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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: S5W-31575

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Programme for Government to invest £50 million in the Green Jobs Fund from Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise, whether this investment is in addition to (a) funding identified for the Scottish Growth Scheme and (b) the budgets already identified for the enterprise agencies.

Question reference: S5W-31578

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to the Green Growth Accelerator, and whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of the investments that the Green Growth Accelerator has delivered.

The Green Growth Accelerator is planned to support up to £200 million of investments over a multi-year period. The mechanism is being developed collaboratively with COSLA, with support from the Scottish Futures Trust, although progress has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The Green Growth Accelerator will be a key complementary funding mechanism to the £2 billion Low Carbon Fund announced at Budget 2020-21, which saw the first tranche of funding set out in the Programme for Government. Together these funding and financing packages will help drive transition to a net zero economy across all of Scotland’s regions.

Question reference: S5W-31576

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate in each year for the Green Workforce and Skills Development Package, as set out in its Programme for Government.

Question reference: S5W-31572

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce primary legislation in order to increase the carrier bag minimum charge from 5p to 10p, as set out in its Programme for Government.

Question reference: S5W-31574

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how much it will allocate in its budget in each of the next five years to fund the £100 million Green Jobs Fund.

Through its 2020-21 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government has committed to creating a five year, £100 million Green Jobs Fund to support new and increased opportunities for green job creation across Scotland. The Fund consists of £50 million to Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise to support businesses which provide sustainable or low carbon products and services to help them develop, grow and create jobs; and a further £50 million to support businesses and supply chains across a range of sectors – such as manufacturing, tech, and land based organisations – to take advantage of public and private investment in low carbon infrastructure, and the transition to a low carbon economy.

Details on how the £100 million will be phased over the five-year lifetime of the Fund from 2021 to 2026 will be confirmed later this year.

Question reference: S5W-31573

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish a draft bill for an independence referendum, as set out in its Programme for Government.

Question reference: S5W-31577

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 10 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate in each year to the Ecosystem Fund, as set out in its Programme for Government.

Question reference: S5O-04593

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what role it will have in influencing the direction or content of future EU laws that it plans to keep pace with under the proposed terms of its EU Continuity Bill.

Question reference: S5W-31579

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the Scottish National Investment Bank to be operational.

Question reference: S5O-04569

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle so-called dirty camping in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.