- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 2 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21383 by Clare Haughey on 18 June 2019, whether it has any provisional projections of the proportional allocation in 2022, broken down by (a) A&E, (b) custody suite, (c) GP, (d) prison and (e) other setting, and whether it will place a copy of the documents supporting this planning in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
Answer
As advised within the answer to S5W-21383, we expect to have over 800 additional mental health workers within the key settings of this commitment by 2022. However it must be noted that the planning around workforce is evolving and can change for a variety of reasons. Recruitment also rests with Integration Authorities (IAs) who have devolved responsibility for health and social care for their areas with the added complexity of delivering plans which require input and engagement across a number of partners and organisations.
Setting out provisional projections around recruitment would therefore would not be helpful or appropriate. I can however assure the member that both policy officials and I remain in constant dialogue with IAs on their recruitment plans under this commitment.
Through the Reporting Framework between the Scottish Government and IAs, we are also publically making available through the Scottish Government website the information we have on those recruited per quarter at that point.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in installing new mobile phone masts in Orkney under the 4G infill programme.
Answer
Our Scottish 4G Infill Programme is currently working to progress three mast locations in Orkney. These are located in the vicinity of Burray, Stromness and Hoy.
At all three sites, planning consent and agreements with landowners are being sought by our delivery partner, WHP Telecoms. However, securing the commitment of a mobile operator is critical to any site in S4GI progressing. To date, no mobile operators have committed to using any of these sites. The Scottish Government, at Ministerial and official level, as well as WHP Telecoms continues to engage with all four mobile operators to encourage greater participation in the S4GI Programme.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication in June 2018 of the report, Scottish greenhouse gas emissions 2016, whether it can provide a breakdown of which companies or other parties in each sector were responsible for the most emissions.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold company-level emissions data. The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) maintains records of emissions from individual installations in Scotland when these exceed reporting thresholds. These data are published in the Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory and are made available on the SEPA website.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21383 by Clare Haughey on 21 February 2019, what the estimated timeline is, broken down by quarter, for it fulfilling the commitment in its Mental Health Strategy to hire 800 additional mental health professionals, and what it estimates the final proportional allocation will be, broken down by (a) A&E, (b) custody suite, (c) GP, (d) prison and (e) other settings.
Answer
We expect to have over 800 additional mental health workers within the key settings of this commitment by 2022.
As part of the Reporting Framework with Integration Authorities, we receive quarterly updates from them which form the basis of the national update provided on the Scottish Government website.
As planning around workforce evolves and can change for a variety of reasons, it would therefore not be appropriate to set out a final allocation per setting in advance of 2022.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has reportedly agreed with the SPFL to keep information regarding the extent of sectarianism at football confidential, and whether it will publish this data.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2019
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides for college students regarding fees encountered for starting a course and then withdrawing.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2019
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the provision of mental health services in Orkney.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20504 by Humza Yousaf on 8 January 2019, whether it will provide the same data for (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2019.
Answer
I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:
The following tables provide a breakdown of the average occupancy, design capacity and occupancy rate at each Scottish prison in 2019.
SPS has a responsibility to accommodate those sent to us by the courts. The data shows the occupancy levels of each prison when measured against design capacity. The design capacity and operational capacity of prisons are different and can change for reasons of policy, maintenance and changing operational requirements.
