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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-14596

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time for elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire is, broken down by procedure.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

Statistics relating to the waits patients experience for inpatient or day case treatment at specialty level are published up to 30 September 2022 and can be found using the following link:

https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/17040/ipdc_nov22.xlsx

The statistics published in the tables above include the median wait on tab ‘2.1 Table’ and not an average. The median is used because an average (mean) can be skewed incorrectly by a small number of very long waits that are recorded in error in the national data.

Question reference: S6W-14592

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people were awaiting elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire in each month since May 2021, broken down by procedure.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

Public Health Scotland is not currently able to report accurately on waiting times to this level of detail. More detailed information on the procedure(s) that are planned or undertaken for a patient will be held locally by NHS Boards. We would therefore advise contacting NHS Boards to obtain this data.

Statistics relating to the waits patients experience for inpatient or day case treatment at specialty level are published up to 30 th September 2022 and can be found using the following link:

https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/17040/ipdc_nov22.xlsx

Question reference: S6W-14594

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people, who had elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire in 2022, were treated (a) by NHS Lanarkshire (b) by another health board and (c) in a private hospital, broken down by procedure.

Question reference: S6W-14595

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost of elective surgery procedures in NHS Lanarkshire was in 2022, broken down by procedure, and by whether patients were treated (a) by NHS Lanarkshire (b) by another health board and (c) in a private hospital.

Question reference: S6W-14352

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many executive agencies there are; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.

There are 10 executive agencies. Please see the following table for executive agencies contains year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.

Public Body	Year of establishment	Funding 2022-23	Staff numbers Q3 2022
Accountant in Bankruptcy	1985	£2,455,000	119
Disclosure Scotland	2009	£24,347,000	362
Education Scotland	2011	£28,734,000	343
Forestry and Land Scotland	2019	£27,200,000	1081
Scottish Forestry	2019	£90,863,000	205
Scottish Prison Service	1993	£476,407,000	4,523
Scottish Public Pensions Agency	1993	£28,279,000	323
Social Security Scotland	2018	£310,900,000	3,803
Student Awards Agency for Scotland	1994	£14,752,000	252
Transport Scotland	2006	£3,214,840,000 (of which £29,977,00 is Agency Administration)	545

Question reference: S6W-14555

Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of land each NHS board (a) currently owns and (b) owned (i) five, (ii) 10 and (iii) 20 years ago.

Question reference: S6W-14355

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many public corporations there are; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.

Question reference: S6W-14541

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether there have been any design changes to the two vessels that CMAL has ordered from the Cemre Marin Endustri yard to serve on the Uig to Lochmaddy and Uig to Tarbert ferry routes.

Question reference: S6W-14353

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many non-departmental bodies there are; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.

There are 3 categories of non-departmental public bodies: executive non-departmental public bodies, advisory non-departmental public bodies and tribunals. There are 45 executive non-departmental public bodies, 9 advisory non-departmental public bodies and 3 tribunals. The following tables for each of these categories, contain year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.

Executive non-departmental public bodies

Public Body	Year of Establishment	Funding 2022-23	Staff numbers Q3 2022
Accounts Commission for Scotland	1975	£0	0
Architecture and Design Scotland	2004	£1,490,000	30
Bòrd na Gidhlig	2006	£5,125,000	24
Cairngorms National Park Authority	2003	£7,067,000	104
Care Inspectorate	2011	£25,389,000	624
Children’s Hearings Scotland	2013	£5,029,000	46
Community Justice Scotland	2017	£2,924,000	46
Creative Scotland	2010	£32,582,000	132
Crofting Commission	2012	£3,900,000	55
David MacBrayne Ltd	2006	£0	46
Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd	2019	£33,400,000	359
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd	1995	£61,857,000	702
Highlands and Islands Enterprise	1991	£62,245,000	274
Historic Environment Scotland	2015	£67,100,000	1,488
Independent Living Fund Scotland	2018	£53,300,000	63
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority	2002	£10,294,000	195
National Galleries of Scotland	1906	£22,050,000	404
National Library of Scotland	1925	£17,605,000	331
National Museums of Scotland	1985	£27,574,000	485
NatureScot (replaced Scottish Natural Heritage)	1992	£47,411,000	779
Police Investigations and Review Commissioner	2013	£5,824,000	87
Quality Meat Scotland	2008	£0	28
Redress Scotland	2021	£5,000,000	27
Risk Management Authority	2005	£1,835,000	24
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh	1985	£26,170,000	285
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board	1949	£0	0
Scottish Canals	2012	£22,700,000	316
Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration	1996	£26,860,000	503
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission	1999	£1,219,000	10
Scottish Enterprise	1991	£251,220,000	1,047
Scottish Environment Protection Agency	1996	£36,106,000	1,220
Scottish Funding Council	2004	£1,946,622,000	117
Scottish Futures Trust	2008	£3,800,000	73
Scottish Land Commission	2017	£1,550,000	17
Scottish Legal Aid Board	1987	£151,300,000	356
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission	2008	£0	56
Scottish National Investment Bank	2020	£214,900,000	67
Scottish Qualifications Authority	1996	£24,131,000	1,033
Scottish Rail Holdings Ltd	2022	£0	17
Scottish Social Services Council	2001	£16,035,000	328
Skills Development Scotland	2008	£224,200,000	1,635
Sportscotland	1971	£33,600,000	348
South of Scotland Enterprise Agency	2020	£36,003,000	145
VisitScotland	1969 - as Scottish Tourist Board	£46,712,000	593
Water Industry Commission for Scotland	2005	£0	28

Advisory non-departmental public bodies

Public Body	Year of Establishment	Funding 2022-23	Staff numbers Q3 2022
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland	2009	£436,000	7
Boundaries Scotland	1973	£437,000	6
Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland	2002	£170,000	12
Poverty and Inequality Commission	2019	£317,296	0
Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards	1998	£74,393	0
Scottish Commission on Social Security	2019	£340,000	6
Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel	2022	£150,000	2
Scottish Law Commission	1965	£1,055,000	16
Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee (stood down in 2013)	2004	£25,318.16	0

Tribunals

Public Body	Year of Establishment	Funding 2022-23	Staff numbers Q3 2022
First - tier Tribunal for Scotland	2016	£0	112
Parole Board for Scotland	1968	£2,944,000	26
Upper Tribunal for Scotland	2016	£0	2

Question reference: S6W-14545

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with local authorities on the Community Bus Fund.