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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: S6O-00766

Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it will apply fair work and net zero criteria to the freeport developments with the UK Government.

Question reference: S6O-00756

Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting local police forces to respond to mental health-related incidents.

Question reference: S6O-00777

Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of the Scottish Education Exchange Programme.

Question reference: S6O-00764

Asked by: Stephanie Callaghan, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the recent funding of £754,000 to The Coalfields Regeneration Trust will have on community-led regeneration in former coalfield communities across Scotland, including in the Uddingston and Bellshill constituency.

Question reference: S6O-00778

Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans for a flexible skills and education system that can help meet net zero targets, as referred to in its Programme for Government 2021-22.

Question reference: S6O-00763

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what plans it has to introduce legislation to support veterans during this parliamentary session.

Question reference: S6O-00765

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis has been undertaken of the impact of Brexit on exports from Scotland to the European Union.

Question reference: S6W-05535

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with NHS board chief executives to discuss contingency and resilience planning in relation to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, and when these took place.

Since the emergence of the Omicron, the Scottish Government has undertaken a series of regular meetings with NHS Chief Executives to discuss contingency and resilience planning. These include meetings that were Chaired by the NHS Scotland Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer as well as regular meetings between health and social care officials and NHS Scotland Chief Executives. The System Response Group meetings also include representations from wider stakeholder interests and Local Government.

I have held regular update meetings to discuss System Pressures to which all Boards are invited. I have also held meetings with COSLA and officials every Monday to receive updates on the Winter Package.

Finally, I held a number of meetings with specific Local Authorities, Health Boards and HSCPs on a one to one basis where the need arose.

These meeting dates are detailed in the following table:

	Meeting	Date
Superseded by NRG (Chair, COO, NHS Scotland)	Healthcare Planning Group	06 Dec 21
	Healthcare Planning Group	07 Dec 21
	Healthcare Planning Group	08 Dec 21
	Healthcare Planning Group	09 Dec 21
	Healthcare Planning Group	10 Dec 21
	Healthcare Planning Group	15 Dec 21
NRG: Ongoing meeting (Chair, COO NHS Scotland) (Moving to once every 2 weeks as of 08 Feb 22)	National Response Group (NRG)	21 Dec 21
	National Response Group (NRG)	29 Dec 21
	National Response Group (NRG)	05 Jan 22
	National Response Group (NRG)	11 Jan 22
	National Response Group (NRG)	18 Jan 22
	National Response Group (NRG)	25 Jan 22
	National Response Group (NRG)	01 Feb 22
	National Response Group (NRG)	08 Feb 22
SRG: Ongoing meeting (Chair, CEO, NHS Scotland and DG HSC) (Moving to once every 2 weeks as of 03 Feb 22)	System Response Group (SRG)	04 Nov 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	11 Nov 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	18 Nov 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	25 Nov 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	02 Dec 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	09 Dec 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	16 Dec 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	23 Dec 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	30 Dec 21
	System Response Group (SRG)	06 Jan 22
	System Response Group (SRG)	13 Jan 22
	System Response Group (SRG)	20 Jan 22
	System Response Group (SRG)	27 Jan 22
	System Response Group (SRG)	03 Feb 22
System Pressures. Regular meeting running on a once or twice weekly basis. Meeting attended by NHS CE’s, Local Authorities, SG Senior Clinicians and COSLA (Moving to once a week as of 03 Feb 22)	System Pressures	22 Dec 21
	System Pressures	29 Dec 21
	System Pressures	06 Jan 22
	System Pressures	10 Jan 22
	System Pressures	13 Jan 22
	System Pressures	17 Jan 22
	System Pressures	20 Jan 22
	System Pressures	24 Jan 22
	System Pressures	27 Jan 22
	System Pressures	31 Jan 22
	System Pressures	03 Feb 22
COSLA / Officials	Winter Package	06 Dec 21
	Winter Package	13 Dec 21
	Winter Package	20 Dec 21
	Winter Package	10 Jan 21
	Winter Package	17 Jan 21
	Winter Package	24 Jan 21
	Winter Package	31 Jan 21
Organisation specific meetings	NHS GGC and Glasgow City Council	24 Nov 21
	NHS Fife and Fife Council	01 Dec 21
	NHS Lothian and Edinburgh City Council	01 Dec 21
	NHS GGC and Glasgow City Council	01 Dec 21
	NHS Lanarkshire and NL&SL councils	01 Dec 21
	NHS Highland, Highland HSCP and Argyll & Bute Council	02 Dec 21
	NHS Ayrshire and Arran and North & South Ayrshire Council	02 Dec 21
	NHS Forth Valley, Stirling Council, Falkirk Council, Clackmannanshire Council and Forth Valley HSCP	02 Dec 21
	NHS Lanarkshire and NL&SL councils	06 Dec 01
	NHS Lothian and Edinburgh City Council	06 Dec 01
	NHS GGC and Glasgow City Council	09 Dec 01
	NHS Forth Valley, Stirling Council, Falkirk Council, Clackmannanshire Council and Forth Valley HSCP	09 Dec 01
	NHS Fife and Fife Council	09 Dec 01
	NHS Glasgow, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh City Council and Glasgow City Council	14 Dec 01
	NHS Lothian and Edinburgh City Council	15 Dec 01
	NHS Ayrshire and Arran and North & South Ayrshire Council	16 Dec 01
	NHS Lanarkshire and NL&SL councils	16 Dec 01
	NHS Lanarkshire	04 Jan 22
	NHS Lanarkshire	21 Jan 22
	NHS Golden Jubilee	27 Jan 22
	NHS GGC	02 Feb 22
	NHS Forth Valley	07 Feb 22

Question reference: S6W-05851

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how many items of PPE in the Scottish Government's national stockpile cannot be used by health workers because the items have passed their expiry date.

The following items were in the national stockpile, but have now been removed due to their expired shelf life:

FFP3 masks (individual masks) – 509,890
Hand sanitiser (litres) - 87,912

It is important to note that all of the listed FFP3 masks are from the original pre Covid-19 pandemic stockpile. Healthcare staff who were fitted to these have been migrated to the improved versions of the masks. Additionally, all of the listed masks will be used as part of a new re-cycling programme being undertaken by a Scottish company . Of the hand sanitiser listed, 21,000 litres will be re-worked as part of a recycling program involving a Scottish third sector supplier.

Question reference: S6W-06184

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 16 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the contract was awarded to KPMG for it to construct the business case for the National Care Service.

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