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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: S5O-03742

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to NFU Scotland’s submission to Transport Scotland’s consultation on Scotland's National Transport Strategy.

Question reference: S5W-25385

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 October 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent on external auditors in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S5F-03604

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2019

To ask the First Minister whether she will provide an update on the £135 million in loans and investments that the Scottish Government has recently written off.

Question reference: S5W-25384

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government which hospitals have the same ventilation standards as the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, also broken down by the pressure criteria for each.

Question reference: S5W-24973

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list the snagging works on the Queensferry Crossing that have been identified since its opening, broken down by the date that each (a) was identified and (b) (i) resolved or (ii) is scheduled to be resolved.

The Scottish Government provides periodic updates on the progress of completion of the snagging works on the Queensferry Crossing to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee, copies of which can be found at:

https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/rural-economy-committee.aspx

The snagging works listed in these updates were identified at the time of opening of the Queensferry Crossing, and at present an estimated 85% of those works have been progressively completed since that date. The contractor for the project continues to work towards completing all snagging works by the end of 2019, subject to not being disrupted by adverse weather conditions.

Question reference: S5O-03575

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the new CBI Scotland and KPMG Scottish Productivity Index, which reportedly shows productivity as starting "a lap behind" competitors.

Question reference: S5W-24884

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 17 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of mechanical issues with the Gourock linkspan, what alternative arrangements are in place for travel between Gourock and Dunoon for people with reduced mobility, and what the cost of these arrangements are.

Question reference: S5W-24996

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much money has been allocated in each year since 2014 to service the (a) A78 and (b) the A8.

The following table provides spend figures by financial year for Trunk Road Operating Company expenditure, including structural maintenance, minor improvements, routine maintenance, strategic road safety, bridges and structures and winter service.

Route	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
A78	2,906,333	3,096,194	4,815,271	3,779,817	8,184,594
A8	679,417	415,616	846,199	476,309	2,168,435

The Scottish Government has also contributed significant investment to improve the A8 between Baillieston and Newhouse as part of the £500 million M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements project, which fully opened to traffic in June 2017. The cost of those works on the A8 cannot be disaggregated from the total investment amount and therefore has not been included in the above table.

Question reference: S5W-24975

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to allocate funding to support the implementation of LGBTI inclusive education.

The LGBT inclusive education recommendations are being implemented through the use of innovative partnership approaches, which draw on the expertise of the members of the LGBT Inclusive Education Implementation Group to deliver improved learning environments for young people. As such, not all of the recommendations require budget from the Scottish Government, or other members of the Implementation Group, for their delivery.

As the Implementation Group has yet to agree the method for implementing the recommendations that have been identified for delivery in 2020-21, any Scottish Government budgetary requirements are currently unknown. Nevertheless, any budgetary decisions regarding the delivery of the recommendations will be recorded in the notes of the Implementation Group’s meetings, which will be published on the Scottish Government’s website: https://www.gov.scot/groups/lgbt-inclusive-education-implementation-group/ .

Question reference: S5W-24831

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24346 by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2019, how many ultra-low-emission vehicles (ULEV) the Low Carbon Transport Loan Fund has supported, and how much of the loan fund remains.

According to our most recent statistics dated 27 August, the Low Carbon Transport Loan has paid out £10.8 million since the start of the 2019-20 financial year, which has allowed consumers, businesses and taxi drivers to purchase 340 vehicles this year.

We have just announced a further £17M of funding to the loan fund as part of this year’s Programme for Government. The full year loan fund budget is now set at £37.8 million. This funding will further incentivise drivers to experience the benefits of electric vehicles without the typically high upfront cost attached to the cost of purchase creating a barrier.

We intend to introduce used electric vehicles and range extended models into the eligibility criteria for the loan fund in the coming months, which will further support a wider range of people to purchase a ULEV.

	Audit fees (£000)
Year ended 31 March 2016	3,847
Year ended 31 March 2017	3,092
Year ended 31 March 2018	3,080
Year ended 31 March 2019	3,042