- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on better defining and capturing data on miscarriage nationally, in light of the findings in the Lancet series, Miscarriage Matters.
Answer
Scottish Government has commissioned Public Health Scotland to collect meaningful miscarriage data across all settings where patients experiencing miscarriage present.
The initial phase of this work will focus on data from early pregnancy services and Public Health Scotland have agreed a dataset which will be tested in NHS Boards in the autumn.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to re-examine the installation of a fixed link between the Isle of Mull and the mainland, as originally proposed in the option appraisal for the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
Answer
Investigation of potential fixed link connections (bridges, causeways and/or tunnels) between Mull and the Scottish mainland forms part of STPR2 recommendation 41. Details on why a fixed link to Mull is part of this recommendation can be accessed at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/52545/recommendation-41-potential-sound-of-harris-sound-of-barra-fixed-link-and-fixed-link-between-mull-and-scottish-mainland.pdf
The STPR2 recommendation notes, that further work is undertaken on business cases to better understand the benefits, costs and challenges associated with these options. These studies would further consider the feasibility of improving island connectivity through additional fixed links by replacing existing ferry services currently delivered by CalMac Ferries Ltd as part of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) contract.
These studies would also analyse in further detail the potential long term savings associated with the public sector funding required to maintain the ferry services and would involve input from communities that may potentially be affected.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the updated Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan, as set out in its Programme for Government 2023-24.
Answer
As the Government has previously set out, we intend to strategically align green skills policy and planning behind our wider net zero and economic growth priorities so that it is fulsome, integrated and better reflects the pervasive issue of skills planning. We will therefore integrate the next phase of our work on green skills into the Just Transition Plans and other planned activity, rather than through a separate CESAP update.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many people currently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes have made requests to their NHS board to access hybrid closed loop systems, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the University Innovation Fund were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in each year since 2016-17.
Answer
The University Innovation Fund is one of the Scottish Funding Council’s core grants designed to support research and knowledge exchange activity across all institutions and is allocated according to a formula developed in consultation with the sector. Therefore Scotland’s 19 universities have received funding each academic year since 2016-17 through the UIF. Individual funding allocations for universities for each academic year are managed through the Scottish Funding Council and made publicly available on the SFC’s website, accessible here: University Indicative Funding Allocations 2024-25 - Scottish Funding Council (sfc.ac.uk)
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the universities that received funding from the University Innovation Fund in each year since 2016-17.
Answer
Funding allocations for individual universities for each academic year are managed through the SFC. Allocations are made publicly available on the SFC’s website, accessible here: University Indicative Funding Allocations 2024-25 - Scottish Funding Council (sfc.ac.uk)
University Innovation Fund for AYs 2016-17 to 2023-24 |
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| | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Institution | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
Aberdeen, University of | 1,235,000 | 1,235,000 | 1,885,000 | 1,358,000 | 1,383,000 | 1,524,000 | 1,538,000 | 2,261,000 |
Abertay University | 295,000 | 295,000 | 450,000 | 324,000 | 330,000 | 364,000 | 367,000 | 400,000 |
Dundee, University of | 771,000 | 771,000 | 1,177,000 | 848,000 | 864,000 | 952,000 | 961,000 | 1,344,000 |
Edinburgh Napier University | 484,000 | 484,000 | 738,000 | 532,000 | 542,000 | 597,000 | 603,000 | 775,000 |
Edinburgh, University of | 1,397,000 | 1,397,000 | 2,132,000 | 1,536,000 | 1,564,000 | 1,724,000 | 1,740,000 | 2,582,000 |
Glasgow Caledonian University | 362,000 | 362,000 | 552,000 | 398,000 | 405,000 | 446,000 | 450,000 | 533,000 |
Glasgow School of Art | 293,000 | 293,000 | 447,000 | 322,000 | 328,000 | 362,000 | 365,000 | 397,000 |
Glasgow, University of | 1,409,000 | 1,409,000 | 2,150,000 | 1,549,000 | 1,578,000 | 1,739,000 | 1,755,000 | 2,606,000 |
