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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-20219

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 8 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of the number of religious hate crimes recorded in Scotland since 2016, broken down by police division.

The following table details the number of hate crimes that included a religion aggravator in Scotland, by police division.

Table 1: Religious hate crimes by police division: 2016-17 to 2021-22

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Argyll and West Dunbartonshire	25	11	10	8	20	24
Ayrshire	33	38	51	63	25	44
Dumfries and Galloway	10	9	9	5	8	4
Edinburgh	90	81	68	58	63	32
Fife	22	29	28	21	18	11
Forth Valley	58	39	51	70	83	48
Greater Glasgow	271	263	189	227	167	163
Highland and Islands	3	7	7	6	4	2
Lanarkshire	96	104	59	99	100	70
North East	11	25	27	17	13	18
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	28	39	24	18	26	21
Tayside	19	21	14	15	18	14
The Lothians and Scottish Borders	39	45	28	43	33	27
Scotland	705	711	565	650	578	478

Source: Police recorded hate crime - characteristics: updated study (2020-21 and 2021-22)

Question reference: S6W-19977

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the revised number of patients is that will be treated in the National Treatment Centre Forth Valley, and how this compares to the targets set out in its NHS Recovery Plan.

Question reference: S6W-19982

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 1,500 new clinical and non-clinical staff, committed to in its NHS Recovery Plan, will be based in the National Treatment Centre Golden Jubilee Phase 2.

Question reference: S6W-20001

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the revised number of patients is that will be treated in the National Treatment Centre Grampian, and how this compares to the targets set out in its NHS Recovery Plan.

Question reference: S6W-20005

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the revised number of patients is that will be treated in the planned new Edinburgh Eye Pavilion, and how this compares to its original targets.

Question reference: S6W-19976

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original timetable was for the (a) completion and (b) opening of the planned National Treatment Centre Forth Valley, and what the revised timetable is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-20000

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original timetable was for the (a) completion and (b) opening of the planned National Treatment Centre Grampian, and what the revised timetable is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19972

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original timetable was for the (a) completion and (b) opening of the planned National Treatment Centre Highland, and what the revised timetable is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19975

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original cost was for the planned National Treatment Centre Forth Valley, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19965

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the revised number of patients is that will be treated in the National Treatment Centre Fife, and how this compares to the targets set out in its NHS Recovery Plan.

The following table outlines the current projected activity for National Treatment Centres during 2023-24 with reference to the position in the NHS Recovery Plan.

NTC projected 2023-24 activity

NTC	Current projection (procedures)	Comparison with NHS Recovery Plan position
Golden Jubilee Phase 1	12,481	Higher
Fife	472	Higher
Highland	1,586 (partial)	Lower – see Note 1
Forth Valley	450 (partial)	Lower – see Note 2
Golden Jubilee Phase 2	390 (partial)	Lower – see Note 3

Notes

1. Part-year figure due to opening during 2023-24: current projection excludes additional Ophthalmology capacity due to commence in Autumn and for which planned activity is in the process of being finalised.

2. Part-year figure due to opening during 2023-24: full-year activity as per NHS Recovery Plan will be achieved from 1 April 2024.

3. Part-year figure due to opening during 2023-24: full-year activity as per NHS Recovery Plan will be achieved from 1 April 2024.