing the railway in this area, as it is not possible to allocate the proportion of the several hundred million that we provide to Network Rail each year to undertake this on our behalf for the whole Scotland route.

Transport	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Total
Projects	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
A75 Dunragit	0.1	0.1	2.2	20.1	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	25.3
A75 Hardgrove	0.1	0.3	0.9	9.5	4.8	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.2
A75 Cairntop	1.5	6.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.2
A77 Symington	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.2	12.5	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	15.5
A77 Parkend	0.0	5.4	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.6
A77 Maybole	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.0	2.2	5.4
Bus Investment	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
A737 maintain	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.7	1.0	0.8	1.4	2.1	1.8	2.5	15.7
A738 maintain	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	1.3
A75 maintain	6.7	5.3	5.3	8.2	7.5	7.1	6.8	9.8	9.1	10.5	76.3
A751 maintain	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.2
A76 maintain	4.1	7.0	3.4	4.4	2.4	2.9	2.8	4.5	5.2	7.3	44.0
A77 maintain	4.7	4.8	4.0	5.6	4.6	4.7	4.3	5.8	10.1	7.5	56.2
M77 maintain	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.4	0.4	7.4
A74(M) charges	31.6	29.9	31.9	32.4	28.3	29.9	39.2	54.2	52.5	54.5	384.4
M77 charges	8.6	8.4	8.8	8.6	10.2	9.7	9.8	12.5	11.9	12.2	100.7
Kilmarnock rail	28.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	28.5
Kilmarnock stn	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	2.8
Timber transport	0.8	3.2	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.9	1.1	9.1
Low carbon	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8
Electric vehicle	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.5	2.6
TOTAL	89.6	73.9	62.9	93.5	75.9	58.1	66.7	91.2	95.2	103.6	810.5

Question reference: S5W-23551

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase low-carbon travel opportunities in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency.

We continue to invest in opportunities across East Ayrshire to promote low carbon travel opportunities. Including:

Investment totalling over £1.3m in East Ayrshire to support the installation of workplace, domestic and public EV charging infrastructure and public sector fleet decarbonisation.
£264,000 towards walking and cycling infrastructure projects in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley via the Community Links programme. In addition we have provided funding to promote cycling, walking and safer streets and cycle training in schools.
Between 2013-16 provided £140,000 in funding towards bus infrastructure to encourage more people to use buses.

Question reference: S5O-03342

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress being made on payments to farmers.

Question reference: S5O-03266

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it sees tourism between Scotland and EU countries developing in the future.

Question reference: S5O-03244

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how its new victim support service will help the families of victims of crime and the families of people involved in fatal accidents and sudden deaths.

Question reference: S5W-21973

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much Pupil Equity Funding has been given to schools in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency.

Question reference: S5O-03032

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the mortality rates for cancer, heart disease and stroke are in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency, and how these compare with Scotland as a whole.

Question reference: S5W-21855

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in delivering the Scottish national investment bank.

A Bill to underpin the establishment and capitalisation of the Scottish National Investment Bank was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 27 February 2019. The Bill will place a duty on Scottish Ministers to establish the Bank as a public limited company and give the necessary powers to capitalise it. The Scottish Government has committed to investing £2 billion over 10 years to capitalise the Bank, making it a cornerstone of Scotland’s economy. Ministers will also be given the power to set the strategic direction of the Bank by the setting of Missions that will address socio-economic challenges.

The Bill and its accompanying documents are published on the Scottish Parliament website .