- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed and is currently providing a Women's Health Community Pharmacy service, and, if not, when it will.
Answer
The Women’s Health Plan, published in August 2021, contains an action to implement a Women’s Health Service in community pharmacies.
This service will be introduced on an incremental basis over the next few years. The first step was the introduction of bridging contraception in community pharmacies from November 2021.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established a Women's Health Research Fund; if not, when it will, and how much funding the fund will receive.
Answer
As set out in the August 2021 Plan the establishment of a Women’s Health Research Fund is a long term action with a delivery timescale of three years or more from publication.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by George Adam on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many events have been hosted by the First Minister in Bute House in each year since 2007, and what the total cost of those events was for each year.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-17054 on 16 January 2015 for costs between 2010 and 2013. 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 .
All Ministerial engagements for this time period, including Bute House costs for 2007-8, are available here Ministerial Events (webarchive.org.uk) and Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Please see the following table showing the number of events and total costs for 2015 to 2022. Complete financial records are only held by Scottish Government for 7 years therefore total costs are only available from 2015.
Year | Number of Events | Total Costs |
2015 | 7 | £7,600.99 |
2016 | 6 | £4,535.94 |
2017 | 8 | £8,915.92 |
2018 | 21 | £18,606.49 |
2019 | 20 | £20,971.44 |
2020 | 8 | £5,193.30 |
2021 | 1 | £533.00 |
2022 | 8 | £9,906.76 |
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will undertake an audit of secondary breast cancer in Scotland, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
The Scottish Government is currently undertaking a thorough review of its options in relation to collecting data on secondary breast cancer in Scotland, taking consideration of clinical time required and how it can be used to improve services. We are currently in dialogue with Public Health Scotland, NHS England and the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership alongside breast cancer specialists and the Third Sector.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many playparks have been modernised and restored through its £5 million funding agreement with COSLA, broken down by the playparks in each local authority area.
Answer
Local authorities have reported that in 2021-22 103 play park renewals were completed with a further 82 renewals in progress. The following table shows how many play parks were renewed in each local authority in 2021-22. Local authorities will report at the end of the financial year on the number of play parks renewed in 2022-23.
Local Authority | Allocation for 2021-22 | Number of Completed Play Parks in 2021-22 | Number of Play Parks in Process of being Renewed in 2021-22 |
Aberdeen City | £188,000 | 11 | 0 |
Aberdeenshire Council | £296,000 | 1 | 15 |
Angus Council | £108,000 | 0 | 0 |
Argyll and Bute Council | £76,000 | 0 | 0 |
City of Edinburgh Council | £414,000 | 13 | 11 |
Clackmannanshire Council | £47,000 | 0 | 0 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council | £29,000 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | £140,000 | 0 | 0 |
Dundee City Council | £125,000 | 0 | 0 |
East Ayrshire Council | £112,000 | 10 | 0 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | £102,000 | 2 | 0 |
East Lothian Council | £108,000 | 1 | 0 |
East Renfrewshire Council | £102,000 | 3 | 0 |
Falkirk Council | £147,000 | 2 | 0 |
Fife Council | £344,000 | 13 | 0 |
Glasgow City Council | £525,000 | 1 | 10 |
Highland Council | £234,000 | 0 | 0 |
Inverclyde Council | £65,000 | 1 | 4 |
Midlothian Council | £98,000 | 2 | 0 |
Moray Council | £92,000 | 1 | 4 |
North Ayrshire Council | £118,000 | 0 | 0 |
North Lanarkshire Council | £324,000 | 0 | 7 |
Orkney Islands Council | £24,000 | 1 | 0 |
Perth and Kinross Council | £140,000 | 3 | 7 |
Renfrewshire Council | £158,000 | 2 | 0 |
Scottish Borders Council | £113,000 | 1 | 0 |
Shetland Islands | £28,000 | 0 | 1 |
South Ayrshire Council | £94,000 | 4 | 0 |
South Lanarkshire Council | £298,000 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling Council | £84,000 | 9 | 0 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | £81,000 | 3 | 0 |
West Lothian | £186,000 | 19 | 23 |
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12846 by Angus Robertson on 13 December 2022, whether it will release the number of (a) Gaelic and (b) Scots language speakers recorded in the 2022 Census early in order to inform its proposed Scottish Languages Bill.
Answer
National Records of Scotland (NRS) will release the 2022 census outputs in phases. NRS are currently consulting with data users on the outputs from Scotland's Census 2022, including plans for publishing census data. NRS are asking users to give their views on the order and sequencing of topics published.
The current working plan for the first release of Census 2022 data is to deliver rounded population estimates approximately one year from the end of the Census data collection period. Further phases of census data publications will then follow with the current intention being to release data on languages in the second phase.
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the expected timetable for its proposed The Promise Bill.
Answer
The Promise Bill will be introduced to Parliament before the end of this Parliamentary session to make any further legislative changes required to Keep The Promise.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to include bereavement issues as part of the school curriculum.
Answer
The health and wellbeing of children and young people is a top priority for the Scottish Government.
We do not take a prescriptive approach to the education curriculum in Scotland. The curriculum is not statutory and therefore it is for individual schools and local authorities to decide which approaches they use to help them deliver relevant and engaging learning.
The curriculum already provides opportunities for teachers to deliver learning and teaching on bereavement and loss. One of the health and wellbeing “experiences and outcomes” ensures that young people are learning skills and strategies which will support them in challenging times, particularly in relation to change and loss.
In addition, Education Scotland's National Improvement Hub contains resources for schools to support them in delivering learning and teaching on bereavement issues.
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents involving (i) HGVs and (ii) other vehicles on the A77 there were in 2022, and whether it will provide a breakdown of these figures by the section of the road that passes through South Ayrshire.
Answer
I replied to a similar question from the member on 15 June 2022 (S6W-08828) explaining that collision data for 2022 was not available at that time. Data on fatal and non-fatal road collisions for 2022 are still being collected and provisional figures will be available in May 2023. I will therefore be able to provide an update to the members’ question at that time.
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: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will work with local authorities to
engage directly with care experienced people on implementation of The
Promise to care experienced people and their families.
Answer
The Implementation Plan sets out our commitment to ensure the voice of people with care experience is at the heart of the work we do to Keep The Promise and we welcome all opportunities to engage. We will continue to work with local government, local Champions Boards, Who Cares? Scotland, The Promise Scotland and other partners to ensure that our approach to engagement is positive and impactful.
