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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S6W-28198

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what funding was allocated to Scotland through European structural funds in each year since 2014.

Question reference: S6W-28199

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what European structural fund payments were made to the Scottish Government in each year since 2014.

Question reference: S6W-28197

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of projects that have been allocated funding through European structural funds but did not receive EU funding because they did not meet the criteria, in each year since 2014.

Question reference: S6O-03628

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding the status of its International Development Fund and its funding for emergency medical projects in Malawi.

Question reference: S6W-27804

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2024
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish the (a) minutes, (b) future meeting schedule and (c) work programme of the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) Cross Sector Working Group, and, if so, when.

All documents, including minutes, relating to the RAAC Cross Sector Working Group can be viewed on the Scottish Government website at: Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC): Cross Sector Working Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). Minutes are published once agreed by the Group.

The Group meets on a regular basis, as agreed by the membership. Currently, this is every 2 months. The Group, as set out in its purpose, is to enable the members to share information about RAAC, to build an understanding of RAAC in buildings across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-27194

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 17 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-03191 by Jenni Minto on 13 March 2024, whether it still expects supplies of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication in Scotland to have stabilised by the end of May 2024, and whether, at that point, it expects NHS Scotland and NHS boards to be able to prescribe such medication to new patients.

Various Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medicines continue to experience limited and intermittent supply issues. We are aware that market data has indicated that some of these issues will continue beyond May 2024 into the Summer.

As the pricing and supply of medicines is a reserved matter for the UK Government, we continue to engage with them to find a lasting solution on minimising the impact of these medicine shortages on patients and their families.

The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPO) sits on the UK Government’s Medicine Shortages Response Group (MSRG). The CPO continues to raise the issue of ADHD medicine shortages and has urged the UK Government to consider alternative solutions, if possible, for medicines with continuous and intermittent supply issues. There was general agreement that the situation wasn’t improving, and that the UK medicine supply team would consider what further could be done, including organising a meeting with the manufacturers to seek further solutions. We hope to be in a position to update on this further in due course.

For anyone who experiences difficulties in obtaining their prescribed ADHD medication, I encourage them to discuss this with their specialist, who should be able to review their circumstances and prescribe an alternative treatment if appropriate until stock supplies are stabilised.

Question reference: S6W-27074

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many times, and on which dates, it has met with local government to discuss a Fiscal Framework for local government since the publication of the Verity House Agreement on 30 June 2023.

Ministers and officials meet COSLA and individual local authorities on a regular basis to cover a range of issues, including a fiscal framework for local government.

Specific meetings to discuss a fiscal framework with local government are noted below.

5 July 2023

7 July 2023

14 July 2023

21 July 2023

28 July 2023

11 August 2023

18 August 2023

21 August 2023

1 September 2023

9 September

15 September

10 October 2023

9 November 2023

6 December 2023

7 February 2024

13 March 2024

19 March 2024

11 April 2024

Question reference: S6W-27073

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the date by which it plans to agree a Fiscal Framework with local government, as announced in the Verity House Agreement on 30 June 2023 and originally committed to by the end of September 2023.

Question reference: S6O-03415

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address any issues in relation to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the college and university estate.

Question reference: S6O-03337

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported situation facing former clients of McClure Solicitors, what discussions it has had regarding enabling the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to consider groups of complaints, rather than considering complaints purely on an individual basis.

Year	Payments to the Scottish Government (£)
2014	6,958,111
2015	9,578,049
2016	20,497,374
2017	4,874,579
2018	62,231,645
2019	0.00
2020	21,757,347
2021	94,891,386
2022	126,239,743
2023	118,389,188
2024	24,958,243
Total	490,375,665