- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many capital funding awards have been made from the Scottish Dental Access Initiative, broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) dental provider and (c) amount awarded.
Answer
In the following table I have outlined the amount of grant money awarded to each board since 2007. We are unable to confirm the amount to each dental provider as it would potentially breach commercial in confidence.
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- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much the fluoride varnish aspect of the Childsmile programme has cost in each of the last five financial years.
Answer
Funding provided to NHS Boards for the delivery of Childsmile covers the full programme, and we do not separate the cost of certain aspects of the programme, such as the fluoride varnish element.
My answer to the Member’s separate question (reference S6W-26265 on 15 April 2024) sets out how much the Scottish Government has spent on the Childsmile programme in the last five years.
All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 15 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been distributed in each local authority area from the £50 million Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund since 2020.
Answer
Funding for Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports and Services for children, young people and their families has been distributed to each local authority area as follows:
| | 2019-20 £ | 2020-21 £ | 2021-22 £ | 2022-23 £ | 2023-24 £ |
Aberdeen City | 62,500 | 144,000 | 576,000 | 585,000 | 577,000 |
Aberdeenshire | 62,500 | 197,500 | 790,000 | 797,000 | 809,000 |
Angus | 62,500 | 81,500 | 326,000 | 322,000 | 324,000 |
Argyll and Bute | 62,500 | 61,250 | 245,000 | 246,000 | 247,000 |
City of Edinburgh | 62,500 | 34,750 | 139,000 | 135,000 | 136,000 |
Clackmannanshire | 62,500 | 108,250 | 433,000 | 430,000 | 430,000 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 62,500 | 111,250 | 445,000 | 434,000 | 427,000 |
Dundee City | 62,500 | 83,000 | 332,000 | 326,000 | 328,000 |
East Ayrshire | 62,500 | 67,000 | 268,000 | 270,000 | 271,000 |
East Dunbartonshire | 62,500 | 73,500 | 294,000 | 290,000 | 291,000 |
East Lothian | 62,500 | 65,250 | 261,000 | 268,000 | 271,000 |
East Renfrewshire | 62,500 | 335,750 | 1,343,000 | 1,361,000 | 1,339,000 |
Falkirk | 62,500 | 22,250 | 89,000 | 88,000 | 89,000 |
Fife | 62,500 | 104,750 | 419,000 | 419,000 | 419,000 |
Glasgow City | 62,500 | 261,750 | 1,047,000 | 1,040,000 | 1,036,000 |
Highland | 62,500 | 434,250 | 1,737,000 | 1,759,000 | 1,755,000 |
Inverclyde | 62,500 | 178,000 | 712,000 | 707,000 | 713,000 |
Midlothian | 62,500 | 50,500 | 202,000 | 192,000 | 191,000 |
Moray | 62,500 | 62,000 | 248,000 | 249,000 | 254,000 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 62,500 | 68,750 | 275,000 | 274,000 | 276,000 |
North Ayrshire | 62,500 | 92,500 | 370,000 | 360,000 | 359,000 |
North Lanarkshire | 62,500 | 234,500 | 938,000 | 935,000 | 940,000 |
Orkney Islands | 62,500 | 17,500 | 70,000 | 71,000 | 71,000 |
Perth and Kinross | 62,500 | 103,500 | 414,000 | 418,000 | 423,000 |
Renfrewshire | 62,500 | 113,500 | 454,000 | 453,000 | 452,000 |
Scottish Borders | 62,500 | 82,250 | 329,000 | 334,000 | 335,000 |
Shetland Islands | 62,500 | 20,750 | 83,000 | 84,000 | 85,000 |
South Ayrshire | 62,500 | 70,750 | 283,000 | 283,000 | 282,000 |
South Lanarkshire | 62,500 | 210,250 | 841,000 | 835,000 | 840,000 |
Stirling | 62,500 | 73,250 | 293,000 | 291,000 | 281,000 |
West Dunbartonshire | 62,500 | 58,250 | 233,000 | 231,000 | 231,000 |
West Lothian | 62,500 | 144,000 | 511,000 | 513,000 | 518,000 |
Total | 2,000,000 | 3,750,000 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
Total | £50,750,000 |
A further £15 million has been committed for financial year 2024-25.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what practical measures it is taking to sustain the expertise and learning curves developed by the project team on the Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven project in order to optimise the delivery of the Clyde Metro project.
Answer
The current phase of Clyde Metro is being led by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, working alongside Glasgow City Council and with Transport Scotland providing support in a project assurance role.
I am advised that the multi-partner project team has been engaging with colleagues from the Trams to Newhaven project and across the private and public sector to learn from experiences elsewhere in the development of mass transit projects and ensure lessons learned and best practice are embedded within Clyde Metro’s future development.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority of how the £16 million of funding for access to counselling services in all secondary schools will be allocated in 2024-25.