Heriot-Watt University | 584,000 | 584,000 | 891,000 | 642,000 | 654,000 | 721,000 | 728,000 | 973,000 |
Highlands and Islands, University of the | 610,000 | 610,000 | 931,000 | 671,000 | 683,000 | 753,000 | 760,000 | 1,024,000 |
Open University in Scotland | 251,000 | 251,000 | 383,000 | 276,000 | 281,000 | 310,000 | 313,000 | 314,000 |
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 350,000 | 350,000 | 534,000 | 385,000 | 392,000 | 432,000 | 436,000 | 509,000 |
Robert Gordon University | 434,000 | 434,000 | 662,000 | 477,000 | 486,000 | 536,000 | 541,000 | 676,000 |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 257,000 | 257,000 | 393,000 | 283,000 | 288,000 | 317,000 | 320,000 | 325,000 |
SRUC | 1,042,000 | 1,042,000 | 1,591,000 | 1,146,000 | 1,167,000 | 1,286,000 | 1,298,000 | 1,879,000 |
St Andrews, University of | 612,000 | 612,000 | 934,000 | 673,000 | 685,000 | 755,000 | 762,000 | 1,028,000 |
Stirling, University of | 416,000 | 416,000 | 634,000 | 457,000 | 465,000 | 513,000 | 518,000 | 640,000 |
Strathclyde, University of | 1,124,000 | 1,124,000 | 1,715,000 | 1,236,000 | 1,259,000 | 1,388,000 | 1,401,000 | 2,043,000 |
West of Scotland, University of the | 314,000 | 314,000 | 479,000 | 345,000 | 351,000 | 387,000 | 491,000 | 538,000 |
Total | 12,240,000 | 12,240,000 | 18,678,000 | 13,458,000 | 13,705,000 | 15,106,000 | 15,347,000 | 20,847,000 |
(3) The allocations for 2018-19 include an additional £5.2M arising from Barnett consequentials that became available after allocations were originally announced. |
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25868 by Mairi McAllan on 4 March 2024, whether it will provide an update on when in summer 2024 it will publish its Green Industrial Strategy.
Answer
The global transition to net zero offers enormous economic opportunities for Scotland. Our Green Industrial Strategy will set out how the Scottish Government will help businesses and investors to realise these opportunities. We will confirm when our Green Industrial Strategy will be published in due course.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on improving the training and skills of staff providing miscarriage care, in light of the Miscarriage Care and Facilities in Scotland: Scoping Report National Overview, which found variation across NHS boards.
Answer
Scottish Government officials and professional advisors are working with NHS Education for Scotland to identify any gaps in training for health professionals working with those who have experienced miscarriage by end summer 2024. The findings from the Miscarriage Care and Facilities in Scotland: Scoping Reports will help inform this work.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to veterans to meet the costs of dental care and treatment.
Answer
There are no specific provisions for veterans with respect to the costs of dental care and treatment, and individuals must meet existing exemption criteria in order to qualify for free care. Free dental treatment is available for people who are under 26 years of age; pregnant or have given birth in the last 12 months; or in receipt of certain benefits. Veterans do have a fast-track service from General Dental Services to secondary care where referrals are made for conditions requiring secondary care, for example facial trauma requiring maxillo-facial surgery. More information on eligibility for free NHS dental treatment is available on the NHS Inform website.
NHS patients who pay for their treatment pay 80% of the treatment costs, capped at a maximum of £384 per course of treatment. Both enhanced and review NHS dental examinations are free of charge for everyone in Scotland, irrespective of exemption status, however the frequency of examinations is determined by the dentist on individual risk factors. People who are not eligible for free NHS dental treatment but still have difficulty paying NHS charges may qualify for help under the NHS Low Income Scheme. More information on Help with Health Costs can be found at: https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/health-rights/access/help-with-health-costs#low-income .
Veterans do have a fast-track service from General Dental Services to secondary care when referrals are made, if they have conditions requiring secondary care, for example facial trauma requiring maxillo-facial surgery.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to re-examine the installation of a fixed link between the Cowal and Kintyre, as originally proposed in the option appraisal for the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
Answer
STPR2 (Recommendation 41) recommends that further study work to better understand the benefits, costs and challenges associated with a Sound of Harris fixed link, a Sound of Barra fixed link and a fixed link between Mull and the Scottish mainland is undertaken.
There are currently no plans to revisit any of the fixed link options that did not make it to final consideration during the STPR2 appraisal process. The reason why a particular option did not progress can be found in Appendix G of the Final Technical Report .
