- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much compensation ScotRail has paid as part of its Delay Repay scheme since January 2022, broken down by month.
Answer
Abellio ScotRail was responsible for Delay Repay payments between January 2022 and March 2022. From 1 April 2022, ScotRail Trains Limited is responsible for considering and settling all new compensation claims.
It is published on the ScotRail website here: Delay Repay | Train Fare Compensation Scheme | ScotRail as per ORR Code of Practice.
Abellio ScotRail | Year | Financial Amount |
January | 2022 | £17,614.07 |
February | 2022 | £37,523.57 |
March | 2022 | £19,389.40 |
Total | | £99,963.85 |
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ScotRail Trains Ltd | Year | Financial Amount |
April | 2022 | £35,782.25 |
May | 2022 | £71,657.24 |
June | 2022 | £51,351.00 |
July | 2022 | £59,738.77 |
August | 2022 | £93,857.56 |
September | 2022 | £60,263.38 |
October | 2022 | £78,238.08 |
November | 2022 | £87,055.53 |
December | 2022 | £81,360.00 |
January | 2023 | £93,127.94 |
February | 2023 | £41,008.50 |
March | 2023 | £23,351.17 |
Total | | £776,791.42 |
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many families have accessed the Young Patients Family Fund in each year since it was established.
Answer
The Young Patients Family Fund (YPFF) has been available since July 2021. We ask NHS Boards to report on the number of young inpatients (and therefore families) who benefit from the Fund. This data informs the funding that each Health Board receives.
In 2021-22, NHS Boards reported that 3,130 families received support under YPFF. We have yet to receive full year returns for 2022-23.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost of running repairs of CalMac vessels has been in each year since 2007, or the earliest year for which data is available, also broken down by ferry.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-15776 answered on 28 March 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: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 31 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to undertake a public consultation on extending the animal licensing framework introduced in 2021, including for commercial dog walking.
Answer
The Scottish Government plans to consult on extending the animal licensing framework introduced in 2021 to a number of animal care services, including commercial dog walking. We expect to launch a public consultation on our proposals in early summer this year.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 31 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted any analysis of the Sentencing Young People guidelines from the Scottish Sentencing Council.
Answer
The independent Scottish Sentencing Council's guideline for sentencing young people took effect from 26 January 2022. The development of a sentencing guideline has 8 stages associated with it. Stage 8 is monitoring and review once a guideline is in force. It is for the Sentencing Council to decide how best to monitor and review the operation of their guidelines. Further information is contained on the Scottish Sentencing Council website. https://www.scottishsentencingcouncil.org.uk/sentencing-guidelines/methodology/stage-8-monitoring-and-review/ .
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
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Current Status:
Initiated by the Scottish Government.
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 31 March 2023
To ask what the Scottish Government’s response is to advice received from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in December 2022 that technical adjustments should be made to Scotland's annual emission targets in the 2020s to ensure such targets are aligned with revisions to international standards in carbon accounting.
Answer
Today a document has been laid in Parliament [ref: SG/2023/43] outlining our response to this CCC advice and associated legislation which has been brought forward to adjust our interim statutory target for 2020s for technical reasons.
Scottish Ministers note the CCC advice highlights this is a technical revision - the need for which is anticipated in the Climate Change (Scotland) 2009 Act - and as such does not impact the scale of ambition required to achieve our targets, which from 2030 and beyond remain unchanged.
I will be writing to the Convenor of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee outlining this response to the CCC and the associated legislation that has been brought forward. I will provide a separate response to the CCC’s December progress report.
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by George Adam on 30 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Bute House Agreement with the Scottish Green Party.
Answer
The First Minister confirmed in the Chamber on Tuesday that the Bute House Agreement will continue. The Scottish Government is committed to working with the Green Party in the coming years to continue to focus on delivering our net zero targets and protecting the people of Scotland from the harm inflicted by the cost of living crisis.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 30 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what feedback it has received from MSPs and their staff regarding the roll-out of Webex.
Answer
The roll-out of Webex, the new phone system being used to replace our aging phone system at Holyrood, began for MSPs and their staff in February. While it is still in the early stages, so far feedback from offices using the new system, has been very positive. I do appreciate however that a very small number of offices in the initial phase have been rescheduled while a solution which meets their needs can be delivered.
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackson Carlaw (on behalf of the SPCB) on 30 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what benefits are available for SPCB and MSP staff.
Answer
The SPCB offers a range of benefits to SPCB staff and similar or identical benefits also underpin the employment relationship between MSPs and their staff. These benefits include generous annual leave, sick pay and maternity, paternity and adoption pay entitlements which exceed statutory provisions and which are competitive when compared with other public sector employers. Other benefits include pension schemes with employer contributions, a cycle to work scheme, interest free season ticket loans and discount schemes for selected retailers.
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to procure a federated data platform for NHS Scotland.
Answer
There are currently no plans to procure a federated data platform for the NHS in Scotland. However, we want to make sure that we have the technology and infrastructure in place to equip health and care professionals to better collect, store and use data.
There are a number of key national developments already underway. This includes the development of National Digital Platform , and its associated National Clinical Data Store which provides the foundation for consistent, access to information. These are being developed in line with the overall ‘Cloud First’ policy, which emphasises the requirement to consider the use of public cloud services first, before other options, when introducing new services or updating existing ones – and we will develop a specific action plan for the use of Cloud technology across health & social care.
Scotland’s first Data Strategy for Health and Social Care – ‘greater access, better insight, improved outcomes: a strategy for data-driven care in the digital age’ was published on 22 February 2023. One of the core ambitions of the Data Strategy is to: empower the people of Scotland by giving individuals clear and easy access to, and the ability to manage and contribute to, their own health and social care data where it is safe and appropriate to do so. To achieve this, we will confirm data sources and data sets that are safe to be consistently shared. For individuals, data access will be enabled through the implementation of the Digital Front Door. This will enable individuals to share their health and care information with those involved in their care and support people to self manage.