Answer
All allocations in the Local Government Settlement are published on the Government Website at: 4 Tables and Interactive Dashboard - Scottish Local Government Finance - Green Book: 2024-2025 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
The allocations for school counselling services for 2024-25 is as follows:
| | £000s |
Aberdeen City | 513 |
Aberdeenshire | 771 |
Angus | 328 |
Argyll & Bute | 372 |
City of Edinburgh | 1,052 |
Clackmannanshire | 165 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 497 |
Dundee City | 404 |
East Ayrshire | 347 |
East Dunbartonshire | 404 |
East Lothian | 330 |
East Renfrewshire | 403 |
Falkirk | 467 |
Fife | 1,006 |
Glasgow City | 1,361 |
Highland | 1,015 |
Inverclyde | 237 |
Midlothian | 297 |
Moray | 279 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 173 |
North Ayrshire | 418 |
North Lanarkshire | 986 |
Orkney Islands | 186 |
Perth & Kinross | 434 |
Renfrewshire | 509 |
Scottish Borders | 324 |
Shetland Islands | 260 |
South Ayrshire | 328 |
South Lanarkshire | 959 |
Stirling | 312 |
West Dunbartonshire | 283 |
West Lothian | 579 |
Total | 16,000 |
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the M8 Woodside Viaduct repair project will be the largest transport capital project in Glasgow during the coming financial year.
Answer
The M8 Woodside Viaduct is a vital element of Scotland’s motorway network, carrying approximately 150,000 vehicles daily. Installation of the temporary propping system, required to enable permanent repairs, will continue through the 2024-25 financial year. It is anticipated that the project will be Transport Scotland’s largest capital-funded transport project in Glasgow during this period.
Other significant Government-led transport projects in Glasgow in 2024-25 include the East Kilbride rail enhancement project (£54.1m for 2024-25), active travel infrastructure projects and investing in Glasgow’s City Region Deal. This response does not consider projects by other authorities e.g. Glasgow City Council.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 5 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the submissions to the Wolfson Economics Prize 2021, in response to the problem question, "How would you design and plan new hospitals to radically improve patient experiences, clinical outcomes, staff wellbeing, and integration with wider health and social care?", have influenced Scottish Government policy on the design of healthcare facilities.
Answer
Scottish Government policy for design quality in healthcare (DL(2010)19) looks to ensure that these elements are considered by designers and NHS Boards. This is assessed by the NHSScotland Design Assessment Process (NDAP) provided by NHSScotland Assure in conjunction with Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) is the vehicle for assessing design quality in NHSScotland Capital funded healthcare facilities developments and is an integral part of the Business Case process. The NDAP, along with the Sustainable Design and Construction (SDaC) requirements, ensures that a well rounded and measured assessment is made of the requirements of the objectives of each project they review.
This Wolfson Economics Prize competition of 2021 provided numerous innovative submissions in response to the problem question. Each of the runners up and the winner of the prize provided interesting responses to specific strands of healthcare design. The main themes featured in the Wolfson Economic Prize finalists are embeded in the NDAP and SDaC process to ensure sustainable, Person Centred Care.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can request that Police Scotland introduces biodegradable barrier tape to mitigate littering of the environment.
Answer
The potential use of biodegradable barrier tape is an operational policing matter for Police Scotland. The Police Scotland Environmental Strategy 2021 sets out the context, pathway and implementation plan for reduction of energy, resource and carbon across the organisation.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will increase (a) enforcement action and (b) maximum fines to be levied on any road works authorities and undertakers that fail to reinstate street surfaces and associated streetscape to the original standard within the six-month statutory requirement, particularly in cases that scar or damage high-quality municipal public realm surfaces, such as granite paving.
Answer
In 2019 the Scottish Government instituted a period of legal reform for the framework underpinning Scottish road works, expanding and strengthening the range of existing powers roads authorities have.
Since 2023 Scottish Ministers have taken action on enforcement powers, through empowering roads authorities by endorsing a new Code of Practice for reinstatement, which introduced a UK leading six year guarantee for utility works. We have committed to a review of road works Fixed Penalty Notices (the fines to be levied), due to start in 2024.
Authorities already have an existing power to undertake any outstanding work directly and recharge all costs, should the utility fail to act. These are all discretionary powers, and it is for each roads authority to determine whether it is appropriate to use those powers in each situation.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the fluoride varnish aspect of the Childsmile programme, and whether it plans to continue with this element of the scheme.
Answer
Specific evaluations of the Childsmile programme are undertaken by the University of Glasgow. Publications can be viewed online at https://www.gla.ac.uk/ .
More broadly, the National Dental Inspection Programme (NDIP) monitors the general oral health of children in Scotland. The latest NDIP statistics published in October 2023 showed that 82% of P7 children have no obvious decay, compared with 53% in 2005. In addition, the difference in the percentage of children with no obvious decay in the most and least deprived areas decreased from 26.3 percentage points in 2009 to 16.1 percentage points in 2023.
This shows the success of our flagship Childsmile Programme. Fluoride varnish is a key element of Childsmile and there are no plans to remove this aspect of the programme.
