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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.

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Question reference: S6W-11472

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has been undertaken to calculate the updated level of unmet need in adult social care since the publication of the Independent Review of Adult Social Care.

Question reference: S6W-11477

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much money it expects to spend on the use of private companies in undertaking contracts for work relating to the establishment of a National Care Service in the financial year of (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25, broken down by the purpose of any such spending.

Please see the following table of contracts which have been awarded so far by year, as part of the National Care Service Programme.

Currently, there is no additional budget specifically allocated for procuring external advice from private companies, although the National Care Service Programme will retain flexibility to procure external expertise as necessary to deliver the National Care Service.

Contract	Supplier Awarded Contract	Contract Duration	Contract Dates	Total Contract Value	Contract Purpose
Financial Controls Review	AAB	4 months with the option for a 4 month extension which can be used purely for time to complete, not to add monetary value	25-04-22 – 25-08-22	£45,504 exc. VAT	To provide advice to the NCS finance team on recommendations for improvement where necessary on the financial controls in place, the capacity and capability of the finance team, and the methodology used to provide estimates set-up and running costs for the NCS.
VAT Advice	AAB	12 months	Spring 22-23 – Spring 23-24	£46,749 exc. VAT	To provide advice on necessary VAT preparations for the establishment of a NCS. To provide advice on the VAT impact of different NCS scenarios and recommend any options and/or solutions that could potentially achieve a VAT neutral outcome.
Operating Model and Business Case production	KPMG	18 months	13-12-21 – 13-06-23	£546,000	To produce a Current Operating Model for the current social care sector, a Target Operating Model for the National Care Service and a Programme Business Case.
Provision of Consultation response analysis	PwC	3 months	Dec 21 – Feb 22	£68,360	Contract to undertake analysis and the production of a report for the public consultation on A National Care Service for Scotland. Contract now complete.
National Care Service Operating model design	PwC	2 months	03-09-21 – 03-11-21	£107,020.80	Contract for advice and the production of a report on programme governance arrangements and a Design Authority within the National Care Service Programme. Contract now complete.
Landscape review	Socitim (Society for Innovation, Technology and Modernisation)	12 months	14-02-22 – 14-02-23	£412,624 exc. VAT	A review of the technology and digital architectural landscape across the public, private and third sector organisations who are involved in the delivery of social care services in Scotland to understand what will and will not work in the system
User research	Storm ID	2 months	21-02-22 – 27-04-22	£47,300 exc. VAT	User research to explore how people experience interacting with services in Scotland, and is particularly focussed on what data is important to them. Contract now complete.
International research	Capgemini Invents	2 months	24-02-22 – 15-04-22	£49,000 exc. VAT	Research to understand what digital approaches, services and products have enabled similar services outside of Scotland and what lessons can be learned from both successful and unsuccessful digital projects and programmes. This will focus on the technical and practical elements of work rather than the policy drivers. Contract now complete.
Technical architecture partner	Capgemini Invents	12 months	15-08-22 – 15-08-23	£338,730 exc. VAT	Research to understand in detail how data is currently flowing in the social care and health system and a technical architecture review of existing national digital assets to make a technical assessment to inform design decisions and inform the re-use of assets where appropriate.

Question reference: S6W-11406

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established the short life working group tasked with making recommendations on how clinically-appropriate use of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) equipment in the provision of NHS community eyecare services can be more effectively supported, and, if so, what the membership of the group is, and when the group last met.

Question reference: S6W-11407

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established the short life working group tasked with undertaking a national review of domiciliary eye care services provision, and, if it has, what the membership of the group is, and when the group last met.

Question reference: S6F-01451

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2022

To ask the First Minister what assistance the Scottish Government is providing to those with complex disabilities to cope with the cost of living crisis.

Question reference: S6O-01450

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what activities it plans to hold to commemorate 800 years since Dumbarton became a royal burgh.

Question reference: S6W-11409

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on ME services in each of the last 12 months, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-11412

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether any research has been commissioned regarding ME/CFS in Scotland following the Priority Setting Partnership's identification, in May 2022, of 10 research priorities for ME/CFS, and, if so, when this research will be carried out, and how much funding has been allocated for this purpose.

The Scottish Government partially funded the creation of a Priority Setting Partnership to agree the top 10 priorities for future research on ME/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and we are considering, with partners, how best we can progress these priority areas in Scotland. To help facilitate this, the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office is currently inputting to a newly-formed UK-wide working group on research into ME/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome through the UK Clinical Research Collaborative.

The Chief Scientist Office operates open competitive funding schemes for applied health research projects and fellowships across the wide range of NHS and health challenges in Scotland. These schemes are open to consideration of applications addressing priorities for research on ME/CFS that have been identified by the recent Priority Setting Partnership. Applications to these schemes are assessed through independent expert peer-review with funding recommendations made by independent expert committees.

Question reference: S6W-11410

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what ME-specific services are available, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-11408

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many ME specialist nurses there are, broken down by NHS board.