- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 21 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue it has received from the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how it is spending this in Scotland.
Answer
The rules for how the Scottish Government is funded are set out in the Statement of Funding Policy. Changes in Scottish Government funding are determined by applying the Barnett formula to changes in UK government departmental spending, rather than allocating a proportion of revenues raised through the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy. There is therefore no direct link between the revenue raised by the UK Government through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy and any element of the funding allocated to Scotland. The Scottish Government spends its money in accordance with the published budget as agreed by the Scottish Parliament.
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a business and regulatory impact assessment for its proposed legislation to restrict the promotion and marketing of products high in fat, sugar and salt.
Answer
A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment would be published alongside the introduction of any draft legislation.
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the effect on Scottish businesses of its proposed legislation to restrict the promotion and marketing of products high in fat, sugar and salt.
Answer
The consultation paper Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar or salt included questions on business impact and support. In parallel, officials have engaged with industry to support the development of a Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA), providing industry with an opportunity to explain and quantify the economic impact of the proposals. This work is ongoing.
The Scottish Government will reflect on the responses to its consultation and ongoing work to develop impact assessments, including the BRIA, in considering what actions to take.
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the results of its consultation, Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar or salt: consultation, and what action it plans to take in response to restrictions on the promotion and marketing of products that are high in fat, sugar and salt.
Answer
An analysis of consultation responses will be published by the autumn.
The Scottish Government will reflect on the consultation responses in considering what actions to take.
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it will define products that will be subject to restrictions on the promotion and marketing of products high in fat, sugar and salt.
Answer
The Scottish Government will reflect on the responses to its consultation Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar or salt in considering the foods that would be subject to any relevant restrictions.
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it is meeting the objectives of its Equally Safe Strategy.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2019
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 12 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23071 by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 May 2019, how much it will cost to match the EIBSS scheme payments in cases in which they are higher than the SIBSS, without reducing any other existing payments from the Scottish scheme.
Answer
It is not possible to provide a precise cost estimate given that the numbers of beneficiaries registered with SIBSS changes constantly, in particular as new applicants join the scheme. It is also important to note that not all categories of beneficiary are the same in the two schemes and therefore, in particular for those with chronic hepatitis c where there are three SIBSS categories, EIBSS does not have directly equivalent categories.
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the average length of sentence has been for a convicted person from an ethnic minority in each of the last five years, also broken down by ethnicity.
Answer
The requested information is not centrally held by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of people from ethnic minorities who have been convicted and recorded as having reoffended in each of the last five years, also broken down by ethnicity.
Answer
The requested information is not centrally held by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people from ethnic minorities in police custody have been recorded as having (a) self-harmed, (b) been assaulted, (c) been identified as having assaulted other prisoners, (d) been involved in violence involving other prisoners and (e) died by suicide in each of the last five years, also broken down by ethnicity.
Answer
This question seeks Police Scotland data, which is not held by the Scottish Government.