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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: S6W-30531

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the implementation of the strategy set out in the document, Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Once for Scotland Person-Centred Approach to Rehabilitation in a Post-COVID Era, since its publication in June 2022.

The Scottish Government has established a National Rehabilitation Network, comprised of rehabilitation leads from each health board or health and social care partnership. Network members lead on supporting the application of the Six Principles of Good Rehabilitation and share best practice where the principles are already in place.

The introduction of the Rehabilitation Self-Assessment tool, issued to all 14 health boards in September 2024, will support the evaluation of progress against the Six Principles of Good Rehabilitation to improve rehabilitation services as set out in the Once for Scotland Rehabilitation Approach. The data collected through the self-assessment can be used to demonstrate the impact of rehabilitation services across health and social care services and raise the profile of rehabilitation.

Scottish Government reconfirmed the commitment to improving rehabilitation services through joining the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) in May 2023. This global network of stakeholders supports the implementation of the Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative through advocacy activities. Scottish government continue to share approaches and learning internationally.

Question reference: S6W-30176

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who have been sentenced to prison in each year since 2016 were care-experienced.

I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:

Scottish Prison Service do not hold this information in the format requested.

Whilst we recognise the profound impact that experience of care can have on a person, SPS aims to support those in our care with care, compassion and in a consistent manner that recognises avenues for potential trauma.

SPS rely on those individuals coming into our care to either self-report that they are a care leaver, which will be annotated on Prisoner Records (PR2)) or anonymously report via the bi-annual Prisoner Survey.

Question reference: S6W-30183

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 8 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what barriers to progress of the work of the national thrombectomy programme have been identified, and what action is being taken to overcome these.

The Scottish Government is committed to expanding the thrombectomy service, and to ensuring that access to this treatment is as equitable as possible. We recognise, however that achieving an equitable service access across diverse geographical areas is challenging. That is why the Scottish Government has asked the National Thrombectomy Planning Board (NTPB) to plan a phased approach to service expansion, to ensure that all plans and decisions consider the access requirements of patients, and reflect the appropriate workforce, infrastructure and resourcing required across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-30182

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 8 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on providing recurrent funding for the national thrombectomy programme.

The Scottish Government remains committed to introducing a high quality and clinically safe thrombectomy service in Scotland.

We have invested more than £35m to date in the delivery of a thrombectomy service in Scotland and will continue to work with our stakeholders to further develop and support delivery of an equitable service across Scotland to maximise patient access.

The Scottish government will announce more comprehensive spending plans for 2025-26 in its budget, scheduled for 4 December.

Question reference: S6W-29836

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that local authorities maintain school buildings to an extremely high standard.

Although it is the statutory responsibility of all local authorities to manage and maintain the school estate, the Scottish Government is providing them with significant funding towards improving their school estate.

The £2 billion Learning Estate Investment Programme is being delivered in partnership with local authorities and will benefit tens of thousands of pupils across Scotland. It follows on from the successful £1.8 billion Scotland’s Schools for the Future Programme which completed in 2021 and delivered 117 new or refurbished schools.

Our latest school estate statistics, published on 10th September 2024, show that the proportion of schools in “good” or “satisfactory” condition has increased from 62.7% in April 2007 to 91.7 % in April 2024. Investment through the Learning Estate Investment Programme will build on this remarkable progress.

Question reference: S6O-03801

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how payments made by Social Security Scotland are incentivising people in Fife back into work.

Question reference: S6W-29837

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential financial impact of freezing the (a) basic, (b) intermediate and (c) Higher Property Rate for 2025-26.

Assessments of revenue impact will be taken in the course of the Scottish Budget using up to date data relating to the non-domestic rates tax base and inflation. Indicative revenue changes of the result of a 1p change to the basic, intermediate and higher property rates were published in Scottish Tax – changes for 2023 to 2024 ready reckoners which can be found here : Summary - Scottish Tax - changes for 2023 to 2024: ready reckoners - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

Question reference: S6W-29834

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what economic impact assessment it has made of restoring rates parity with England for businesses paying the Higher Property Rate.

It is not practical to estimate the behavioural response of businesses to any change in the Higher Property Rate that may arise from restoring parity with the English Standard Multiplier in order to assess the economic impact robustly.

It is however possible to assess the financial impact of changes in liability for an individual business. The median rateable value for properties liable to pay the Higher Property Rate in Scotland is £191,000. The additional gross non-domestic rates liability for a property with that rateable value in Scotland in 2024-25 is £2,483.

Question reference: S6W-29835

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 19 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it will monitor the effectiveness of the campaign, Quit Fighting for Likes, which is aimed at young people to discuss attitudes and behaviours regarding the filming and sharing of violent incidents.

The effectiveness of the campaign will be monitored by YouthLink Scotland, Medics Against Violence and the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, our funded partners who created the campaign, produced the accompanying resources and will be delivering training sessions to support those working with young people to help them navigate social media safely and prevent violence. Website traffic and data on the engagement with the online materials via the campaign landing page will be collected. Follow up sessions with training participants will monitor the impact and use of the materials. A report will be shared with the Scottish Government.

Question reference: S6W-29544

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many children’s hearing panel members there were in each local authority in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.