- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost of elective surgery procedures in NHS Lanarkshire was in 2022, broken down by procedure, and by whether patients were treated (a) by NHS Lanarkshire (b) by another health board and (c) in a private hospital.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally by Scottish Government, Health boards would have to be contacted to obtain the average cost of elective surgery procedures.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people, who were awaiting elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire, had their procedure cancelled in each month since May 2021, broken down by procedure.
Answer
Public Health Scotland publishes monthly statistics relating to the number of cancelled planned operations at health board level, a summary of which is available the following link:
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancelled-planned-operations/
The latest statistics published cover the period up to 31 December 2022 and the number of planned operations that were cancelled each month from May 2021 onwards can be found within the tab ‘Publication table’ in the following link:
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/17421/2023-02-07-cancellations.xlsx
These statistics are sourced from local theatre systems and only includes cancellations that were cancelled the day before, or on the day the patient was due to be treated. PHS does not collect information on cancellations that occur prior to this. Please note, data are provided at specialty level only, PHS are unable to provide data at procedure level.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS 111 staff are trained to identify pressures of financial strain in callers and signpost to money advice services if appropriate.
Answer
Many of the calls received at the Mental Health Hub, via the NHS 24 111 line, are driven by a range of complex and interrelated social factors, including financial worries.
Callers to the Hub are connected to a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP), a specially trained advisor who can offer advice and support on coping with a range of mental health symptoms.
PWPs are able to signpost callers to sources of support and advice for financial worries, such as the Citizens Advice Bureau, when appropriate to do so.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost will be of the two vessels that CMAL has ordered from the Cemre Marin Endustri yard to serve on the Uig to Lochmaddy and Uig to Tarbert ferry routes.
Answer
The Scottish Government announced up to £115 million funding for the two Little Minch vessels, and associated port works and project costs, in October 2022. The total costs of the vessels are commercially confidential.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the Community Bus Fund will launch.
Answer
My officials in Transport Scotland are working with ATCO and COSLA on the development of the Community Bus Fund for launch within the financial year 2023-24.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many non-departmental bodies there are; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.
Answer
There are 3 categories of non-departmental public bodies: executive non-departmental public bodies, advisory non-departmental public bodies and tribunals. There are 45 executive non-departmental public bodies, 9 advisory non-departmental public bodies and 3 tribunals. The following tables for each of these categories, contain year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.
Executive non-departmental public bodies
Public Body | Year of Establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
Accounts Commission for Scotland | 1975 | £0 | 0 |
Architecture and Design Scotland | 2004 | £1,490,000 | 30 |
Bòrd na Gidhlig | 2006 | £5,125,000 | 24 |
Cairngorms National Park Authority | 2003 | £7,067,000 | 104 |
Care Inspectorate | 2011 | £25,389,000 | 624 |
Children’s Hearings Scotland | 2013 | £5,029,000 | 46 |
Community Justice Scotland | 2017 | £2,924,000 | 46 |
Creative Scotland | 2010 | £32,582,000 | 132 |
Crofting Commission | 2012 | £3,900,000 | 55 |
David MacBrayne Ltd | 2006 | £0 | 46 |
Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd | 2019 | £33,400,000 | 359 |
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd | 1995 | £61,857,000 | 702 |
Highlands and Islands Enterprise | 1991 | £62,245,000 | 274 |
Historic Environment Scotland | 2015 | £67,100,000 | 1,488 |
Independent Living Fund Scotland | 2018 | £53,300,000 | 63 |
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority | 2002 | £10,294,000 | 195 |
National Galleries of Scotland | 1906 | £22,050,000 | 404 |
National Library of Scotland | 1925 | £17,605,000 | 331 |
National Museums of Scotland | 1985 | £27,574,000 | 485 |
NatureScot (replaced Scottish Natural Heritage) | 1992 | £47,411,000 | 779 |
Police Investigations and Review Commissioner | 2013 | £5,824,000 | 87 |
Quality Meat Scotland | 2008 | £0 | 28 |
Redress Scotland | 2021 | £5,000,000 | 27 |
