- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
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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 Golden Jubilee Phase 2, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-19963 on 7 August 2023. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
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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 Highland, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-19963 on 7 August 2023. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
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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 Lanarkshire.
Answer
National Treatment Centres (NTCs) require an appropriate mix of new and experienced staff to operate safely and efficiently. While initial modelling of projected workforce requirements was undertaken to inform earlier phases of our planning for the National Treatment Centre programme, detailed plans relating to the size and composition of the workforce for NTC Lanarkshire will be developed by the Board and submitted to the Scottish Government as part of the wider planning and approval process for the site in operation.
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the latest known levels of education spending per person in Scotland, and on how this compares to levels in (a) England and (b) Wales.
Answer
Estimates of education spending per person for the 2021-22 financial year were published in HM Treasury’s 2022 Country and Regional Analysis. Education spending (including school and higher and further education) per head of population across Scotland, England and Wales is shown in the following table.
| | Scotland | England | Wales |
Education spending per person | £1,758 | £1,439 | £1,680 |
Source: Country and regional analysis 2022 , table A.15, HM Treasury, November 2022
More recently, April 2023 research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies estimated that in 2022-23 school spending per pupil was around £1,300, or 18% higher in Scotland than in England and Wales. A side-by-side comparison of this spending is shown in the table below.
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 7 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent average level of Council Tax is for a Band D property in Scotland, and what information it has on how this compares with the level in (a) England and (b) Wales.
Answer
The average 2023-24 Band D charge in Scotland is £648 less than in England, and £463 less than in Wales. The average Band D charges in Scotland, England and Wales are available in the following table.
Average CT bill | Band D |
Scotland 2023-24 | £1,417 |
England 2023-24 | £2,065 |
Difference Eng - Scot | £648 |
Wales 2023-24 | £1,879 |
Difference Wal - Scot | £463 |
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 July 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what long-term assessment has been made of its biodiversity strategy, with particular regard to commercial forestry.
Answer
The Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (SBS) sets out Priority Actions which are urgently required to achieve the vision of halting biodiversity loss by 2030 and reversing the trend by 2045, whilst contributing to addressing climate change. Of particular relevance to forestry is the following priority action, which recognises the important role that can be played by all types of woodland, including commercial forests.
Ensure that productive forests and woodlands are designed and managed in ways that deliver increased biodiversity and habitat connectivity whilst sustaining timber production and carbon sequestration to meet the climate crisis and reduce their vulnerability to climate risks.
The action will be delivered through the Scottish Forestry Strategy (SFS), which is built on the principles of sustainable forest management (SFM), including commitments to biodiversity. A set of high-level indicators has been identified to track and report progress against the SFS including the Woodland Ecological Condition official statistic, Designated Site Condition Monitoring, abundance of terrestrial breeding birds, and the area of woodland independently certified by the UK Woodland Assurance Scheme (UKWAS). It is anticipated that achieving the goals of the SBS will increase the biodiversity value of productive woodlands without adversely affecting the sustainable production of timber in Scotland.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 7 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of reported cybercrimes were successfully prosecuted in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer
There is no agreed upon definition of cyber-crime and a range of different types of crime may be either cyber-dependent or cyber-enabled. The table below shows people prosecuted and convicted in Scottish courts in 2020-21 where the main charge is under either the Computer Misuse Act 1990 or Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, the only charges that are identifiable as cyber-crimes in Criminal Proceedings in Scotland data. Note that data for 2020-21 are effected by the pandemic and subsequent court closures and should not be considered indicative of long term trends.
Act | People prosecuted | People convicted | Conviction rate |
Computer Misuse Act 1990 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Communications Act 2003, Section 127 | 387 | 363 | 94% |
Total | 388 | 364 | 94% |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
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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.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
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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 Fife, and what the revised timetable is as of 30 June 2023.
Answer
The following table outlines the opening dates set out in the 2022 update to the NHS Recovery Plan and the current projected opening dates for National Treatment Centres with approved Full Business Cases:
NTC | Opening Date in 2022 Recovery plan update | Currently Projected Opening Date |
Golden Jubilee Phase 1 | December 2020 | December 2020 |
Fife | Early 2023 | Opened March 2023 |
Highland | Spring 2023 | Opened April 2023 |
Forth Valley | Spring 2023 | End of 2023 |
Golden Jubilee Phase 2 | Late summer 2023 | End of 2023 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
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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 Fife, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.
Answer
This information is available in the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26: major capital projects progress update - March 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) the Scottish Government published on 20 June 2023. The plan outlines the progress and current projected costs of NTC Fife as well NTC Golden Jubilee Phase 2, NTC Grampian, NTC Lothian, NTC Highland, NTC Forth Valley and NTC Ayrshire and Arran.
