- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry to conclude.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2022
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects Scottish Enterprise to recoup any of the cost of the financial assistance that the body reportedly provided to Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, pre-2022.
Answer
This would be an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and is subject to the formal administration process.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what guarantees were associated with the reported financial assistance provided to Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, by Scottish Enterprise pre-2022.
Answer
No Scottish Government guarantees were in place.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it was recently approached by any potential buyer of Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, for financial assistance.
Answer
A potential buyer did contact Scottish Government but this did not include any request for financial assistance.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it was recently approached by Scottish Enterprise to assist any potential buyer in the purchase of Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen.
Answer
No request for financial assistance has been made to the Scottish Government. In the normal course of business, Scottish Enterprise has provided information about its services to both an interested party and the Administrators.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the level of any financial assistance requested by any potential buyer of Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, which could have prevented the closure of the mill.
Answer
The Scottish Government holds no information on the level of any financial assistance requested by any potential buyer.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it was asked to provide financial assistance to any potential buyer of Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, and arrived at the decision not to provide any such assistance.
Answer
The Scottish Government has received no request for financial assistance.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available in the context of its Covid Recovery Strategy to help high streets recover from the pandemic and ensure that there are no long-term scarring effects.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2022
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on safety improvements at the A90 Toll of Birness junction since 1 April 2017.
Answer
The sum of £67,232 has been spent on safety improvements on the A90 Toll of Birness junction since 1 April 2017. This cost was primarily associated with the provision of three vehicle activated signs (VAS) recommended from previous safety studies. Two signs were erected in 2017 with a third sign to supplement the northbound VAS erected in 2021. Other work involved an additional northbound advance direction sign.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on safety improvements on the A90 between Ellon and (a) Peterhead and (b) Fraserburgh since 1 April 2017.
Answer
Since 1 st April 2017 £143,918 has been invested in safety improvement on the A90 between Ellon and Peterhead, and £347,392 invested in safety improvement on the A90 between Ellon and Fraserburgh. Note that this second figure of £347,392 includes the value of £143,913.