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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-19546

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the impact of the redevelopment of Ardrossan harbour on the ferry routes servicing Arran, and, if so, whether it will provide details of this assessment.

Question reference: S6W-19537

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much was paid out in grants from the Forestry Grant Scheme, and how many grants were made, in each of the last five years.

The following table shows the number of unique forestry grant scheme cases with a capital or Single Application Form claim within the past 5 financial years and the total associated authorised financial claims.

Number and Value of cases claimed: Capital & Single Application Form (SAF) for the Financial Year’s 2018-19 – 2022-23

Claim Year	Unique Projects Funded	Total Claim Value Authorised
2018-19	742	£41,132,555
2019-20	629	£39,698,484
2020-21	961	£46,371,455
2021-22	699	£43,558,765
2022-23	584	£35,436,910
Sum:	3615	£206,198,169

Question reference: S6W-19544

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 12 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the financial limit is beyond which it considers that the cost for answering a written parliamentary question would be disproportionate.

Question reference: S6W-19547

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 12 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what structures or schemes it currently has in place to provide support to EU students seeking financial support to study in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-18681

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 5 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which current cabinet secretaries and ministers have not undertaken unconscious bias training since taking up their posts.

Question reference: S6T-01482

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it can do to increase the resilience of Scotland's 999 emergency telephone service, in light of UK-wide technical issues over the weekend that rendered the service unusable for many users.

Question reference: S6W-18858

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths have been recorded at reservoirs managed by Scottish Water in each year since 2013.

Scottish Water has recorded the following number of deaths since 2013 at the reservoirs it manages:

2013 – Mill Glen – 2 deaths

2014 – Torduff – 1 death

2018 – Glenburn – 1 death

Scottish Water takes a proactive role in reducing the risks around its assets, and is urging people to stay safe, behave responsibly and not take risks around watercourses such as reservoirs, rivers and lochs.

Guidance on wild swimming is now available to Public Health Scotland website and provides useful information - Wild swimming: how to swim safely in Scotland's outdoor water (publichealthscotland.scot) .

Question reference: S6W-18737

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether any of NatureScot’s offices do not currently have an EPC rating of at least band C, and, if so, whether it will provide a list of those offices.

Question reference: S6W-18861

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many internship placements has Scottish Water hosted in each year since 2013, including paid internships for young people through the Career Ready Programme.

As this is an operational matter for Scottish Water I have asked them to respond. Their answer is:

The number of interns Scottish Water hired in each year since 2013 is set out in the table below. In 2020, the Covid 19 pandemic impacted Scottish Water’s ability to support internships and this continued to have an impact in 2021 and 2022.

Year	Undergraduate internships	Career Ready Students	Grand Total
2013	10		10
2014	22		22
2015	10	11	21
2016	12	10	22
2017	12	7	19
2018	13	14	27
2019	13	10	23
2021	7	9	16
2022	15	6	21
2023	22		22
Grand Total	136	67	203

Question reference: S6W-18883

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been awarded in Private Water Supply Grants to (a) homes and (b) commercial premises in the West Scotland region, in each year since 2007.

A total of £194,841 in private water supply grants has been awarded by North Ayrshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire Councils from financial years 2007-08 to 2022-23. A further £2,263,062 has been awarded by Argyll and Bute Council for the same period. However, it should be noted that the Argyll and Bute Council area goes beyond the West Scotland region. Totals by local authority are set out in the following table. The Scottish Government does not hold information regarding the breakdown of amounts awarded to (a) homes and (b) commercial premises.

Local authority	2007-08 - 2022-23
North Ayrshire	£56,392
Inverclyde	£21,233
Renfrewshire	£25,929
East Dunbartonshire	£4,000
West Dunbartonshire	£23,574
East Renfrewshire	£63,713
Argyll & Bute	£2,263,062