January 2019 (Average Prison Population = 7924)
Prison | Average Occupancy | Design Capacity | Occupancy Rate |
Addiewell | 701 | 702 | 99.89% |
Barlinnie | 1400 | 987 | 141.86% |
Cornton Vale | 88 | 114 | 77.25% |
Dumfries | 191 | 176 | 108.36% |
Edinburgh | 907 | 867 | 104.62% |
Glenochil | 702 | 668 | 105.03% |
Grampian | 452 | 552 | 81.83% |
Greenock | 224 | 238 | 94.24% |
Inverness | 117 | 93 | 126.08% |
Kilmarnock | 503 | 501 | 100.37% |
Low Moss | 776 | 784 | 98.97% |
Open Estate | 171 | 284 | 60.32% |
Perth | 698 | 631 | 110.67% |
Polmont | 456 | 758 | 60.20% |
Shotts | 537 | 538 | 99.90% |
February 2019 (Average Prison Population = 7999)
Prison | Average Occupancy | Design Capacity | Occupancy Rate |
Addiewell | 699 | 702 | 99.61% |
Barlinnie | 1435 | 987 | 145.42% |
Cornton Vale | 86 | 114 | 75.09% |
Dumfries | 190 | 176 | 108.04% |
Edinburgh | 918 | 867 | 105.91% |
Glenochil | 727 | 668 | 108.84% |
Grampian | 459 | 552 | 83.20% |
Greenock | 218 | 238 | 91.48% |
Inverness | 123 | 93 | 132.26% |
Kilmarnock | 501 | 501 | 100.09% |
Low Moss | 776 | 784 | 99.04% |
Open Estate | 175 | 284 | 61.58% |
Perth | 701 | 631 | 111.07% |
Polmont | 458 | 758 | 60.47% |
Shotts | 532 | 538 | 98.80% |
March 2019 (Average Prison Population = 8101)
Name | Average Occupancy | Design Capacity | Occupancy Rate |
Addiewell | 701 | 702 | 99.88% |
Barlinnie | 1441 | 987 | 146.01% |
Cornton Vale | 95 | 114 | 83.64% |
Dumfries | 191 | 176 | 108.67% |
Edinburgh | 918 | 867 | 105.85% |
Glenochil | 738 | 668 | 110.53% |
Grampian | 462 | 552 | 83.66% |
Greenock | 214 | 238 | 89.78% |
Inverness | 121 | 93 | 129.90% |
Kilmarnock | 538 | 501 | 107.33% |
Low Moss | 781 | 784 | 99.66% |
Open Estate | 183 | 284 | 64.57% |
Perth | 709 | 631 | 112.36% |
Polmont | 470 | 758 | 62.07% |
Shotts | 538 | 538 | 99.91% |
April 2019 (Average Prison Population to 26 April 2019 = 8186)
Name | Average Occupancy | Design Capacity | Occupancy Rate |
Addiewell | 700 | 702 | 99.72% |
Barlinnie | 1449 | 987 | 146.79% |
Cornton Vale | 97 | 114 | 84.74% |
Dumfries | 194 | 176 | 110.45% |
Edinburgh | 920 | 867 | 106.17% |
Glenochil | 737 | 668 | 110.28% |
Grampian | 451 | 552 | 81.70% |
Greenock | 215 | 238 | 90.43% |
Inverness | 124 | 93 | 133.38% |
Kilmarnock | 593 | 501 | 118.46% |
Low Moss | 782 | 784 | 99.78% |
Open Estate | 194 | 284 | 68.48% |
Perth | 705 | 631 | 111.75% |
Polmont | 480 | 758 | 63.38% |
Shotts | 538 | 538 | 100.01% |
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the recommendations in the report, Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland: review of implementation, should have led to Police Scotland making sectarian a mandatory marker for crime reporting and recording.
Answer
Professor Morrow’s report recommended that a review of hate crime legislation should consider how sectarianism and sectarian incidents could be integrated into a more general approach.
Following the Justice Committee’s recommendation, in January 2018, that a definition of sectarianism in Scot’s law should be considered, a working group was set up. The group reported in November 2018 and concluded that a sectarian statutory aggravation should be introduced along with a definition in Scots law. The group’s conclusions were included for all interested parties and individuals to comment within the hate Crime consultation, which closed in February 2019.
No decisions on establishing a statutory aggravation for sectarianism will be taken until the consultation submissions are fully analysed and considered.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has implemented the recommendations in the report, Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland: review of implementation, and whether it will provide a progress report on each recommendation.
Answer
Professor Morrow’s review itself provided an excellent independent evaluation of the progress that the Scottish Government and its partners have made in implementing the recommendations from the Advisory Group’s report – and, as such, the Scottish Government currently has no plans to publish a further evaluation.
The review highlighted the progress that has been made particularly in areas such as education, training and the mainstreaming of anti-sectarian messages. The review – which remains live and continues to form the basis of our work on this issue - also emphasised that more is still to be done to tackle sectarianism by a range of organisations, institutions and sectors across Scotland.
