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Question reference: S5W-15560

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills or (b) a special adviser cleared the publication of the response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request, FOI/17/02462, regarding the set up costs of the Named Person scheme.

Question reference: S5W-15556

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter to the Education and Skills Committee by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 15 March 2018, on what date the engagement with Children in Scotland took place.

Question reference: S5W-15558

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter to the Education and Skills Committee by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 15 March 2018, on what date the engagement with Children 1st took place.

Question reference: S5W-15562

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Education Skills or (b) a special adviser cleared the publication of the response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request, FOI/17/02940, regarding evidence given in relation to the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S5W-15565

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list each of the organisations that engaged with its special advisers in October and November 2017 regarding the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill and confirm on what dates the engagements took place.

Special advisers engaged with the following stakeholders in relation the Information Sharing Bill in October and November.

Stakeholder	When
Social Work Scotland	2-10-2017, 6-11-2017
Tam Baillie, former SCCYP	12-10-2017
Children 1 st	31-10-2017
Aberlour	2-11-2017
Children in Scotland	3-11-2017
Barnardo’s	7-11-2017
Save the Children	17-11-2017

Special Advisors also engaged with political parties on the Information Sharing Bill over a range of dates, however we do not hold a list of dates on which such routine, informal conversations took place.

Question reference: S5W-14638

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what specialist provision is offered by each NHS board for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of sarcoidosis.

Question reference: S5W-14554

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Lothian regarding the future of Pentland Lodge.

Question reference: S5W-14571

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects new flood defence schemes to take climate change into consideration.

Statutory guidance on Sustainable Flood Risk Management sets out an overarching outcome that flood management actions being undertaken will stand the test of time and be adaptable to future changes in the climate. However, the Scottish Government does not specify design standards for new flood protection schemes. It is for the local authority to decide on the standard of protection for a proposed scheme based on social, economic and environmental factors. The approach should be risk-based, linking benefits to costs with the aim of maximising the reduction in overall risk.

Question reference: S5W-14568

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether a proposed a flood scheme can proceed under the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 if there is a risk of flood water displacement.

Question reference: S5W-14569

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what legal resources are available to support communities that wish to represent their views to public inquiries into flood defence schemes brought forward under the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009.

The procedures for Public Local Inquiries (PLIs) are designed to ensure that the public don’t need legal representation to participate. In common with PLIs brought forward under other legislation, parties participating in an inquiry will be expected to meet their own costs. The Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) will be responsible for costs relating to the reporter, the venue and any costs associated with advertising the inquiry arrangements.

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