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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-12849

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take in response to the reported weeks-long disruption to the mobile signal on Uig.

Telecoms remains reserved to the UK Government and regulated by Ofcom. While this leaves the Scottish Government with limited ability to influence mobile operators directly, officials escalated the issue to senior management in BT Group as soon as the situation in Uig came to our attention. Faulty equipment was replaced in late November and BT advises that an improved service should now be available.

Question reference: S6W-12793

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many Freedom of Information requests have been made to Historic Environment Scotland in each year since it was founded, and what percentage of those requests were answered on or within 20 working days.

Question reference: S6W-12786

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many sites that are managed by Historic Environment Scotland and its predecessor agencies have been (a) open, (b) temporarily closed and (c) permanently closed in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-12784

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many members of Historic Scotland there have been on 30 November in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-12534

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the contract to accommodate Ukrainian refugees, what the (a) total cost to date and (b) estimated cost up until the contract end date is for crew staff for the MS (i) Victoria and (ii) Ambition.

All costs, including those associated with crew staff, providing security, providing catering and port charges for the M/S Victoria and M/S Ambition are covered in our contract with Corporate Travel Management.

The original contract notice with Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd, was published on 9 August 2022. Latest details on contract costings will be published soon on the Scottish Government’s website.

Invoices to CTM will be published on the Scottish Government website in due course as part of our statutory duty to publish all invoices greater than £25k.

Question reference: S6W-12535

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the contract to accommodate Ukrainian refugees, what the (a) total cost to date and (b) estimated cost up until the contract end date is of providing security for the MS (i) Victoria and (ii) Ambition.

Question reference: S6W-12531

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10754 by Neil Gray on 8 September 2022, what the (a) total cost to date and (b) estimated cost up until the contract end date is of chartering the MS (i) Victoria and (ii) Ambition.

Question reference: S6W-12530

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm how many reported faults there have been on board the (a) MS Victoria and (b) MS Ambition, since being contracted to accommodate Ukrainian refugees.

Question reference: S6W-12533

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to renew the contract for the MS Ambition to accommodate Ukrainian refugees beyond the current contract end date, and, if so, for how long, and at what cost.

Question reference: S6W-12789

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government which local authority areas the members of Historic Environment Scotland’s HistoricScot Youth Forum reside in.