Parliamentary questions
Sharon Dowey
756 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
3 Jun 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve work-related outcomes for referrals to the Fair Start Scotland service, and what its response is to reports that 89.8% of people referred to the service in South Ayrshire did not achieve a 26-week job outcome after their time in the programme.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: The percentages quoted have been calculated using statistics published on the number of job outcomes, broken down by local authority area. These do not provide an accurate reflection of performance as they include participants who have not had time to reach o…
1 Jun 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what preventative action it has taken in South Ayrshire to reduce drug-related crime, in light of reports that the number offences has increased in each year since 2016-17.
Answer · Keith Brown: The Scottish Government published its Drugs Strategy, Rights, Respect and Recovery in November 2018. This provides the framework for our work with national and local partners, including Police Scotland, to focus on prevention which will reduce the individual,…
1 Jun 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding has been provided to the Ayrshire Police Division to help fight drug-related crime, given that the number of drug-related crimes recorded by police in South Ayrshire has increased year on year since 2016/17.
Answer · Keith Brown: The Scottish Government provides grant in aid funding to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), which along with the Chief Constable has responsibility for allocating these resources across policing priorities. Despite constraints on Scotland’s public services …
1 Jun 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding it assigned to NHS Ayrshire and Arran to help prevent drug-related deaths in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
Answer · Angela Constance: The money we provide to NHS boards is provided to fund drug and alcohol services. In 2018-2019 Ayrshire and Arran received £3,538,392 baseline funding to support the delivery of alcohol and drug services. In addition, in 2018-2019 Ayrshire and Arran receive…
1 Jun 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve road safety on the A77.
Answer · Graeme Dey: We are committed to improving safety on our trunk roads including the A77. We have invested over £88.7 million on the A77 since 2007 to ensure its safe and efficient operation. In addition, we have spent approximately £35 million on four separate road schemes…
1 Jun 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the A77 bypass project at Maybole.
Answer · Graeme Dey: The construction of the A77 Maybole Bypass project is progressing well and is anticipated to be complete in winter 2021 as confirmed in the Infrastructure Investment Plan update published in December 2020. This date is subject to any further impacts of the p…