Risk Management Authority | 2005 | £1,835,000 | 24 |
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh | 1985 | £26,170,000 | 285 |
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board | 1949 | £0 | 0 |
Scottish Canals | 2012 | £22,700,000 | 316 |
Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration | 1996 | £26,860,000 | 503 |
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission | 1999 | £1,219,000 | 10 |
Scottish Enterprise | 1991 | £251,220,000 | 1,047 |
Scottish Environment Protection Agency | 1996 | £36,106,000 | 1,220 |
Scottish Funding Council | 2004 | £1,946,622,000 | 117 |
Scottish Futures Trust | 2008 | £3,800,000 | 73 |
Scottish Land Commission | 2017 | £1,550,000 | 17 |
Scottish Legal Aid Board | 1987 | £151,300,000 | 356 |
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission | 2008 | £0 | 56 |
Scottish National Investment Bank | 2020 | £214,900,000 | 67 |
Scottish Qualifications Authority | 1996 | £24,131,000 | 1,033 |
Scottish Rail Holdings Ltd | 2022 | £0 | 17 |
Scottish Social Services Council | 2001 | £16,035,000 | 328 |
Skills Development Scotland | 2008 | £224,200,000 | 1,635 |
Sportscotland | 1971 | £33,600,000 | 348 |
South of Scotland Enterprise Agency | 2020 | £36,003,000 | 145 |
VisitScotland | 1969 - as Scottish Tourist Board | £46,712,000 | 593 |
Water Industry Commission for Scotland | 2005 | £0 | 28 |
Advisory non-departmental public bodies
Public Body | Year of Establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland | 2009 | £436,000 | 7 |
Boundaries Scotland | 1973 | £437,000 | 6 |
Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland | 2002 | £170,000 | 12 |
Poverty and Inequality Commission | 2019 | £317,296 | 0 |
Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards | 1998 | £74,393 | 0 |
Scottish Commission on Social Security | 2019 | £340,000 | 6 |
Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel | 2022 | £150,000 | 2 |
Scottish Law Commission | 1965 | £1,055,000 | 16 |
Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee (stood down in 2013) | 2004 | £25,318.16 | 0 |
Tribunals
Public Body | Year of Establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
First - tier Tribunal for Scotland | 2016 | £0 | 112 |
Parole Board for Scotland | 1968 | £2,944,000 | 26 |
Upper Tribunal for Scotland | 2016 | £0 | 2 |
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many executive agencies there are; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.
Answer
There are 10 executive agencies. Please see the following table for executive agencies contains year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.
Public Body | Year of establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
Accountant in Bankruptcy | 1985 | £2,455,000 | 119 |
Disclosure Scotland | 2009 | £24,347,000 | 362 |
Education Scotland | 2011 | £28,734,000 | 343 |
Forestry and Land Scotland | 2019 | £27,200,000 | 1081 |
Scottish Forestry | 2019 | £90,863,000 | 205 |
Scottish Prison Service | 1993 | £476,407,000 | 4,523 |
Scottish Public Pensions Agency | 1993 | £28,279,000 | 323 |
Social Security Scotland | 2018 | £310,900,000 | 3,803 |
Student Awards Agency for Scotland | 1994 | £14,752,000 | 252 |
Transport Scotland | 2006 | £3,214,840,000 (of which £29,977,00 is Agency Administration) | 545 |
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the proposed reduction in the Major Public Transport Projects budget for 2023-24 will have any impact on jobs and staffing across Network Rail Scotland, contractors and the wider supply chain.
Answer
Network Rail is ultimately accountable to the UK Government, however, Scottish Ministers have made it clear that any decisions it makes in relation to staffing and staffing levels must be in line with the Scottish Government’s Fair Work principles.
The security offered by the Scottish Government’s continued funding of Scotland’s Railway will assist with Network Rail’s future planning and work-banks for the supply sector.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last received an update from CMAL on the progress of the two ferries that it has ordered from the Cemre Marin Endustri yard to serve on the Uig to Lochmaddy and Uig to Tarbert ferry routes.
Answer
The Scottish Government receives regular updates on all new vessel builds. The contract for the Little Minch vessels was signed on 11 January and all agreements including full Builders Refund Guarentees were put in place recently. The latest update was received from CMAL on 20 February 2023.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether there have been any design changes to the two vessels that CMAL has ordered from the Cemre Marin Endustri yard to serve on the Uig to Lochmaddy and Uig to Tarbert ferry routes.
Answer
CMAL as procuring authority have confirmed that there have been no changes to the design or specifications for the vessels ordered from the Cemre Marin Endustri yard to serve on the Uig to Lochmaddy and Uig to Tarbert ferry routes.
