- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that the contractual commitment of around £70 million that is reportedly still outstanding on the Glasgow Subway modernisation project is fully funded so that the key milestone of achieving unattended train operation by the third quarter of 2026 is achieved.
Answer
The Scottish Government recognises the crucial role that the Subway plays in Glasgow’s transport system and the importance of the modernisation programme.
By the end of 2024-25 it had contributed £199.9 million to this vital project. With a further £25.1 million allocated for 2025-26, cumulatively this will discharge the Scottish Government’s £225 million commitment to the programme in full. Transport Scotland officials continue to engage regularly with SPT. The most recent meeting took place on 19 June 2025, focusing on the current financial profile of the Subway Modernisation Programme and ensuring ongoing dialogue is maintained.
We remain strongly committed to infrastructure investment as a cornerstone of economic growth and the delivery of high-quality public services across Scotland.
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what funding was in place for the Psychology of Parenting Programme in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.
Answer
The Psychology of Parenting Programme (PoPP) is funded through NHS Education Scotland (NES)’s Parenting workstream, which covers various programmes of work (including PoPP) to support the social, emotional and behavioural development of infants, children, young people and their families. In financial year 2023-24, the Scottish Government allocated £633,040 to NES to support the Parenting workstream, with a further £571,542 issued in 2024-25.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service have been responded to (a) within (i) under 10, (ii) 10 to 29, (iii) 30 to 59 and (iv) 60 to 120 and (b) after over 120 minutes in each year since 2021-22, broken down by triaged category of call.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information. You should, instead, request this from the Scottish Ambulance Service directly.
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a six-month update regarding how many priority now actions of the miscarriage delivery framework shorter-term actions have been achieved.
Answer
The Scottish Government will issue a monitoring template to NHS Boards shortly asking them to report on their progress towards implementation of the priority now actions set out in the Delivery Framework for Miscarriage Care in Scotland.
Once the NHS Board responses have been received and analysed we will consider how best to share information on progress.
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what feedback it has received from NHS boards regarding implementation of the priority now actions from the miscarriage delivery framework.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not yet received feedback from NHS Boards. We will issue a monitoring template to Boards shortly asking them to report on their progress towards implementation of the priority now actions set out in the Delivery Framework for Miscarriage Care in Scotland.
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work that it is doing to (a) prevent sexual violence in hospitals and (b) accurately record incidents of sexual assault that have been reported across the NHS estate.
Answer
We have recently published a sexual harassment guide to supplement the refreshed Gender Based Violence policy for NHSScotland. The guide has been developed to support employees who are currently experiencing or have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. This includes information on how to report incidents.
Scottish Government officials are continuing discussions with Health Boards, NHS Education for Scotland (NES), and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) to review existing training provisions and reporting methods. This will allow us to share best practice and develop improvements in how we prevent sexual violence from occurring and how it is reported across all Health Boards.
The Scottish Government continues to expect all NHS Boards to be actively committed to protecting staff from sexual assaults. All incidents should be recorded and reported through existing reporting systems and investigated. Where necessary, cases should be escalated to Police Scotland.
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of NatureScot’s recommendation in its report, A report on the proposal for a National Park in Southwest Scotland, what plans it has to better resource the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere Reserve.
Answer
In its role as the statutory reporter on the National Park proposal, NatureScot made recommendations on ways in which existing structures in the South of Scotland could be further strengthened. These include:
- a stronger role and a long-term funding arrangement for the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, with a stronger focus on nature recovery and community wealth-building;
- a more integrated approach to the planning and management of the Galloway Forest Park, with additional funding allocated to nature restoration, recreation and tourism;
- refreshed management strategies by Dumfries and Galloway Council for the coastal National Scenic Areas, and the completion of the coastal path as a key visitor attraction for the area;
- sustained investment in access and visitor management across the area building on the existing community led approaches such as Whithorn and Loch Doon;
- progress with the implementation of the regional land-use strategy for the area; and
- on-going support for the work of the Solway Firth Partnership.
We are grateful for these suggestions and will now take time to reflect on them.
As a starting point, I undertook a visit to Newton Stewart and the Galloway Forest Park in July, where I discussed the recommendations in NatureScot’s report with the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere, Forestry and Land Scotland and South of Scotland Enterprise. We will now take some time to give deeper consideration to the reporter’s recommendations and consider how best existing arrangements in the area could be strengthened.
Earlier this year, Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere received a new funding package from South of Scotland Enterprise to support its important work tackling the climate and biodiversity crises and supporting sustainable development in the region.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the delivery of the BE FAST (balance, eyes, face, arms, speech, time) stroke awareness campaign in NHS Forth Valley’s accident and emergency department.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not received any information regarding the delivery of a BE FAST stroke awareness campaign; therefore, no assessment has been made.
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many community safety or outreach patrols it funded in 2024-25 to support drug users.
Answer
Scottish Government provide funding to local areas to allocate as appropriate based on local need. Decisions about the need for community safety or outreach patrols will be for local areas to take.
Details of 2024-25 ADP funding and activity are set out in the annual funding letter which you can access here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/alcohol-drug-partnership-adp-letters-2024-25/
In addition, details of the National Drugs Mission funds, administered by the Corra Foundation support a range of projects are also available here: https://www.corra.scot/funding/grant-holder-data/
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many train journeys have been cancelled for non-weather-related reasons in (a) 2025 to date and (b) each of the past five years, and what compensation was offered to passengers.
Answer
Details on cancelled rail passenger services, for each train operating company for the period until December 2024 are available on the Office for Rail and Road website, and can be found here: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/compendia/toc-key-statistics/. The Member may wish to contact train operating companies directly in order to obtain more recent and more detailed data, related to cancellations of their services.
Compensation that is offered to rail passengers is a matter for individual train operating companies. The Member may wish to contact them directly to obtain this information.
