Questions and answers

Question reference: S5O-04303

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to local authorities and charities for urban planting programmes.

Question reference: S5O-04264

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce the disability employment gap.

Question reference: S5O-04045

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016.

Question reference: S5W-26742

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when the new first-time buyer scheme will be launched.

Question reference: S5O-03907

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to promote the new Job Start Payment to young people.

Question reference: S5O-03870

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to consult on penalty charge levels as part of parking enforcements set out in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019.

Question reference: S5O-03659

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 October 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for women who have been affected by miscarriage.

Question reference: S5O-03592

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 tackles coercive and controlling behaviour.

The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 recognises domestic abuse is much more than physical abuse, and creates a specific offence covering not only physical abuse but other forms of psychological abuse and controlling behaviour that were previously difficult to prosecute.

The new offence means abusers who engage in a course of behaviour where they either intend to cause their partner to suffer physical or psychological harm, or else are reckless as to whether they are likely to cause such harm, can be prosecuted for the whole course of behaviour.

The Scottish Government provided £825,000 funding to Police Scotland to support the development of training for 14,000 police officers and staff. Police Scotland have also developed a self-completion e-learning package on the new legislation which was made available to all 22,000 staff.

I am encouraged by early indications of the use of the new offence, with over 400 crimes of domestic abuse recorded by Police Scotland in the first three months alone, and a number of convictions as the cases proceed through our courts.

Question reference: S5O-03483

Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support the UK Government is providing for Scotland's R100 superfast broadband programme.

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