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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-14497

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the total cost will be of closing any facilities managed by the National Galleries of Scotland as a result of the Public and Commercial Services Union industrial action on 1 February 2023.

Question reference: S6W-14513

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was distributed by the Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-14455

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 3 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09908 by George Adam on 26 July 2022, whether the Cabinet plans to meet in the Highlands and Islands region in 2023, and, if so, whether it will provide details of the locations of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-14508

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to the National Piping Centre in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-14463

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 3 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors the efficacy of grant funding distributed via the Rural and Island Communities Ideas into Action Fund.

As a recipient of Scottish Government grant funding, Inspiring Scotland are subject to regular monitoring and reporting against pre-agreed and clear outcomes as set out in their offer of grant.

This includes interim and end-of-grant reporting, which are submitted by Inspiring Scotland to the Scottish Government to provide evidence on how successful grant delivery has been.

These evaluation reports measure various success indicators, including;

Geographic spread of investment
Number of projects and community groups supported
New partnerships established
Workshops, training and events delivered
Thematic priorities supported by projects
Money invested and funding requested/number of applications received.

This information is used to provide information and evidence to ministers, to inform future policy direction and grant awards and highlight any key learning for future Community Led Local Development (CLLD) funding programme delivery.

Rural Communities officials meet with the Inspiring Scotland Rural team fortnightly at a minimum, with ad hoc meetings scheduled as required to ensure that the funding remains aligned to pre-agreed objectives.

Evaluation of the outcomes of Rural & Island Community Ideas into Action projects are also considered as part of the ongoing monitoring & evaluation of the full 2022-23 £11.6m CLLD programme.

Question reference: S6W-14329

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it will make of any potential impact on salmon farming in Scotland of the decision by Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority to refuse planning permission for Scotland’s first semi-closed containment aquaculture project, at Beinn Reithe.

Planning authorities are required to determine planning applications in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise, including, for example, taking account of the socio and economic impacts of a proposed development.

It would not be appropriate for the Scottish Government to comment on the terms and impacts of the planning decision by Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority.

Question reference: S6W-14001

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many registered GlobalScots there were at each year end since the GlobalScot network was established.

Question reference: S6W-14459

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many new (a) social and (b) affordable homes have been built in the Highlands and Islands region since 2021-22.

The Scottish Government holds this information by local authority area and not by constituency area. A table showing the number of social and affordable completions by local authority area can be accessed using the following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/affordable-housing-supply-programme-completions-updates/

The homes provided through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme comprise homes for social rent, for mid-market rent and for low cost home ownership. These homes take various forms including; new build homes, rehabilitation projects, conversions and off-the-shelf purchases of both new and second hand homes.

Question reference: S6W-14002

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the membership of the GlobalScot network, whether it will provide a breakdown showing the (a) country in which each registered member is based and (b) sector(s) that each member specialises in.

GlobalScots by location

Current Location for Work	Number of GlobalScots
Andorra	1
Australia	61
Austria	1
Bahrain	2
Barbados	1
Belgium	5
Bermuda	1
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1
Brazil	5
Bulgaria	1
Canada	28
China	18
Cyprus	1
Denmark	10
Egypt	2
Estonia	3
Finland	2
France	28
Germany	34
Ghana	1
Gibraltar	1
Guernsey	1
Hong Kong	26
India	8
Indonesia	6
Ireland	14
Italy	7
Japan	20
Kenya	1
Kuwait	2
Luxembourg	1
Malaysia	3
Maldives	1
Mexico	2
Monaco	1
Netherlands	12
New Zealand	8
Nigeria	3
Norway	12
Oman	2
Philippines	5
Poland	14
Portugal	3
Qatar	5
Romania	1
Russian Federation	3
Saudi Arabia	10
Serbia	1
Singapore	28
Slovenia	1
South Africa	6
Spain	13
Sweden	5
Switzerland	33
Taiwan, Province of China	6
Thailand	5
Trinidad and Tobago	1
Turkey	1
United Arab Emirates	61
United Kingdom	339
United States of America	310
Viet Nam	1
Grand Total	1189

Representation of Sectors

Please note – GlobalScots will list multiple sectors of specialism/experience/expertise. The website allows companies to search by the following sectors and can view GlobalScot profiles in those sectors.

Sector
Aerospace Defence, Marine	123
Arts & Culture	74
Charity & Voluntary	133
Chemical Sciences	56
Construction	120
Creative Industries	116
Education	129
Financial Services & Fintech	279
Food & Drink	144
Forrest Industries	15
Global Business Services	207
Life Sciences	187
Energy	311
Other	95
Energy & Low Carbon	184
Retail	86
Sport	60
Technology & Engineering	399
Textiles	40
Tourism	79
	2837

Question reference: S6W-14470

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the total cost will be of closing any sites managed by VisitScotland as a result of the Public and Commercial Services Union industrial action on 1 February 2023.

Year	GlobalScot members
07-08	900
08-09	811
09-10	718
10-11	709
11-12	638
12-13	670
13-14	672
14-15	617
15-16	618
16-17	628
17-18	646
18-19	662
19-20	764
20-21	942
21-22	1110
2023 (as at Jan 2023)	1189